When Food and Fashion Collide

 This past week on Project Runway food and fashion became one and the same.  Well, at least product placement did.

The designers were sent to the Hershey’s Store and could buy anything to use as material.  Some did attempt to work with edible pieces which proved to be very difficult…do you think?  Most designers stuck with wrappers and other merchandise to create their pieces.  Could you imagine the sugar rush in that design room during this challenge?

Billie Eddintion of MTV:

Project Runway” made a sweet return to television, pairing food and fashion for this week’s episode. Thank you, Heidi and company, for reminding me why my New Year’s resolutions had nothing to do with chocolate or chocolate suede peep-toe heels. If it’s anything from candy or Fendi, I will have to indulge. I did, however, swear to stop using the word “fierce” in everyday conversation. Hey, we all have our vices, right?

This week’s challenge was all about indulgence and imagination, thanks to the Hershey’s store in Times Square. Despite the fact that this episode was one big advertisement (and the Sarah Jessica Parker episode wasn’t?), the chocolate giant proved a great inspiration for the designers, who had to use products from the store to create their outfits. While Chris March condemned food as fabric, “Runway” fanatics may remember the very first episode of Season One, when designer Austin Scarlett created a fabulous corset dress out of corn husks. And there has been another successful merger of the wearable and the edible: Departed designer Jack Mackenroth and Dale Levitski from Season Three of “Top Chef” are rumored to be dating. How sweet it is to be a Bravo reality star!

Wow…I guess that Food and Fashion have literally melted together.