Dimitra Petsa's heat-reactive clothing encourages you to touch yourself:
celebrates and liberates, revelling in the male form and offering men a sexier way of dress. The designer’s graduate collection drew inspiration from the hedonism of gay adult films from the 70s. The “haste and awkwardness of undressing in the films” informed the collection’s twistedand lop-sided silhouettes, all which seemed to be peeling themselves away and off of the body. Many of the prints were drawn from the era’s gay adult magazines.
The offering’s heat-reactive pieces were meant to evoke the moment of intensity between two sexual partners — lovers, adult film stars or otherwise. “I wanted to create a garment that would be super revealing without showing any bare skin,” he says. “Through changing colour, the skirt shows the impression of the wearer’s legs, crotch and bum withoutPhotos courtesy of Pip Paz-Howlett, touch is sacred to her brand, Di Petsa. “Bodily heat is something very primal and natural,” she says.
However, Dimitra’s heat-reactive garments aren’t meant only for sharing touches with strangers or loved ones; Di Petsa’s collections are always, in some way,