{"id":502136,"date":"2026-06-20T07:13:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T07:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/502136\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T07:13:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T07:13:30","slug":"isnt-it-hot-latex-fan-aims-to-stretch-malaysias-conservative-fashion-norms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/502136\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Isn\u2019t it hot?\u2019: latex fan aims to stretch Malaysia\u2019s conservative fashion norms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Celty arrives at a cosplay venue in Kuala Lumpur and does not look the part yet, dressed in jeans and a plain t-shirt.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">He finds a toilet, locks a cubicle door, transforms his looks and is ready to turn heads \u2013 dressed from head to toe in a helmet, boots, choker, corset and a glossy black latex catsuit.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Kuala Lumpur-based latex enthusiast has rehearsed the worst-case scenario in his head. If people were to stare at him or mock him for his outfit, he would leave the Anime Fest Plus event at the Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre, which was held in April.<\/p>\n<p>Latex, after all, is still associated with fetishism and indecent behaviour in Muslim-majority <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/malaysia?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Malaysia<\/a>, where self-expression is often policed.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI told my wife, \u2018I wanted to cosplay with latex too in public,\u2019\u201d said Celty, who is in his 30s, married, and asked to be identified only by his online name. \u201cIf this gets a backlash, then I won\u2019t go to the cosplay convention any more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">His fears are unfounded. Instead, people ask him for photos. His helmet helps break the ice, while other cosplayers call him \u201cbrave\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cIsn\u2019t it hot?\u201d he said, recalling the question he would often get from curious onlookers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celty arrives at a cosplay venue in Kuala Lumpur and does not look the part yet, dressed in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[337,230880,1657,146,85,46,1437,31077,230879,12437,156983],"class_list":["post-502136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-asia","tag-celty","tag-china","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-japan","tag-kuala-lumpur","tag-latex","tag-malaysia","tag-rubber"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}