Mustering up the courage to wear rainwear in public.

[Nylon macs]

Don’t see a huge problem.
Being winter if you just wore the raincoat people probably wouldn’t bat an eyelid.
What state are you in?

Always the best time to put your rainwear on and venture outside in it

[Pvc Vinyl Enthusiast]

I don't see what the issue is.

Wearing PVC (Polyvinylchloride; Vinyl) rainwear in public will hardly attract negative attention. Especially when it is raining, drizzly, overcast and windy.

Personally, I wear shiny PVC and glass clear PVC raincoats and jelly jackets in public. In various colours, except for pink (I don't want others thinking I am a bit of a 'poofter' as they say in parts of England). Although, I do have a single very shiny pink PVC raincoat, but it looks a lot better on my girlfriend who likes wearing it both outdoors and in the bedroom!

I also wear shiny PU puffer/bubble jackets and puffer coats in public. The shiniest ones tend to be marketed at women, but many of the highly shiny ones can pass as unisex. Especially shiny black PU. My girlfriend has a few.

[Blackvinyl]

We do too. Puffers are a bit warm for this time of year, roll on September!!! We wear lighter weight pu and vinyl unbacked shiny vinyl hooded anoraks this time of year. Totally acceptable shower and rain wear. Not so readily available now, but we stocked up a few years ago when they were everywhere. Hopefully shiny vinyl will make a return soon.

[GlendaS]

Don’t see a huge problem.
Being winter if you just wore the raincoat people probably wouldn’t bat an eyelid.
What state are you in?

Always the best time to put your rainwear on and venture outside in it

I have never had any issue wearing PVC macs, rainsuits, head to toe with wellies in the rain and no one takes any notice i recently wore my yellow shiny rainsuit with nothing underneath and topped with a shiny yellow ankle length mac to the supermarket when it was raining and didnt get a glare or comment.

[mackintoshed]

Been getting a little more confident of late, when it comes to wearing my nylon mackintosh in public. Had a couple of drinks in a well known down market pub chain, read a book, and kept my mackintosh on. Sadly no one noticed me.

[Nylon macs]

Don’t see a huge problem.
Being winter if you just wore the raincoat people probably wouldn’t bat an eyelid.
What state are you in?

Always the best time to put your rainwear on and venture outside in it

I have never had any issue wearing PVC macs, rainsuits, head to toe with wellies in the rain and no one takes any notice i recently wore my yellow shiny rainsuit with nothing underneath and topped with a shiny yellow ankle length mac to the supermarket when it was raining and didnt get a glare or comment.

I think it's because we fetish mac wearing people know we have this fetish and inside we think others are knowing this and that's why we are a tad shy of going outside wearing what we love to the most.
But just do it in the rain to protect yourself against the weather and enjoy yourself.

[hotwilly]

Heavy rain here today, already been into town wearing my Thor Semi Transparent Pit Mac with the hood up when I'm the open.
As expected no comments.
Looked at those wearing short rain jackets with wet trouser /jeans legs and thought "who is the sensible one"

[Macklovin]

I found, the secret to walking around in public in a shiny PVC mac, is to convince yourself that you just don't care...
And most importantly, do not keep checking to see if people are looking at you.
Just strut around town with confidence and get on with enjoying yourself.
Just accept and get use to the idea that people may look at you but do not assume it's for negative reasons. You can frequently get some really lovely, positive compliments from onlookers.
They're just interested and sometimes want to chat or ask you you where you bought it. Nothing wrong with that.
After 50 years of going out and about in PVC macs, it just seems natural now. Just get out there and enjoy your favourite macs because the chances are, other people are enjoying looking at them.
They brighten up the streets and people often find them cool, fun and stylish. And possibly wish they had one too...

[Huntermacg]

Dear all. Who cares what people think. It’s pouring down in Surrey and I fancy some fresh air. I’ve just put my super shiny black pvc Benetton mackintosh on that I brought in the selfridges sale a couple of years ago (£150 down to £75, thus I brought the red one too!!) and just added my flat thigh high black pvc boots (my green wellies just don’t go with the Mac) along with my black pvc bucket hat and my black pvc gloves in my pocket too as I just love being fully pvc’d up!! Do I care??? No it’s pouring down and I’ll keep dry. Have to admit, dressed up like I’m feeling rather horny. Would make my day if I bumped into someone like you Sarah pvc or one of you other members on here to have a chat, walk together and maybe some mackintosh fun together….

[Regntoy_93]

Hello everyone! This is a very interesting topic, which I would like to share my experience.

I live in Norway, where many people wear heavy pvc raincoats in rain, or even if it's broadcasted rain that day, and full rainwear if they are riding their bike, so that makes my life easier than in other countries, when it comes to wearing rainwear in public. A couple of years ago I started wearing pu/pvc rainwear outside. I only had courage to wear rainwear in dark black, blue or green. Actually, there were a couple of times where people stared weirdly at me. In hindsight, I believe it was because I was wearing jacket and pants in same colour. This makes a bit strange appearance, as it may look somehow like a uniform. Probably, they were wondering what I was up to, which company I was working for, or something like that. So my advice would be: If you want to seek as little attention as possible, try pairing upper and lower part with different colours, for example green upper and black lower part. In that way you will get a more casual look.

Another interesting thing has happened lately. Two years ago I came out as trans non-binary. That opened the opportunity for me to experiment with feminine outfits. The raincoats I once found attractive on women, I now wear publicly myself. I believe that since I wear feminine rainwear outfits, my rainwear is more "masked". Before people may have thought: "look at that guy wearing heavy rainwear, and it's hardly raining," while they now may think: "look at that person wearing a feminine outfit. A bit uncommon, but I guess I should be supportive, given the time we live in ..." etc, etc. The fact that it's a rainwear outfit is in that way forgotten. Of course, most likely, they don't think anything at all.

Also, the fact that I'm queer makes me even more careless of what people think of me. I'm trans, I wear dresses, I might as well wear rainwear. Actually, it has changed to such a degree that I enjoy when people look (to an exhibitionistic degree). They probably stare at me because I'm so pretty A very wise person (my girlfriend) once said: you look pretty in an outfit if you feel pretty in it. So wear whatever you want with confidence, and you will shine like a star. Especially in shiny rainwear