I’ve always thought it might be a tricky prospect being a rubberist. Just the thought of squeezing myself into something so figure-hugging is exhausting, and would soak up all the talc in Tesco.

“Just pretend you’re rolling on a condom,” Pippa Stevenson, the designer behind Pippa Latex, laughs as I attempt to squirm my way into one of her skintight creations. She’s on her knees, inching the ...