Sunday, December 4, 2011

Food as Fashion: Yay or Nay?

By: Nur Nabillah
Looks like Lady Gaga’s outrageous meat dress inspired people as much as it gained criticism. At Berlin´s Fashion week in Germany, food designer Roland Trettl had jumped into the bandwagon and unveiled several weird food fashion costumes making a statement on art, culture, fashion and food.

The collaborative effort made by Trettyl and his compatriot photographer Helge Kirchberger features a collection of skirts and dresses made of seaweed, collars of octopuses or caul fat, and tops made of chocolate.


One must wonder, what happens to the food after the exhibition ends?
“Most of the food was not simply thrown away,” museum director Lieselotte Kugler said of the photo shoots.
“The octopus is cooked three to four hours until it’s tender and the pasta can be boiled. Then everyone sits down and has a feast.”
Now personally, as a fashion and food enthusiast I am against the use of edible food for the creation of frivolous items. If designers want to take inspiration from food to construct art objects or style shoots they could make use of other alternatives that do not involve the waste of food.
There are so many other creative ways in which fashion and food can be combined without having to waste resources. Take Jason Wu, whose latest Spring 2011 collection was inspired by a plate of pasta with truffle shavings. The designer was inspired and mesmerized by the beautiful colours and textures on his plate that he had to take pictures of it, and the end result is a delicious and very tasteful collection. And nope, no pasta was used and wasted in the process ;)



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