Fruit Fantasies: How the ‘Strawberry Girl’ and the romanticization of fruit aesthetics create escapist fantasies
The Cherry Girl is sweet and mesmerizing. She can be seen dawning cherry red lipstick, with cherry red nails, and cherry red dreams. She might take it literally and sport cherry earrings or cherry print clothes. Her cherry taste extends to her lifestyle as well. She probably listens to Lana Del Rey, who herself has a song titled “Cherry,” to complete the lore of her sultry fantasy of a fruit inspired girl. The point is, the Cherry Girl is fully dedicated to a fashion and lifestyle aesthetic that derived from something as innocuous and unsuspecting as a cherry. The Cherry aesthetic, however, is one of only a few fruit trends to take the world by storm. With the ability of social media to curate aesthetics, with apps such as pinterest, and the ability to popularize trends at a rapid rate (thanks to apps like Tik Tok), fruit themed aesthetics have taken Gen Z by a storm. In this article, I’m going to examine the desire to attach our fashion/lifestyle to fruits and the ethical implic...