I can't quite figure out what is askew with this picture - but there's definitely something a little off.  At first I thought - hmm, maybe what I'm looking at is a pic of a boy, but if you look at the face it definitely appears femine.

The girls curves are a bit, well, uncurvy.  The breasts also appear fake - they are too big.  I'm guessing it is a girl, but with some additional padding in the chest area. 

Regardless, the scene is kind of hot, because you have one vinyl maid standing in the center of all her friends, with one girl making a deliberate grab of the boob and everyone else checking her out.  Hotness.

Man do I love vinyl maids!  This is such a great picture - excellent use of blur.  By blurring the outside of the photo - where the maids legs are and just above her head and below her body, the photographer has added depth and a  more three-dimensional quality to the image.

The blur also adds a more "glamour" feel to the photo, making it racier, sexier.  The model is beautiful - she kind of looks like Liv Tyler.  Her pose is interesting - check out the placement of the legs and the direction of the stare.

If her legs weren't so unnatural - you might think she were a love-stricken maid, staring at the flowers from her  unrequinted love.  However, the legs give the image a surreal feel, kind of like she is a barbie doll - discarded onto the bed with no care for the arrangement of her body.

Lastly - and you know this is coming... her french maid vinyl covered butt.  Oh yeah, the focal point of the picture is her face and then you next look at her vinyl clad butt - raised into the air by her awkward pose.  Love it!

Why is it that latex and PVC are so closely related to BDSM?  Is it that people with a preference for BDSM also have a preference for latex and vinyl clothing, or is it that people who like latex and vinyl fashions are also open minded and enjoy BDSM? 

Would it be that these types of people are just alternative and into alternative cultures so that alternative bedroom behavior go hand in hand, or is there some sort of historical association between BDSM and PVC and latex?  Could it be that people have seen these things related and associate these things with each other? 

I think the alternative clothing goes hand in hand with BDSM because to dress in Mr. Rogers cardigan and loose fit blue jeans would look ridiculous.  Latex and PVC all carry this naughty, dark and sexy connotation which fits perfectly into the BDSM scene.  We welcome your comments. 

Latex leggings have taken high fashion by storm.  Celebrities, models, wannabe starlets, and even these days the common city girl can be seen with a pair.  In the conservative city of Washington D.C. I saw a girl in Georgetown bopping down the sidewalk in a pair of shiny latex - or what I thought was latex, as I didn't get a good look - leggings.

So my next question is- will mainstream fashion, with it's eye toward avante garde and edginess, next move toward latex formal wear?  Will we see couture evening gowns from latex and other fetish fabrics, make it's way down the catwalk and eventually down our city streets? 

In ten years will I be going to work and seeing the poshest ladies decked out in formal attire made from vinyl, pvc, or latex?  While I doubt that the workplace will ever become an acceptable forum for latex fashions, I do suspect that formalwear will one day pick up on the trend.  And if it does, what will happen to the independent shops producing latex fashions?  Will they become house names and rise to the likes of GAP and JCREW?  Or will they have to differentiate themselves to their customers and stay a niche?  Could mainstream fashion put fetish retailers out of business?

As fickle as fashion is, I suspect that mainstream adoption of fetish fashions would have little effect on the indie fetish latels.  If anything it would probably help business as mainstream shoppers found their way into the indie businesses, seeking to buy and wear something that their friends don't have. 

A quick search for images of "goth fashion" reveals a ton of black vinyl and latex.  After doing a little research, I gained a more formal understanding of goth fashion and why vinyl and pvc is seen so often within the culture.

While the requirement of black color is used to show the "darker" side of sexuality and fashion, the preference for vinyl, pvc, and latex is an emphasis on the "otherness" of the culture.

Part of the goth culture is to be outside the mainstream.  Since these fabrics are rarely seen in mainstream society, they fit the bill.  The fabric itself makes a statement.  It says - look at me, I'm different, it's ok to look different.  Also, there is an emphasis on eroticism within the goth culture.  Vinyl, leather, and latex are sexually charged fabrics, as are satin, silk, and lace.

Reading on wikipedia (everyones favorite place to research) revealed that Goth fashion is a calucated rejection to the unattainable "Barbie" or "Ken" look emphasized by mainstream media.  Goth clothing often emphasizes or sexualizes parts of the body - such as corsets, tight sleeves or pants.  Interesting stuff... check out this blog link about Japanese Gothic Lolita fashion to read more:

Gothic Lolita Blog