When many people think about what it means to live a latex lifestyle, they see images of someone encased in latex from head to toe. I don’t blame you. Some years ago when I was coming to terms with my latex fetish, I pictured the same thing. However, now that I am living the lifestyle myself, it has a much deeper meaning to me than being encased in rubber 24/7. It all about, who I really am.
I am a latex fetishist and I deserve to be loved for who I am. Latex has become a naturally part of my life, just like air and food. I need it to function and to feel fulfilment in my life. Further more, I get off on latex, so when it comes to sex, it’s not negotiable, it’s a requirement.
While the road towards fetish freedom is a walk in the park for some people, it can be a long journey full of obstacles for others, as it was in my case. The thought of having to break out from the norm might be frighting, but that is only understandable. Coming to terms with a latex fetish is not easy, especially when you don’t understand it and what you require to satisfy it.
But if you find a way to embrace who you are, you too will experience a deep feeling of happiness and fulfilment in your life. Whether you choose to attend events wearing latex, or if you prefer to wear it on a more regular basis, is entirely up to you. The frequency with which you choose to wear it and how open you are when you wear it is entirely up to you. Actually everything about the latex fetish lifestyle is entirely up to you. It is all about creating your own space and setting your own borders. So stand up for yourself and do what it takes to live the lifestyle of your dreams!
In the past, finding information on how to live this lifestyle was difficult to find. Now, my book offers a lot of practical information on how to start living a latex life. It is full of advice on how to accept your preferences, find clothing that you will love to wear and connect with friends and partners who accept you for what you are.
REMEMBER: Rubber Life will come out TOMORROW. If you want me to contact you as soon as it is out and even get a discount, then be sure to sign up for the early announcement list at RubberLife.com!
Many people have asked why it is so important to write a book about latex fetishism. The fact is that there are a large number of people who are walking around with a love for latex but who are too embarrassed or uncomfortable to talk about it.
There are a lot of misconceptions out there about latex fetishism. Those misconceptions are what make many people feel that they are unable to talk to their friends and loved ones about what makes them tick at a very deep level. They may worry that they will lose the relationships that mean the most to them and open themselves up to sadness and ridicule.
There is a wealth of information out there that people who are living with a latex fetish need to know about but which, until now, has been unavailable. It can be helpful for many people to know where their love for this amazing material comes from and that it can be triggered by very normal, very healthy experiences in their lives. They need to know about the various practices which may or may not go along with their fetish and safety tips that go along with some of these activities. A person who is interested in living a latex lifestyle also needs to know how to find the clothing and accessories that make their blood race and learn how to connect with likeminded people both online and at events around the world.
Regardless of whether you are someone who has been living openly with their fetish for years or you are someone who is taking the first steps towards self-acceptance and happiness, my book is full of positive and practical suggestions on many aspects of a rubber lifestyle. From tips on how to introduce the topic to an existing partner to finding a new partner who shares your love for latex, the book can be a great tool for anyone who is interested in latex.
I knows first-hand how important information like this can be. I lived for years with my latex fetish. My particular attraction to latex began in my early teens as a response to wearing rubber rainwear. I began to dream and fantasize about latex in general as well as the people that wore it. Since I did not have any resources about latex, it took me years to fully accept my fetish and to learn how to live openly with it.
My book is designed to help others, who are in the same position as I was in, learn about their fetish, accept that fetish and incorporate it into their daily lives.
Rubber Life is due to come out this week! If you want me to contact you as soon as it is out and even get a discount, then be sure to sign up for the early announcement list at RubberLife.com!
Atsuko Kudo‘s debut runway show at Lingerie New York, October 21st. Atsuko presented an entirely new latex collection for the New York show and was (as far as we know) the first entirely latex full scale runway show anywhere in the world!
Jonny Trunk has compiled a pictorial retrospective of AtomAge, called “Dressing for Pleasure – The Best of AtomAge 1972-1980”.
For early devotees of leather, rubber and vinyl fetish wear, AtomAge magazine was the underground bible of the 1970s. Founded, designed and published by the English designer John Sutcliffe as a platform for his extraordinary talents as a manufacturer of weatherproofs for lady pillion riders, it quickly became a rallying point for explorers of every kind of fledgling clothing scene, functioning as both an instruction manual and a mirror.
The experimental clothing showcased in its pages, including items made by the readers themselves, transformed a passion for a sexual proclivity into a cult phenomenon. From motorbiking and mask-wearing, to mudlarking and wading worship, AtomAge covered every conceivable variant on and use for fetish wear. The amateur photographs reproduced here reflect a golden age of DIY enthusiasm, before fetish became the industry it is today, and inadvertently depict a suburbia from which dressing for pleasure was a necessary escape.
The outrageous costumes found in AtomAge also served as inspiration to a then-new generation of fashion designers such as Vivienne Westwood, and many of these costumes have since been acquired by high-end collections. Compiling the most astonishing imagery from all 32 issues of this now extremely rare and sought after cult magazine, Dressing for Pleasure illustrates not just Sutcliffe’s exceptional designs, but also, through their own photography and writings, the fantasies and desires of the AtomAge followers.
Jonny Trunk tells about his first meeting with AtomAge:
This book all began on a visit to my old chums Whitaker Malem. Patrick Whitaker and Kier Malem are leather artisans who work in the fashion, art and film business. When not designing costumes for cinematic superheroes like Batman they’re dressing Allen Jones sculptures or making weird chairs or something. Anyway we were having a cup of Mellow Birds and talking about film music when I spied a small A5 magazine on their workbench. I picked it up and was immediately engaged by the simplicity, crudeness, inspired photography and folk arty oddness of the whole thing. The magazine was called AtomAge and within about 30 seconds of seeing it I knew I’d have to investigate it all further. And so I did.
Guardian also has an article on John Sutcliffe:
The British fetish industry has surprisingly practical beginnings. In 1957, John Sutcliffe, a former aircraft engineer from Hampstead, was taking a girlfriend out for a trip on his motorbike. Heavy rain soaked her through, no motorcycle clothing being available for women at the time. “So I went into Soho and bought a dozen skins of red leather,” Sutcliffe said, “and asked my landlady if I could borrow her sewing machine.” The result was not only a waterproof suit for Sutcliffe’s friend, but also the birth of AtomAge, a clothing label and magazine that brought a fetish for rubber and leather into the open for the first time.
Order “Dressing for Pleasure – The Best of AtomAge” from my UK Book Store or US Book Store.
