History of Female Domination Magazines: 1970 - Present

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Domination Directory International's premiere issue was printed in the spring of 1984. Published sporadically at first, it wasn't until issue #6 (fall of 1988) that DDI began a twice per year schedule. During these early years DDI advertised Mistresses女主人 — a woman who leads a submissive partner from both North America and Europe in one combined edition. The premiere issue was only 48 pages, eight of which were in color, and the cover price was $7.00.

Early issues featured the complete title, Domination Directory International, spelled out on the cover. The recognizable DDI logo everyone knows today wasn't adopted until 1994 with issue #17. By then the magazine was 80 pages thick and still accepting ads from Mistresses女主人 — a woman who leads a submissive partner on both continents.

In '95 DDI's founding publisher joined forces with the publisher of Massad magazine in Holland to create an exclusively European edition of DDI. It was in the spring of that year that the first Euro DDI appeared on sale throughout the U.K. and much of continental Europe. The magazine had been split in two—a North American edition, which carried on with the sequential issue numbering from DDI's beginnings, and Euro DDI, which began fresh with a premiere issue. Publisher concerns about whether there would be an adequate number of Mistresses女主人 — a woman who leads a submissive partner to advertise in two distinctly separate editions of DDI were unfounded. Both editions flourished immediately.

When they published the premiere issue of DDI Europe, a popular cover from an old Stiletto细高跟 — a very thin high heel magazine had to be the inspiration.