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Best in test lacquer clothing 2026 14 pieces reviewed, 9 ranked

Updated 26 September 202623 min read14 products reviewed
Black Level’s black high-gloss vinyl shorts with a zipper on an invisible mannequin — best in test lacquer clothing 2026 among 14 pieces reviewedBest overall
7.0Good
Black Level Högblanka high-gloss shorts win with 7.0 out of 10 — the only piece with both a PU coating and elastane declared. Best women’s piece is the vinyl dress in second place.

Best in test lacquer clothing 2026 is Black Level Högblanka high-gloss shorts with a zipper. They are the only piece among nine where the manufacturer declares both a lacquer coating and a stretch fiber — 94 percent polyester and 6 percent elastane under a layer of polyurethane — and they cost 379 SEK. The winner is a men’s piece. If you’re looking for lacquer clothing for women, then it’s Black Level’s vinyl dress with a flared skirt that applies: in second place with 6.7, the highest rating in the lineup for size information, and 419 SEK at Vuxen. Seven of the nine pieces are made for women, and they’re listed in their own order in a separate section below. What distinguishes this review from a store list is what the declarations show when you put them side by side: the word “lacquer” covers three different materials, none of the nine pieces is PVC, and not a single one publishes a garment measurement — neither skirt length, inseam length, nor crotch height. Eight of nine also come from the same wholesaler in Flensburg. Everything below is taken from the manufacturers’ own specifications and customer information, and the prices were checked12 September 2026 at all Swedish shops that sell the pieces.

Quick picks

Comparison table

All nine ranked lacquer pieces, sorted by score. The price is the lowest price at a shop that had the piece in stock at the price check12 September 2026. Each piece is compared in a specific size; the size is stated in the product name.

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#ProductRatingMaterialWaterproofPrice
1Black Level high-gloss shorts with zipper MBest overall7.094% polyester, 6% elastane, polyurethane coatingNot applicable — textile garment—
2Black Level vinyl dress with a flared skirt XSAuthor's pick6.7100% polyester with polyurethane coatingNot applicable — textile garment—
3Black Level Vinyl Waist Cincher S6.7100% polyester with a polyurethane coatingNo IP rating — textile item—
4Black Level Vinyl Trousers Black S6.6100 % polyester with polyurethane coatingNo IP rating — textile garment—
5Black Level mini skirt in vinyl XL6.6100% polyester with a polyurethane coatingNo IP rating — textile garment—
6NO:XQSE Wetlook garter strap holder with stockings XLBest budget6.4Girdle 92% polyester, 8% elastane; stockings 100% polyamideNo IP rating — textile garment—
7Obsessive 859 Corset and thong panty in wetlook L/XL6.390% polyamide, 10% elastane (according to the manufacturer)No IP rating — textile garment—
8Cottelli Collection Wetlook Mini Skirt XSBest for beginners6.392% polyester, 8% elastaneNo IP rating — textile garment—
9Late-X latex stockings, black, S/MPremium pick6.1100% latex (natural rubber latex), 0.35 mmNot applicable — latex garment—

— = not published by the manufacturer. N/A = the product has no motor or battery. Noise level, Battery life, Charging time is not shown because no product in the list has a value there.

The winner is a men’s piece — so if you’re a female buyer, you’ll find the right one

Most people who search for latex clothing are looking for something made for women, and this list has a men’s shorts at the top. This is not a mis-sorting. Black Level Högblanka shorts win because the manufacturer declares more about the material than any other garment in the field, and because the price is the lowest among the coated garments. The ranking compares the garments against each other using five criteria, not who they’re cut for.

But someone who is going to buy a dress has no use for knowing that a pair of men’s shorts is the best. That’s why the women’s garments are listed here in their own order, with the same ratings as in the list. Seven of nine are made for women. Late-X latex stockings are marked by Orion for both women and men, and the shorts are the only purely men’s garment.

The seven women’s garments in ranking order, with what they are

Black Level vinyl dress with a flared skirt (6,7) is the best women’s garment: a complete garment in PU-coated polyester, a zipper in the back, and Orion’s full women’s size table with bust, waist, and hips. 419 SEK at Vuxen during the campaign, 599 SEK otherwise.

Black Level waist corset in vinyl (6,7) has the same material as an under-bust garment with a zipper in the front and lacing in the back. From 399 SEK at Taboo.

Black Level latex pants in 5-pocket (6,6) has the most well-thought-out construction in the field—pockets, fly, snap buttons, and a zipper at each ankle—but it’s the most expensive, from 699 SEK.

Black Level flared mini skirt (6,6) has a two-way zipper in the front and costs 499 SEK at three shops.

NO:XQSE’s garter belt holders in wetlook (6,4) is the cheapest garment in the field, 249 SEK for the garter belt and stockings.

Obsessive 859 (6,3) is a set with a corset, string thong, and removable garters, and the only garment with a size chart made specifically for that model. 429 SEK at Blush Me.

Cottelli Collection Wetlook Mini Skirt (6,3) is a body-hugging stretch skirt without a closure from 287 SEK—the cheapest skirt in the field.

Two things apply to the entire group. Four of the seven have no elastane at all and can’t be adjusted, so the size has to be right from the start. And none of the seven publishes how long it is. Both things have their own sections in the buying guide below.

Nine items, five brands — and eight of them from the same warehouse in Flensburg

Black Level, Cottelli Collection, Late-X, and NO:XQSE look like four competing brands on a shop page. They are not. All four are owned by the German Orion, and the responsible manufacturer in all cases is OV-Großhandel in Flensburg. Eight of the nine ranked items come from there. The ninth, Obsessive 859, comes from a family-owned Polish lingerie brand founded in 2006.

It’s not a selection made to favor a manufacturer. It’s the result of the single requirement that filtered out the hardest: that the cover image must show the garment without a live model. Orion and Obsessive publish images of an invisible mannequin. Daring Intimates and Leg Avenue, the two other manufacturers among the fourteen started items, do not, and their garments therefore could not be reviewed.

