Miranda Priestly once asserted sarcastically, "Florals for spring? How groundbreaking." It made me wonder: Why do florals never fail to pop up when spring breaks? Are florals the only resolution when spring inaugurates through the icy winter? Yes indeed, the germination and renaissance of roses and sunflowers and lilies may be the key evidence to such a commencement, but must we necessarily illustrate them on our clothing every spring to widely publicise this obvious fact? Or could we just leave it where it should be; Central Park?
This is when Prada and Stella McCartney listened (and left the flowers in Central Park) in their Spring 2011 collection where they source for the next best alternative: fruits. Fruits are only readily available when winter gradually vanishes because almost nothing can cultivate during the cold weather. Fruits are like the babies of flowers because - in scientific terms - they're the descendants of florals when butterflies and bees carefully and critically aid in pollination. Fruits are literally, the next generation of flowers.
A year later, Moschino came to realization. During Spring 2012, she made strawberries happen. Dolce & Gabbana did the same too; they made onions and chillis happen. Are onions and chillis fruits too?
Despite the fact that fruits are so subtely entering into our consumable fashion lives, I couldn't help but wonder: We're fruits a recent addition to the fashion family or are they once prevalent, and now they're relived? Look at Manolo Blahniks in the 80s and 90s, he used cherries and raspberries to adorn the feet of many woman. And from the bottom to the top, we have Anna dello Russo; despite the fact that she didn't wear raspberries during 80s and 90s, she did perched cherries and watermelon and even pineapples on her head. She does have a strong head to lift that pineapple, yeah?
Since fruits are somewhat a testament in fashion and a best substitute for florals during spring, I did my collection too - wearable fruits. I believe that a Topshop banana jacket would go well with this Zara kiwi (or cucumber?) trousers. Inside, you put on this Suno white embellished fruit shirt, layer it with Mother of Pearl lemon shirt and tie this Gitman Vintage apple shirt around your waist. Carry both Edie Parker orange clutch and its cherry counterpart because one minaudière is never enough! Shoes wise, if you can obtain that vintage cherry Manolo Blahniks, wear them. If not, soak your feet into some cherry sauce.
Lol, I kid, you'll literally look like a walking Greenmarket waiting for pigeons to feed on your edible clothes. But really, why not try on fruits for a change?
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