That stretchiness boasts another benefit, one in keeping with the designer’s body-positive ethos: “If you gain weight, if you lose weight, it still fits,” she says. Petsa, who has a background in performance art, says her styles are made for movement and motion, which might explain why they’re popular among performers like Nicki Minaj, FKA Twigs and Doja Cat. I was also surprised by both dresses’ soft and stretchy fabric - not at all the slick, rubbery feel I was expecting, given their liquid-like appearance in photos. Elana Fishman Am I a Hadid yet? Elana Fishman Penske Media via Getty Images Thanks to the look’s hidden leggings, it took me a few minutes to figure out how to get dressed. Next, I tried on the same white gown Chloe Bailey wore at the 2021 BET Awards. It took me a few minutes to get into the gown while at first I feared I’d gotten tangled up in its lining, it turns out the piece actually includes built-in leggings, which Petsa stitches to the skirt in select spots to create the illusion of a sopping-wet garment stuck to the skin. “I brought in my childhood friends - everybody was there, just sewing, sewing, sewing,” she recalls with a laugh. Next, I tried on one of Di Petsa’s gowns, a $4,525 white open-backed number I could envision working as a wedding dress for a particularly body-confident bride.Ĭhloe Bailey wore the same look at the 2021 BET Awards, and Petsa custom-made a similar style for Gigi Hadid’s viral pregnancy announcement photoshoot in 2020.Įach of these one-of-a-kind “wet looks” is sewn entirely by hand, and while they usually take two to three weeks to create, Petsa tells me she had just a few days to complete Hadid’s. While I was nervous about leaving the fitting room in the nearly-naked look - I never ordinarily wear anything this sheer or clingy - a kind shopper quickly assured me I looked “like a pop star.” Better watch your back, Shak! Bras? Forget about ’em it’s pasties or (quite literally) bust. I didn’t, of course, since I was trying on these dresses instead of taking them home - but even my nude thong partially peeked through the transparent mesh. “I’m a huge, huge fan.”Īnd it would appear the feeling’s mutual: “After the shoot, she ordered more dresses.”Ī word to the wise for those looking to invest in one of these couture takes on the wet T-shirt: Be prepared to go commando. “It was one of those childhood dreams come true,” Petsa says of dressing the “Whenever, Wherever” singer, whose music she often blasted while working on her master’s at Central Saint Martins. shakira/Instagram Feeling just like Shak, minus the dance skills. Petsa says she’s a “huge, huge” fan of Shakira, who wore a gold “wet look” mini in her “TQG” music video with Karol G. So I headed downtown on a sweltering, oppressively humid summer day, taking some comfort in the fact that - per Petsa, at least- sweat is something to be embraced, not embarrassed about.įirst up? The $2,900 gold halter dress seen on Shakira in her “TQG” music video with Karol G. With Di Petsa hosting its first-ever New York pop-up at 168 Ludlow Street (open through July 16), I couldn’t resist the opportunity to try on a few of the label’s wet and wild wares for myself. “So what I wanted was to create a look that makes you look like you’re wet even though you’re not - to celebrate our wetness.” bellahadid/Instagram Lizzo is one of Petsa’s favorite celebrity clients “I’m just so inspired by work,” she says. Bella Hadid models a white “wet look” dress by Di Petsa. If you breastfeed in public you have to hide it,” she says. If you sweat in public you have to hide it. “If you cry in public you have to hide it. Petsa tells Page Six Style her top-secret technique, which took “six or seven months” to perfect, aims to address society’s “censorship” of women’s natural bodily fluids. The Greek fashion designer’s brand, Di Petsa, has outfitted celebrities ranging from Bella Hadid to Lizzo in its signature soaked-looking sheer mesh dresses, created using a clever combination of draping and stitching - but no actual water. We tried Kim Kardashian’s Skims bras, and here’s our honest reviewĭimitra Petsa’s “wet looks” are making a splash.
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