Five items fell before the ranking even began

Fourteen items were started. The entire Daring Intimates wetlook series Naughty Whispers — a bra with open cups, two bodysuits — exists only as photographed either on a model or on packaging with model photos, both with the manufacturer Scala and at all the shops. Scala also labels all three as discontinued. Leg Avenue’s fishnet stockings with vinyl trim have seventeen images with the manufacturer and five shops, all on human legs.

The fifth item fell because of the material. Cottelli Party Red Mini Dress is sold as wetlook by a single shop, but Orion calls the surface matt look and states 85 percent polyester and 15 percent elastane without any substantiation. The full list of the five is at the bottom of the page.

What it means that almost everything comes from a single source

It has an advantage and a disadvantage. The advantage is that the comparisons become exact. Black Level’s five items share the material declaration, the women’s size chart, and the care brochure, so the differences between them lie on average in details and price — not in who wrote the specification. That makes it possible to say that the vinyl dress and the patent leather pants have the same recommended price at Orion, 79.95 euros, but differ by 280 SEK at the cheapest Swedish shop.

The disadvantage is that the gaps become shared, too. When Orion does not publish garment measurements, they are missing for eight garments at once. When Orion’s customer information has a latex section, it is included in the brochure even for garments that do not contain latex. And when Vuxen includes a large size chart with the heading “Cottelli Size Chart,” it ends up on the product page for Black Level’s dress, pants, and mini skirt, for NO:XQSE’s suspender holders, and for Late-X’s stockings — five garments from other Orion brands. The numbers in the chart are correct, because Orion uses the same women’s size chart for all its brands. The heading does not.

Lacquer, vinyl, wetlook, latex, and PVC: what the declarations actually say

The stores use five words for glossy garments, and they are used interchangeably. The same Black Level skirt is sold as “Minikjol Av Vinyl” at Vuxen, as “Minikjol Wetlook” at Lekosmek, and as “Lack Kjol Wetlook” at Taboo. The words describe what the garment looks like. The material declaration — which, as required by the EU’s textile regulation, must state the name and weight percentage of each fiber — describes what it is.

If you place the nine declarations next to each other, you get three materials, not five. And the word that most often makes people hesitate, PVC, does not appear in any of them.

Lacquer and vinyl: polyester with a layer of polyurethane — five items

All five Black Level items are a textile made of polyester with a coating of polyurethane (PU) on the surface. It is the coating that gives the high-gloss lacquer look, and the polyester underneath that gives the garment its shape. Orion calls them “Vinyl” in English and “Lack” in German, but the declaration mentions neither PVC nor vinyl chloride. Vinyl is, here, the name of the look.

Four of the five — the dress, the waist corset, the lacquer pants and the mini skirt — are 100 percent polyester under the coating. Men's shorts are 94 percent polyester and 6 percent elastane, and Orion describes them as four-way stretch. This is the only line in the entire field where coating and stretch fiber appear in the same declaration, and it is that line that decides the number-one spot.

Orion does not publish two details for any of the five: how thick the coating is and what share of the garment’s weight it makes up.

Wetlook: a glossy stretch textile — three items, no coating declared

NO:XQSE's garter strap holders and Cottelli's wetlook skirtBoth are declared as 92 percent polyester and 8 percent elastane — the same Orion fabric in two garments. Obsessive 859 is 90 percent polyamide and 10 percent elastane. None of the three manufacturers states a coating, and none of them explains how the sheen is achieved. Orion itself describes the surface of the garter belt as matte-glossy.

For Obsessive, the silence is more striking than for the others. The manufacturer declares “100 % polyurethane” as its own material on its Norides wetlook set and on its wetlook body, but not on model 859. At the same time, Taboo shows a completely different composition for the corset— polyurethane on the very outside, polyester with spandex underneath, and a panty panel that adds up to 90 percent. The manufacturer’s list applies, but it leaves the question of the outer layer open. That’s why Obsessive has the field’s lowest material rating, 4.5.

Practically speaking, wetlook in these three garments means a knitted fabric with elastane that stretches and is hand-washed like any other synthetic garment — not a plastic surface that wrinkles and has to be hung on a hanger.

Latex: natural rubber without textile — a single garment

Only Late-X latex stockingsare latex. Orion declares 100 percent natural rubber latex in a thickness of 0.35 millimeters and posts an allergy warning on the product page, in the customer information, and in the Swedish product text. There is no polyester and no coating — the entire garment is a thin rubber membrane.

That gives the stockings the field’s highest material rating, 8.0, because the declaration is both complete and precisely specified in millimeters. Orion’s own material guide also points out the reverse: latex clothing lacks textile reinforcement and therefore tears more easily than vinyl clothing. A hole in a PU-coated skirt is a scratch; a hole in 0.35 millimeter latex is the start of a tear.

PVC and phthalates: zero out of nine — but also no certificate

The question of PVC is the most important chemistry issue for patent leather garments. The Kemikalieinspektionen (Swedish Chemicals Agency) states that almost all use of phthalates in products relates to plasticizing PVC, that phthalates in soft plastic can make up up to half of the material, and that they are most often not chemically bound to the plastic. A glossy plastic garment is often PVC.

None of the nine is. Five are PU-coated, three are textile, and one is natural rubber. So the part of the phthalate issue that concerns plasticized PVC is therefore removed for the entire field.

That doesn’t mean that any manufacturer publishes what the coating otherwise contains. None of the nine has an additive declaration, a phthalate certificate, or a material certification such as Oeko-Tex. The Kemikalieinspektionen points out that plastic usually contains additives that make the material soft, colored, or strong. What can be said using sources is what the base material is — not what has been added.

When the store’s words aren’t the manufacturer’s

In eight of nine cases, at least one store presents the material differently than the manufacturer—only the lack pants have the same material line at every stage. Most deviations are wording choices, but several change what the buyer thinks they are getting:

Lekosmek sells Cottelli’s uncoated stretch skirt as “Lack Minikjol” and lists Black Levels mini skirt as only “100 % polyester,” without the coating that makes it lack. Lekosmek and Taboo sell Black Levels PU-coated mini skirts under names with the word wetlook and have put the waist corset under the same tag. Taboo lists “Wetlook” as the material for the men’s shorts. Vuxen writes “Vinyl-Lack” for the dress and the mini skirt and “Wetlook” for the garter belt—surfaces, not materials. Mshop lists “Polyuretanplast” for the waist corset, which omits the textile underneath. And Vuxenkul describes the black latex stockings with Orion’s text for Late-X red, lightly sheer stockings.

