STYLE MILE : Glam Rock Look

Hi everyone! There's this knotting technique I wanted to try for this week, to achieve a nice look of the glam rock style. I used gray and black velvet for it, but the important part is the technique itself. First I sew the dress. Then, I watered the fabric a bit and made a knot out of this whole dress and kept it like that for 12 hours to dry. Before the photo shoot I released the knot and got this nice texture on the material. But when you do this, be careful to apply the appropriate amount of water, because if it’s not wet, then, when you release it, it won’t have the texture, but if it’s too wet, the material won’t dry out and it will look ugly. This operation is really delicate, but it's worth trying.

The velvet is an expensive looking material but using this technique it looks more cheap and casual. If you want to apply something on the dress (studs, chain, etc.) you should do afterward, because these sharp or hard pieces will destroy your material.

Other designers use this same technique with woven material, and use paint instead of water., achieving outstanding effects, but I tried to keep it simple.

Our make up artist's opinion: „This week’s look was somewhat wanted to be an inspiration for the makeup trends materials under way. More to come in a future post. The look for this week wants to be an office look or, assorted with a red lip, for a night out or a party. We chose black eye pencil and black eyeliner with accentuated flicks. If you decide to use the look for a daylight event, match it with a nude lip. If you want to go at a party, but don’t have enough time to change your dress, just put a red, preferably intense, lip color and the look will be competed and sophisticated. It also looks nice to add some red glitter to intensify the effect.”