In the intention of its curators, Stefano Dominella and Bonizza Giordani Aragno, this exhibition, held in Rome at the Trajan Market, tells the story of the relationship between fashion and food, beginning with the consideration of their relationship with the body: fashion clothes it whilst food sustains it. Divided into various sections, from the fabric to the embroidery, to the dress and accessories, it has as its guiding theme the analogies between food and clothes of famous designers from 1950 to present day. Ironic works are showcased: sculpture dresses made, for example, with liquorice roots, wedding dresses embroidered with almonds and other delicious follies, tracksuits with pop food prints of the fashion house Etro, and the famous clothes with realistic vegetable prints by Ken Scott, the unsurpassed artist of prints.
The exhibition in Rome, focused on the fruitful relationship between fashion and food, is the ideal complement to the exhibition Arts & Foods of the Milan Triennale that also includes some examples of fashion with food as the subject, such as the dress decorated with fried egg design by Cinzia Ruggeri, that with the rigatoni print by Ken Scott, the Miyake pleated T-shirt with orange segments, strawberries and kiwi slices print, up to the Mediterranean dress in cotton fabric by Dolce & Gabbana, patterned with crimson hot peppers.
WHERE: Mercati di Traiano – Museo dei Fori Imperiali, Via IV Novembre 94 – 00187 Rome