The rule that follows is simple: read the material line from the manufacturer or in the review, never the store’s product name. A garment called lack can be a stretch skirt, and a garment called wetlook can be coated.

That’s how the nine garments were ranked

Each garment has been read against the manufacturer’s product pages, wholesaler pages, variant tables, and customer information, and against the product pages of all Swedish stores that sell it. Each garment is compared in a specific size, matched by article number—the size that the most stores sell under the same number. Every numeric detail has a source link in the review the garment links to, and all reviewsare open.

Five criteria for garments, not for trinkets

A lack garment has no motor and no battery. What determines it is what the surface is and whether the manufacturer says so, whether you can choose the right size without trying it, how the garment is closed and adjusted, whether the care instructions keep the surface intact, and what it costs versus what you get. The five criteria are therefore called material and declaration, fit and size information, construction and details, care and durability, as well as price versus performance. They have the same weight, are scored 0–10, and the rating is the average.

The variation shows where the purchase is decided. For material, the range goes from 4.5 (Obsessive) to 8.0 (Late-X), for fit from 4.5 (Late-X) to 7.5 (the dress), and for construction from 5.0 (Cottelli) to 8.0 (the pants and Obsessive). Late-X is the clearest example of how the criteria pull in different directions: highest for material, lowest for fit, since Orion does not publish a single stocking size measurement. A thin specification doesn’t lower the rating by itself, but a garment can’t get points for an item that is missing. The full scale is found in the methodology description.

Three pairs shared ratings—so they were separated

Three pairs landed on exactly the same total points. They were separated in the tiebreaker, where each placement is checked against the garment immediately below it, and the reasons are laid out here so the order can be verified.

The vinyl dress and the waist corset are both 6.7. The dress places first on the fit criterion: it has a complete size chart with bust, waist, and hip measurements that applies to the entire garment, while the corset’s chart lacks both height and garment measurements at the waist—two measurements that are most specific for a corset. The dress gets 7.5 there, the corset 5.5.

The patent pants and the mini skirt are both 6.6. The pants place first because the material information is consistent across six sources—Orion, all three Swedish stores, and two German retailers—while three of the skirt’s four stores present the material incompletely, or in other words, differently than the manufacturer. The pants also have the field’s most worked-through construction; the skirt is 200 SEK cheaper.

Obsessive 859 and Cottelli’s wetlook skirt are both 6.3 and have the same total. They get there via opposite routes: Obsessive shares the field’s best construction score but has its lowest material score, while Cottelli has the field’s simplest construction but one of the best price scores. The calibration placed the corset first. Choose between them based on what you want—not based on the placement.

Why the men’s shorts hold up against the dress

The first place was explicitly assessed against the women’s garments, because that’s where the objection lies. The shorts win on two criteria: they’re the only garment with both coating and elastane declared, and they cost 379 SEK in stock at two stores. The dress has the better size chart—7.5 versus 7.0 on fit—but its price is 599 SEK outside Vuxen’s campaign. The difference in overall score is three tenths.

The latex stockings were assessed the other way around: the field’s highest material score isn’t enough when the size information is the field’s lowest. A stocking with a closed foot without a published foot size or leg length is a gamble purchase, and it weighs just as much as the material being clearly declared.

Prices: six stores, 31 listings, one control date

The nine garments are sold by six Swedish stores—Vuxen, Lekosmek, Taboo, Mshop, Vuxenkul, and Blush Me—and together they provide 31 store listings, between three and five per garment. All of them were checked 12 September 2026. The price in the table is the lowest price at a store that had the garment in stock, which matters twice: Vuxenkul was the cheapest for both the men’s shorts and the latex stockings, but they had neither of them at home.

Two prices had changed at the source check on 26 September 2026. Vuxen had raised the mini skirt from 499 to 599 SEK, and Taboo had lowered the garter strap holder in XL to 199 SEK. The table shows the prices from 12 September 2026; check the price at checkout.

Briefly about the method

  1. Fourteen items against the manufacturer’s own documents

    The candidates are items whose name or store name indicates lacquer, wetlook, vinyl, PVC, or latex, with an item number, at least three Swedish stores, and at least two in stock. Each item has been checked against the manufacturer’s product page, wholesaler page, variant table, and customer information. Five failed on the image requirement or the material; nine were ranked.
  2. The material is referenced, never assumed

    An item is described with the manufacturer’s material declaration, not the store’s wording. If a store writes lacquer, vinyl, or wetlook, that counts as a description of the surface. When the store and the manufacturer say different things, both are reported, and the manufacturer’s information applies.
  3. One size per item, matched by item number

    Each item is compared in the size that the most stores sell under the same item number. The size is in the product name and determines both the measurement information and the price, because stores sometimes have different stock for different sizes.
  4. Five criteria for items, calibrated against the entire field

    Material and declaration, fit and size information, construction and details, care and durability, and price versus performance, with the same weight and the same score as the average. All nine were assessed against each other at the same time, and placements were tested in a rebuttal where tied ratings were separated with written reasons.
  5. Prices versus stock status

    The price is the lowest price at a store that had the item in stock at the check on September 12, 2026. Twice, the cheapest store had no stock, and then the next price shown in the table applies.

The site is run by one person and is financed by commissions on store links. No manufacturer has been allowed to read the text in advance, and no store can pay for placement. The ranking was calculated before the links were added.

Top list

Black Level high-gloss shorts with a zipper in black patent on an invisible mannequin, ranked first of nine ranked patent-leather items1
7.0Good
Best overall

Black Level high-gloss shorts with zipper M

Best in test, and the only men’s garment in the list. Orion states 94 percent polyester and 6 percent elastane with a polyurethane coating — the only item of nine where both the lacquer surface and the stretch are listed in the same material line. Compared with Black Levels four women’s garments, which are all pure polyester under the coating, the elastane adds a margin in a garment that the manufacturer calls tight. The concealed metal zipper at the front is, according to Orion, made to avoid pinching skin or hair strands, and the men’s size chart lists a waist of 82–89 and a hip of 98–105 centimeters for M. The price is the steadiest in the field: 356–390 SEK at four stores, 379 SEK in stock at Lekosmek and Taboo, 120 SEK less than Black Levels mini skirt at the same stores. The gaps are the same as in the rest of the field: no leg length, no adjustment beyond panels for your own belt, just hand washing and no declaration of what the coating contains other than polyurethane. Vuxen also shows pictures of an earlier version and provides an older item number.

