Halloween Eve, Halloween Costumes

It’s any wonder how we rabid alt. fashionistas, crazy for dress-up cosplayers and all-around latex lovers make it through these next few days (or even the whole month leading up to them.) Halloween is upon us, and we are all but bursting with dress-up ideas, costume blog posts and news, news, news about who might …

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Hannah Waddimhgam, Venom, Latex

Even though it’s not a Dawnamatrix gown, how can we not applaud Hannah Waddimhgam, once again wowing paparazzi and onlookers wearing latex at the Venom: The Last Dance premier? The fifty-year-old singer/actress hit the big event wearing a black and shiny gown of our favorite textile we simply need to celebrate. The plunging neckline, corset-style …

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Rihanna Latex Redux: The Versatility Of Our Most Favorite Textile

It’s as much the prerogative of a lady to change her mind, as to slip into what seems almost to be the same latex wardrobe more than once. Even if that lady happens to be Rihanna.Attending Moncler’s “City of Genius” event in China last week, the music and fashion mogul, closed out the Shanghai Fashion …

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The 2024 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show: Firsts, Model Returns and…Cher

There was even some latex couture on display, as much as wings, lace, iconic models, Cher, and lots of firsts, all at the 2024 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Happening this week in NYC and broadcast on Amazon Live, Prime Video, and across VS YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, by all accounts, this inclusive rebranding overhaul revival …

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Happening In Threes….Look Who Wore What Latex At What Recent Events

You have surely heard of that seeming cultural phenomenon of things happening in threes…well this number sometimes does indeed play across the latex wardrobe world. We tend to see a bunch of great sightings of our favorite textile lumped together, as you read here often. But in the case of latex couture postings last week, …

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Art Is Fashion, Fashion Is Art: The 2025 Met Gala and UK’s Frieze

Not that we ever expect to see much latex (although the outfits can get rather alternative) we do hold out hope each year to see our favorite textile on grand display at the “Oscars of Fashion,” the Met Gala. This year’s 2025 Gala theme has been announced, some seven months before attendees will be showing …

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Get Out And Vote…for Latex 24/7

Through the Dawnamatrix progression of latex designing, we have embraced kimono culture, participated in alternative fetish runway events, and made our presence known with Katy Perry, and Lady Gaga. We have seen our work in print and video, on stage at the VMA’s, and in movies and streaming shows. We have been honored with awards …

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Trending Halloween Costumes, 2024

Be they cloth, leather and lace, PVC, full-on latex wardrobes, or a combination of any of the textiles (or none at all) this time of year lots of us start to wonder what costumes will be trending for 2024. We know almost every costume shop, cultural blog, and even high-end couture site weighs in with …

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Debbie Harry, SNL & SPirit, Filipino fashion

How about another one of our semi-regular fashion news roundups, be it about latex, alternate fashion, or regular wacky wardrobe happenings… First, there is the icon Debbie Harry and Gucci. Ionic lead singer, songwriter, and co-founder of equally iconic rock band Blondie, Debbie has a sure style sensibility all her own. She fronts the new …

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