Reading this fashion news post today: EBay Acquires Depop from Etsy for $1.2 Billion, made me think of something I wonder often: where are people buying latex these days? As you’d be able to tell with even a cursory read of this blog, we enjoy a healthy competition with our fellow latex designers and retailers. …
From the sexy and short wedding dress Madonna wore during her 1984 “Like a Virgin” performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, Elvis Presley’s white and glittery “Aloha from Hawaii” jumpsuit, or Lady Gaga channeling Queen Elizabeth wearing red latex Victorian style when performing at the Royal Variety Show, the world has been treated to …
Say it isn’t so…latex at Paris Fashion Week? Ok, this isn’t the first time we saw our favorite textile on the runway at a major fashion show. But at Paris Fashion Week, latex couture was featured in a collection by designer Arthur Avellan and Sextou included latex elements in their wardrobe at a huge party …
Latex, lace, leather, and copious amounts of skin, along with protest buttons; attendees did not disappoint in what they wore to the 68th Grammy Awards. Celebrities attending this latest version of the granddaddy music celebration gave us a whole lot to look at and post about…and we got to enjoy a grand latex couture moment …
Is anybody surprised that the latest tech has intruded into latex couture? Chat GPT, computer-generated images, and all types of modern digital advancements have been a welcome bedfellow to the world of fashion for years. That we currently see a deeper, barely detectable AI infiltration into the sartorial space shouldn’t be surprising. And upon tripping …
Tis’ the season that just swung by us all, it was no surprise to find plenty of festive alternative clothing adorning our more famous celebrities’ equally famous frames, from lace, latex to leather. And when it came to the latex we read about in blogs, saw on TV shows and across TikTok, whether it was …
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 …
Last week, there were a bunch of comments made about pictures Bella Hadid posted wearing white latex while advertising a new addition to her fragrance company, Oreblla. And although the supermodel did indeed look smashing in her plunging latex tank and short skirt, in one of the main pictures, one notices the latex couture set …
Scouring the internet, drawing on our own experiences, and surely listening to the conversations of friends, family, and Dawnamatrix clients, we learn a great deal about the world of alternative fashion that our latex wardrobe rendering has introduced us to. So, when we stumbled across this recent repost “travel idea,” of an old ArtNews article, …
Yes, the World of Wearable Art show is coming around once again (as we recently told you here), and a new Dawnamatrix latex wardrobe entry has made it in as a finalist. This is our 9th WOW entry and the 4th collaborative finalist piece I designed with Ben Gould. Once again, it is an unprecidented …
This summer, are you traveling a bit, looking to maybe catch some unusual museum exhibits, maybe even with one or two showing a hint of latex? In their just released The 10 Best Fashion Exhibits to See This Summer, Harper’s Bazaar lays out a few suggestions, pretty much far and wide. Here are a few …
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 …
At Dawnamatrix, we do our best to explore the possibilities of male latex couture. This new article elaborates specifically on men wearing latex and puts us in mind exactly what is out there for men regarding building a latex wardrobe or just adding some latex pieces to their overall style. And while we know women’s …
We might not exactly term it this way, but surely, wearing latex could very well give you “heightened confidence.” These are the two exact words used in this new article from the Hans India website, exploring how a wearer enjoys such positive gains when wearing a latex catsuit. Starting off by claiming that very few …
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 …
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, …
It’s one thing to slip into a latex wardrobe for an award show red carpet strut-in. Or to be seen in some skin-tight latex couture for a superhero role you have stepped into. And we constantly point out singers in latex costumes for video or stage appearances. But when our best and brightest show up …
Although we haven’t seen any latex wardrobe (yet) Katy Perry took the beginning of Paris Fashion Week by storm. About to drop new music, the 39-year-old pop diva took the opportunity of all eyes in Paris to show herself in grand and wild style and push her brand. A video posted (from which the above …
And less we forget, Zendaya’s red carpet appearance with Timothée Chalamet in Seoul, South Korea recently.
We will even skirt around the shiny and lubed 800lb. gorilla in the room when we don’t find any latex wardrobe to drool over by reporting on some other kind of alternative fashion that might make our grade
Celebrating a sure sartorial hat streak with the release of what will be her first country album, Beyoncé also doubled-up her love of V-Day…wearing latex.
Chasing down celebrities wearing a latex accessory or an entire latex wardrobe when making particular appearances, during on-stage performances, or even in video clips can feel like a full-time job.
The WearLatex site has just published its Latex Guide – WearLatex.com. It lists two categories of questions, ranging from those with “zero knowledge up to a complete latex geek.”
Who says Paris Fashion week can’t get edgy and show off some cowboys?
Wearing latex next Friday or any other day of the week might indeed show you have a fetish or two, or maybe that you just like dressing in latex.
This week, though, there was a good amount of our favorite textile both seen and even talked about in connection with the Bravo hit series.
Post-pandemic, the Fetish Ball partnered with Live Nation, with the Fetish Ball Presents becoming a national brand.
Demi Lovato in a Venus Prototype with its corset, and long skirt. She accessorized with latex leggings, latex gloves, with her guitarist also dressed in latex.
And as far as daring sexy looks go (as much for her and others in her videos), we can’t forget Shania’s infamous Man! I Feel Like A Woman video.
Taylor Swift might be celebrating her ‘eras,’ but did you know that K-pop group Blackpink celebrates the 7th anniversary of their debut this week; music, alt. couture, and indeed some latex wardrobe all feature in their unprecedented ascendency.
Here are two latex couture moments that happened so far this week, and some interesting couture styling with one of the world’s most popular home improvement materials…
Through a brief chat we managed below, we found out, once and for all, about how latex does and does not fit into the nightly routine and lives of a dancers working at the famous Rick’s Cabaret New York club.
We hardly, if ever though, have heard of a latex mishap like the one that happened last night to cause I-285 to be closed until opening just this morning.
