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My Latest Ode to Latex Love

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Practically Pregnant in Every Way reminded me that the insanely beauteous Monica Belluci rocked a white latex dress in at least one of the Matrix movies. (Give me a break, peeps. She’s not a queen so I’m not going to do major research on what was worn in which movie.)

Matrix peeps in black latex stand back, awestruck by Monica’s outfit

Don’t mess with her!

Here’s an interesting interview with a guy who worked on the latex costumes. Monica’s dresses were glued together, rather than stitched.

Looking for a shiny, latex-looking dress for yourself? Here are some ideas.

Shelly Steffee dress
$348, down from $696, on Shopbop

Daryl K dress
$350 on Shopbop

Meanwhile, I am still keeping an eye out for bloggers with shiny leggings. Doesn’t Betty look lovely?

And talented DIY-er Lala made her OWN shiny legwear. Bravo!

On eBay, I was admiring a leopard-spotted vintage jacket when I noticed it was being shown with some delightfully shiny leggings.


Some other shiny-leg links:

Proving that great minds think alike, I found Doll’s Realm’s very informative post on shiny leggings right after I posted here.

Finally, here’s an outrageously hot non-latex picture of Monica Belluci. Just because.

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  1. WB, I have a story for you:
    I had shiny leggings back in 1982. I put ’em to go out for New Year’s Eve and the date was horrified. Had to go change.

    Went to pick up another couple, and lo and behold the gal is not only wearing shiny leggings, she’s wearing the same pair. So we got to talking about them, and I mentioned the reason why my date made me change.

    This made her interrogate her husband:
    “Carl says Suzanna looked like a hooker in these leggings. Do you think I look like a hooker in them?”

    “Well, uh….hmmmm….what? Oh, RIGHT….ummph…DAMN IT, LINDA, WHY DO YOU HAVE TO PUT ME ON THE SPOT?”

    (P. S. I still wear leopard coats and I want that one.)

  2. you must be the worlds number 1 latex leggings fan…i think you should be given an award just for your loyalty and the publicity you give latex lol. Have you got yourself a pair yet? i bet you will look hot! oh and do you have 2 blogs now? i was reading a post on about your turtle, pauls cat, the farm and the old navy party but i couldnt comment!!

  4. God, that dress is gorgeous… might even tempt me to watch the Matrix (hmm.)

    And much love for shiny leggings!

  5. I was going to leave a witty comment, but I was distracted by Monica’s ass.

    Still am.

    I’m going to call call in horny to work.

    I mean “sick.”

  6. Yay for pop ups! Thanks, this is a lot more fun being able to comment and not missing anything, especially Belucci’s wonderful behind!

    Love the Shelly Steffee dress, that’s about the only latex/shiny thing I’m confident to pull off – like you once said, those Kova & T latex leggings come with the tag “For beautiful people only” hah!

  8. Oh wait I also wanted to say…I haven’t see all of the Matrix films, but this dress is just fantastic…any clue as to who the designer was, or was it costume designed??

  10. Wow! That’s some ass.

    Also, that ring i posted reminded me a little of your stuff. It certainly does need a name. Sad little orphan ring.

  12. I thought of you while watching RENT last night..HOT pale blue spandex leggings up the Whazoo!
    YEAH!

  13. Oh you and your latex. Still havent had enough?

    Monica Belluci.. I swear if I wasn’t straight…

  14. Love the jacket and those leggings. I actually own a dress like the second one. Mine cost $99 at Fredricks though and it’s not latex. It’s some weird black plastic that is probably actually garbage bag.

  15. I am astonished at how much you like latex! I personally don’t like it, but I must say Monica looks really beautiful

  16. i’m ashamed to report that the dress was in the second matrix (my husband made me watch them, and the lord or the rings so i made him watch brokeback mountain.)

    i have begun cutting up balloons and glueing them together so i have something fun to wear on our big date next week.

