Works of “Food and Fashion”

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Spitalfields, England

c. 1765

c. 1895

The House of Worth

c. 1900

Fernande Burel

c. 1900

Brooks Brothers

c. 1907

c. 1920

c. 1930

Nancy Haggerty

c. 1932

Persall Tailors

1936

Arrow Shirt Company

c. 1950

Balenciaga

c. 1955

Switkes

c. 1955

Givenchy

c. 1955

Jean Dessès

c. 1957

Candy Jrs.

c. 1957

Christian Dior

Fall 1957

Bes-Ben

1962-1965

Bergdorf Goodman

c. 1965

Mars of Asheville

c. 1968

1966-1967

c. 1972

Levi's

c. 1972

Missoni

1971

Boy of London

c. 1978

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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.