A complete military green latex uniform — jacket, bodysuit, cargo pants — built by hand in California for Mariah the Scientist's performance of “Burning Blue” on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Styled as a plastic army figure. Constructed as a stage-ready weapon.
Styled by Jaclyn Fleurant
On June 3, 2025, Mariah the Scientist took the stage on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform “Burning Blue” wearing a head-to-toe custom Vex latex look: a military green jacket with metal hardware, a matching bodysuit, and cargo pants — all built from 0.45mm English latex in our California studio. The concept was a plastic army figure brought to life. The construction was anything but plastic.
This was a three-piece custom commission that required the kind of precision work Vex has been doing for 26 years. Military-grade hardware. Functional cargo detailing. A fit engineered for live performance under broadcast lighting. When the camera is that close and the movement is that dynamic, every seam, every edge, every surface finish has to hold up without a single flaw.
A plastic army figure — but in latex. Military green. Head to toe. Every piece custom.
The styling concept called for something that read immediately as military, with the sculptural, molded quality of a toy soldier. Latex was the only material that could deliver that effect — the rigid sheen, the saturated color, the way it holds form on the body like armor. Off-the-rack could not have achieved this. The jacket alone required custom pattern work for the hardware placement, the structured shoulders, and the cargo-style pocket detailing. This was a full build from scratch.
The commission was a three-piece look: a structured military jacket with metal buckles and D-ring hardware, a fitted bodysuit as the base layer, and a pair of cargo pants with functional pocket detailing and a precision waistband. Each piece was built independently and engineered to work as a single cohesive uniform when worn together.
The jacket is the centerpiece of the look. It features a structured silhouette with metal buckle closures, D-ring hardware, and a paneled construction that gives it a tactical, military-uniform quality while maintaining the sculptural surface that only latex can deliver. The shoulders are built to hold their shape under stage movement. The hardware was placed by hand — each buckle and D-ring positioned for both the visual line and the functional integrity of the piece.
The bodysuit serves as the base layer — a second-skin fit in the same military green, designed to read seamlessly under the jacket while holding its own if the jacket opened during performance. The cargo pants carry the military concept through the lower half, with pocket construction and a waistband engineered for stage movement without any risk of shifting or riding.
The army-figure concept required a material that could hold color with absolute saturation, maintain a rigid sculptural sheen under broadcast lighting, and move with the body during a live vocal performance. Fabric cannot do this. Leather cannot do this. Only latex delivers the combination of molded form, high-gloss surface, and flexible fit that makes the toy-soldier concept actually work on a human body under studio cameras.
This is what Vex has built its reputation on for 26 years — understanding what latex can do that nothing else can, and executing it at the level that broadcast and editorial demand. Every piece in this commission was hand-cut and assembled from 0.45mm English latex, the same weight and source Vex uses for every custom build.
Jacket, bodysuit, and cargo pants — each built independently and engineered to work as a unified look on stage.
Metal buckles and D-rings hand-placed on the jacket for visual accuracy and structural integrity through live performance.
Surface quality built for HD close-ups. The green reads with full saturation under studio lighting — no hot spots, no inconsistencies.
The plastic army-figure concept drove every decision — from the structured shoulders to the cargo pocket placement to the uniform green colorway.
Custom is not a size adjustment. It is a build from zero — pattern, material, hardware, finish — designed around one person, one concept, one moment.
Mariah the Scientist's Kimmel look was not pulled from a catalog and altered. It was conceived, patterned, cut, and assembled specifically for this performance. Laura works directly with styling teams and artists to translate a concept into a finished garment that meets the exact demands of the stage, the camera, and the body wearing it. Custom projects at Vex start at $2,500, with multi-piece commissions like this one typically ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 or more depending on complexity, hardware, and timeline.
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