1 of 1 2 of 1 When Lady Gaga went to meet Queen Elizabeth in 2019, she wore a red dress—made of latex. Latex! To meet the Queen! Iconic. In recent years, this natural material—skin-tight, oh-so shiny, body-contouring—has gone gloriously mainstream.
Seen on everyone from Madonna (of course) to Sam Smith and Kim Kardashian, and featured in collections from luxury fashion houses like Balmain and Givenchy, latex is no longer relegated to sex dungeons and fetish subreddits (though it still very much belongs there, too, of course). People—not just celebrities—are drawn to the material for its ability to empower, to embolden. There’s a whimsical superhero element, sure (thanks, Catwoman), but more than that, it’s about feeling at home in your body.
It’s about that fire from within. It’s about uncovering the confidence to bare it all..
.without actually having to bare it all. Vancouver’s own MsPervology is no stranger to the allures of latex.
As the founder of East Van fetishwear shop Deadly Couture and its made-in-house latex brand Deadly Fetish, she’s seen (and worn) it all. Over email, she discusses her love for the material, and for the art she creates with it. You started working with wearable art in 2003.
What drew you to the medium? I was working on my BFA at Emily Carr when I started making fetishwear, goth, and punk clothing—even though fashion design was not my major, and I had done nothing more than an intro to sewing class at Sears and a handful of .