To receive the Vogue Business newsletter, sign up here. Rubber shoes are having a moment. The simple unisex waterproof footwear, which evolved from the “ugly shoe” trend and continues to resonate ...

While this column is a leather column, at least historically, the truth is that the term leather encompasses a wide array of kinky sexualities and identities. Among them is rubber. Wearing rubber.

High fashion and surf culture tend to mix like oil and water. Attempts over the years to bring the two worlds together on the runway – Chanel’s sequinned wetsuits in the mid-’90s spring to mind – have ...