We don’t often catch cool latex couture at a sporting event, whether on some athlete wearing it or someone entertaining. But that is exactly what happened, in two notable instances, just recently.
First there was Natasha Bedingfield entertaining at a Buffalo Bills’ halftime game, at the team’s brand new Highmark Stadium. During the Bills match-up with the New England Patriots, on October 4th the “Unwritten” singer wore a bespoke head-to-toe Bills’-inspired football one-piece grey and white semi-transparent latex football ‘jersey,’ and pants. Sporting her last name across her shoulders, a huge number 33 on the front, and the outfit trimmed all in white, Natasha accessorized with latex wristbands and white platform Marc Jacobs boots.
From ‘Across the pond,’ a month or so back, we actually saw a top athlete (an Olympic hurdles finalist, in fact!) engaging in her sport, wearing latex.
Alaysha Johnson ran the 100m hurdles at the Athlos London 2026 in a two-piece latex outfit, as much jumping all the hurdles set before her, as taking first-place prize doing so.
Not only was Alaysha’s couture significant, but her run clocked in at 12.50 seconds, the event was the inaugural women’s 100m hurdles at the Athlos London, and she received $65,000 in prize money.
We gave good blog over the array of alternative tennis outfits we saw this year at the U.S. Open. And you have read about our involvement with the Sukeban lady wrestlers. So, we do indeed know that latex can get sporty. And while there is no denying the concerns players have about how restricting an outfit might be for them when competing, and performers at sporting events, or any other, can pick from a wide variety of fantastic stage costumes, these two recent incidents are more proof of the fact that latex couture can slip in and out of any part of our culture at any time.
As much for a great look as well as for great function.
