The Loot Train Battle” from Game of Thrones the other night seems to be a game changer as far as H.B.O., cable, and all of fantasy fandom is concerned. If you caught the sequence, it was hard not to be stirred by Emilia riding Drogon over the Los Barruecos location, no matter whose side you happened to be rooting for.
The World of Wearable Art exhibition at the Museum of Pop Culture had such an impact on us all here at Dawnamatrix Studios. This fusion of art and costume was what I had been searching for and now that we have made it to this point all I can say is thank you all for following me in this journey.
The LeMay America’s Car Museum in Tacoma was full with cars, attendees and styles. Along with Dawnamatrix, four other designers presented their latest wardrobe collections and accessories.
Not that a latex skirt (link to: (https://dawnamatrix.com/shop/collections/basics/cheeky-skirt/) would garner front-and-center attention here, but to be sure at the 20th Bodypainting Festival (link to: https://bodypainting-festival.com/en/) in Klagenfurt, Austria there was more than just bare painted bodies on display. Anything from faux horse tails, disco balls and fish bowls were employed by 60 artists and designers …
As a homage to Robert Palmer’s “Addicted To Love” video, one might recall Shania in first top hat and long coat, with a bevy of beefy guys playing instruments behind her, then later revealing the iconic sexy corset/mini skirt look. Shania returns, albeit briefly, in some of that wardrobe in her brand new video, “Life’s About to Get Good” for the lead off single from her soon-to-be-released album, Now.
Not that Celine Dion ever truly left us. From Vegas residencies to recent performances at music events, this lady is surely a diva for the ages. But this recent work with Vogue certainly showcases how very daring the lady might like to get from time to time in her day to day dress to her costume designs to her very elegant wear
Yes, the latex costumes do manage to sneak in, but generally it’s a full cornucopia of latex, PVC lace, leather and pretty much anything else you can care to name that makes the cosplay scene. At San Diego’s Comic-Con 2017, attendees are showing up in all kinds of imaginative homemade wear and for the 4th year in a row Hot Topic and Her Universe celebrated this fantasy fashion at the 2017 Her Universe Fashion Show.
The Sidefeel Women Cute V Neck Sweet Scallop Pleated Skater Dress, from Amazon is made of polyester and spandex. It comes with scallop trim, the aforementioned slight low neckline and short sleeves and is available in yellow, pink, white, red, blue and black.
Into the summer now and Terminal F. is getting lots of attention, as Sister Sinister attempts to lift the site from a mere membership spot fans can go to buy pictures and other goodies from the models they love. As more women add to the website, its Sister Sinister’s hope that Terminal F will become the one-stop location for us all looking for talent in the fetish clothing world…and beyond.
A latex clothing designer can’t be jealous that out of all the smoking sexy outfits Jennifer Lopez flips around in her new video for “Ni Tu’ Ni Yo” none were made from our most favorite material. The array of costume changes here, how perfect J.Lo looks and the consistent Latin pop heart of the tune makes this certainly one of the best videos to hit now mid-summer.
The #WatermelonDress phenomena squished its way into social media frenzy during 4th of July. Ryan Seacrest actually “dropped” a picture on Twitter wearing the watermelon cut out held over a picture of himself a few days before the 4th . But by all accounts, Twitter exploded over the trend during and then following the U.S. Independence Celebration.
Lots is being made about the celebs showing up, and ‘showing off’, at Paris Couture Week. Julianna Moore and Elle Fanning and more came to the City of Lights for the shows, as well as Celine Dion showing lots of skin, posing naked on Vogue’s Instagram account. But by all accounts Bella seems to have won the day n with her daring, style and metallics infused into such a high-fashion event.
From their Kendall + Kylie clothing collection, the famous Jenner sisters attempted to release what they were calling “vintage” music t-shirts this week. The ladies took to superimposing their K&K logo or their faces (and in some cases, bikini shots) over classic album cover art and music star images. Using pictures from The Notorious B.I.G., Metallica, Led Zeppelin and many more, the sisters received a huge backlash this week when they revealed their latest attempt at hip haute couture across Instagram.
