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Meat à la Mode

Carnivorous couture as a statement about laissez-faire lifestyles

Implications - Fashion has always been a form of self-expression, but recently clothing has become a popular method of silently, yet loudly, expressing values. Wearing quirky apparel that makes a controversial albeit lighthearted statement appeals to consumers who want to let others know they don't take themselves too seriously.
Trend Themes
1. Meat-themed Fashion - A trend of incorporating meat and bacon into fashion designs is gaining popularity, appealing to consumers who want to make bold statements with their clothing choices.
2. Edible Fashion - The rise of edible clothing and accessories, such as beef jerky underwear and meat jewelry, presents new opportunities for unique and humorous product offerings.
3. Street Style Innovation - The incorporation of outlandish and unconventional elements into street style fashion, like meat-inspired Nike Air Force Ones, presents opportunities for companies to capitalize on the trend towards originality.
Industry Implications
1. Fashion Industry - The rise of meat and bacon-themed fashion presents an opportunity for the fashion industry to offer bold and unique clothing lines to consumers.
2. Food Industry - The incorporation of food into fashion and accessory design, such as meat jewelry and bacon shoes, presents an opportunity for the food industry to expand into new markets.
3. Humorous Retail Industry - The rise of edible clothing and accessories, such as beef jerky underwear and meat jewelry, presents an opportunity for companies in the humorous retail industry to offer unique and humorous product offerings to consumers.
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Megatrends
11 Featured, 48 Examples:
1,066,268 Total Clicks
Date Range:
Feb 09 — Oct 09
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Featured Examples

Models Wearing Raw Meat
Models Wearing Raw Meat
Clayton Cubitt's ‘Raw Flesh' Series Will Shock Vegans
Clayton Cubitt has done a photographic series featuring photos of models wearing meat. The meat applied to each model’s skin makes me think of one of Hannibal Lecter’s victims. The “Raw Flesh” photo… MORE
Bacon Shoes
Bacon Shoes
Keds Makes a Mouthwatering Pair of Breakfast Kicks
Shoe company Keds recently created the ultimate fried footwear. Selling for $60, breakfast lovers can have a pair of their very own bacon shoes. These shoes feature a pattern of multiple strips of fried… MORE
Meat Suits
Meat Suits
Jia Jam's Real Bacon And Salami Dress for Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Jia Jam wanted to design an outfit for her Aqua Teen Hunger Force birthday party and she decided to go a nontraditional route and choose salami and bacon for an extra meaty look. The basic dress is made… MORE
Meat Purses
Meat Purses
Ted Noten's Striking Accessories Will Make You Do a Double-Take
These accessories from Ted Noten are exceptionally striking with the names such as Meatbag, Pig Bracelet and Murdered Innocence. All of these are way 'out there' designs, but ones you would actually be… MORE
Meat Jewelry
Meat Jewelry
Are These Carnivorous Accessories Social Statement or Visionary Veracity?
Bizarre as it seems, real meat-formed jewelry is entering the fashion world. And why not? There could be a veritable smorgasbord of meaty items that can be fashioned to rev up your creative appetite. Pforzheim… MORE
Anatomical Sneakers
Anatomical Sneakers
BlackYard 'Haute Charcuterie' Nike Air Force Ones Show Cuts of Meat
These anatomical 'Haute Charcuterie' Nike Air Force Ones by BlackYard are made to look like a diagram of beef. With lines and captions to demarcate one cut from another--like tongue, loin, round, plate,… MORE
Meaty Mundies
Meaty Mundies
Beef Jerky Underwear for Men
This customized pair of underwear is made out of beef jerky, yes, the kind you can eat. The edible skivvies are encrusted with stick-on crystals and are sewn together with leather, to make them look somewhat… MORE
Carnivorous Shorts
Carnivorous Shorts
These Red Meat Pants Are Definitely Not for Vegans
This peculiar pair of pants colored to look like red meat are a sure way to awaken the inner carnivore in all of us. The shorts turn an ordinary and boring pair of pants look interesting. Sarcasm aside,… MORE
Carnivorous Fashion
Carnivorous Fashion
Monster Crochet Helps You Make a Meat Lover Shawl
If you love meat and you like to stay warm, a meat lover shawl is your go-to winter fashion. These shawls show their wearer’s love of steak, lobsters, and corn dogs. The Monster Crochet Web site has… MORE
Bacon Sunglasses
Bacon Sunglasses
DQM & Oakley Frogskin Make 50 Pairs of the Pork Shades
Brace yourselves, people: DQM and Oakley Frogskin sunglasses are putting out a bacon-inspired pair of shades. While this may seem odd and controversial, there is no time to mull it over because only 50… MORE
Porky Accessories
Porky Accessories
The Bacon Watch Ensures You Always Know When It's Breakfast Time
In the latest line of fad bacon products comes the Bacon Watch. Geared towards “bacon addicts only,” the Bacon Watch is pretty typical as far as watches go, with a simple face and band. Its distinguishing… MORE

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