OK, so I am known to love bacon.

I’ve been asked to sample the new bacon vodka. I’ve tried bacon desserts and bacon salt.

I’ve got a T-shirt that says, “Bacon, it’s the candy bar of meats!” A product slogan for which I believe truer words have never been spoken. I don’t know why that’s not on commercials hailing the virtues of bacon.

But then again, what is there to advertise. Unless you have philosophical or religious views against bacon, who doesn’t love it.

And yet, the idea of a dress embellished with bacon — real bacon — makes my stomach a little queasy.

This creation comes from the innovative costume queen Jia Jem

Of her design, she writes:

“I chose salami because it’s thin, keeps in one piece, and is quite cheap, and bacon because it looks very, um, meaty. I considered somehow vacuum-sealing sheets of meat with those sealers they have on the markets now, but the machines were too expensive for a one-time-only disposeable dress. I ended up using the K.I.S.S. method of construction, which involved a basic shift dress out of thick cotton. I layed the meat on top, then put clear vinyl over it and sewed tracks with clear thread. I used a wide stitch length to avoid perforating the meat to the point it might just… uh, slide down the bottom of the dress. I also blotted it all before sewing to get rid of as much grease as possible to avoid clouding the vinyl. Lastly, I made sure to bind the bottom of the dress with a strip of clear vinyl to catch drips. (I love talking about this; it’s so disgusting.) The whole project took about 6 hours, and I kept it refrigerated until the party. Good times.”

A little note, she also added later: The dress made her very attractive to men. Hmmm.

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