Two women in rubber miniskirts and tops Rubber fetishism is the fetishistic attraction to people wearing rubber clothing, or in certain cases, to the garments themselves. Closely related to rubber fetishism is PVC fetishism, related to shiny clothes made of the synthetic plastic polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1371x2000, 599 KB) Description: Photomodels Jassi and Dana wearing rubber-miniskirts and -tops Source: own photography Date: 1. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1371x2000, 599 KB) Description: Photomodels Jassi and Dana wearing rubber-miniskirts and -tops Source: own photography Date: 1. ...
Sexual fetishism, first described as such by Alfred Binet in his Le fétichisme dans l’amour, though the concept and certainly the activity is quite ancient, is a form of paraphilia where the object of affection is a specific inanimate object or part of a persons body. ...
Latex rubber is used in many types of clothing. ...
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is a widely-used plastic. ...
Some "PVC" clothes are actually made from a mixture of polyester (58-80%) and polyurethane (PU) (20-42%). Just to add to the confusion, this is sometimes described as just "PU". An alternative mix includes PVC (63%), polyester (27%), and PU (10%). Pure PU clothes seem rare. The alt.lycra FAQ notes that PU "is a type of 'plastic' material that is very similar to rubber in many respects but has many superior characteristics and none of rubber's 'bad' habits." For the film, see the article Polyester (film) Close-up of a polyester shirt SEM picture of a bend in a high surface area polyester fiber with a seven-lobed cross section Polyester is a category of polymers, or, more specifically condensation polymers, which contain the ester functional group in...
A polyurethane is any polymer consisting of a chain of organic units joined by urethane links. ...
One reason why rubber and other tight shiny fabrics may be fetishised is perhaps that the garment forms a "second skin" that acts as a fetishistic surrogate for the wearer's own skin. Thus, wearers of skin-tight rubber or PVC garments may be perceived by the viewer as being naked, or simply coated in a shiny substance like paint. Rubber and PVC can also be polished to be shiny and can also be produced in bright colours, adding further visual stimulus to add to the physical sensations produced by the material. The tightness of the garments may also be viewed as a kind of sexual bondage. The smell of latex rubber is also a turn-on for some rubber fetishists, and such garments are usually impregnated with chemicals to enhance the odour. The concept of a second skin is common to a range of clothing-related fetishes. ...
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Turn-On was a 1969 TV series notable for having been cancelled by its network before the first episode finished airing. ...
However, some rubber enthusiasts are also turned on by the wearing of draped rubber garments such as cloaks. Other rubber paraphernalia, such as gas masks and Wellington boots, are also often added to the scenario. Some PVC enthusiasts are turned on by PVC Hazmat suits and other forms of industrial protective clothing. A gas mask, also known as a respirator, is a mask worn on the face to protect the body from airborne pollutants and toxic materials. ...
A pair of Wellington boots The Wellington boot, also known as a welly, a wellie, or a gumboot, is a type of boot based upon Hessian boots worn and popularised by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and fashionable among the British aristocracy in the early 19th century. ...
A HAZMAT suit is an overall garment worn by people to protect themselves from hazardous materials or substances. ...
Protective clothing is clothing designed to protect either the wearers body or other items of clothing from hazards such as heat, chemicals and infection. ...
One variant of rubber fetishism involves Mackintoshes. This appears to be predominantly a British form of rubber fetishism. Mackintosh shop, Burlington Arcade London A Mackintosh is a form of waterproof raincoat, first sold in 1824, made out of rubberised fabric. ...
Rubber fetishism often involves dressing up in the material, or looking at it worn by sexual partners, or fantasies about wearers of skin-tight or other rubber garments, such as divers and workers wearing industrial protective clothing. Another common stereotype of is the image of a dominatrix wearing a skin-tight rubber or PVC catsuit. A skin-tight garment is a garment that is held to the skin by elastic tension. ...
A diver is an person who practices scuba diving or surface supplied diving. ...
A dominatrix or mistress is a woman who takes the dominant role in bondage and discipline, domination and submission and/or sado-masochistic sexual practices, which are commonly abbreviated as BDSM. The male equivalent is master. ...
Woman in red Catsuit A catsuit is a skin-tight one-piece garment with sleeves and long legs, and sometimes with feet or gloves, sometimes with a hood. ...
