What do certain fruits signify?
Fruit is more than just a nutritional food for consumption- it’s a status that society and culture assigns value to. While immersing myself in the world of fashion, I noticed how different fruit motifs elicit certain feelings and create references beyond their identity as a fruit or an item of clothing. In this article, I’m going to break down what I think certain fruits signify when they are printed on clothes and accessorized. Apple- Studious Apples and their connotations can fluctuate depending on whomever you ask. Apples are often interpreted in a biblical sense as forbidden fruit, tempting and successfully seducing Eve in the Garden of Eden. However, when it comes to Apple's fashion accessories, their meaning, at least to me, alters completely. Whereas the biblical apple might represent something more salacious, the apple as an accessory to me signifies an almost childlike idealization of the study aesthetic. There are several reasons for this association. The prime reason fo...