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Deja Vu: Food for Thought

Richard Burbridge‘s latest over the top story for New York Times Magazine celebrates the season’s candy colored dresses & bold fruit prints, with a festive food meets fashion series of images. The idea is simple – take the plum prints on a Dolce & Gabbana dress and serve them with a side of fruit salad for good measure – but the magic is all in the execution. Robbie Spencer‘s styling on this story is nothing short of amazing – though we do wonder if he was the one picking up the cart at Whole Foods in addition to selecting the stellar designer looks. Hanne Gaby Odiele and Julia Nobis bring the concept to life with animated posing and the occasional taste of sweetness.

The story got us thinking about all the other time’s we’ve seen fashion and food collide. Though we prefer our meals on a plate something has to be said for the unexpected art that comes about when you re-imagine what every day items can do. Have a trip down memory lane and see some of our  favorite food meets fashion combos.

There is a Dolce & Gabbana dress hiding beneath all that produce.

Even if you didn’t notice the lobsters, this would be an epic shot.

Viktor & Rolf‘s decadent designs get coated in candy – very fitting!

Artist Sung Yeon Ju‘s Wearable Foods series (2009-2010) featured clothing crafted out of materials like banana peels and slices of eggplant.

2010 Kirsi Pyrhonen wore lettuce as a fashion statement in images by Magnus Unnar for the Barneys holiday catalog.

Who can forget that meat dresses Lady Gaga wore on the red carpet & the cover of Vogue Hommes Japan in 2010 – also designed by Sung Yeon Ju!

Cintia Dicker delights in a dress full of M&Ms in Ryan Yoon‘s shoot for Virgine Magazine - 2010

And now for something you can actually put in your mouth. How about some Chanel & Christian Louboutin cupcakes? Prop stylist Lisa Edsalv and photographer Therese Aldgard collaborated on these and we’re petitioning Aaron de Mey Karl Lagerfeld to get them in stores.

Miu Miu Spring 2012 Crystal Sea Creature Sandals

Feeling crabby? Miu Miu's new batch of sparklers are just the thing to put a little lightness in your step. In stores now, the whimsical new sandals are inspired by sea creatures — starfish, sea horses, crustaceans — and come all glammed up in the label's signature shimmer: pink crystals, amethyst, micro-studs, and glitter. The super-walkable flat and kitten heels, priced from $695 to $890, are also entirely handmade. See them all, right here.

Miu Miu Crystal Starfish Sandals



Miu Miu Crystal Seahorse Sandals



Miu Miu Crystal Crab Sandals



Miu Miu Crystal Crab Sandals



Miu Miu Crystal Starfish Sandals



Miu Miu Crystal Starfish Sandals



Miu Miu Crystal Starfish Sandals

Photos of John Galliano's Collections for Dior, 1996-2011

With John Galliano out the door at Dior, so, too, went the theatrics, the elaborate sets, and the exaggerated makeup and silhouettes. And, with the recent news that Raf Simons — a designer celebrated for his refined sensibility and minimalist aesthetic — has been named artistic director, it's safe to say that the era of exposed posteriors and breasts that dominated Galliano's tenure is definitely gone for good as well. Here, a look back at the Dior that was, 1996-2011. (NSFW)

Linda Evangelista by Nick Knight, Fall 1997

Carla Bruni in Fall 1997 RTW



Naomi Campbell in Fall 1997 couture



Shalom Harlow in Fall 1997 couture



Shalom Harlow, Spring 1998



Kate Moss, Fall 1998



Bridget Hall by Patrick Demarchelier, Spring 1999



Fall 1999 couture



Fall 1999 couture



Gisele Bundchen and Rhea Durham by Nick Knight, Spring 2000



Spring 2000 couture


Fall 2001 RTW



Karen Elson by Nick Knight, Fall 2001



Spring 2001 RTW


Gisele Bundchen in Fall 2002 RTW



Gisele Bundchen by Nick Knight, Spring 2003



Fall 2003 couture



Spring 2004 RTW



Gisele Bundchen by Nick Knight, Fall 2004



Fall 2004 couture



Kate Moss by Nick Knight, Spring 2005



Spring 2005 couture



Stella Tennant by Nick Knight, Spring 2006



Kate Moss by Nick Knight, Fall 2006



Spring 2007 couture



Fall 2007 RTW



Spring 2008 RTW



Spring 2009 RTW



Spring 2010 RTW



Karlie Kloss by Steven Meisel, Spring 2010



Fall 2010 couture



Spring 2011 RTW



Spring 2011 RTW