For hygienic reasons, many sex toys such as dildos and butt plugs are made from rubber or similar materials, and this is also a factor in rubber fetishism. Some rubber fetishists are also medical fetishists or have an interest in klismaphilia. A sex toy is a term for any object or device that is primarily used in facilitating human sexual pleasure. ...
A 7-inch silicone dildo A dildo (or dildoe, a rare alternate spelling) is a sex toy, often phallic, intended for bodily interaction during masturbation or sexual intercourse. ...
Butt plugs are sex toys that are designed to be inserted in the anus and rectum for sexual pleasure. ...
Medical fetishism is a paraphilia where the activities and paraphernalia of medicine are eroticised. ...
Klismaphilia (sometimes spelled Klysmaphilia) is the paraphilia of deriving sexual pleasure from enemas. ...
The "Batman" films made heavy use of rubber and PVC imagery for Batman and Catwoman's costumes respectively. The DC Comics superhero Batman (originally and still sometimes referred to as The Batman) is a fictional character who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ...
Catwoman (real name Selina Kyle) is a DC Comics character, associated with the Batman franchise. ...
A substantial industry exists to produce specialist rubber fetish clothing garments for rubber enthusiasts. Fetish clothing includes any type of clothing and clothing materials which is commonly fetishized. ...
The International Association of Rubberists is a free online support community for those who may be struggling with their fetish. It is also a vast source of information on the rubberist subculture and its related industry. A rubberist is a person with a fetish for rubber, latex or, more loosely, PVC clothing. ...
Lots of rubber clothes appear on websites such as eBay, and in recent years clothes made in PVC have been prevalent in young people's fashions, particularly in jackets, skirts and trousers. As fashions come round and round again it would seem that PVC, rubber and similar materials will appear again in mainstream street fashions as well as continuing to be central to the fetish scene.
The artwork of Allen Jones has been strongly influenced by the imagery of rubber fetishism and BDSM. Allen Jones (born 1937) is a British pop artist famous for his exhibition of erotic sculptures, like the set Chair, Table and Hat Stand (1969), each of which turns a woman into an item of furniture. ...
A collar is a common symbol of BDSM. BDSM is a term which describes a number of related patterns of human sexual behaviour. ...
There are a number of specialist rubberist magazines devoted to this fetish, including:
AtomAge magazine (later AtomAge International magazine) was a fetish magazine published in Britain by the clothes designer John Sutcliffe in the 1970s as an offshoot of his AtomAge fetish clothing business. ...
Marquis is a fetish magazine covering aspects of the worldwide fetish subculture. ...
«O» was the name of an international fetish magazine published in Germany. ...
Skin Two is a fetish magazine covering aspects of the worldwide fetish subculture. ...
See also
Sexual fetishism, first described as such by Alfred Binet in his Le fétichisme dans l’amour, though the concept and certainly the activity is quite ancient, is a form of paraphilia where the object of affection is a specific inanimate object or part of a persons body. ...
Paraphilia (in Greek para παρά = over and philia φιλία = friendship) is a mental health term recently used to indicate sexual arousal in response to sexual objects or situations that are not part of societally normative arousal/activity patterns, or which may interfere with the capacity for reciprocal affectionate sexual activity. ...
Leather fetishism is the name popularly used to describe a fetishistic attraction to people wearing leather, or in certain cases, to the garments themselves. ...
Scuba fetishism is sexual arousal by scuba diving, snorkeling, or the wearing of diving equipment. ...
Spandex fetishism is a fetishistic attraction to people wearing shiny stretch fabrics or, in certain cases, to the garments themselves. ...
Neoprene is the trade name for a family of synthetic rubbers based on polychloroprene. ...
A woman heads out surfing in a wetsuit This article is about the use of wetsuits in a range of water sports, for protective clothing specialised for scuba diving, see diving suit. ...
Two divers, one wearing a 1 atmosphere diving suit and the other standard diving dress, preparing to explore the wreck of the RMS Lusitania, 1935. ...
External links - The International Association of Rubberists(no fees)
- RubberDex index of Rubberist resources
- AtomAge Magazine Appreciation Site, with images of all the AtomAge magazine covers and a section on the history of AtomAge
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