  • Not applicable — textile garment
Black Level vinyl dress with a flared skirt in black lacquer on an invisible mannequin — best women’s garment among the lacquer clothing2
6.7Fair
Author's pick

Black Level vinyl dress with a flared skirt XS

Best women’s garment, and the item where the size choice is the least of a gamble. Orion publishes the full size chart per size — XS corresponds to a bust of 74–81, a waist of 59–64, and a hip of 84–91 centimeters — and the dress is available in six sizes from XS to 2XL. That gives the field’s highest fit rating: 7.5. The material is 100 percent polyester with a polyurethane coating, so not PVC, and the care instructions in Orions customer information are as detailed as for the winner. Compared with the lacquer trousers, the dress has the same material and the same recommended price from Orion, 79.95 euro, but costs 280 SEK less at the cheapest Swedish store. That price, 419 SEK at Vuxen, is a campaign price with 30 percent off; the regular price at Lekosmek and Taboo is 599 SEK. With no elastane and no adjustment, the size should be chosen based on the larger of the bust and waist measurements, and the dress length is not published — for an item that Vuxen calls super short, this is the information you most want. Lekosmek calls XS “SX”.

  • Not applicable — textile garment
Black Level Vinyl Waist Cincher, black waist corset in lacquer with a zipper in front, on an invisible mannequin3
6.7Fair

Black Level Vinyl Waist Cincher S

The well-thought-out design in the Black Levels range: a zipper all the way down at the front for putting on and taking off, lacing at the back for adjusting, and a lacquer panel under the lacing so the back is closed. Orion writes that the lacing provides “ein wenig Spielraum” — a little room — and the lacing is adjusted once, while the zipper handles the rest. The material is the same PU-coated polyester as the dress, without PVC and without latex. Two places keep it in shared second place instead of on its own: Orion does not publish the height of the corset or the garment measurement at the waist, and the number and material of the shaping panels are not stated. Mshop also contradicts itself about how much it shapes — 1–2 centimeters in the product text, 1–2 inches in the care section. The price is the most scattered in the field: 399 SEK at Taboo, 699 at Lekosmek, and 769 at Mshop for the same item number, meaning 93 percent between the cheapest and the most expensive store. At Taboo, it’s cheaper than a Black Levels dress, skirt, and pants.

  • No IP rating — textile item
Black Level vinyl trousers in black lacquer with pockets and zippers at the ankles, on an invisible mannequin4
6.6Fair

Black Level Vinyl Trousers Black S

The most detailed garment in the field: 5-pocket styling with inset pockets in front and sewn-on pockets in the back, a snap button and a fly zipper, belt loops, and a zipper at each ankle. The construction provides 8.0, the highest in the field together with Obsessive. The material information is the most consistent of all nine — 100 percent polyester with a polyurethane coating at Orion, at all three Swedish stores, and at two German retailers. What pulls it down is the price and the length. The trousers cost 699 SEK at the lowest, the most expensive in the field, even though Orion prices them exactly the same as the vinyl dress, 79.95 euro. And no inside leg length is published, which in a tight leg without elastane determines whether the ankle zipper ends up at the ankle or a bit higher on the calf. Orion does not describe them as stretchy, unlike the brand’s own men’s shorts. The German retailer AG Fashion states a size conversion that deviates from Orion’s table — the manufacturer’s applies.

  • No IP rating — textile garment
Black Level mini skirt in vinyl, strongly flared in black lacquer with a two-way zipper at the front, on an invisible mannequin5
6.6Fair

Black Level mini skirt in vinyl XL

The cheapest way to get Black Levels’ lack material into a garment for the lower body, and the most forgiving shape for a material without elastane: a flared skirt doesn’t need to give way over the thighs. The two-way zipper runs all the way to the front and opens both from the top and from the bottom. Orion publishes more information than most—weight per size, 343 grams in XL, and the full size chart, where XL corresponds to a waist of 91–102 and a hip of 113–121 centimeters. The waist measurement is what matters. The buckles on the waistband are described by Orion only as small buckles on the sides; Taboo and Lekosmek call them adjustable, and Mshop calls them decorative, so don’t count on them to make up for a wrong choice. Four stores had XL in stock, three of them at 499 SEK and Mshop at 659. Compared with Cottellis wetlook skirt, it costs 212 SEK more and for the money you get a lack surface and a zipper. The skirt length is not published, and Vuxen had raised the price to 599 SEK at the check on September 26.

  • No IP rating — textile garment
NO:XQSE garter holders in black wetlook with four garters and included black stockings6
6.4Fair
Best budget

NO:XQSE Wetlook garter strap holder with stockings XL

Best budget pick and the cheapest item in the field: 249 SEK at all three stores for a wetlook girdle and a pair of stockings. The latex stockings at position nine cost twice as much and contain only the stockings. Orion declares each part separately—the girdle is 92 percent polyester and 8 percent elastane, the stockings are 100 percent polyamide—and publishes the size chart, where XL is a waist of 91–102 and a hip of 113–121 centimeters. The four metal holders are adjustable, and the girdle works with other stockings when the included pair is worn out. Wetlook here is a textile without PVC and without latex. Three things are missing: how the girdle closes, the stockings’ length, and denier, and a care instruction in addition to “gentle hand wash.” Vuxen calls the stockings stay-ups and the brand Mandy Mystery; Orion lists stockings without a silicone edge that are meant to be kept up by the holders, and the brand NO:XQSE. Expect the stockings to stay up only together with the girdle.

