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I just want to thank you for your perspective on the subject and defending what you feel is wetlook.  Since you've had personal experience with it and I never did, you seem to be more qualified to express your feelings on the subject.  However.....

While the feeling of personally wearing leather and PVC is purely subjective, no different in my case of wearing wet jeans, I was merely trying to point out the differences of seeing how various fabrics look on another person and what looks more "wetlook" than others.  There is a big difference between "looking at" as in someone else wearing them and "feeling it" as in you or me personally wearing them.

Thanks for your input and insight.     

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I don't know why I am getting myelf sucked into this discussion again, but leather most certainly does change when it gets wet (for more than a minute.) Leather feels incredible when wet because the water penatrates it and softens it unlike anything I have ever felt. Leather dies get more shiny when submerged for a few minutes, too. (See Messyfun Video #9 "messmatchers" The second scene has a leather jacket and the preview picture shows a rather dramatic change in the material. Also, if you've ever tried to swim in a leather coat you'll know that they get very heavy because it absorbes water to such a degree (it can take days to fully dry out.)

So 1 and 2 are out. As for #3? The inner suede lining clings very nicely when wet, but it doesn't show as well from the outside, I'll admit. So at the very least leather can be included in the main catergory, but non-clingy stuff will have to be booted to some other catergory, along with sweaters and spadex and socks and sneakers and boots and sandals. Oh, pvc raincoats tent to cling when they get drenched after a long swim, and do look a bit different to the trained fetish eye when wet, but I understand people's reservations about this material.

   How do I feel about adding another sub-catergory? Well, it's already there in most people's minds, so why bother separating the once-a-month post regarding wet leather when you can just not click on it? Personally I feel sundresses are boring, miniskirts and cut-off shorts are redundant, and skin-tight jeans went out of style ten years ago... but so what? We all got out little thing. Our preferences and individual fantasies that are so specific it boarders on the absurd. The few times I've seen people try to sub-divide this place any more than it is we ended up with another 20 forums nobody visited and 60 yahoo groups swapping the same ten pictures. If leather and pvc aren't in "the true sense of the term" for you, please understand that for maybe 15 others it is the only version of wetlook that means anything at all.

   Sorry if it sounds hostile. I am not trying to be, but I am tired tonight and tired of leather and pvc (among other clothing choices) constantly geting crapped on around here by others who inadvertantly claim to have a monopoly on the terms and conditions of "true" wetlook... as opposed to someone else's phony version, I guess?

  I think to qualify as wetlook, the person wearing it or watching it should enjoy the look/feel of what it is they are wearing when in contact with water. Beyond that, everything and all of us are subcatergories.

 Sorry about the mess,

-bryce

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AMEN!!

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For those who are in leather and PVC, I don't mean to step on anyone's toes, so this is just my personal opinion on the subject.  

I can't see how they can be classified as "true" wetlook when in fact they more or less repel water and look wet even when they're not.  More so with PVC than leather.  To me it's no different than wearing a yellow vinyl raincoat or a diver's wetsuit in the shower and calling it "wetlook".   

I think to qualify as "wetlook", the fabric should (1) have the ability to change colors (except pure white) when wet. (2) absorb water to the max and look shiny at first before beginning the drying process.  Leather and PVC looks likes a waxed car after a rain.  And (3) have the ability to cling to the person wearing it.  The wetter the fabric, the greater the "clingability".

I'm not avocating not posting them on the forum.  Everyone is entitled to what they feel is wetlook.  I'm just wondering

if leather and PVC should be considered a sub-catagory as opposed to the true sense of the term.  

How does anyone else feel about this?