Food & Fashion Special Audio Feature
Bloomberg Connects
Dive deeper into some of the objects on display in Food & Fashion with curators Melissa Marra-Alvarez and Elizabeth Way.
Haute Couture / Haute Cuisine
Learn more about how Vivienne Westwood draws on the French legacy of luxury through food and fashion.
HAUTE COUTURE / Haute Cuisine TRANSCRIPT
Vivienne Westwood, "Vive la Cocotte" t-shirt, fall 1995, England, gift of Timothy Reukauf, Stylist, 96.36.9
Dressing to Dine
How did the cocktail dress change women's lives in the 1920s? Learn more!
Silk crepe cocktail dress and jacket, circa 1930, USA
The Eye has to Eat
Can you guess which artists inspired Agatha Ruiz de la Prada’s Fried Egg Menina dress? Learn about these inspirations and how they influenced the designer.
Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Fried Egg Menina dress, 2009. @Estudio Agatha Ruiz de la Prada
The Fashion Cookbook
Did you know Christian Dior was a great gourmet? Explore the parallels between Dior’s love of cuisine and couture.
The Fashion Cookbook TRANSCRIPT
Christian Dior, Silk ottoman ball gown with gold metallic embellishment, fall 1957, France, Permanent loan of Mrs. Michael Blankfort, PL74.1.24
We Eat What We Are
Learn about how Dolce and Gabbana use pasta as metaphor for Italian excellence in their pasta-print dress.
WE EAT WHAT WE ARE: Dolce and Gabbana TRANSCRIPT
Dolce & Gabbana, pasta print silk dress, spring 2017, Italy, Museum purchase, 2021.41.1
We Eat What We Are
Travel to Singapore through Reckless Ericka’s delicious designs featuring unique delicacies.
We Eat What We are: Reckless Ericka TRANSCRIPT
Reckless Ericka, 2019. Photograph courtesy of RECKLESS ERICKA. Shot by Raymond, Capsule Productions.
We Eat What We Are
Learn how Niyi Okuboyejo mixes ethical production, his Nigerian roots, and the aesthetics of jollof rice into this 2020 ensemble.
We Eat What We Are: Niyi Okuboyejo TRANSCRIPT
Post-Imperial, Jollof Collection ensemble, fall 2020. Photograph by Joshua Kissi. Model: Babou Sanneh.
Activism & Protest
Explore the ways in which Patrick Kelly advocated for Black southern American agricultural workers through his designs.
Patrick Kelly, denim overalls dress, fall 1987, France, gift of Bjorn G. Amelan and Bill T. Jones, 2016.82.9
Fashion from the Fridge
Fabric from food waste? Find out more about the Piñatex material used in Marina Hoermanseder’s pineapple trap skirt.
Fashion from the Fridge TRANSCRIPT
Marina Hoermanseder, Piñatex strap skirt, 2020, Austria. Photo ©Stefan Kraul. Image courtesy of Marina Hoermanseder.
Growing Alternatives
Learn about, FIT Alumni, Mimi Porber’s “farm-to-fashion” design ethos.
Growing Alternatives TRANSCRIPT
Mimi Prober, “Garden and Plate” collection ensembles, spring 2021. Photo by Patrik Andersson. Courtesy of Mimi Prober.
Consuming Bodies
Good enough to eat? Discover Jeremy Scott’s inspiration for his 2014 Moschino chocolate bar dress.
Moschino, chocolate bar gown, fall 2014, Italy, Museum purchase, 2019.55.1
Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice?
Explore the symbolism of sweets in Junya Watanabe’s dessert print dress.
SUGAR, SPICE, and EVERYTHING NICE TRANSCRIPT
Junya Watanabe for Comme des Garçons, Dessert-print white dress with pearl embellishment, spring 2001, Japan, Museum purchase, 2008.46.3