Works of “Food and Fashion”

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Boy of London

c. 1978

Carolina Herrera

Fall 1981

Moschino Jeans

1983-1989

1986

Patrick Kelly

Fall 1987

Moschino

Fall 1989

Cheap and Chic by Moschino

c. 1992

Perry Ellis, Inc

Spring 1990

Versace

1990s

Fendi

Spring/Summer 1991

Cynthia Rowley

1993

Cynthia Rowley

1993

Judith Leiber

1994

Louis Vuitton

c. 1996

Vivienne Westwood

Fall/Winter 1995

Han Feng

Spring 1998

Comme des Garçons

Spring 2001

Joyce Francis

2002

Comme des Garçons

Fall/Winter 2007-2008

Stella McCartney

2009

Stella McCartney

2009

Isoude

Spring/Summer 2009

Angelic Pretty

2010

Moschino

Fall 2014

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Food and Fashion

Both food and fashion are central to our daily lives. They speak to people’s most basic needs while also expressing our individual and cultural identities. The exhibition Food & Fashion explores how food themes and motifs are used to comment on critical topics from luxury, gender, and consumerism to sustainability, social activism, and body politics. Food has influenced fashion design from the eighteenth-century to today. So while the connection between the two genres is hardly new – think of woven pomegranates, embroidered ears of wheat, or fruit-trimmed hats – just this year, in 2023, the New York Times reported that food motifs are “the new florals” in fashion. Food & Fashion is an exciting and timely exhibition that includes over eighty garments and accessories by designers including Chanel, Moschino, and Stella McCartney. It is a multifaceted look at how intertwined these genres are and what they can express about our culture and society.

Food & Fashion is co-curated by Melissa Marra-Alvarez, curator of education and research, and Elizabeth Way, associate curator of costume at MFIT.