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To many of us, feet are pretty gross. But in the sex industry, the foot fetish is a big business, especially in Hull.

Dominatrix Julie Preston, known as Mistress Dita, is well-known in the city and says that her feet have become very popular with her clients.

‘Foot fetish is massive,’ she said.

‘I had no idea how popular it was when I got into the industry.’


Julie has worked in the sex industry for 10 years and using her feet to get men off is now a huge part of what she does, becoming one of the most popular services she offers.



‘People seem to enjoy kissing my feet bare foot or with stockings,’ she says.

‘Some like it sweaty and when I’m wearing gym socks.

‘Others like to watch as I squish grapes or trifle and it seems to turn them on.’

(Picture: Julie Preston/MEN MEDIA)

Foot fetish seems to be the domain of males, according to Julie.

‘Hardly any women seem to be into it, it is definitely the guys,’ she said.

Her anecdotal view is backed up by the journal IJIR, which found more men with the fetish than women.

‘I go kick boxing and I get requests not to wash my feet afterwards.

‘Some just want to give you a foot massage or paint your toe nails. Some even pay for me to have a pedicure and watch or get me to take photos.

‘Foot fetish has always been a thing and seems to be associated with stockings and legs. Sometimes people like to when you wear old fashioned stockings and high heels.’

People may feel uncomfortable with it all but Julie says foot fetish is harmless.

(Picture: Julie Preston/MEN MEDIA)

She wonders whether it’s really strange – or whether it’s any different to her ‘liking Tom Hardy lookalikes’, saying it’s simply something people are into and it’s a very easy thing for her to do as she doesn’t really have to do anything.

‘There are certainly worse things I could be doing and some things people are into are seriously weird,’ she says.

‘It is all done in a controlled environment so there is no need to be embarrassed about it.’

Julie accepts there is not always tolerance of her work, particularly in Hull.

‘I travel round the country and no one is bothered by it like they are in Hull,’ she said. ‘They seem very suspicious of fetishes, maybe it is the fear of the unknown.

‘Of course, I come in for a lot of criticism and I get hounded by trolls online but people never seem to be negative to my face.

Compared to some requests, foot fetish is rather mild.’

(Picture: Julie Preston/MEN MEDIA)

Julie gets asks to do lots of stuff that she refuses to do.



One of the weirdest things asked of her that she’s actually carried out was to feed a man from Grimsby dog poo.

‘I don’t even have a dog and had to collect it from a neighbour,’ she said.

Another fetish Julie avoids is adult babies.

‘We get a lot of requests for people wanting to be babies,’ she said.

‘For me personally, I cannot quite prevent myself from associating it with paedophilia even though it is done with consenting adults.

‘It is often very powerful people like judges and CEOs who enjoy it and want a break from all that responsibility. They want to regress completely.’

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