On 5 Jan 2016 a catalog from Crazy Shirts showed up in my mailbox. (I have no idea what chain of events led to Crazy Shirts thinking that I was in the target demographic for their product.) The cover had a picture of a shirt that showed a discreet pineapple. I eagerly flipped through the catalog with my search image set on fruit but didn't find anything else of interest except for a shirt that featured a giant saguaro (see 13 Nov 2015).
While this catalog did not yield much of a fruit harvest, it did suggest the idea of an e-mail on fruit clothing.
Since I have no qualifications as a clothing analyst, the body of this e-mail is primarily pictures with a minimum of commentary.
Clothing that Makes You Look Like Fruit
Watermelon
Strawberry
Banana
Pineapple
Mixed Fruit
Clothing that Features Pictures of Fruit
Dresses
Casual Wear
The next-to-last picture features poison apple thigh-high stockings. The last picture depicts Josephine Baker's famous banana outfit. This videoshows her performing her banana dance. (If you want to engage in serious study of this fruit costume, you might consult, "Dialectics of the Banana Skirt: The Ambiguities of Josephine Baker's Self-Representation," on this University of Michigan site. If you prefer the more casual approach, you can begin your study of the first black female international superstar at Wikipedia. Josephine Baker was Mei-Mei's childhood hero since she adopted twelve children, who she called the "Rainbow Tribe.")
Sweaters
(Continued in Part 2)