  • No IP rating — textile garment
Obsessive 859 corset in wetlook and mesh with a halterneck, a zipper, and garters, as well as a string panty7
6.3Fair

Obsessive 859 Corset and thong panty in wetlook L/XL

The only garment in the field that does not come from Orion, and the only one with a size chart made specifically for this exact model: bust, under the bust, waist, and hip for each size. For L/XL, Obsessive lists bust 95–104 and under-bust 95–104 and waist 78–87 centimeters. The construction has the most adjustments in the field — Velcro at the neck, zipper at the front, laced back, and garters that can be adjusted and removed. It scores 8.0 for construction. The material pulls the other way: 90 percent polyamide and 10 percent elastane, no coating stated, despite Obsessive declaring polyurethane on its other wetlook sets. Taboo lists a different composition with a panty panel that totals 90 percent. The manufacturer’s hip measurement for L/XL is cut down to “101-11”, and Vuxen’s chart sets the limit for L/XL at a 90-centimeter bust, versus the manufacturer’s 95. Blush Me charges 429 SEK for corset and panty, while Vuxen and Taboo charge 599. No care instructions are given for the model—only the brand’s general advice about 20–30 degrees.

  • No IP rating — textile garment
Cottelli Collection Wetlook Mini Skirt, short black skirt in glossy wetlook, on an invisible mannequin8
6.3Fair
Best for beginners

Cottelli Collection Wetlook Mini Skirt XS

The easiest place to start: a body-hugging wetlook skirt that you pull on, with no zipper and no buckles that could break, from 287 SEK at Taboo. It’s the cheapest skirt in the field—Black Levels’ mini skirt starts at 499—and all three shops had XS in stock. Orion declares 92 percent polyester and 8 percent elastane, meaning a textile with no latex and no PVC, and publishes the full women’s size chart: XS corresponds to a waist of 59–64 and a hip of 84–91 centimeters. The weight is 112 grams, a third of Black Levels’ patent skirt. What you don’t get is a patent finish; the shine is from the fabric, and no coating is stated, even though Lekosmek sells it as a “Lack Mini Skirt.” The construction is the simplest in the field, 5.0 out of 10, with the gathered back as the only detail. The same model in red matte look has 15 percent elastane, almost twice as much, so the black gives less give for someone who’s on the upper end of a size range. The skirt length is not published.

  • 92% polyester, 8% elastane
  • No IP rating — textile garment
Late-X thigh-high latex stockings in glossy black natural latex with a shaped foot on an invisible mannequin9
6.1Fair
Premium pick

Late-X latex stockings, black, S/M

The only real latex garment in the field, and the best-declared material: 100 percent natural rubber latex at 0.35 millimeters, with an explicit allergy warning from Orion. It gives 8.0 on material, the highest of all nine. Orion also publishes the field’s most detailed care instructions — donning, hand-washing at about 30 degrees, powdering, and storage — with a contradiction the buyer has to sort out themselves: the customer information mentions a special oil, while the care page says that latex should be kept away from oils. The interpretation that fits together with Orion’s own silicone spray is a silicone-based care product. The stockings come last for a single reason: size. Orion publishes neither leg length, thigh width, nor shoe size, and the size guide is a women’s table with bust and waist where S/M spans clothing size 36–42. For a stocking with a closed foot, this is the field’s biggest gap. 499 SEK at Vuxen and Mshop, four out of five stores have it in stock. Excluded in the event of latex allergy.

  • Not applicable — latex garment

Size without a fitting room: none of the nine garments has a published garment measurement

This is the guide’s most important section, because this is where a lack purchase most often goes wrong. A coated garment without elastane does not give, and it’s rarely possible to adjust it. At the same time, it’s a garment that’s worn close to the body and that the store doesn’t always take back once the package has been opened. So the size has to be right on the first try, and the basis for that is thinner than it looks.

The table says which body the size is intended for — not how the garment is cut

Eight of nine manufacturers publish a size chart, and that’s more than the category usually has. But all eight charts list body measurements: bust, waist, and hip of the person who is supposed to wear the garment. Not a single one of the nine publishes a measurement of the garment itself. This is what it looks like, garment by garment:

The dress lacks length from shoulder to hem. The mini skirt and the wetlook skirt lack skirt length. The lack trousers lack inseam length and waist height. The men’s shorts lack leg length. The waist corset lacks height and garment measurement at the waist. Obsessive 859 lacks the corset’s and the skirt panel’s length. The garter belt lacks the girdle’s height and the stockings’ length. The latex stockings lack leg length, thigh width, and shoe size.

No store fills the gap either — not in any of the 31 store listings. The only addition is Vuxen’s body length, 171–179 centimeters, for the men’s shorts at M. The practical advice follows from that: measure a garment you know fits correctly and compare it with the manufacturer’s pictures, but count on it being an estimate. Anyone who needs to know exactly where a skirt ends on the thigh has no published number to go by anywhere in the entire field.

Elastane determines the margin: four garments have none at all

The elastane share is the only figure in the declaration that says something about how forgiving a garment is. In the field, it looks like this: Obsessive 859 has 10 percent, Cottelli’s skirt and NO:XQSE’s garter belt have 8 percent, and the men’s shorts have 6 percent. The dress, the waist corset, the latex pants, and the mini skirt have no elastane at all. The latex stockings stretch because of the material itself.

Without elastane and without adjustment, there is no upward margin. That’s why the reviews of the dress and the pants draw the same conclusion from the declaration: if you’re between two sizes, choose the larger measurement—the bust and waist for the dress, the hips for the pants. It’s a conclusion drawn from the material and construction, not advice from Orion, which publishes no guidance for choosing between two sizes.

The shape helps sometimes. The mini skirt is flared and fits only at the waistband, so the waist measurement is what matters. The waist corset has no bust measurement to take into account. The latex pants are the opposite: tight legs without elastane, where the hip is the widest point the pants must pass. That’s why they have a zipper at each ankle.

Which garments can be adjusted—and which stores say can be adjusted

Three out of nine have some adjustment that the manufacturer describes. Obsessive 859 has a laced back and adjustable garter straps. The waist corset has lacing in the back, but Orion calls the space “ein wenig” — a little — and doesn’t state how many centimeters. NO:XQSE’s garter-strap holders have four adjustable garter straps.

