In his recent Achieving Care for Your Latex Apparel – TechBullion, Abdul Baist gives us an extensive rundown of how to care for our favorite textile. And we couldn’t have ‘said’ it better. In all we write, render, and reveal of latex couture, Dawnamatrix has always recommended a specific latex couture care agenda. But due …
Netflix’s Emily in Paris isn’t a show specifically championing latex couture…but we love it all the same. Now it seems the audience who has made the show a hit wants to love it live. Atomic Venus Media and Paramount have announced their partnership to bring the famous Netflix series on tour across the US in …
Back in this blog we posted last week, we were wondering (pardon the pun), along with lots of fans, about the state of Wonder Woman’s new costume changes-a latex costume or not-as seen in issue Wonder Woman #15. Yes, we pretty much ‘geek out’ like the rest of you over these changes, be they big …
Last week, the UK held its Fashion Awards, and among the many winners (see here), there was a clear showing of some fantastic couture, some of it even latex. If you didn’t know, according to its website, the UK Fashion Awards unite “the global fashion community in London, the home of fashion and creativity, to …
Awakening, newly premiered at The Wynn in Las Vegas, runs the gambit in costuming, from latex to leather to metals, to a score of other textiles. Reminding us very much of the couture we see when participating in the World of Wearable Art shows, this new big brassy Las Vegas extravaganza is hard to ignore …
Wonder Woman, Diana Prince, born on the island of Themyscira, might not just be the best representative of latex couture. Still, her costume is iconic even if it’s not exactly made of our most-favorite textile. In the newly released Wonder Woman #15, that costume is seeing some updating, as befitting the great changes that has …
As we have always said, there are so many wonderful latex designers out there creating bespoke items, as well as selling catalog latex wardrobe pieces. We surely feel a sense of healthy competition with them all, but part of the Dawnamatrix ethos has always been that there is enough room (and alternative wardrobe wearers) to …
Once again there are many alternative–even some latex–fashion stories, to run through this week. Surely, this weekend, the premiere of the Wicked movie made lots of news. In Europe, the stars came out for the first showing of that movie, and as to be expected, celebrities showed up on the Wicked red carpet rather well …
Now that the Max limited series The Penguin is over, we feel it’s time to explore the show’s wardrobe, with or without latex couture involved. A grittier realization of a Batman/Gotham City spinoff has probably not been seen, and the clothes, as much as the story, tell the tale. While surely there are some great outfits worn …
With all the latex couture we report on, surely ladies get lots of attention. But when you have a Lady Gaga stepping out in some new fantastic alt. fashion creation, a Cardi B romping through a video in super sexy latex gear, or some actress teasing the award show red carpet paparazzi by mix and …
You might recall the intersection of our latex accessories and the Latin Grammy’s. Back in 2018, Pit Bull’s backing dancers were seen performing with the singer wearing our latex thigh highs. This year at the 2024 Latin Grammys there was no latex to be seen, but there were some great wardrobe choices for the night.As …
Sure, we might expect a little controversy if a celebrity strips down for a photo shoot wearing next to nothing at all, or maybe a skintight latex outfit. But would anyone ever expect a brouhaha over a celebrity family sitting for a “Family Holiday Card” picture, all wearing pajamas?What seemed to get the internet crazy …
We came across this recent beginner’s guide/article to wearing a latex catsuit. Writer Sadie Watkins gives wonderful advice on how to wear this fantastically basic (in the best sense of the word) latex outfit…and we will address some of her advice below. But Watkins gave us pause to consider the latex catsuit and all its …
Far be it for us to say what latex outfit, or even an accessory, should stand out above the rest. We have seen so many alternate wardrobe choices that either capture the blog ‘o sphere and/or become iconic, for a wide range of reasons. From the high-necked, puff-sleeve latex dress Lady Gaga wore when meeting …
So, let’s catch up on who wore what for Halloween…latex or not. Attempting to steal the Queen of Halloween crown from Heidi Klum (who we will get to in a minute) let’s first consider Kim Kardashian in her full albino alligator costume (see here). Wrapped in an all-white fitted scaly suit, her head sculpted in …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Christina Aquilera wearing latex? Who’d thunk it?! The 43-year-old diva celebrated the release of her debut album, Christina Aguilera, in partnership with Spotify, this week. The streaming service and Aguilera partnered on The 25th Anniversary of Christina Aguilera: Spotify Anniversaries Live meet-up and release, giving Xtina fans a chance to revisit their favorite songs via their favorite …
Sometimes all it takes is one spectacular lady wearing a simple latex dress to make a moment special. Even in the face of a lot of other fashions, we all know how our most favorite textile worn by a stunning model, a pop diva, a sultry sexy male actor or can surely make a statement. …
We have often mentioned how latex accessories can bring quite the fashionable ‘uptick’ to a wardrobe. Even a wardrobe that doesn’t include any other latex. Gloves, shoes, and even jewelry can add to one’s overall alt. fashion attempt, as well as what we will be on about in what follows. So much can make or …
Be they involving latex, an alternative fashion moment, or some cosplay news, you know how we often like to grab a bunch of stories from the news cycle and give them an airing from time to time here. No, we are certainly not above ‘acquiring’ these little snippets, from the sublime to the serious to …
The glitz, music, red carpet, and surely the leather, lace, and even sometimes, yes latex couture at the yearly VMA’s always make for good blog posts, tweets, and many day-after critiques. Although we have seen MTV’s unique answer to the Grammy’s now through four decades, it’s those wardrobes that never disappoint, no matter who wins …
Stealing an RV containing her bespoke outfits did not stop Paris Hilton from infusing her new “Bad Bitch Academy” video with scrumptious latex couture. As she presses flesh and throws parties for her new album, with this third single, Paris Hilton presents herself as the startling singular lady she has always been. In this new …
One doesn’t have to wear latex, enjoy the avant-garde, or even know iconic art all that much to have heard of British pop artist Allen Jones. His work, featured in various collections, from the Tate Museum in the UK to the Warwick Arts Centre, was seen as a standard for pop art of the 60s …
Whether or not AI can catch you wearing some piece of latex couture or replicate you wearing it to post a deep fake pic of you later (and if it would even want to), is yet to be seen. But concern over AI generators rendering wholly created images or mix-and-matching pieces of already existing pictures …
Could be latex, probably more like leather, maybe even some PVC. Whatever the case may be, the stunning stylings Demi Moore is wearing in her latest interview in Interview Magazine are so worth checking out. As is the interesting Q&A conducted by Academy-Award-winning actress, Michelle Yeoh. In the piece Moore and Yeoh expound on the …
Working in latex as we do, we know plenty about how a good many materials can make (or break) new wardrobe trends and influence styles. Or simply set a company on its way. So often experimentation in new textiles, be they natural or not, become a ‘one person’s trash/plant by-product/new polymer becomes another person’s couture,’ …
Classic comic sci-fi illustrations are full of semi-clad beauties wearing latex, PVC, and very little else, paired with muscle-bound hunks either coming to their rescue or making them submit to some other-worldly entanglement. Like it or not as seen through a modern-day sensibility, but this is the stuff of fantasy (the artist’s fantasy), no matter …
We don’t ever mind giving a nod to another designer, be they using latex or not. Just a few blogs back we mentioned the relaunch of the Yummy Gummy brand, happy as we are to see our friend and talented designer Rebecca Allsop having another chance to see her vision writ large. And you know …