From dropping out of fashion school to the shining king of New York, Kyle Farmery spent only 7,000 rhinestones, eight hours and an Instagram post.
Fundamentally, this is what his dazzled Patrón bottle for Lizzo looks like. Last August, the “juice” singer had a big drink on the MTV VMA stage and attracted nearly 2 million viewers, which made Farmery a shocking feeling.
“The bottle changed my life,” Farmery, a 24-year-old androgynous model and New York City club fixture, told The Post.
“The Lizzo designer called on social media and asked if anyone knew how to use E6000 glue,” Farmery said. He is very interested in these things-this is a kind of handmade glue that is very suitable for runny nose-so he contacted him on Instagram.
“At 11 in the evening, we got in touch and I made [bottle] all night. All the rhinestone shops were closed, so I had to find a friend who I just bought some crystals to get back!
A few weeks after the viral VMA manifested, Patrón reached out and ordered 150 bottles of rhinestones. He charged the company a fee of $650 per bottle. He said: “You do the math.”
Since then, Farmery has worked 12 hours a day in his Clinton Hill studio. He founded his company Sparkyle Studio a month before the establishment of VMA, and since then brought three dazzling things (gold tequila bottle, sparkling Jeffrey Campbell boots and red crystal skinny) to Lizzo’s tour. Underwear).
He bottled Veuve Clicquot (Veuve Clicquot) for the black crystal rhinestones in the center of the Diane von Furstenberg resort and wore an astronaut helmet for Suki Waterhouse , Wore a scooter for Debi Mazar. Bergdorf Goodman bought out his entire first collection and even put some of his designs in the holiday window – one of the works in the series is a rhinestone devil mask for $1,950 Sold at the price.
Farmery, who grew up in Tribeca, met his mentor and best friend for the first time after his 12-year-old mother took him to an autograph on the calendar. Nightlife installation Amanda Lepore.
“Amanda used her crystallization to make her appearance bright and beautiful. She taught me everything I know,” Farmoli said of the famous transgender performance artist and model. The ten-thousand-dollar body is called a “moving sculpture” by the filmmaker Joel Schumacher.
He has participated in club activities since he was a teenager and spent the entire day creating a head-to-toe look for the evening. His style-inspired by Thierry Mugler and Bob Mackie, a fusion of drag and performance art, inspired Ellen Von Unwerth (Ellen Von Unwerth) ), the attention of famous photographers such as Inez and Vinoodh and Steven Klein. After graduating from high school, he studied at the Fashion School in London.
He said: “It doesn’t make much sense to me.” Therefore, he returned to New York, interned at Zac Posen, and worked with stylist and editor-in-chief of Italian “Vogue” Patti. · Patti Wilson together. Farmery said this is where he got his “real college degree.”
Although he thought he would design shoes or work in fashion in a certain way, Farmery said he never thought that his passion for Rheinstone might be his own business.
Although he produced exquisite costumes and put on gorgeous hair and makeup for the club-a red jumpsuit in his studio had more than 150,000 sticky stones-Farmery said that depending on the customer, he can use from Swarovski goes to the party city.
“I go to sample sales or buy the worst Manolos or Louboutins on eBay,” Farmery said. “You S got up, torn, cracked, destroyed, you call it. Then I paint them with rhinestones. I buy plastic masks from Party City or a $10 mesh tights on Amazon.”
“Rhinestones are eternal,” Farmory said. “Think liberals and Elton John. Rhinestones never go out of style.”
“Do not use a hot glue gun for nosebleeds!” Agriculture warning. “It does not adhere to the surface very well, and all your hard work may eventually disappear.” Farmery’s preferred glue is Beacon’s Gem Tac, which is a non-toxic glue, and he is trying “You can think of it After all the glue, even nails and super glue” were found.
For the appearance of wall-to-wall zero space on large surfaces, Farmery recommends using a paint brush to cover the object being processed with a thin layer of glue. Let it dry before applying a second coat (“Wait 30 seconds to make it sticky,” he said), and start applying the crystals. “If you want to do more spreading, dot technique, you can use the applicator that comes with the glue, or for smaller dots, fill the flat needle tip syringe with glue. I even used beeswax on the end of the chopsticks Come stick it.”
Farmery’s favorite place to buy crystal rhinestones is Looking Glass Gems, an online store in Baltimore, Maryland. The store sells “reasonably priced glass rhinestones,” which Farmery said is also “capable of making custom glass rhinestones of different shapes.” One of the only companies, color and size.” He added. The company also makes Amanda Lepore’s exclusive crystal heart. In New York, Farmery often performs B&Q trimming in the clothing area.
Farmory says it is too thick and porous to make a good rheological surface, and “glue will penetrate into the fabric.” If you must use tricky fabrics such as velvet, felt or suede, choose the Hot Fix brand Crystals and applicator. “Their crystals are very suitable for troublesome materials,” Farmory said. “I use it to decorate Christmas stockings!”
“A good way to refurbish an old pair of high-heeled shoes or boots is to paint them with acrylic paint first, and then use crystal rhinestones of any color you want to make them,” says Farmory. “Acrylic paint does not peel off.” Farmery prefers Jacquard Lumiere paint.
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