The rest have nothing. The men’s shorts have loops for an optional own belt. The dress has a zipper at the back and no adjustable shoulder straps. The mini skirt’s buckles are the clearest example of a store promising more than the manufacturer: Taboo writes “adjustable buckles at the waist for a perfect fit,” and Lekosmek says they give you the possibility to tailor the fit, while Orion only writes “small buckles on the side,” and Mshop calls them decorative.

When two tables give two sizes

In four cases, two sources point to different sizes for the same body. The manufacturer’s table applies in all four, but it’s worth knowing where the differences are.

The adult size chart for Obsessive sets the cutoff at L/XL at a 90-centimeter bust; the manufacturer’s chart for model 859 sets it at 95. Anyone measuring 91–94 centimeters ends up in different sizes depending on the source. The German retailer AG Fashion lists S as 36 and M as 38 for Black Levels pants and a waist corset, where Orion lists 36/38 and 40/42—at the XL end, the difference is more than an entire size. Orion itself has two typos: the hip measurement 90–91 centimeters for the men’s shorts in S, where Vuxen and Vuxenkul list 90–97, and Obsessive’s hip for L/XL, which ends on “101-11”.

Latex stockings have their own problem: the table is a dress sizing chart. A customer asked on Orion’s own consumer page in September 2026 why bust and waist measurements are given for stockings. The answer was to use the EU size—and that answer in turn contained a typo: 44/66 instead of 44/46.

Right of withdrawal, the hygiene exception, and the panties for trying them on

When buying at a distance, you have 14 days to withdraw. Konsumentverket provides guidance on an exception for goods that, for health or hygiene reasons, are sealed and where the seal has been broken—and this is where latex clothing differs from regular clothing: many of them are worn directly against the genital area and are sold in the same category as underwear.

The stores draw the line differently. Mshop states that the right of return does not apply to garments worn on the lower body, such as panties and tights, but that dresses and tops may be tried on and returned in the same condition and packaging—and Mshop categorizes the latex stockings as “Sexiga Bodystockings”. Vuxen promises 100 days’ right of return on the product page for the mini skirt. The thong in the Obsessive set and the stockings are closest to the exception; a dress in a box is farthest away. Read the store’s terms before ordering.

Orion’s customer information includes advice that applies to the entire manufacturer’s clothing range: always wear underwear when the garment is tried on. It is the manufacturer’s own instruction and, at the same time, the best protection for the possibility of returning it. Regardless of the right of withdrawal, the Consumer Sales Act’s three-year right to complain for defects applies to defects that existed at delivery—a seam that comes loose, a zipper that doesn’t work. None of the nine manufacturers publishes its own guarantee.

Care: three materials, three different rules

Since the material consists of three materials, there are three care rules, and you can’t swap them for each other. What protects a lacquer surface can destroy latex, and what latex needs is not required for a stretch textile. Read the row for your garment.

PU-coated garments: hand wash, lint-free cloth, and hanger

For the five Black Level garments, Orion’s customer information applies—the same brochure for all five. The garment is cleaned before first use and then, after each use, washed by hand in clear, lukewarm water with a mild detergent. It is dried by rubbing with a soft, lint-free cloth; larger garments are placed on a towel with the inside first, and zippers and pockets must be completely dry. After that, the garment is hung on a hanger, because, according to Orion, the lacquer surface easily becomes wrinkled.

Orion’s material guide adds what actually damages the surface: strong cleaning agents and massage oil can destroy the polyurethane coating, and overly aggressive cleaning can wear it down. No wash temperature in degrees is published for any of the five—“lukewarm” is the closest thing there is. The lacquer trousers, with five pockets and three zippers, are the garment where the advice about keeping details dry weighs heaviest.

Wetlook fabric: hand washing is enough, and here you’ll find temperature details.

For Cottelli’s skirt and NO:XQSE’s garter belt holder, Orion’s advice is only gentle hand washing with a mild detergent — no temperature, no wash symbols. Obsessive does not publish any instruction for model 859, but it has a general care guide for the entire range: hand washing at 20–30 degrees, or an ultra-gentle machine program in a laundry bag, no tumble drying, no sun, and no heating elements, and corsets are stored flat. It’s one of two garments in the lineup where any temperature in degrees is mentioned at all.

The metal holders on the garter belt holder are the reason you should wash the garter belt and stockings separately: an open holder can catch on thin polyamide. Close the Velcro on the Obsessive corset before washing it for the same reason — it adheres to the mesh.

Latex: powder, silicone, and a contradiction about oil

The latex stockings have the most detailed care instructions in the lineup, and its only built-in contradiction. Orion specifies hand washing in lukewarm water, about 30 degrees, with a special detergent or mild soap, rinsing in cold water, and drying with a lint-free cloth. Before storage, the completely dry stockings are lightly powdered with latex powder, so the surface doesn’t stick together. They are stored cool, without direct sunlight and separately.

The contradiction is about oil. Customer information says the inside can be treated with “a special oil that is suitable for latex products” before putting them on. Orion’s care page for latex says that fats, perfume, oils, and certain metals — copper, brass, and bronze — react with latex and should be kept away. The care product Orion itself sells under Late X for the shine is a silicone spray. The interpretation that brings it together is that “special oil” means a silicone-based care product. Massage oil, baby oil, petroleum jelly, and skin lotion don’t belong in latex.

For stockings with a molded foot, Orion has this advice: shoe inserts can discolor latex. And long nails, jewelry, and hair clips can make holes when putting them on — the stocking is rolled down, pulled over the toes without air, and then rolled back up.

If you buy patent leather and latex: store them separately

Orion’s customer information says the same for both patent leather and latex: the garment should be stored by itself and not together with products made of other materials, to avoid chemical reactions, and not with garments in other colors or in dark plastic bags, which can cause discoloration. A clothing bag made of cotton or tissue paper between the garments is recommended.

It’s advice that has consequences specifically for the person who puts together an outfit from this list. Latex stockings and Black Levels mini skirt are sold to be worn together, but according to the manufacturer they should not lie together. The patent leather skirt hangs on a hanger; the latex stockings lie powdered in a bag. Mshop adds that vinyl garments that sit tightly against other plastic garments for a long time can stick together.

