14 Fashion Week Food Trends

    People who participate in Fashion Week don't just eat regular balanced meals or civilized sit-down dinners. Fashion Week is its own little microcosm of strange foods and bad eating habits. Here are real photos from Fashion Week that prove it.

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    1. Scallops

    They're small, they're low carb, and they're not nearly as pedestrian as shrimps. This is a scallop dish being served at the Standard Hotel during Fashion Week.

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    Bryan Boy's Scallops

    2. Low Carb

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    A fun meal of dried jerky.

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    Shrimp cocktail and bloody marys.

    3. A Single Breadstick

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    A breadstick was seen eaten at Fashion Week!

    4. Crappy Breakfasts

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    Someone's Fashion Week breakfast.

    5. The Alcohol Food Group

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    Mimosas for breakfast.

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    Rosé, imbibed at Betsey Johnson.

    6. Fancy but Uneaten Backstage Spreads

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    Insane pastries at Philip Lim.

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    At Oscar de la Renta.

    7. The Diet Pepsi + Fiber One Bar Diet

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    They were the official sponsors of New York Fashion Week.

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    8. Tiny Things That Barely Count as Food

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    The cupcakes at the William Okpo show.

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    Male model eats a microscopic sandwich backstage at Tommy Hilfiger.

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    A lone tiny sandwich, backstage at A Collective.

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    Sandwiches cut into quarters.

    9. Food Trend: Eating/Sipping With Your Tongue/Teeth Instead of Lips

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    It's a weird model thing where you open wide, stick your tongue out, place the substance on your tongue, and lap it up like a dog. Maybe it has something to do with not leaving lipstick marks, or maybe it's a diet secret!!!

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    10. Little Bags of Snacks

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    Backstage at Alice + Olivia.

    11. Flowers

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    Ice cubes filled with flowers at the Alice + Olivia party.

    12. Designer Water

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    13. Paper

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    14. Dog Food?

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    Tacks, safety pins, bobby pins, and dog food morsels as seen backstage at Norma Kamali.