Editing Rubber and PVC fetishism (section)

==Latex look-alike materials==
PVC/vinyl and metal are two other shiny materials used for clothing, from regular street wear (raincoats) to PVC hazmat suits and other forms of industrial protective clothing. As with latex, these materials became more noted as fetish material in the 1960s and early 1970s. During that era, boots and garments made of PVC and vinyl were made and worn in public areas to some degrees. The [[The Avengers (TV series)|British TV programme ''The Avengers'']] showcased this.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chapman |first1=James |url=https://archive.org/details/insidetardisworl0000chap_b1n7 |title=Inside the tardis : the worlds of Dr Who; a cultural history |date=2006 |publisher=I. B. Tauris |isbn=9781845111625 |location=London |page=57 |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Adams |first1=Guy Sangster |title=Television Review: The Avengers – The Complete Series 4 |url=http://theculturalpick.com/wordpress/webzine/dvdreviewtheavengersthecompleteseries4/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624013141/http://theculturalpick.com/wordpress/webzine/dvdreviewtheavengersthecompleteseries4/ |archive-date=Jun 24, 2015 |access-date=23 June 2015 |website= |publisher=The Cultural Pick}}</ref> [[Bin bag|Garbage sacks]] made from PVC (primarily black) can also be fashioned into clothing as a "poor man's" way into the fetish.  The sacks themselves can be fetishised as an extension of a [[balloon fetish]].

Numerous underground fetish production houses were started, which published magazines such as ''Shiny'', ''Shiny's International'', ''Rubberist'', ''Dressing for Pleasure'' (both of these publications later merged with each other), and rubber fetish author Helen Henley and others of this time frame.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Henley|first1=Helen|title=Enter with trumpets|date=2000|publisher=Renaissance E Books|location=Clemmons, NC|isbn=1929670311}}</ref>

Fashion designers such as [[Jean Paul Gaultier]], [[Yves Saint Laurent (designer)|Yves Saint Laurent]], [[Pierre Cardin]] and [[André Courrèges]] have used PVC in their collections.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wickstead |first1=Emilia |date=22 February 2015 |title=Fetish wear is all the rage at London fashion week – in pictures |website=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2015/feb/22/fetish-wear-is-all-the-rage-at-london-fashion-week-in-pictures |access-date=23 June 2015}}</ref> Since 2010, the PVC has been the target of fashion for both the male and female public.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Turra |first1=Alessandra |date=22 June 2015 |title=Z Zegna Men's RTW Spring 2016 |url=http://wwd.com/runway/mens-spring-collections-2016/review/z-zegna/ |access-date=23 June 2015 |website=[[Women's Wear Daily]] |publisher=Fairchild Publishing}}</ref>