Line #74 Main/EdibleThemeClothing


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[Music/KatyPerry Sweet]] or [[Music/LadyGaga savory]]? Your pick.]]
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4	This is where "You are what you eat," and "Clothes make the man," come together.
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6	[[UnconventionalFoodUsage In an unconventional way]], a food item or several is [[ImprovisedClothes made or converted into clothing.]] Sometimes, people, and the wearer, will be tempted to eat the clothes until the wearer is in the buff. It can be made of meat, cake, sweets, vegetables, and fruit. It can also be made of food wrappers or even liquids like honey or drinks.
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8	In a LevelAte setting, expect characters to wear these kinds of clothes. They will also have a high chance of EdibleThemeNaming.
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10	If in a wedding, whether in a creative mood or in economic constraints, the bride [[UnconventionalWeddingDress can merge the wedding dress and wedding cake together]], becoming a living Dolly Varden cake.
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12	SubTrope to ImprovisedClothes and UnconventionalFoodUsage. SisterTrope to GardenGarment should they overlap with fruits and vegetables, EggshellClothing, BodySushi, and TuttiFruttiHat. Compare the rough opposites EatingShoes, where a character eats their clothes out of poverty or desperation, and ClothesEatingWager, where a character is betted to eat their own clothes should they lose.
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14	See AnthropomorphicFood if the characters ARE food.
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17	!!Examples:
18	%% Examples shall be alphabetized
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22	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
23	* ''Manga/The100GirlfriendsWhoReallyReallyReallyReallyReallyLoveYou'': In chapter 58, Kurumi's "freedom outfit" is a macaroon fairy outfit covered in edible macaroons.
24	* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
25	** Wanze, a chef who works as a government agent, surrounds himself in an armour made of ramen noodles when fighting Sanji. The noodles are so thick and sticky that blunt attacks just get absorbed into the armour and leave the attacker stuck. Sanji hates people who waste food, so he intends to beat Wanze and make him eat every last noodle so they don't go to waste.
26	** Charlotte Cracker has a Devil Fruit power that allows him to create extremely hard biscuits in various shapes and sizes. He uses these biscuits to create a suit of armour that makes him look much larger than he really is, and the biscuits are filled with red jam so Cracker looks like he's bleeding when he gets hit, tricking opponents into underestimating him.
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29	[[folder:Films - Animated]]
30	* ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'':
31	** Discussed when Sam says that if they fail to deactivate the machine that's making it rain GiantFood, they'll have to live underground and wear bacon for clothes.
32	** When Flint puts Sam's hair in a ponytail as part of curing her {{Closet Geek}}hood, he makes the scrunchie out of jello.
33	* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe2'': In one scene, Gru wears (and eats) a hat made of corn chip.
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36	[[folder: Literature]]
37	* There's occasional reference in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' to towns in the Sto Plains making boots, coats and so on out of the omnipresent cabbages, but usually they're processed into actual fabric first. Makepeace Thomas Bounder, "the poet of the cabbages" from ''The Discworld Almanack'', wanted to make it ''quite clear'' that he could gain everything he needed from his beloved vegetables, and is illustrated by Paul Kidby as looking something like a walking greengrocer's stall.
38	* ''Literature/PinkyDinkyDoo'': In one story, Pinky writes a story to entertain Tyler, in which all of the kids' shoes go missing, so they start wearing food as shoes. When they find that the cafeteria is serving shoes, they decide to eat their "food shoes" and wear their "shoe food". This grosses Tyler out, but Pinkie tells him to just take it as ArtisticLicense.
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41	[[folder:Live Action TV]]
42	* ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'': In "The Big Sleep", Tutter wears a pita bread on his head, and calls himself Pita Head. Bear says that pita bread is food, not clothes, but Tutter then calls ''Bear'' silly.
43	* ''Series/ProjectRunway'' has more than once asked their designer contestants to make a dress from "materials found in a grocery store". The first-season winner used cornhusks for a dress. Another challenge involved using candies from Hershey's for clothing, which resulted in outfits using chocolate wrappers and Twizzlers.
44	* ''Series/TheNanny'': In "The Prenup," Fran, ever TheFashionista, wears a dress made entirely of candy wrappers stitched together. It can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVpeCrsZ0Hg here.]]
45	* ''Series/SesameStreet'': One skit parodying ''Franchise/JamesBond'', "The Spy Who Loved Cookies", has a woman wearing a crown made of cookies.
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48	[[folder:Music]]
49	* Music/KatyPerry's "Music/CaliforniaGurls" has her and the human denizens of Candyfornia wearing candy-themed clothing, such as bras designed like cupcakes, peppermints, and whipped cream bottles worn by Katy at the end of the music video.
50	* Music/WeirdAlYankovic: [[Music/{{Alpocalypse}} "Perform This Way"]], a parody of Music/LadyGaga's "Born This Way" themed around her notoriously bizarre public shenanigans, references her infamous meat dress in the second chorus. The music video accordingly features a model in a recreation of said dress, with Al's face superimposed onto her.
51	-->I strap prime rib to my feet, cover myself with raw meat\
52	I'll bet you've never seen a skirt steak worn this way!
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55	[[folder:Sports]]
56	* [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueQuarterbacks Green Bay Packers]] fans are known as "cheeseheads" (since the [[UsefulNotes/{{Wisconsin}} home state is known for its cheese]]), and a traditional apparel for the fans are large styrofoam, cheese-shaped hats.
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59	[[folder:Toys]]
60	* Several food-themed ''Toys/{{Lalaloopsy}}'' characters have outfits made of food. For example, Jelly Wiggle Jiggle has a gelatin dress, while Bun Bun Sticky Icing has a cinnamon roll dress.
