Zoë Kendall


is a writer specializing in fashion and culture.


i-D
  1. “How stylists for FKA twigs & more create avant-garde pop looks”
  2. “Meet Lucky Jewel, the cult New York art collective taking on fashion”
  3. “Di Petsa's heat-reactive clothing encourages you to touch yourself”
  4. “Eckhaus Latta reflect on 10 years of making American fashion cool”
  5. “A brief history of horny jewellery”
  6. “How crochet became this summer’s sexiest trend”
  7. “How corsets took over the world”
  8. “How cottagecore became this season’s most idyllic trend”
  9. “How the infit became the most ubiquitous (and unexpected) trend”

Hypebae
  1. “The Balenciaga Motorcycle Bag is Forever“
  2. “The Miu Miu Girl Has Always Had ‘It’”
  3. “From Tumblr to TikTok: Alexa Chung is Making Her Way Back to Our Feeds”

SSENSE
  1. SSENSE Magazine #2: “S/S 2020 Trend Guide”
  2. “Cosmic Beige”
  3. “Prada’s Tie-Dye To-Go”
  4. “All-Terrain Sneakers”
  5. “Soft Touch”
Mark

3. “Di Petsa's heat-reactive clothing encourages you to touch yourself”




“Last year, we emerged from our homes with excited trepidation and the wholesome gains of lockdown. We dabbled in post-quarantine sobriety, we dined al-fresco and we wore homely crochet. This summer, however, rather than hitting the parks, we’re going out, where the bars are teeming with martinis, the sidewalks are hazy with cigarette smoke, and the clubs are, once again, radiating with body heat… remember that?

From our collective yearning — for closeness, for pleasure, for fun — the ‘touch-me’ dress has emerged as one of SS22’s sexiest trends. Last week, a heat-reactive dress from Greek label Di Petsa ignited an exothermic reaction across social media, a cathartic outpouring of spring’s horny energy. Crafted from a sleek leatherette engineered to “hold imprints of heat [...] from a hand, a hug, a kiss,” the viral garment — and others like it — conjure sweaty dancefloors, vodka-soaked kisses, and grinding with sexy strangers. It calls for skin contact.” 

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