The Origin of Latex

The first fashion trend record of fetishism should be dated back to the end of 18c. Some people regarded it as a branch of Gothic culture in Germany. As was known to all, the Gothic culture was mainly featured by clothes that were tightly attached to one＇s body, as well as the fishtail dress . At that time, some actors or actresses even liked to wear the latex clothing performing at some certain parties.

However, there were still other persons holding strongly that the trend of fetishism originated from London, England, where secret gays liked to wear clothes made by leather after World War II. To my surprise, during this time, the criteria of judging whether a man was a gay was to see whether he always wore clothes made from rare latex performing on public occasions.

Afterwards, latex clothing became a subculture in 60s of 20c in England. One of the main reasons was that people who wore latex clothing were greatly influenced by those popular rock singers. Bands like “The Rolling Stones” and “The Who”, and film stars like Blake in “Honor”, Diana Gerry in “The Avengers”, they all wore latex items, say, clothes, gloves, and boots. There was still another reason for its popularity, i.e. many famous designers also absorbed the subculture of fetishism into their works, which made the latex clothing easier to be accepted by the society. What＇s more, some designers even created latex clothing that has not gained popularity from the mass, which accelerated the process of its modernization.

Today, latex clothing is gaining an increasing popularity in society. It is not only due to some restrictive BDSM--stimulating programs of clothes made by Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood for Punk culture in 70s of 20c, but also due to the wide used exercise self-control pants which are made by attaching leather belt to legs of human body. In modern times, Companies like Sexiw latex clothing 、House of Harlot、Torture Garden、Vex latex clothing and Madame S all make great efforts to push latex clothing to the top of fashion, which is leaded by pop stars like Katy Perry and Lady Gaga all like latex clothing.