Latex allergy: one garment to avoid, eight that are okay

Latex allergy is a reaction to proteins in natural rubber. Läkartidningen has summarized a literature review from 2006 that found an occurrence of 1.4 percent in the population. The reactions range from rashes and itching to asthma and, in rare cases, anaphylaxis, and anyone who is allergic to avocado, banana, kiwi, or chestnut has an increased risk.

In this field, it’s only one garment: Late-X latex stockings, which Orion itself warns about. The other eight contain no latex according to the declaration. Two things can be confusing. The first is that Orion’s customer information for Black Levels PU garments includes a section about natural rubber latex; it’s a shared brochure for lacquer, latex, and leather, not a description of the garment. The second is the word elastane, which despite the name similarity is a synthetic fiber and not natural rubber.

Want a shiny, thigh-high alternative without latex? It’s NO:XQSE’s garter belt with stockings the closest in the field—the shine then sits on the corset belt, not on the stockings, and it costs half.

What the price buys you: 249 to 699 SEK, and what drives the difference

The range goes from 249 SEK for NO:XQSE’s garter belt to 699 SEK for Black Levels lacquer pants. The link between price and placement is weak: the winner costs 379, and the most expensive garment is down four places.

What explains the price is primarily garment type and material, not quality. Among Black Levels five garments, Orion’s recommended prices range from 45.95 euro for the shorts to 79.95 euro for the dress and the pants, with the mini skirt at 59.95 euro and the waist corset at 69.95 euro. The Wetlook fabric is lower: Cottelli’s skirt 39.95 euro, the garter belt 24.95 euro. The latex stockings, an accessory, cost 59.95 euro—just as much as an entire lacquer skirt.

But the Swedish prices don’t always follow the manufacturer’s order. The dress and the pants have the same manufacturer price and differ by 280 SEK at the cheapest store. The waist corset is ten euro more expensive than the mini skirt at Orion but 100 SEK cheaper in Sweden at Taboo. It’s the promotions that explain it, not the garments.

Six out of the nine lowest prices are reduced prices

In the table, the lowest price is a reduced price in six cases, and it’s worth knowing that before you rely on it. Vuxen sells the dress for 419 SEK versus 599. Taboo sells the waist corset for 399, with 699 as the comparison price, and Cottelli’s skirt for 287 versus 359. Lekosmek sells the lacquer pants for 699 versus the regular price 799 and the mini skirt for 499 versus 539. Blush Me sells Obsessive 859 for 429 versus 599.

The three lowest prices are the regular prices: the men’s shorts for 379 at Lekosmek and Taboo, the garter belt for 249 and the latex stockings for 499 at Vuxen, which states the same price as the lowest in the last 30 days. The spread between stores for the same article number is biggest for the waist corset, 399 to 769 SEK, i.e. 93 percent, and smallest for the garter belt, where all three stores charged 249. Shipping does not level out the differences: free shipping starts at 699 SEK at Lekosmek, Taboo and Vuxenkul, 799 at Vuxen and 999 at Mshop, and only the patent leather pants, at exactly 699 SEK, are the only ones at the lowest threshold.

Per garment or per outfit

Three out of nine are more than one item. Obsessive 859 is a corset, a thong panty, and removable garter straps for 429 SEK. NO:XQSE’s set is a waist cincher and stockings for 249. The rest is a single item, and Orion spells it out: the delivery contents are a dress, a skirt, and a pair of pants. The belt that the waistband loops suggest is not included, and neither are the tops or the stockings in the model images.

Counted per outfit, the picture is different than counted per item. For the latex stockings for 499 SEK, Orion does not indicate a stay-up band, and the manufacturer’s own model image shows them attached to a garter belt that is not included. The waist corset requires something underneath. The dress is the only item in the lineup that covers both the upper and lower body.

If you’d rather have lace than patent leather

Daring Intimates is the brand behind the wetlook series that failed the image requirement. The brand’s three-piece set in red lace — bra, string and blindfold — has its own review: Daring Intimates Bra, Panty & BlindfoldIt costs 299 SEK and is declared as 90 percent polyamide and 10 percent elastane, the same fibers as Obsessive 859. The manufacturer does not publish any size chart at all, which is the opposite situation compared with the patent leather items above, where the charts are there but the item measurements are missing.

When the list is recalculated

The ratings are recalculated when a new item with a first image without a model is added, when a manufacturer publishes information that is missing today — an item measurement, a skirt length, a foot size for the latex stockings, a supplemental declaration for the PU coating — or when a store corrects a material detail. Obsessive is the most likely case: if the manufacturer were to declare the polyurethane on model 859 the same way as on its other wetlook sets, the material rating would change.

The prices follow the stores’ product flows. Information that the manufacturer does not publish is printed as blanks instead of being filled with estimates, and a store’s detail is labeled as store detail. If you find a care label, a measurement specification, or a declaration that says something other than what is written here, I want to see it.

Five items that appeared before the ranking

Fourteen items were started. Four failed the image requirement—the first image must show the item without a live model, and for these there are only model photos from both the manufacturer and the stores. One failed on the material. It’s this filtering that means that eight of the nine ranked items come from Orion: Orion and Obsessive are the only manufacturers in the selection that publish cut-out images. Daring Intimates Wetlook Bra Set With Open Cup & Crotch S/M (349 SEK): the manufacturer Scala and all stores show the item only on a live model or on a package with a model photo, so no image meets the site’s requirement for the first image. Scala also marks the item as discontinued. Daring Intimates Wetlook Bodysuit With Halter S/M (181 SEK): the same image problem as the entire Naughty Whispers series—only model photos from the manufacturer and the stores. Discontinued at Scala. Daring Intimates Wetlook Bodysuit With Chain S/M (349 SEK): the same image problem: only model photos from the manufacturer and the stores. Discontinued at Scala. Leg Avenue Vinyl Top Fishnet Thigh Highs (169 SEK): seventeen images from the manufacturer and five stores, all on human legs—no cut-out image exists. Cottelli Collection Party Red Mini Dress (499 SEK): the manufacturer Orion calls the material mattlook—85 percent polyester and 15 percent elastane, no coating—not wetlook. Only one store sells it as wetlook, and it doesn’t belong among lacquer clothing items.

