Gothic Beauty Magazine 59 Release Party Lights Up Hollywood’s Most Renown Dark Venue

The release party for Gothic Beauty Magazine Issue 59 went down on February 4, 2026, at Wenzday’s Party at Boardner’s on Cherokee Avenue in Hollywood. If you know, you know. Boardner’s has been a haven for LA’s gothic and fetish underground since 1942, and its legendary Saturday night event Bar Sinister has been the city’s premier dark alternative club for over 27 years. Fun fact for longtime AltPorn.Net readers: Boardner’s was also the original IRL home of the AltPorn Awards (now the AltStar Awards) when the ceremony first transitioned from a digital-only event to a live show. So this venue has serious alt cred.

The evening celebrated Issue 59 of Gothic Beauty Magazine, North America’s largest and longest-running gothic publication, now in its 25th year, with a red carpet, giveaways, and a strict gothic, industrial, and fetish dress code that the attendees took as a personal challenge they definitely rose to. The result was a parade of stunning looks: gleaming PVC from head to toe, intricate corsetry, fishnet and leather layering, elaborate body paint, and the kind of bold, confident style that makes subculture endlessly compelling. The step-and-repeat shots captured the range of dark glamour on display, while AltPorn.Net‘s own fetish photographer Steven Sandler’s signature artsy images from inside the club, with all moody light trails, dramatic color, and intimate compositions, captured the energy of the night itself. You can follow him on Instagram and X.

The party was sponsored by Lip Service, the iconic LA fashion house that has been outfitting goths, punks, and fetish enthusiasts since 1985; Dark Asteroid Pretty cosmetics; LashyDoodle; and Zinetastic, the independent publisher that distributes both Gothic Beauty Magazine and our own AltStar Magazine. DJs Tommy Secosky and Jpeg ZeroOne provided classic goth and industrial sounds.

Gothic Beauty Magazine 59 and the Gothic Beauty Box are available through Zinetastic.com.

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Congrats to Gothic Beauty on 59 issues and a stylish magazine release party.

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