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So now I was working and could go shopping for whatever I liked, but I was still so shy about my rainwear fetish that it was a while before I could work up the nerve to actually go and buy some shiny raincoats. I suppose the problem was that as a fetishist I thought that if I was wearing a plastic mac, say, everyone would look at me and think I was a pervert, when of course they would just see a person in a mac because it was raining. Anyway I eventually went up to Oxford Street and got myself a shiny black PVC threequarter length jacket from a shop called Stone-Dri. On the same day i I also bought a full length black oilskin raincoat from Millets. But the silly thing was that when I got them home I hid them away been too embarrassed to wear them in public. While I was in Stone-Dri I could not help but notice their collection of ladies rainwear, but I was much too timid to think of buying one, in fact I was so innocent I thought I would get arrested if I bought women's clothing. It was only when I wandered one day into Soho, with its porn shops, and doorways with notices advertising the services of "young models" that I began to gather the nerve to even think about going into a women's clothes shop. The first ladies mac I bought was from a department store in Oxford Street, a lightweight white plastic, trench style mac., double breasted, with contrasting black press studs for closing it.
Having now got my courage up I now made the momentous decision to go int Weather Vane. As I said earlier I used to pass their shop on Richmond Hill everyday on my way home from school. What joy to at last enter that holy of holys. How kind they were, such a lovely atmosphere, totally unjudgemental. I now became a regular customer and soon had a small wardrobe of garments purchased from them. The first item I bought was a pale blue latex dress, zip fronted with wide sleeves and a mandarin collar. I later bought a similar red latex dress, this time with a belt. I then bought a shiny black cotton backed rubber mac, again zip fronted with a mandarin collar. It was really lovely, so soft but so heavy as well. I must admit that until I went to Weather vane I had not kn own about the delights of rubber and latex, but I was soon a very willing convert. Other garments I purchased were a traditional green cotton rubber backed belted mackintosh, a royal blue A-line PVC skirt, a pink cotton backed PVC belted raincoat with gold buttons, a pale pink and grey floral patterned hooded parka, a soft gold coloured raincoat, a navy blue latex nightie, a pair of blue latex panties, a blue two piece, short jacket and skirt in lined PVC, and a shortie black rubber belted mac. I am sure I would have bought a lot more if I had not had to draw in my horns because I had been spending too freely, so I had to stop my visits to that divine emporium. I did make one further purchase after my marriage, a full length green hooded latex caftan.
After a hiatus in my mackintosh shopping my first purchase was a bright red double breasted PVC mac from Woollies, followed by a bright yellow one from the same store. Then I made it a hat trick of Woolies macs when I bought a yellow, belted nylon mac. At about this time I also bought from C & As tow long raincoats made from some sort of quite stiff material. They were quite tight fitting but what really attracted me to them was the fact that instead of the normal 5 or 6 buttons down the front they had 8 or 9, and I have always been attracted to garments which button down the front.
Although I could now have a collection of my own rainwear I still got a secret thrill from watching out for macs being worn by other people.Working in the library gave me a chance both to observe colleagues and customers. One woman I remember particularly was my librarian, who had not one but two particularly sexy items of rainwear. The first was a bright red lined double breasted PVC mac, and the other was delightful darker red nylon raincape. There was another woman working there who used to wear a soft plasticised nylon red raincoat, which really fueled my fantasies.
Anyway I am running out of time and will stop now.More later.

Dear Susan,
Lovely to hear of your continuing journey into the wonderful world of mackintoshes, plastic and nylon Macs. I remember a we had a branch Stone Dri in Norwich and I too paid a number of visits making a few purchases which I enjoyed for many years. I even got the wife to go in with me and she bought a lovely PVC mackintosh. Weather Vain became a must for me of course , it was like going on pilgrimage visiting there although most of my purchases from there were via mail order and latterly the internet.

Your mention of Weathervain remindsme of visits I made when in London on short trips.I bought a couple of the long plastic raincoats they sold.It was a good plac to visit. The raincoats got plenty of wear, at home and in the rain,but not a good idea to wear on a cold night in bed as they tore!
Sad that the shop has gone but there is always PUL to get rainwear from.