New York Fashion Week's Hottest Accessories Are Cheetos
Gone are the days when working in the fashion industry meant constantly being "one stomach flu away from your goal weight," to borrow a line from the "The Devil Wears Prada." In recent seasons, a wider range of body types have seen representation on the runway — and junk food is not just indulged in, it's celebrated.
At Chromat's Fall 2018 show, that meant a body-diverse cast of models parading down the runway in swimwear and form-fitting dresses with Cheetos strapped to their waists or energy drinks peeking out of pockets. A few models even popped open their bags of cheesy snacks and began munching just before reaching the flashing cameras at the end of the catwalk.
Chromat's Becca McCharen-Tran isn't the first designer to align herself closely with junk food. Alexander Wang has famously served 7-Eleven slurpees, Hooters hot wings and gas station packaged snacks at his raging afterparties, while Jeremy Scott based a whole Moschino collection on McDonalds' golden arches and Telfar collaborated with White Castle. As an office full of editors who prefer to stock up on Cheez-Its rather than celery for fashion week, we're all for it.