Other than "macs"

[RainyDee]

At the age of 43, I wouldn't consider myself to be of the generation who are overwhelmed by the rubber backed "mac" common to the 1950's - 60's which is often referred to on this forum, I am of the generation which grew up with the classic PVC raincoat which was available in the late 1980's, the transparent offerings from the likes of British Home Stores and C&A here in the UK and my passion has grown to encompass many of the waterproof styles of that period, for example, the brands from Scandinavia such as Viking, Elka, Helly Hansen etc feel so arousing when they are turned inside out so they rest against the skin, Guy Cotten is another of my favourites, not to mention PVC U Like. The point I hope to get across is that there is an up and coming generation of rainwear lovers who I believe are maybe not as forward in sharing their passion for PVC rainwear as I am, leaving the older "mac" loving generation the space to create a nostalgic view of our hobby, we younger members, myself included, really should be learning form our mentors and start to interact with each other on a more regular and intimate basis in order to keep this scene alive, otherwise, what is the point of this forum or any other site? plase excuse my rant, I'm not in very good place right now and I'm also VERY drunk! that said, I'm sure someone out there will understand where I'm coming from.... I hope!!

[jmac]

Hi , There , I wanted to reply to this in support of all us younger generation rainwear lovers , I totally agree , not that there is anything wrong with the rubber macs ect of the 50s and 60s , but they don't float my boat . I am 33 years old and I love the PVC , nylon backed PVC (regatta , peterstorm) and the modern high st macs sold in shops today of which my misses has loads ( prob too many she would say lol ) . I would also go as far to say I love the image of a woman in a short tech raincoat with Wellies ( which I know a lot of you would sneer at in disgust lol ) but hey there you go each to there own , anyways I just wanted to post this so it might encourage the younger people out there to get involved in this forum more , and in support of rainy dee . So if your the younger generation and into any of the rainwear listed above on this thread then say hello and let yourself be known . .

[annabell-cagoule]

Me too! Mee too! I grew up in the 70's/80's/90's and have a passion for nylon cagoules. I love the pvc clear raincoats and plastic macs but have never found the macintosh's that sexy. I suppose it was as i grew up in the cagoule generation of regatta, peterstorm, walrus etc etc. I have a huge collection of about 75+ cagoules and look to add everyday!

[Bill_P]

To each their own. Of course, over time tastes can change. Initially my tastes in rainwear ran almost exclusively towards pvc - nylon, cotton, rayon backed pvc, "jelly jackets", reversible hooded slickers (particularly the kelly green reversible to navy whale print favored by so many lovely ladies in the mid to late '80s), you name it, if it had pvc in it I loved it. Never gave rubber a second thought, mostly because it was never really available to me. It wasn't until maybe 7 years ago that I found a long yellow rubber raincoat online & plunked down the money for it, and I've been hooked ever since - the smell, the swishing, rustling sound it makes, rubber has become a major turn-on for me. But I still never had much interest in the classic mackintosh - preferred the rubber as a colorful outer layer. Then suddenly I realized that if I had a rubber-lined cotton raincoat, I could wear it to work, or anywhere in public for that matter, and indulge my rubber fetish without getting any funny looks from others. And it didn't hurt that Lakeland Elements started offering some very sexy rubberized macs for the ladies, and at much more affordable prices than those offered by the likes of Weathervain. So now I can go out in what to the rest of the world is a plain old dark blue cotton raincoat but I can revel in the cool smooth rubber against my skin, AND enjoy the sight of my wife in a beautiful red rubberized satin trench. It's the best of both worlds!

[cagoulion]

I'm another one of the generation that came up on cagoules and PVC jackets. I don't remember any really good clothes until the early nylon cagoules about 1976 onwards and loved the noise they made and the elasticated cuffs. From then on I was hooked and the first clothing I bought for purely sexual reasons was a wonderful yellow PVC see through mac from the local market for the princely sum of £3.99. It's fair to say that my collection stayed pretty small until I discovered in the late 1980s that people were chucking their old clothes in the local skips and some of them were pretty decent cagoules and raincoats. The rest they say is history.

[Priscilla]

I am not one of your 'younger' generation, at least in numbers, being now a mentally young 69, but I also have no interest in heavy 'macks'. Rubber is even a turnoff for me, whereas thin transparent or translucent plastic macs, especially with hoods. I started my pleasure with them in the 50's when Pacamac was in its heyday, loved the new era of plastic and pvc in the 60's, but was disappointed when the 'crinkle' plastic arrived in early 70's.
I was in the tropics in the mid 70's but when I returned to the UK in 1978, a whole new crop of plastic macs had arrived, translucent, pastel coloured, with drawstring hoods in a wonderful plethora of styles. There were also jelly jackets, and wow, they were soooooooooooo fashionable, that every woman wore them. Heady days from 1978 to around 1984, when those lovely plastic macs were so available, especially in shops like C&A in wonderful ranges of colours. And they were not seen as purvy fetish items.
Next came the shiny black pu raincoats worn especially by French women (not sure why especially) but associated with the 1980's BIG HAIR - shoulder pad era.

Will those golden years return? Despite valiant efforts by Primark and a few others, women seem to persist in wearing short totally unsuitable anoraks or short jackets - even the so called trench coats barely reach the thighs. Clearly women do not expect to get rained on these days

That's my rant for today.