  17. Yep, one of the greatest ironies in History was Napoleon crowning himself “Emperor” in the end. Revolutions are times of madness indeed. I read this awesome memoir about the “Great Leap Forward” called “Life and Death in Shanghai” by Nien Cheng. It chronicles how INSANE life was during the Chinese Revolution.

    Oh, and, latex leggings? I used to have the worst pair of pvc pants when I was a goth. I can’t go there again.

  18. I’m so glad you’re back! I had a lot of catch up to reading to do and was thrilled to see the interview and the gorgeous jewelry from your trunk show. Love the Dewdrop earrings!

  19. I’m so glad you’re back! I had a lot of catch up to reading to do and was thrilled to see the interview and the gorgeous jewelry from your trunk show. Love the Dewdrop earrings!

  20. I’m so glad you’re back! I had a lot of catch up to reading to do and was thrilled to see the interview and the gorgeous jewelry from your trunk show. Love the Dewdrop earrings!

  21. I’m going to swipe a pair of latex gloves from the doctor’s office tomorrow so I can be one of the cool kids 🙂

  23. Yay, latex. Thanks for the linkage.

    Given how often you talk about latex clothing, I say that you give us a picture or two of your spin on it!

    And that picture of Monica Belucci… wow!

  25. Ever since Matrix2 I thought Monica was hawt. And she looked curvy and real, much better than skinny Trinity.

    And that last picture was also hawt!

    Luv
    Poochie

  26. Suzanna, also in 1982, I had a pair of shiny silver and black leggings? You know when I finally got rid of them? About a year and a half ago. Hopefully, someone at the thrift store was overjoyed with their vintage leggings score.
    Shaz, I had an emergency backup blog for when mine at this address was frozen. You can find that post further down at this URL.
    Elisabeth, Monica looks great, eh?
    IYF, I was going to sue the word orphan too. Though since I’ve just seen There Will Be Blood, let’s call that ring “bastard in a basket.”
    PAD, you must do that often.
    Lynn, did I say that? Ooh, I’m funny.
    Riz, costume designed. Click the link for the interview with one of the dudes who worked on the costume.
    Floppy, anime bow and bad grades! Very interesting.
    Miss Woo, never insult the Coco!
    PB, the highlight of the movie.
    Pomegranate, never enough.
    Prunella, I bet you look great in that garbage bag.
    Atelier, I don’t do things halfway.
    PPIEW, I DID do a little research (of course) and found that as I recollected, that dress was in the second Matrix. However, I kept seeing references to Monica appearing in the others (which I didn’t remember and couldn’t find a photo of) so I thought I better cover my ass, so to speak.
    Iron Chic, I love that Nien Cheng book. I’ve probably read it five times.
    Lady, thank you.
    Suze, I’m sure you’ll rock the gloves like no one in the medical profession could.
    Minijonb, agreed.
    Lillian, there ARE pictures. You just have to look for them 😉
    Wendy, go for it.
    Poochie, so curvy ladies are real and thin ladies are imaginary? 😉

  27. No no no Wendy! No insult intended. I just loved that Monica looked so lush (the most perfect word I can think of for her) while Trinity seemed “eh” comparatively.

    Not a typical scenario in this day and age.

    And I loved that latex dress.

    Luv
    Poochie

  28. I was just teasing you, Poochie. Monika was hawt! There’s no denying it. Now I’m kinda wanting that dress.

  31. Re: anime butt bows, later in the series you get MORE senshi, and the opening credits feature one of them turning around and doing a little shimmy/wiggle thing in her sailro costume…really makes the bow stand out.

  34. I remember that dress; it was really fantastic, because it was white. It would make a really good subversive wedding dress.

    Oooooooooooh, that give me an idea!

  36. libidex has a sale on at the moment for anything made with specific Radical Rubber colors.

    you should bite the bullet and get something in real latex.

    oh and i did a blog entry about this entry….

    xx

  37. Omg! Seriously! We are all just obsessed w/ Latex! Okay maybe not all of us. Thanks for linking me! Roger Tait’s interview was very informative.