Anton's Rubber Catsuit Page
As soon as I discovered rubber gear, I wanted to be enclosed in rubber, preferably fully enclosed, from head to toe. It doesn't sound hard, but it has taken me a while to get what I really wanted. In fact there isn't really a perfect answer. As soon as you wear rubber you start to sweat under it, and the sweat has to go somewhere. It ends up coming out of wrists and ankles, through zips, and through even the tiniest hole. If you use talc to put the garment on (which most people do), you end up with little "talc spots" everywhere which are surprisingly difficult to remove (and a dead give-away if, luckily unlike me, you need to conceal your rubber activities). Of course this is an even bigger problem if you want to do messier things inside your rubber enclosure, which is inevitable if you want to keep it on for several hours. So there's a bit of a "holy grail" to find a truly leak-proof arrangement.
Getting a rubber catsuit on can be quite a struggle, especially if it's nice and tight. For a long time I struggled with talc, until finally I discovered gel lube which changed my life (well, this part of it anyway). The stuff I use is called Eros, but any latex-friendly silicone lube will do. It makes even the tightest outfit just slither on, as long as you use enough of it. The only drawback is that it is hard to remove from skin afterwards, especially if you've been generous with it. There are products that are supposed to help, but they're horribly expensive and don't seem to work very well. Lots of shampoo under the shower help, and after that it just wears off. It also makes floors slippery, so be careful, and it leaves stains on porous surfaces which disappear after a few weeks. But it is wonderful stuff, and as a bonus it doesn't make talc spots.
I bought my first catsuit from good old Michelle Fashions within months of my first rubber gear. Others have followed steadily over the years, until now I have an embarrassing number of them! Here is a complete list of the catsuits (and similar things) that I've acquired over the years.
1. The very first, from Michelle Fashions, London, about twelve years ago. Moulded rubber with a front zip. Like all moulded rubber, has a dull finish, and made of rather soft, sticky rubber, not very good to look at. Qquite easy to get on and off, even using talc, although very vulnerable to fingernails and fingertips. Amazingly, it has so far survived undamaged, apart from a couple of pinholes.
2. From Ectomorph, about ten years ago. Glued construction, very good-looking medium-weight rubber, through-crotch front zip. Slightly too small so very difficult to get on, but looks great especially when polished.
3. Boutique Minuit, Brussels, about seven years ago. Total enclosure suit with reinforced feet, gloves and a full hood with no openings, and a rear zip extending to the top of the hood. This should have been the perfect solution, but it was a big disappointment. First, it was almost impossible to put on alone. The back zip meant making a hook arrangement to do it up, and pulling the zip together behind my back while tugging on the hook was near impossible. I did manage to get it on a couple of times, but the moulded rubber was very thin and it ripped badly under one arm. I repaired that, but then it ripped right across the back at the base of the zip while I was struggling to put it on and I abandoned it, since it was beyond all reasonable hope of repair. The same idea but made in heavy-gauge sheet latex, and quite loose, would be ideal.
4. Expectations , London, five years ago. Zipless, glued from nice quality fairly thin sheet rubber, put on by stretching the (fairly large) neck opening. Fantastic for avoiding sweat leakage problems (leakage at the feet can be prevented with socks) and feels and looks absolutely great. Tight and needs lots of talc or lube to put it on. Can easily be worn under street clothes or under other rubber gear.
5. Weathervain , London, five years ago. Really a romper suit rather than a catsuit, loose fitting from lightweight sheet rubber with elastic cuffs and ankles, raincoat-style hood and front zip. Dead easy to put on so quite good for wearing casually at home (and perfect for a rainy day outside!), but not very erotic. Inexplicably, the seams are sewn with straight stitching and not glued at all, so they break very easily. Currently waiting for major overhaul, gluing the seams and re-sewing them using a zig-zag stitch.
6. Regulation , London, four years ago. This is a wonderful item and the one I wear the most. It's very heavy, made of glued thick sheet latex, not skintight, with a front zip. Easy to put on (no talc or lube required), nice restrictive feeling, can also be worn as second layer over another catsuit.
7. Expectations , London, three years ago. Heavy and tight, made of glued sheet latex, with through-crotch front zip. Great to wear and looks good, but difficult to put on and needs lots of talc or lube. In fact with talc it leaves heavy tell-tale linear bruises where the creases press against the skin at the elbows and knees. Gel lube works a lot better. This one is probably my favourite in terms of looks and feel - if only it wasn't so difficult to put on.
8. Regulation , London, one year ago. Heavy glued rubber, with shoulder entry. This is a brilliant scheme for avoiding zips lower down where fluids can leak out. Unfortunately it has a crotch zip, which kind of defeats that purpose, but I've solved that by gluing the flap behind the zip in place and adding some further seals at the ends of the zip, so it is completely leakproof except at the wrists and ankles. It's quite hard to put on, it takes lots of gel lube on the arms in particular and a bit of experimenting to find just exactly the right amount to partially close the shoulder zips before trying. This is a very satisfying and sexy garment to wear.
Before I bought my first catsuit, I took some Michelle Fashions moulded footless tights and a leotard and wore them together. These moulded items are very cheap and so you can modify them. My favourite variation has small openings for cock and balls in both, open bottom (oval hole for each cheek), cut-outs for nipples and reinforced shoulder straps (otherwise they tear very easily). Tight but can be put on with no talc, and very nice feeling to wear. Like all moulded stuff, rather dull finish and not terribly good looking. Can easily be worn under street clothes. Recently I bought some tights with integral feet from Honor, which although moulded are quite strong (though I added some reinforcement at the crotch). These make a good leak-proof layer under almost anything else.
Very few suits cover the hands and feet, which is probably just as well because they'd be a nightmare to put on. On the other hand if you want total enclosure, and to prevent leaks, you do need something. Cheap moulded rubber socks work well, as long as you remember to put them outside the catsuit (although this isn't great aesthetically). They get damaged and wear out fairly quickly, but small holes are easily fixed and anyway they're cheap. Over very tight outfits (like number 4 below) you can use rubber stockings, if you can solve the problem of holding them up. For the hands, cheap moulded gloves work well. Wrist-length ones are easy to put on. Longer ones seem like a good idea but you really want them to go over the sleevs of the catsuit, to prevent leakage, and this is impossible with normal long gloves. If you want the industrial feel, Regulation sell really heavy elbow-length latex gloves.