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"A new development in fashion could prove socially awkward for those of us who tend to eat when we&amp;#039;re bored or nervous: edible clothing.  British designer and   fashion student Emily Crane has been the subject of quite a bit of attention over the past month for her work using edible materials to create haute couture. This isn&amp;#039;t just a matter of stitching together sheets of lasagna or wearing fruit atop her head \u00E0 la Carmen Miranda; she&amp;#039;s creating materials in the lab \u2013 or kitchen, depending upon how you look at it \u2013 and letting the results determine the final product.  &amp;quot;I experiment with materials that occur naturally when cooked up from edible ingredients,&amp;quot; Crane writes at her web site, &amp;quot;including gelatines, kappa carrageenan, agar-agar sea vegetable, water, natural flavour extracts, glycerine, food colouring and lusters. This is high-tech kitchen couture.&amp;quot; Why on earth would anyone do this? Crane, a student at London&amp;#039;s Kingston University, envisions a time in the future when materials and resources commonly used for fashion could be severely restricted because of their environmental impact. Edible clothing might provide an alternative. Her work is startlingly beautiful albeit startlingly strange, as well. She&amp;#039;s pushing boundaries and expectations. Is it advisable to keep a napkin handy when wearing her designs? Crane hasn&amp;#039;t been working alone. She&amp;#039;s been teaming up with a chef noted for his experiments with food: Heston Blumenthal of the Fat Duck, the English restaurant famous for its own ventures into the world of culinary science.      Of course, Emily Crane isn&amp;#039;t the only person who&amp;#039;s been combining fashion and food. If you&amp;#039;re thinking of Lady Gaga&amp;#039;s recent foray into edible fashion \u2013 the notorious meat dress she wore to the MTV Video Music Awards a couple of weeks ago \u2013 you&amp;#039;re close. Lady Gaga was hardly the first to utilize meat in fashion. Canadian artists Jana Sterbak raised eyebrows and tempers when she unveiled &amp;quot;Flesh Dress for an Albino Anorectic&amp;quot; back in 1987, when Gaga was barely even one year old. Is it food? Is it fashion? Is it art? Plenty of others have pondered the same questions. None of this answers the truly big question: which wine do you pair with a gown made from gelatin? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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