Wetlook originally means the scene of a person or persons wearing wet clothing; it can also refer to the act of getting wet while wearing clothing, and having fun either in doing so or in watching others do it. To many, it is a sexual fetish, where pleasure is derived from observation of wet-clothed persons as well as getting wet oneself, but other people enjoy getting wet themselves for entirely non-sexual reasons, such as a social hobby. For example, wetlook could involve swimming in clothes, taking a clothed shower or bath (sometimes with a lover), etc. Although it may seem to be a strange thing at first glance, there are quite a lot of people who like it; there are many sites dedicated to wetlook on the Internet. It has been suggested that folding clothes be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Glamour_boxing be merged into this article or section. ...

The phrase "to each his own" applies to wetlook. Different people prefer to get wet in different kinds of clothing and in different places. Certain well-known preferences for clothing, at least from a sexual perspective, include business suits, dresses and other formal wear, and denim, jeans particularly. For those who engage in it for the fun of it, normal wear is often T-shirts and shorts or jeans, or for girls at clothed pool parties, normal party wear.

In most cases, there are two reasons why people like wetlook. Firstly, wet clothes change their shape and color, clinging to the body and becoming shiny or transparent; this partly reveals the body shape while still covering it, which some people find erotic and teasing. It can also be sensual to the wearer, and some people enjoy it more for how it feels. It is written in fiction that some women find wearing wet clothes to be very sensual. More on this is discussed under wet and messy fetishism. Eroticism is an aesthetic focused on sexual desire, especially the feelings of anticipation of sexual activity. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...

Secondly, swimming in clothes can be nonconformant. By doing so, people express pleasant feeling of freedom and openness. It carries a positive regressive feel, of doing something that you know you shouldn't be doing and are probably too old to be doing, and enjoying it.

Some people engage in wet activities privately, either alone or with friends and lovers in the bathroom or garden pool, but others do it publicly in places such as public swimming pools (where permitted). Some countries in Europe have quite a thing for clothed pool parties it seems, Germany and Switzerland in particular. Another fun way to get wet in public is of course dunk tanks at public events. There are always natural bodies of water to play in, too, and rivers, streams and waterfalls.

Some people like seeing others underwater; whereas wetlook generally requires you to be above water for hair and clothes to look wet, some people are happy with the drifting effects on clothes and hair underwater; this can involve people being naked, in swimwear or in normal clothes.

Some people like to cover or immerse themselves in other substances, such as mud, oil, paint, shaving foam etc., usually also in clothes. These activities are called wet and messy (WAM). Generally speaking, the term WAM does not tend to consider the "wet" part to be wet as in clean water, or it simply disregards it all together: WAM is treated to mean messy only. This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...

Psychology of wetlook

The psychology behind the wetlook fetish is largely unknown. An informal poll conducted on a wetlook forum several years ago revealed that the majority of wetlookers are introverted males, and many admitted that they had "forbidden" clothes-wetting sessions while young. Most wetlook lovers state that they were aware of being aroused by wetlook at a very young age (5-6 years old on average.) Most wetlookers could recall with vivid clarity the first time they were aroused as a child by a wetlook event, even though they were way too young to make a connection between the arousal and something sexual. Clearly, more research needs to be done to discover the roots of wetlook as a psychological phenomenon.

People who admire wet clothes have probably been around ever since mankind invented clothes. In large part, it is harmless - it amounts to looking at something millions of people do every day around the world in a different light. Like everything else, though, there are those who get obsessed with wetlook and let it dominate their lives and can possibly abuse others. Fortunately, this rarely happens and most wetlookers carry on normal and sometimes even happily married lives while enjoying wetlook - sometimes with their partners, sometimes without.

It should be noted that wet clothes alone do not constitute wetlook and cannot arouse wetlookers. Wetlook is the integrative image of both human body and wet clothes that worn on the body.

External links

• What is Wetlook? Fetish, cultural movement or hobby?
• Was ist Wetlook? Fetisch? Hobby, oder Kulturbewegung? (the above article, in the author's native German tongue)
• Wetlook in Popular Culture

See also

• Sexual fetishism
• Wet and messy