From fishnets to latex to leather, the clothes we wear, or might like to wear, owe a very real debt to the world’s most ancient profession
In a recent episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, the show’s star and creator, Larry David, casts an appraising eye on Paula, who is turned out in the
standard-issue trappings of her trade.
“Why this outfit?” David asks benignly. “Why not be wholesome?”
Business might pick up, he suggests, if only Paula, who is sheathed in a merry widow and mesh hose, would trade up, swapping the drag for something more
discreet. Paula considers, announcing brightly after a beat, “OK, animal prints
gone. Fishnets out of here. I think I can do this.
The scene is ripe with irony: Paula may be about to cast off her working-girl uniform, but plenty of civilians – Beverly Hills matrons and their
law-abiding like – would happily do the reverse, trading their uptight luncheon
suits for latex and leather, all in the service of style.
They won’t have to search far for a role model.
That look is dated, for sure, bearing little resemblance to what many prostitutes actually wear, but those images have proliferated just the same, a
common sight this fall at concerts, on theatre screens and in a flurry of luxury
ad campaigns.
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