Did you know that satin fetishes are very common?
Fabrics like leather are known to have whole fetish cultures surrounding them, but there are a surprising number of websites, chats, and porn videos dedicated to satin fetishists.
The satin fetish turns up in surprising places, quite frequently.
While there are not many studies to assess exactly how common the satin fetish is, the proliferation of erotica suggests it is quite popular.
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What Is a Satin Fetish?
A satin fetish is when people experience sexual and psychological arousal, excitement, and pleasure from looking at, touching, and fantasizing about satin.
Satin is a kind of fabric or textile that is very shiny, almost metallic looking. Oxford Online defines it this way: “a smooth, glossy fabric produced by a weave in which the threads of the warp are caught and looped by the weft only at certain intervals.”
Satin is more about how the fabric is woven than what it is made of. While we associate it today with synthetic fabrics like polyester, it can be made from many textiles. Satin was once made from silk, a natural fabric, as well.
People with a satin fetish say they like the shine, sheen, softness, and tactile texture, or how people look in satin.
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Who Has a Satin Fetish?
Most people with a satin fetish appear to be straight men, and they appreciate satin lingerie or satin clothes on women. There are loads of porn videos focusing on women in satin panties, or wearing satin gowns that accentuate their curves.
That said, there are quite a few erotic resources showing off transgender women in satin, too, and you occasionally see cis women in satin chats. Even if it is less common for one gender or orientation to experience a particular fetish, there will be some who do.
Some gay men also have a satin fetish. World of Satin Men shows off men in shiny satin suits, ties, dress shirts, and more, with erections against the sheen.
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14 Ways to Play with Satin Fetish
1. Satin Sheets
You don’t have to have a full-on satin fetish or satin kink to enjoy the sensuality of satin sheets. Slippery, shiny, they sex up any bedroom and feel delicious against the skin.
Lots of people pull out the satin sheets when they are expecting a date or lover to join them later. Satin sheets in rich, sensuous colors just feel much sexier than plaid flannel sheets, for example.
I remember my first satin sheets! One of my lovers gifted me a gorgeous set of black satin sheets, the perfect backdrop to the BDSM props I was starting to explore.
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2. Satin Pajamas and Satin Nightgowns
Another unforgettable erotic experience with satin for me was when my soon-to-be lover answered the door in red satin pajamas. She was curvy and Caribbean, and her dark abundant body looked spectacular under the shiny satin fabric.
If your man loves satin, choose a variety of different satin nightwear and surprise him with eclectic colors and styles. Even if he doesn’t have a bona fide satin fetish, switching things up to wear a variety of eye-catching, pleasurably tactile pajamas and nighties is an easy way to novelty.
Many women enjoy the way our bodies feel inside satin night clothes.
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3. Satin Panties
For many folks with a satin fetish, satin panties are extremely arousing. A woman in satin underwear is the essence of many a satin fetish. It’s the way the satin panties shine against her soft skin, dampen at the crotch, and drape over her curvy butt. It’s the way they feel against your fingertips when you undress her.
You can find quite a bit of porn or erotic photos online that focus on the panties part of the satin fetish.
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4. Satin Bras and Camisoles
Of course, breasts are also incredible under satin bras and satin camisoles.
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5. Satin Lingerie
There are all kinds of other satin lingerie varieties, too, not just bras and panties. Give your lovers satin teddies and satin negligees, satin garters, satin one-pieces, and more, so that unwrapping her is like Christmas.
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6. Satin Crossdressing
While many satin fetish lovers thrill at seeing their lover in satin and touching her lingerie, wearing satin panties and satin nighties is also quite common for men who love satin.
Not all satin wearing constitutes “crossdressing” because for lots of dudes, it’s not about the femininity of the garment or emulating a woman, but about the tactile sensation of the satin against your skin, or the skin of your cock.
You can wear satin for the feeling. Or you can wear satin lingerie and clothes as part of crossdressing or gender play.
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7. Satin Sissy Play
Sissy play can also feature the satin fetish as part of the dress-up and feminization or sissification of this kind of BDSM.
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8. Satin Sensation Play
Tactile sensations are more often than not an extremely important part of fabric fetishes such as leather fetish, latex fetish, PVC kinks, fur, denim, and yes, satin.
The way it feels against the skin is sometimes the key part of the satin fetish. Using satin sheets, satin panties, and other satin fabrics to stroke, tease, and torture can be exciting additions to the repertoire.
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9. Satin Blindfold and/or Gag
Satin can be an erotic part of BDSM. There are no rules saying that bondage has to be leather or rubber! Satin bondage is easy with satin ties and belts as wrist and ankle restraints. Use a satin scarf or prefab satin blindfold.
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10. Satin Voyeurism
Lots of kinky people take their eyefuls in the world with no one the wiser. Invading people’s privacy is not consensual, such as webcams in washrooms or upskirt pics. Not cool.
But just as folks who love feet will notice sandals, flipflops, and pedicures and people who have a thing for chubby love will turn their head as a curvilicious babe walks past, people with a satin fetish can enjoy looking at it on the bus or in museums and stores.
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11. Satin Exhibitionism
Men and women can wear satin to show off their snazzy, super shiny shirts, pants, jumpers, and dresses. Your favorite little black dress can be satin, and doesn’t have to be black.
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12. Satin Handjobs
Bring masturbation or hand love to the next level for the satin fetishist by rubbing that cock with the satin garment of choice.
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13. Satin Porn
There are oodles of satin porn options! Woman-on-woman action in satin teddies come in every flavor imaginable. There is hardcore satin porn available and also lots of sites exchanging safe for work satin stuff, such as pictures of clothes or personal images wearing satin.
There is a ton just on Flickr, Twitter, and of course on specialty porn sites.
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14. Satin Shirts, Ties, and Menswear
For the ladies who get off on a satin fetish, and for men who love men in satin, and for dudes who want to wear satin themselves, there are lots of options for satin menswear available in specialty shops online. Deck yourself head to toe in satin, whoever you are!
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Do you have a fetish for satin? A satin kink? Do tell!
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