Chelsea Market may seem like a strange place to hold a fashion exhibition. But to Stefano Dominella—co-curator of L'Eleganza del Cibo, an exhibition exploring the relationship between fashion and food—it is the strangeness that makes it the perfect place. "It's transgressive, it's cutting-edge," he said.

Open for a mere 11 days—starting from today through July 4—L'Eleganza del Cibo is an exhibition as ephemeral as its topic: food and fashion. Co-curated by Mr. Dominella, CEO of Italian fashion house Gattinoni, and Bonizza Giordani Aragno, a fashion history professor at the Instituto Europeo di Design, and organized by the Italian Trade Commission, this exhibition consists of 58 dresses and accessories, some of which were commissioned by the curators specifically for the exhibition.

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Source: http://observer.com/