Lady Gaga: After the meat dress, Berlin fashion show displays octopus tunics and seaweed miniskirts
atul bafna
Lady Gaga may have popularised the
idea of turning what we eat in to what we wear, but a Berlin museum has
taken the concept to the next level.
And
unlike the pop star's unusual 'meat dress', these cuisine creations are
meant to be end up being eaten - providing a feast for the palate as
well as the eyes.
The
bizarre costumes - including octopus tunics, seaweed miniskirts and
chocolate dresses - are the brainchild of Michelin-starred chef Roland
Trettl.
Tasty? A model poses in a dress made of seaweed with an octopus necklace
They are on display at Berlin's Communication Museum in the form of 50 photographs by snapper Helge Kirchberger.
The 'Fashion Food' exhibition hopes to explore notions of consumerism and sustainability, as well as breaking down the boundaries between art and cuisine.
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'The images are not
salacious or pornographic but they are erotic and provocative and raise
questions,' museum director Lieselotte Kugler said.
'This
is also a celebration of food. When you think of all the food that is
thrown away every year in Germany - including 5,000 tonnes of bread -
everyone needs to consider how they approach food and how food is
increasingly industrialised in our society.'
Delicate: Chef Roland Trettl paired a chocolate dress with this necklace of quails' eggs
Masterpiece: The chef dresses one of his models with a mask made of fish skin at the Fashion Food event
Some of the outfits are not just visually tempting, but have also been designed to represent a balanced, nutritious meal.
One
work, the 'Russian Lardo', teamed a suit made from lean bacon with a
scarf of squid ink pasta and a salad head-dress made from lettuce,
chillies and cress.
Mindful
of the need to avoid wasting scarce resources, Mr Trettl and Mr
Kirchberger tried to ensure that their raw materials were re-used.
'Most
of the food was not simply thrown away,' according to Ms Kugler. '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.'
But
not all the foodstuffs involved made it to plates, she admitted. One
striking outfit consisted of a body suit fashioned from liquid dark
chocolate, with a head-dress made of 'calf net', fatty membrane from a
calf's stomach.
Preparation: The exhibition is at Berlin's Communication Museum until January 29
Pioneer: Lady Gaga hit headlines when she wore this dress made of meat at an awards ceremony last year
'Of course the chocolate had to simply be washed off when they were done, there was no salvaging it,' Ms Kugler said.
'You only have about two minutes to photograph it, with a crew of 20 people. After that, it starts drying up and flaking off. It is a unique work of art comprised of the food and the model, the material and the form.'
A book published to coincide with the exhibition features a foreword by eccentric fashionista Vivienne Westwood.
She declared herself keen to try the recipes for turning clothes into meals, but said: 'I hope someone else will prepare them.'
In
the introduction, she compared the works with the famous paintings by
16th-century Italian artists Giuseppe Arcimboldo, whose works often
feature human figures composed entirely of fruit and vegetables.
The exhibition is running until January 29
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kanhaiyalal sharma
Most of western people are non- veg and don't believe and practice sexual celibacy they live more with animal instinct.Extra marital relations are quite common. Despite their material progress they can't be our ideals. Wealth and sex are the biggest attractions for human beings but for our real happiness we should restrict these urges. Popularity of Lady Gaga is ephemeral. We should spread the message of non-violence.
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