JNCO

The pants were sold mainly in urban specialty stores and became popular among many members of the Raver counter-culture. Latex as a clothing material is especially common in fetish fashion and at fetish clubs, and there are several magazines dedicated to the use and wearing of it. "JNCOs" became a generic term used to refer to any brand of jean in the same straight-legged, ultrawide style. It has a more shiny finish than rubber. JNCO also manufactures t-shirts, fleeces, khaki pants and other clothing articles. Worn on the body (or applied directly by painting) it tends to be skin-tight, producing a "second skin" effect. This street look was popularized throughout the 90s starting in LA and working its way nation-wide. It is different from rubber in that it is less refined and often thinner.

Founded in 1985 by CEO Milo Revah, JNCO is recognized by its ultrawide straight legged denim jean featuring elaborate pocket logos and a unique street look. Latex is used in many types of clothing. JNCO, pronounced "Jinco", is a California based clothing company specializing in jeans. Guayule latex is hypoallergenic and is being researched as a substitute to the allergy inducing Hevea latexes. As latex has a protein found also in bananas, care should be taken to ensure people are not allergic to both. Some people have a serious latex allergy, and exposure to latex or rubber products such as rubber gloves or condoms can cause anaphylactic shock.

Finally, poppy latex is a source of opium and its many derivatives. Latex paint use synthetic latex as a binder, which is not flammable, has little odor, and cures to form a dry paint film. Chicle, widely used as a base for chewing gum, is another latex product. Latex has many uses, from clothing to paint, but its first and foremost is rubber.

It may be that latex fulfills all of these functions to varying degrees in the numerous plant species in which it occurs. Similarly, it may provide some protection against browsing animals, since in some plants latex is very bitter or even poisonous. Still others believe it functions to protect the plant in case of injuries; drying to form a protective layer that prevents the entry of fungi and bacteria. Some regard it as a form of stored food, while others consider it an excretory product in which waste products of the plant are deposited.

Latex has been attributed to many plant functions. It is particularly noticeable in the cortical tissues. The laticiferous system is present in all parts of the mature plant, including roots, stems, leaves, and sometimes the fruits. In the mature plant, the entire laticiferous sytem is descended from a single cell or group of cells present in the embryo.

Early in the development of the seedling latex cells differentiate, and as the plant grows these latex cells grow into a branching system extending throughout the plant. In the milkweed and spurge families, on the other hand, the laticiferous system is formed quite differently. Dandelion, lettuce, hawkweed and salsify are members of the Cichorieae. This method of formation is found in the poppy family, in the rubber tree, and in the Cichorieae, a section of the Family Asteraceae distinguished by the presence of latex in its members.

The cell walls between these cells are dissolved so that continuous tubes, called latex vessels, are formed. In many plants the laticiferous system is formed from rows of cells laid down in the meristem of the stem or root. The cells or vessels in which latex is found make up the laticiferous system, which forms in two very different ways. .

It can also be made synthetically by polymerizing a monomer that has been emulsified with surfactants.
The word also refers to the thin stretchy material obtained by processing the sap (see Latex as clothing, below). In most plants latex is white, but some have yellow, orange, or scarlet latex. It is a complex emulsion in which proteins, alkaloids, starches, sugars, oils, tannins, resins and gums are found.

Latex, as found in nature, is the milky sap of many plants that coagulates on exposure to air.