Why it’s time to change your mind about wearing PVC
telegraph.co.ukwho was known as the ‘Queen of Vinyl’ thanks to her pioneering use of plastic in fashion. Vinyl has its place in musical history too: just consider the on-stage looks of Iggy Pop, Debbie Harry and Grace Jones who practically lived in the stuff in the mid-Seventies and early Eighties.
We also saw it on Tina Turner, Madonna, Janet Jackson. Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga and Beyonce championed daring rubberized wardrobes too, although these stars revelled in the material’s erotic overtones.
Kim Kardashian has a lot to answer for too: she’s raised PVC and latex to another level with her bondage-inspired looks, many by her friend Olivier Rousteing of Balmain.
Hers is definitely a bold kind of power dressing, but what if the style you're after is kittenishly edgy rather than eat-you-alive sexpot?
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