apparently food is fashionable. the wall street journal just printed an article this so it's legit news.

in it, they mention various fashion houses opening restaurants in their stores, chefs being in fashion magazines, and barney's use of chefs for their holiday window displays.

according to the article, barney's creative director simon doonan (who i fell in love with watching i love the 80's/90's) said they chose food stars for their holiday windows because "we looked around for what's bubbling up in the culture this year and we realized that everyone's obsessed with these icons of food culture. Our customers want to eat at the new Batali place as much as they want the new Céline bag."

first off -- hollahhh my love of food is so trendy. gosh i'm so cool. and number two-- OMG CULINARY STARS AND PRETTY CLOTHES (AND CHRISTMAS). THAT'S SO AWESOME.

but um....

(from the wsj)

WTF. ina would NEVER wear a snuggy. nor look that creepy. rachael ray tho in the back?? spot on. ha.

oh, and in the chi town spot they're doing hometown chefs. oh heyyyy grant achatz.