The concept of a second skin is common to a range of clothing-related fetishes

Sexual fetishism

Sexual fetishism, or erotic fetishism, is the sexual arousal a person receives from a physical object, or from a specific situation. The object or situation of interest is called the fetish, the person a fetishist who has a fetish for that object/situation. Sexual fetishism may be regarded, e.g...

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One reason why these materials may be fetishised is that the garment acts as a fetishistic surrogate for the wearer's own skin

Skin

-Dermis:The dermis is the layer of skin beneath the epidermis that consists of connective tissue and cushions the body from stress and strain. The dermis is tightly connected to the epidermis by a basement membrane. It also harbors many Mechanoreceptors that provide the sense of touch and heat...

 — a second skin. The material may be regarded as providing a super-stimulus that is more intense than the normal response associated with real skin.

The forms of fetishism related to this concept can be regarded as forming a spectrum, as follows:

• Nylon fetishism (stretchy, smooth material, sometimes shiny)
• Spandex fetishism
  Spandex fetishism
  Spandex fetishism is a fetishistic attraction to people wearing stretch fabrics. Spandex garments are often worn by swimmers, dancers, rowers, contortionists and circus performers, and spandex fetishists may incorporate fantasies about these activities into their fetish.One reason why spandex and...
  
   (shiny, smooth, soft, porous)
• Rubber fetishism (shiny, smooth, less yielding, waterproof)
• Leather fetishism (shiny, smooth, waterproof, material of animal origins)
• Fur fetishism (soft, warm, material of animal origins)

Some examples of turn-on

Turn-On

Turn-On is an American sketch comedy series that aired on ABC in February 1969. Only one episode was shown and the show is considered one of the most infamous flops in TV history....

s that are related to these:

• In spandex fetishism, wearers of skin-tight spandex garments may be perceived by the viewer as being naked, or simply coated in a shiny substance like paint. Many of the stretch fabrics are also shiny and often produced in bright colours, adding further visual stimulus to add to the physical sensations produced by the material. The tightness of the garments may also be viewed as a kind of bondage
  Bondage (BDSM)
  Bondage is the use of restraints for the sexual pleasure of the parties involved. It may be used in its own right, as in the case of rope bondage and breast bondage, or as part of sexual activity or BDSM activity.- Private bondage :...
  
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• In rubber fetishism, as above, but with the additional smell and less yielding nature of rubber. The association with sex toy
  Sex toy
  A sex toy is an object or device that is primarily used to facilitate human sexual pleasure. The most popular sex toys are designed to resemble human genitals and may be vibrating or non-vibrating...
  
  s and the medical uses of rubber is also significant.
• In leather fetishism, as above, but with the added association of animal skin, and the association of "rugged" leather-wearing lifestyles, and leather bondage equipment.
• In fur fetishism, the fact that the fur was originally an animal's skin and hair, and that it provides warmth and comfort. There is also an element of atavism
  Atavism
  Atavism is the tendency to revert to ancestral type. In biology, an atavism is an evolutionary throwback, such as traits reappearing which had disappeared generations before. Atavisms can occur in several ways...
  
   involving associations with the nature of the animal.

The title of the fetishistic magazine

Fetish magazine

A fetish magazine is a type of magazine originating in the 1960s which is devoted to sexual fetishism. The content is generally aimed at being erotic rather than pornographic...

 Skin Two

Skin Two

Skin Two is a fetish magazine covering aspects of the worldwide fetish subculture.The name is a reference to fetish clothing as a "second skin".The magazine was founded in 1983 by the publisher Tim Woodward and the photographer Grace Lau....

 alludes to this concept.

See also

• Sexual objectification
  Sexual objectification
  Sexual objectification refers to the practice of regarding or treating another person merely as an instrument towards one's sexual pleasure, and a sex object is a person who is regarded simply as an object of sexual gratification or who is sexually attractive...
  
  
• Skin-tight clothing
• Second Skin (2000 film)
• The Silence of the Lambs (novel)
  The Silence of the Lambs (novel)
  The Silence of the Lambs is a novel by Thomas Harris. First published in 1988, it is the sequel to Harris' 1981 novel Red Dragon. Both novels feature the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter, this time pitted against FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling.- Plot summary :The novel takes...