Photographer: Harmony Nicholas. Model: Victoria Veins

Abigail Greydanus is one of the hottest up and coming clothing designers out there.  She has worked with Katy Perry on several of her most sensational latex outfits including the American / British flag dress, the catsuit for her fragrance ad Purr, Katy’s yellow and flower applique latex dress that she wore for the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, and many of her latex stage dresses.

Abigal Greydanus working on a latex outfit.

Other celebrities and notable figures that she has worked with are Christina Aguilera, Paris Hilton, Kelis, and Rihanna.  Greydanus moved to L.A. to attend the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM).  After graduation she worked for Forever 21 and subsequently worked for the latex clothing company Syren.

Her focus at Syren was creating custom designs and she honed both her skills and personal style in her two years there.  Her style has been described as having the following elements: Art Deco, vintage styling, fun cut outs, and unique color combinations.

We are huge fans of her work and recommend that you take a look at her amazing work at her website or her blog.

Katy Perry in a Latex Catsuit For Purr Perfume

Katy Perry Latex Flag Dress

Model: Holly Cakes. Photographer: Danger Ninja.

Photo by: Narbeh Pearali (Beguiling images). Models: Victoria Veins and Vanessa Lake

This fall seems to have been especially wet. At MJTrends we started to wonder if we had somehow been transported to Seattle with all the back to back days of rain we seem to have had on the East Coast.

Slogging about for so long inspired us to post about rainwear fashions. We get a lot of questions about how to put together water proof and water tight applications.

If you’re making a rain jacket, stitching is fine, however if your goal is dry pack (a back pack that goes on a canoe, typically with a rolled top and seal) you’ll want to use glue. Dry packs can be made with a glued seamed latex interior, or you can use a vinyl adhesive (coming soon) to create 100% waterproof seals.

Black crocodile umbrella

Several of our fabrics are suitable for rainwear including latex, patent vinyl, pvc (2-way stretch vinyl), and our stretch vinyl (4-way stretch vinyl). Latex is the least durable, although our .80mm latex can hold up to a lot of wear and tear. Patent vinyl is stiffer and thicker, suitable for sturdier fashions like overalls, whereas our pvc and stretch vinyl would be used where you want a form fitting style.

One of the more interesting things we’ve seen this year is a crocodile skin umbrella. Apparently a billionaire paid $50,000 for it. Quite a hefty sum considering he could have bought some faux black crocodile fabric from MJTrends and made one for about $49,985 less. It definitely has the cool factor.