But a gown like Victoria Swarovski’s is in the stratosphere of custom made considerations. And considering who she is and what is expected of the shine of her family’s signature product, Cinco’s dress had to glimmer like no dress before it. And with the whole world able to look on these days, you can bet plenty of people would be weighing with whether they though this Swarovski creation truly was “all that glitters.”
Ken is part of the Mattel’s latest “Fashionistas” line, something the toymaker introduced after a Barbie Doll sales slump the beginning of this year. Two years shy of sixty years in existence, maybe the time is right for all these wardrobe and physical changes Mattel is making, for Barbie as well as Ken. In addition to what Mattel is doing with Ken, this year will see 25 new Barbie’s introduced.
This country’s youth culture was basically built on hot girls, hotrod cars, and the sexy sleek sensibility of rock and roll. Ever-changing styles in hair, make-up and dress influenced generations. Seeing how latex is becoming so mainstream it’s no surprise to encounter the marriage of great American institutions that the 2017 Cars & Couture Fashion Show represents.
It’s really fun to be part of all this great music of late. From Katy Perry’s “Bon Appétit” is video, to dressing Kima for this famous annual hip-hop fest, music is certainly in air round the Dawnamatrix design studio, as it always is in our hearts. And to be part of Summer Jam, in the small way we were, when this year a legend like Notorious B.I.G. was honored, was an even bigger thrill.
Drag Con will be held in L.A. next year, and dates for a NYC version of the con were just announced (Sept 9th-10th) to be held at the massive Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. RuPaul and her fans, vendors, exhibitors and just about everyone else into fashion, drag, freedom and a good time are sure to find New York City as wild to party in as they do L.A.
From getting the call from stylist team stylist team Rob Zangardi & Mariel Haenn to provide a latex kimono, our Lux Bra and High Waisted Panty (and other stuff not used in the video) to the actual thrill of seeing what Dawnamatrix clothing was indeed used to now enjoying this nuts-and-bolts little peek, Bon Appétit has been quite the scrumptious meal for us.
When adult product makers began to take the final steps away from phthalates (those nasty little chemicals put into plastics and silicone to increase durability and flexibility), and fashion designers went hypoallergenic with metals, lots of possibilities sprang up. It was a ‘necessity is the mother of perversion’ in this case, but we all benefit now from much healthier products, from the clothes we make at Dawnamatrix and even the beGloss lube we sell. to what you might buy for your bedroom play.
This month marks the 50th Anniversary of the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. This famous music milestone by John, Paul, George and Ringo was not only the 8th album released by The Beatles, but is arguably the rock album that changed pop music forever.
Movie maker Locus Creative Studios is not being celebrated this first week after the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, precisely because of body shaming. In its remake ‘parody’ of the classic Snow White story, Red Shoes And The Seven Dwarfs, the dwarves are cursed princess who must kiss the “most beautiful princess” to break their curse. On the movie’s poster revealed on the French Rivera festival last week, a slim Snow White is shown morphing into a curvier version over the tagline: “What if Snow White was no longer beautiful and the 7 Dwarfs not so short?”
The blinding white gown sported both a price tag of £40,000 and a long delicate train, and Pippa augmented it by wearing a tiara and custom made veil. Marrying James Matthews at St. Marks Church this past Saturday, Kate’s wedding, as all aspects of her life, has enjoyed public attention ever since her sister married Prince William six years ago.
And here we have been going on about making Katy Perry latex for her latest video, “Bon Appetit” (of which we are infinitely proud). But did you catch Cher at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards this Sunday past? Katy P., Rihanna, all our reigning pop divas would have to give a nod to Cher, who …
We have reported before on the latex costumes, dance revelry, and the overall alternate vibe of Unleashed parties. This company is well known throughout our community for their one-of-a-kind meet-ups. On June 3rd another Unleashed international fetish dance event will take place…but for the first time, the fun will be unleashed on London.
You might not think there is a connection between latex clothing and a full course meal, but Katy Perry sure does. In her new video “Bon Appétit” -the second single off of the pop diva’s upcoming 4th studio album-Katy not only wears latex couture, but she wears some Dawnamatrix latex couture!