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63	[[folder:Video Games]]
64	* ''VideoGame/AmongUs'': There's a top hat made out of cheese, with a bite taken out of the rim.
65	* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons'' has several DIY recipes that allow the player to make outfits out of the fruits you can find on the island.
66	* ''Reimagining :VideoGame/{{the game\|2008}}:'': Lady Gaga wears a super meat dress in her level as a reference to the time she did that in real life.
67	* ''VideoGame/PikminBloom'': Some Decor Pikmin wear scraps of food as accessories:
68	** Pikmin found by supermarkets wear either mushroom caps or banana pieces.
69	** Bakery Pikmin wear pieces of bread.
70	** Sweetshop Pikmin wear colored macarons as hats.
71	** Movie Theater Pikmin have Popcorn stuck to their heads.
72	** Hamburger Shop Pikmin wear burgers or fries (Blue Pikmin wear soft drink cups.)
73	** Café Decor Pikmin wear cups of coffee filled with coffee beans for outfits. The yellow and rock Pikmin even have whip cream on top of their heads.
74	* The ''Katy Perry's Sweet Treats'' stuff pack of ''VideoGame/TheSims3'' includes candy-themed clothes that are heavily based on her "California Gurls" video.
75	* ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'': In the song "The Moshi Dance", Lady Goo Goo wears spaghetti as a hat.
76	* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': The Fruit Shoot cosmetic is an apple that the Sniper can wear in place of his hat.
77	* ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds'' has a few such as a burger-themed hat, but some of the Pixel Lobby cosmetics are actual food items. A loaf of bread can be found and worn as a hat for the rest of the game early in the first chapter.
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80	[[folder:Webcomics]]
81	* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': During a crash, Seffie ends up with a bunch of candy in her hair, [[IMeantToDoThat which she then pretends is an intentional fashion statement]]. ''Then'' she realizes that this means [[DidNotThinkThisThrough she's going to have to go to the ball with a bunch of candy in her hair]]. Since all her friends follow suit so that she doesn't look like an idiot, she starts a major fashion trend, to her intense embarrassment.
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84	[[folder:Web Original]]
85	* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'': Several clothing and battledome (a play arena) accessories are made out of foods, such as jelly, chocolate, and candy.
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88	[[folder:Western Animation]]
89	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': Breakfast Princess, appropriately enough, wears clothing made of breakfast foods.
90	* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In [[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E8ArtCrawl "Art Crawl"]], when citing strange things their Aunt Gayle has done, the kids mention that she [[NoodleIncident once wore a dress made of cocktail shrimp to church.]]
91	* ''WesternAnimation/TheCasagrandes'':
92	** In "Flee Market", Bobby, while on a date with Lori celebrating the anniversary of the first time they ate pizza together, wears a pizza-themed tuxedo that has pepperoni for buttons.
93	** In "Trend Game", one of the nonsensical trends Carlota teaches Ronnie Anne is wearing bracelets made of churros.
94	* ''WesternAnimation/TheCookieCarnival'': The gingerbread cookie concocts a wonderful dress for the poor cookie girl out of colored frosting, candy hearts, and cupcake wrappers, using a powdered marshmallow as a makeup applicator, a candy heart as lipstick, and a shiny flat lollipop as a mirror.
95	* ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'': In "Topped with Buttercream", the [[ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin sugar-addicted]] pets make tribal costumes out of candy.
96	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In "Community Disservice", Lola gets [[AndYourRewardIsClothes awarded a crown]] made of [[AndYourRewardIsEdible garlic bread]].
97	* ''WesternAnimation/TheOblongs'':
98	** In "Bucketheads", when Milo tries to make his own line of clothes, he has [[BigEater Helga]] wear a dress made of bacon. Naturally, Helga can't stop herself from eating it, resulting in her dress falling off in front of the Hill kids, much to their disgust.
99	--->'''Jared Climber:''' Someone poke my eyes out!
100	** If foods eaten by other animals count, in the same episode, Milo also makes Peggy wear a dress made from eucalyptus leaves, which gets her attacked by a koala that some Australian guy brought to the fashion show for some reason.
101	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': The costume for Bradly Biggle's superhero alter ego, Mintberry Crunch, consists of half of a berry mask some mint leaves, and a few berries on one half of his body.
102	* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': One episode had Stella wearing a dress made of vegetables to spread awareness on cleaning a beach. Cue Kiko running up to try and eat it.
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105	[[folder:Real Life]]
106	* Creator/JosephineBaker became a sensation in Paris when she wore [[https://www.vogue.com/article/josephine-baker-90th-anniversary-banana-skirt/amp a skirt made of rubber bananas]], at an African-themed theatrical performance, and the banana skirt has been paid homage by black artists like Music/DianaRoss and Music/{{Beyonce}}.
107	* Overlapping with GardenGarment, from the 1930s, [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/44/22/31/442231699385c3363390b2b50fb7b38f.jpg a dress made of grapefruit peels]], in celebration of Rio Grande Delta's harvest season.
108	* Creator/CarmenMiranda popularized the fruit hat, to the point where anyone with a bowl of fruit or bananas on their head is a [[StockShoutOuts stock shout-out]].
109	* The meat dress worn by Music/LadyGaga at the 2010 Creator/{{MTV}} Video Music Awards. She wore it in protest against the US military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, but drew ire from PETA.
110	* Dolly Varden cakes. Basically a doll is placed atop a cone-shaped cake to resemble a ballgown.
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