Food as Clothing

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Katy McLaughlin, Tasteful Attire: Designers Whip Up a Buffet of Fashion Out of Food; Hungry for Notice, Some Try Waffle Pants, Octopus Hats and Cabbage Dresses. Wall Street Journal, Jan 31, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704405704576064340019008056.html


(a) getup (n): "OUTFIT, COSTUME"

All definitions are from www.m-w.com.
(b) Salvador Dalí
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD
(1904-1989)

To see images of his "paintings of eggs and sculptures of bread," go to images.yahoo.com.

(c) challah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challah
(braided bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews on the Sabbath and holidays)
(d) rock candy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_candy

冰糖.

(e)
(i) oeuvre (n; French literally, work, from Old French ovre, Latin opera): "a substantial body of work constituting the lifework of a writer, an artist, or a composer  <a novel that occupies a relatively minor position in the author's oeuvre>"
(ii) opera (n: Latin plural of opus work)


---------------------------------Separately
Erin Flaherty, Barrettes: Dowdy No More. Wall Street Journal, Jan 29, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703555804576102253770746310.html

My comment:
(a) barrette 髮夾
(b) Just take a look at the picture, without reading text.

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