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Today we are taking a page out of Martha Stewart’s book. Not going to jail for insider trading, but rather doing flower arrangements.  Clara is a master of flower power and makes beautiful arrangements.  She has also read the entire 933 pages of the Manual of Woody Plants. ‘ Wait!’ you say, ‘that’s ranunculus!’.  It certainly is.  Here she is with one of her delightful arrangements.

Of course the Beckermans are friends with Cookiesurge.  They live over on their blog http://beckermanbiteplate.blogspot.com/.  That is Sam and Calliane Beckerman, talented designers both.  Today’s episode finds CookieSurge with our mascot, Clara, modeling a Beckerman-selected vintage vest (investment) with a fun pony tail. Cookiesurge is crazy for pony tails, especially side pony tails, which are so popular in Japan.  There they are called yokopony, which literally means side-pony. (in truth, CookieSurge made up that term and uses it when speaking Japanese, where it wears itself well amongst the rest of his broken Japanese)

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Here is our CookieSurge mascot Clara in her Muji designed rain jacket.  Its cute and fashionable, and it seems to have stopped raining so take it off Clara.  but i can see why she continues to wear it in the sun, its cute!

Clara is with her Pashley bike when we caught up with her on the fashionable mile of Bloor St, Toronto.  A great ensemble, with a highly regarded almost-plum shade of helmit.  You see that this blog post is almost up, and you are saying, ‘how can he not mention her shoes?’  so now i am mentioning them .  so there.

no fashion today, just deciding about what to have for lunch, with our mascot Clara.  I bet she ordered cookies….

The Palm Beach ladies were out in all their finery to see a presentation on Arnold Scaasi’s work at the chic Cafe Boulud in Palm Beach.

All the Palm Beach ladies in their finest.

Cookie Surge met Pink Trousdale, who, true to her name, was clad head to toe in pink.  She works in film and television

Arnold Scaasi makes his apperance

Wise words from Arnold Scaasi

Pink and Scaasi having a deep conversation.

edible gelatin and seaweed based clothing

Today the New York Times reported on edible clothing, which, as long time CookieSurge readers will surely know, has been a major interest of mine. Edible Fashion Turns Ephemera Into an Art is the Times headline, though a better headline would be Record High Cotton Prices Sends Clothing Makers To New Materials.  Its true, cotton prices are at a 140 year high.  Of course, food futures have been rising as well, but with recycling an even more over-bought commodity, eating our used clothing seems the only alternative.  Of course, vintage edible clothing has a flavour not unlike a fine aged cheese, so the market seems to be strong for edible clothing anywhere along the futures curve. Edible clothing is in contango. 

This begs the question when will we see the inveitable cookie dress.  This will be a very crumbly undertaking, and special techinology will be needed to stop the choclolate chips from melting.  Of course, at the evening’s end, many men would don bibs and drool upon seeing the crumbly-chocolate-melty mess of a woman in a cookie dress.  That is half of the appeal.  And half the calories. 

“The Rise of Edible Clothing” is a headline that will soon overwhelm “the Rise of China” and “The Rise of Global Temperatures” as the most important discussed in intellectual circles.  Of course accessories have already reached the edible state among the young with children gorging themselves on candy necklaces and ringpops.  Designers need to use caution in bringing the edible clothing trend to its logical conclusion, as a poprocks shirt could be painful and noisy.  Many see edible clothing as only an amuse bouche to the next major breakthrough in couture: wearable fashion.