FASHION IS ON A HAUTE LUNCH
'Food cart' is in style
Fashionistas, eat your heart out! Hamburgers. Hot Dogs. Gyros. There’s a food cart with an LED marquee flashing the menu items on nearly every corner in the city. Now, avant-garde designer Edna St. Louis is transforming the hot lunch list into Halal-inspired haute couture.
“I wanted to make a reference to something real New Yorkers experience,” St. Louis, 26, told The Post of her $295 “Halal Cart Bandeau Top.” “A lot of people like the freedom of self-expression that NYC provides,” she continued. “And wearing something as out-there as that Halal Cart top is kind of like the ultimate expression of that freedom.”
The designer, who is based in Midtown’s Garment District, first introduced the illuminated number to online fans during New York Fashion Week in February. Her eye-catching creation debuted just as lucent-wear began taking off like wildfire. St. Louis’ radiant regalia features a scrolling, wraparound LED display promoting good eats such as “Lamb,” “Kebab,” “Rice” and “Muffin.”
The wearable cart art — available in sizes ranging from extra small to doubleextra large — comes with a corset-like, compression fit across the chest and boasts an adjustable Velcro closure.
Battery-operated
It’s lined with leather and houses an integrated rechargeable battery as well as a power switch.
However, while folks donning the digitized design can control when it’s on, they’re not able to ditch the dishes on its screen.
“The words can’t be changed after purchase, since it would defeat the point of it being a Halal Cart top,” said St. Louis, adding that she’s always been “mesmerized” by the moving signs.
“It can’t hurt that it features beloved NYC foods.”
Fashionistas from Gotham and beyond have virally fawned over the finery since the brunette shared a viral snippet of herself wearing the piece on the subway Tuesday.
“As a native New Yorker this is so iconic,” one chimed.
St. Louis tells The Post the cyber buzz has translated into a boost in sales and has “nearly tripled our order queue.”
“I owe a ton to NYC,” St. Louis said. “It’s a huge source of inspiration for me.”