    Frequently asked questions about lacquer clothing

    Which lacquer clothes are best in 2026?
    Black Level high-shine shorts with a zipper are best in 2026, with a rating of 7.0 out of 10. They’re the only item of nine where the manufacturer declares both a polyurethane lacquer coating and a stretch fiber—6 percent elastane—and they cost 379 SEK. The shorts are a men’s item. The best women’s item is Black Level’s vinyl dress with a flared skirt, rated 6.7, with the most complete size chart in the field.
    Which lacquer clothing for women is best?
    Black Level vinyl dress with a flared skirt, in second place with a rating of 6.7. Orion publishes bust, waist, and hip measurements for all six sizes. The material is PU-coated polyester without PVC, and it cost 419 SEK at Vuxen during the campaign and 599 SEK at Lekosmek and Taboo. Next come Black Level’s waist corset (6.7), lacquer pants (6.6), and mini skirt (6.6). The cheapest for women is NO:XQSE’s garter belt holders for 249 SEK.
    Are lacquer clothes made of PVC?
    Not these. Of nine ranked items, five are polyester with a polyurethane coating, three are glossy stretch fabric, and one is natural latex. Nothing is declared as PVC, even though several are called vinyl. That means the phthalate issue about plasticized PVC doesn’t apply to them. None of the manufacturers, however, publishes an additive declaration, a phthalate certificate, or certification such as Oeko-Tex for the coating.
    What’s the difference between lacquer, vinyl, wetlook, and latex?
    In this category: lacquer and vinyl are polyester with a polyurethane layer that gives a high-gloss surface. Wetlook is a knitted fabric with elastane and a glossy surface, with no declared coating. Latex is natural rubber without textile, which requires its own care and can cause allergies. The stores use the words interchangeably—Lekosmek sells an uncoated stretch skirt as a “Lack mini skirt”—so it’s the material declaration that shows what the item actually is.
    Can you wear lacquer clothes if you have a latex allergy?
    Yes, with one exception. Late-X latex stockings are 100 percent natural rubber latex, and Orion itself warns about allergy. The other eight garments contain no latex according to the declaration. Orion’s customer information for the latex garments includes a latex section, but it is a joint brochure for several materials. Elastane is a synthetic fiber and not natural rubber.
    How do you choose the size of latex clothing when shopping online?
    Measure your bust, waist, and hips and compare with the manufacturer’s table, not the store’s. Eight of nine manufacturers publish a size chart, but none publishes garment measurements such as skirt length or leg length. Garments without elastane — Black Levels’ dress, waist corset, pants, and mini skirt — don’t stretch and can’t be adjusted, so choose the larger size if you’re between two sizes. The adult size chart for Obsessive and AG Fashions for Black Level differ from the manufacturer’s.
    Are latex clothing items stretchy?
    It depends on the material, and it is stated in the declaration. The men’s shorts have 6 percent elastane and Orion calls them four-way stretch. The wetlook garments have 8 to 10 percent elastane. Black Levels’ four women’s latex garments have no elastane at all, and Orion does not describe them as stretchy. Latex stretches due to the material itself, but it is damaged more easily during putting on and taking off.
    How do you wash latex clothing?
    Hand-wash after each use, in clear, lukewarm water with a mild detergent, according to Orion’s customer information for the latex garments. Dry with a soft, lint-free cloth; let zippers and pockets dry completely, and hang the garment on a hanger. Avoid strong cleaning agents and massage oil, which Orion says can destroy the polyurethane coating. None of the manufacturers publish a wash temperature in degrees for the latex garments or mentions machine washing.
    How should you store latex clothing?
    Hang it up, clean, cool, and dry, without direct sunlight. Orion states that latex garments should be stored separately from garments made of other materials and in other colors, and not in dark plastic bags, as this can cause chemical reactions and discoloration. A cotton garment bag or tissue paper between the garments is recommended. Latex is stored powdered and by itself — not together with the patent-finish garments.
    Should you use oil or powder on latex stockings?
    Powder before storage, and a silicone-based care product when putting them on. Orion’s customer information mentions a “special oil that is suitable for latex products,” while the manufacturer’s care page says that oils, grease, and perfume react with latex. Orion’s own shine product for latex is a silicone spray, and that interpretation is what reconciles the two texts. Ordinary oil, petroleum jelly, and skin cream should not be used.
    Can you return latex clothing?
    Often, but not always. The right of withdrawal for distance purchases is fourteen days, with exceptions for goods that, for hygiene reasons, are sealed and where the seal has been broken. Mshop exempts garments that are worn on the lower body but takes back dresses and tops in undamaged condition. String panties and stockings are closest to the exception. Orion recommends always wearing underwear when trying things on, which also protects the possibility of a return.
    Why do almost all garments come from the same manufacturer?
    Because the site requires that the first image shows the garment without a live model. Orion, which owns Black Level, Cottelli Collection, Late-X and NO:XQSE, and Obsessive publishes images of an invisible mannequin. Daring Intimates’ wetlook line and Leg Avenues vinyl-trimmed mesh stockings are only available on the model and therefore could not be reviewed. The result is that eight of nine ranked garments come from Orion in Flensburg.
    Which latex (lack) clothing is cheapest?
    NO:XQSE’s garter belt holders in wetlook with stockings for 249 SEK at all three stores. Cheapest skirt is the Cottelli Collection Wetlook Mini Skirt from 287 SEK, and the cheapest garment with a real lacquer surface is Black Level’s men’s shorts for 379 SEK. Among the women’s lacquer (lack) garments, the waist corset is cheapest, 399 SEK at Taboo — the same item cost 769 SEK at Mshop.

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    I run the site myself and have reviewed 395 products since 2023. Before that, I worked for eight years as a buyer of intimate hygiene products, and that’s where the product knowledge comes from. Each review is based on the manufacturer’s own specifications, product data sheets, and price data from all the shops that sell the product — all sources are at the very bottom of the page and can be checked. I compare the models against each other based on what can actually be verified: materials, dimensions, intensity levels, water-resistance rating, warranty, and price. If you find an error, I want to know about it.
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