An aspect of dressing for pleasure which intrigues me – particularly in this overstatement of the total protection story – is the problem that both men and women must have in creating a design that affords this total protection while, at the same time, allowing discretionary freedom for certain vital areas of the anatomy. Continue reading “Sexual Performance”
Aphrodisiac
My wife is not interested in wearing rubber or vinyl or, indeed, in anything but the plainest and simplest fashions. Her reasons – to me – are that she hasn’t got the figure, the looks, the time, the inclination or the money and at least she is not like some women who demand a monthly clothing allowance. She is not a frigid person, far from it, and has a very happy lovable disposition (for which I married her) but doesn’t like clothes. So I have tried giving her things at birthdays and Christmas – a long chill-on rubber kaftan, a rather exotic black rubber boudoir outfit – and if I can get her in the right mood and if I make a special effort she will put them on for me. But it is all so lack-lustre that it ends with my being put right off rather than right on. So is there a rubber aphrodisiac, Mr. Sutcliffe, that you sell or something that might inspire same semblance of excitement, eroticism, rubberism and what all, or do I just decline into black despair? Continue reading “Aphrodisiac”
Totally Enclosed
In Atomage I was looking at a lady totally encased in latex rubber and wondering why it is that we find these photos so beautiful. Do you believe that there are a great many people who would honestly appreciate these photos? We like them because we are passionately fond of the beautiful female totally enclosed and sealed in a formfitting, tight second skin of latex rubber. Do you think there are many people who appreciate the smoothness and the gloss of rubber to the point where this rubber-takes preference over human skin … as a sexual stimulant? Continue reading “Totally Enclosed”
Leather Lure
It is our belief that affinity for leather stems from its consistent use by man-kind thousands of years before the invention of other clothing materials. Yet among those who have a strong affinity for leather there is a proportion whose main ‘drive’ is to see it worn by others – principally their partners. Continue reading “Leather Lure”
Personality And Conventions
If only there were more women like the author of “Why I like Leather” (A.15). Her self-assurance and her personality show between the lines of her witty and intelligent article. I am sure there are lots of women who feel just like her, but they do not dare to act it out. That is probably the reason why there is so much envy among the women she meets. It is a question of convention. The argument “To wear boots to please a man is indecent and really something to be frowned upon” is completely irrational. What about lipstick? Bra? Silky stockings? High heels? Make-up etc. etc? The criticism is not if you do it to please a man (because this is completely natural and as old as humanity) but only if her intentions are shared and accepted by the majority. With leather and rubber this is not the case so she is looked upon as ‘indecent’. Continue reading “Personality And Conventions”
Ecstasy In Rubber
The insatiable craving for rubber, for beautiful women in rubber, surely must have profound inner urging, surely must spring from a deep ancestral or subconscious desire, to be so persistent and so commanding. It must be, generally speaking, a kind of desperate search for some suspected well-being. As music can make one, so to speak “spiritually drunken”, so can latex rubber make one “sensually drunken”. There is an ecstasy in rubber, as there is one in sex and, strange to say, in spirituality, or in the practice of it religious cult, if you prefer and if I am not offending you. I have often thought that the apparent well-being engendered by sex, religion and latex rubber, if I am not being irreverent, is much the same in many respects. Maybe this idea is unusual but I do like exploration in the field of thought …. and feeling. Continue reading “Ecstasy In Rubber”
Rubber Masochism
Following my article ‘Memories of a Rubber Lover’ in Atomage 14, I have been asked by readers to describe the way I dress and to enlarge on my statement ‘I believe that in the wonderful feelings I experience when I am clad in rubber the initial feelings (the ‘normal’ negative associations) are – unconsciously – still present’. To me this already includes a certain element of masochism. I enjoy being dressed in an ‘ugly’ material which is normally used for dirty work or by people who wet their bed. My every-day personality is swept away by those feelings. Continue reading “Rubber Masochism”
Womb Or Tomb?
The very word ‘rubber’ excites me and the thought of its smooth, cool touch against my skin can immediately inspire pleasure. I have been a lover of rubber for at least fifteen years and nothing yet has come along to change my feelings. I never find the subject boring; on the contrary when I am bored I turn to rubber to refresh my thoughts and my mental balance. Continue reading “Womb Or Tomb?”
Readers’ Games
It seems to me that you have two sorts of readers, a conclusion I have come to after reading every issue of your very honest, natural magazine so different from all the hoards of colourful, expensive, sexual rubbish you see in almost every bookshop these days. The first group are those who like to wear and be seen wearing rubber, leather and vinyl outdoors. The second group are those who like to close and lock the door, draw the curtains and then dress up to please themselves and their close friends. Continue reading “Readers’ Games”
Two Skins
Have any of your readers thought of a suit made of leather, lined with latex? This could be great. I would suggest a red leather outer suit, a two piece, jacket and pants, lined with deep red latex. This would give the wearer a double special feeling, and protection and should be very smart. Continue reading “Two Skins”