Sorry, not a hint of latex couture in the bunch, but here’s some fashion news to wrap up the month… The Phoenician Scheme is so bright we have to wear Oliver Peoples shades. Wes Anderson’s latest film, “The Phoenician Scheme,” stars Benicio del Toro. Besides the wildly comic turn the actor manages in the movie, he …
We had hoped that with as many changes as she managed, host and performer Jennifer Lopez might have included at least a hint of latex in at least one of her outfits during last night’s American Music Awards 2025. She didn’t. Neither did any other notable. Lopez did manage into sparkling bodysuits, nearly naked …
We reported a couple blogs back how some new restrictions were being placed on Cannes red carpet wardrobe choices that had far and away nothing to do with latex or any other textile being forbidden. This time the two big takeaway no-no’s were dresses with overly long trains and big dresses—“voluminous outfits” as they were …
We’ve seen it before, we’ll see it many times in the future…celebrities pushing a new product line or collaborating with a brand stepping out in a publicized paparazzi-filled event while wearing latex couture. This past week we had Bella Hadid and UK T.V. and presenter/host Amanda Holden working fragrances and iconic chocolate crackers respectively (both …
And to think this could all be rectified with a strict adherence to latex wardrobe… Starbucks baristas from seventy-five American coffee stores have been striking since this past Sunday. Why? The workers, numbering over a thousand, are protesting the coffee giant’s new company dress code. Starting this past Monday, Starbucks is demanding that their workers …
And here we thought the occasional latex wardrobe piece might be considered too sexy…. It seems the 2025 Cannes Film Festival is now banning naked dressing. The grande dame or daddy, depending on your gender POV, of film has banned a fashion trend that many have come to consider de rigueur on the festival’s famous …
What began as a niche interest shared by a small yet growing like-minded population, folks as much influenced by reading authors like Jules Verne as a love of Victorian-era aesthetics, grew into a fully realized and marketable subculture that we often see ‘dressed’ in latex. And with the attention Janelle Monáe’s motorized clock monocle received …
Black dandyism, a high-priced dinner, museum charity…and latex? Let’s explore what we saw, and didn’t see, last night on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the 2025 Met Gala. Madonna, returning to the gala after nearly a decade away, wore an ivory suit, tailored trousers, a matching blazer, a white button-down shirt…and …
At the end of this week, before the ‘Oscars of Fashion,’ which will take place this coming Monday, we have to wonder again about what we may or may not see when it comes to latex couture at the Met Gala. With this year’s costume exhibition titled ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,’ the Gala’s dress code …