This recently published blog: https://hollywoodlife.com/2025/08/15/mistakes-to-avoid-wearing-latex-dress/ takes us through what Hollywood Life thinks are the foremost mistakes one might encounter when attempting to slip into a latex dress. The cautions here apply to most kinds of latex couture but shouldn’t put any first-time wearer off our favorite textile.
Let’s address them one by one:
First, HL mentions that buyers often make a sizing error when buying latex. While any one of us could order the wrong size dress, pants, or shirt—harder to do when ordering a bespoke latex piece (if you are honest with your designer and yourself)—the point here is surely well taken about latex specifically. Lots of people who have never worn latex think it stretches to the ubiquitous ‘one-size-fits-all.’ But latex doesn’t stretch like rubber and indeed will envelope you in a way other materials do not…which makes wearing latex so fantastically sexy.
The piece mentions using the correct kind of lube when dressing: a good silicone-based lube works wonders here. Even talcum powder will do. Even having a friend come over while you are dressing to help you wiggle this way or that, or to offer an honest assessing eye is sometimes another great asset to have on standby.
Taking care of a latex dress or even a latex wardrobe accessory also comes down to making sure you have latex polish or silicon spray, plus a good microfiber cloth on hand. The occasional buffing will surely extend the life of your latex.
Furthermore, for latex care, cleaning and storing your latex wardrobe is essential to its long life. After washing it in warm, soapy water, you need to let any latex dry completely before storing it. And when storing it, pick a cool and dry place, out of direct sunlight and away from heaters. Using a padded hanger or lying your latex flat in a lined storage box will also help keep the creases away.
Latex can crease deep and permanent if you are not careful
Best you can, it’s also best to build a latex wardrobe around your needs then pick what you are going to wear appropriate to the event. This last point is merely to keep you as comfortable as possible; if there is going to be dancing where you are going, wear a latex dress you can move in, if it’s more of a ‘see and be scene,’ gathering, go ahead, dress in your wildest and tightest if you can walk and pose comfortably.
You as much want to have your latex wardrobe piece for a long time, as you want to enjoy slipping into it when the mood strikes and the event warrants it (although, these days latex couture fits so many events, parties and even causal hangs). Take care of you and your latex wardrobe, as mentioned above, and you two will get along just fine for many years to come.
