The New Food Groupies

Fashion's Brand New Bag: Clockwise from baguette above right: Anna Dello Russo, Kate Moss, Ralph Lauren, Anthony Bourdain, David Chang, Gwyneth Paltrow, Marc Jacobs, Ina Garten, Isaac Mizrahi, Anna Wintour, Mario Batali

From Katherine Wheelock in The Wall Street Journal:

At that point, it was fair to argue that certain corners of the fashion world were infatuated with food culture.  Then, this fall — wham! David Chang, the chef behind Momofuku, appeared in the September issue of Vogue for a feature on Fashion’s Night Out, sandwiched between Naomi Watts and Finnish model Kirsi Pyrhonen; Barneys New York announced that its holiday windows would star Anthony Bourdain and Paula Deen; and word came over the U.K. wires that Kate Moss was mothering pots of simmering fruit for her own homemade jam.  It was time to admit that a proper love affair was underway between fashion and food — and maybe not the kind that ends in December.

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