F: Is for Fashion that's Sweet!

I was running late for an appointment. I had taken the 3rd avenue bus as my foot was run over by an electric wheel chair (no joke!). I was beyond frustrated until I hit 60th and saw into the windows of Dylan's Candy Bar. Low and behold there were the Hershey-inspired fashions featured on "Project Runway". One of my guilty pleasures is watching this show so to see the creations up close was a thrill. The indulgence and imagination, was there looking more deliciously tempting than on the show. I knew they had been auctioned to benefit the Young Survival Coalition. This is the only non-profit network of breast cancer survivors and supporters dedicated to addressing the concerns and issues unique to young women and breast cancer. The Hershey's auction ended March 18th so how had they ended up deliciously dressing the windows? Paula Abdul bid on the winning dress Rami Kashou made to the tune of $2,975. However the charity only earned $7,583.98. When you think about it though, that's a lot of cash for candy wrappers! Still, a good cause is a good cause. 

The challenge was to create a fun, wearable outfit from materials found at the Hershey's chocolate store, which had a lot of critics shouting "super commercial!" But this wearable eye candy is delightfully sinfully chic when seen in person and has you shouting New Year's resolutions be damned. Kats, Rollos, twizzlers, mint patties and Hershey bars made calories all that more inviting. My favorite dress, a high-neck mini-dress made of Reese's peanut butter cup wrappers by Christian Siriano is simple but elegant. Elisa Jimenez, brown velvet dress made from Hershey's pillow fabric with silver and pink detailing on a sweetheart top and separate silver puff sleeves is better in person but still not thrilling. Kit's tube-top made of Kit Kat wrappers with knotted back closures, a skirt made of oversized Hershey's wrappers and a studded belt of Reese's peanut butter cups, is what childhood dreams are made of.

 

Living in New York allows us to see three dimensionally what pure imagination can create. These fashions when seen in person give a new meaning to talented and that is a F.A.C.T.