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Spandex fetishism is afetishistic attraction to people wearing form-fittingstretch fabrics or to the wearing of items of clothing made of such material.Spandex garments are often worn byswimmers,gymnasts,ballet dancers,wrestlers,rowers,cyclists,contortionists andcircus performers, and spandex fetishists may incorporate fantasies about these activities into their particular fetish.
One reason spandex and other tight fabrics may be fetishized is that the garment forms a "second skin", acting as a surrogate for the wearer's own skin. Wearers of skin-tightnylon andcotton spandex garments can appear naked or coated in a shiny or matte substance like paint. The tightness of the garments may also be seen assexual bondage. Another reason, at least pertinent to nylon-spandex fabric, is that the material can have a very smooth andsilk-like finish, which lends a tactile dimension to the fetish - as well as a visual one.[1] The pressure of tight garments against thegenitals can become quite sensual.
Pantyhose fetishism can be viewed as a class of spandex fetishism.