Judged by experts like Neiman Marcus’ Ken Downing, celebrity stylist Kemal Harris, “Today Show” contributor Lilliana Vazquez, even those who did not win presented the very best of the art of textile to the audience. Working off the theme of “Innovation” this year, students worked in two to three submission, under the guidance of industry mentors for a whole year. Then out of the two hundred designs submitted only seventy-nine make the cut for the Future of Fashion show.
Conflicting accounts put the origins of this unusual communal occurrence at a Texas college campus decades ago when students decided to ‘drop trou’ in celebration of their end-of-the-year finals. Still, others put the blame on the Texas-based humor organization the Knighthood of BUH. Whoever is responsible for starting the tradition it seems to have originated in the Lone Star State and despite its humorous humble beginnings, NPD grew so much through the 90’s that it became a country-wide holiday by the beginning of the 21st century.
When it comes to our modern day pop divas, a latex skirt is just as important as a wardrobe fail, as is some costume becoming iconic. From stage, video, late-night clubbing a Katy Perry, a Nicki Minaj and Rihanna can be seen wearing any number of outfits fans drool over and unknown designers would have given anything to have made. Dana Proctor saw the value of Britney Spears’ outfits, as she came to collect seven Britney wardrobe pieces, pieces that she is now trying to sell on eBay for one million dollars.
This year’s theme for the Met Gala was “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons,” celebrating the famous designer to be featured in this year’s Met museum exhibit. The last time the Met featured an exhibit at the museum focusing on a living designer was with Yves Saint Laurent …back in 1983. The Met Gala, what has been called by many “The East Coast Oscars,” marks the opening night of the museum’s exhibit, with the money from the party-tickets priced at what only celebrities could afford-gathered to keep the Met going.
If they would have only asked we could have easily suggested where some latex accessories might have been added to update the look. Or why not even outfit the out front counter help with a catsuit or two (guys and glas both)? It seems though that the McDonald’s Corp. simply went ahead enlisting the services of designers Waraire Boswell and Bindu Rivas to develop brand new uniforms for their workers. And those uniforms are now coming under a social media firestorm, least of all for their too-easy comparison to costume designs from villains in the Star Wars franchise.
As a top fetish photographer, and the man who began “Marquis,” Peter W. Czernich claims “shooting dominant women has been one of my specialties,” and Czernich shoots them in latex costumes, rubber clothing, leather, you name it. His latest (and fourth) photo book, Dominatrix debuts this summer and Czernich is currently running a Crowdfunding site for the completion of the book.
As always at UNLEASHED events, there will be a top of the line sound system featured, pounding out the spins from DJ’s like Joyce Mercedes, Melissa Sneekes and Sofia Valentine, (to name but a few performing this time out). There will be performers on hand as well, with this time the 6-girl “Mad Pussy Gang,” featured to ‘unleash’ their pyro, juggling, dancing madness. Also, as always, UNLEASHED provides many different areas for people to come and party/meet in: dark out-of-the-way corners for canoodling, their big dance floor spaces to get one’s rave on, ‘chill out’ areas for partiers to snuggle close for simple conversations and handholding away from the mayhem.
Dawnamatrix and sculptor and fiber artist Lana Crooks collaborated to make a dress for the upcoming World of Wearable Art competition in New Zealand. WOW® is a globally respected and renowned international design competition. Yearly it draws hundreds of entries from all over the world, awarding $165,000 in prize money, and internships with huge creative companies, like the Weta Workshop, known for their work on “The Lord Of The Rings” trilogy, among others films.
As much talking about musicians like Katy Perry and getting the call from stylist Andrew Richardson to create what has, to date, been one of our most seen creations, the inflatable skirt and “Skater Dress” for CoverGirl’s “Plumpify Mascara” commercial, Shira also delved deep into the Dawnamatrix story. I loved how her article focused on the topic of running a latex fashion business, not just on Katy Perry latex (which could be a whole article in itself, especially for a music magazine) or cosplay or any other mainstream latex placement.
Latex clothing and Billboard? Why not, we say. Writer Shira Karsen, the Lifestyle Editor for Billboard.com recognizes how the styles and material we so love are slipping ever further into the mainstream in her just published: “The Fashion Designer Bringing Latex From Cosplay to Katy Perry & Nicki Minaj: Exclusive”…an exclusive with, yours truly!