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I doubt anyone sells clothing made of PolyVinyl Chloride these days, as there are much better materials to be had. The two advantages the material had were ... 1: Cheap. 2: Fairly robust compared to rubber. I have twice seen expensive rubber dresses split after being used, not very many times. (I nearly cried both times, but we got the first one repaired, the owner of the second had two, so ,,,,.) Leather stretches, and is expensive. Rubber is cheaper, but damages easily and doesn't last. PVC comes in 'shiny' and looks like treated rubber. As I've mentioned, shiny is very sensual. Rubber and leather have smells that can produce additional eroticism. PVC and other less expensive materials don't seem to have any odour, at least not one I've noticed. I flatter myself that I can tell the difference between PVC/rubber/leather materials accurately, even from a picture, provided there is enough detail to make a determination. Rubber is usually shiny-ish. It's only truly shiny when it has product on it, (like oil) that then makes it produce a reflectant surface, 'wet look' without the water. Seams are often/should be glued. Overlapping joins are a dead give away. Leather is now almost impossible to spot against 'faux' as the man made product is so realistic. I know two adults on separate occasions who parted with good money, buying PU jackets sprayed with "Eau de Leather". Not long ago (weeks) I picked up a pair of leather trousers believing them to be 'faux' until I saw the price. Leather vs rubber vs PVC is an easier thing to spot. PVC cloth feels stiff, and used to be a soft shiny coating given to a base cloth. To prevent the coating being stretched too much and then breaking the coating, the material didn't lend itself to being that flexible. Todays coated materials, like the ones used for the samples shown on this thread, are very stretchy. Not many carry the same level of 'shine' however. Garments fit significantly better than PVC would, especially if you were trying to shape it around a womans chest, for example. In PVC, the garment would need many panels to get a smooth shape. While promo photo's always made the garments look well fitting, I think these had garment shaped people selected to model them. I had 3 outfits made with a newer slightly more flexible material back in the early 1980's, by an outfit called Midnight Lady over in Luton. No longer trading, though their signature(d) iconic title appears on a web site with their name, now located in the wilds of Yarmouth. PVC samples: Both are shiny, but 'stiff', most ably demonstrated by the skirt shown above. Modern variants in high street shops are referred to as 'coated materials' or PU. The truly high shine associated with PVC, is difficult if not impossible to find in high street shops, hence my interest in the M+S product.