Vintage Trend We're Loving: Fruit Salad

Is it weird to love a trend that already happened?  Not really--since we know fashion is a cycle, and so many trends come around again and again (hello, NEON!).

I have recently fallen in love with fruit.  Not the actual good-for-you, tasty stuff--although it's good too--but fruit motifs: on dresses, skirts, home decor, etc.  If you saw Tuesday's post, I recently bought a cherry print dress, and ever since, I have been noticing a lot of super cute vintage pieces that are totally fruity.  (And yeah, I did just go there.)

 strawberry sundress, $115 via Thrush  ///  apple print skirt, $32 via CapriciousTraveler

 cherry sundress, $35 via bookwormvintage  ///  fruit bowl maxi dress, $42 via TheVintageMistress

 fruit salad necklace, $50 via MamaVendredi  /// fruit cocktail velvet milliner hat, $85 via StacyLeighAtelier

 disco fruit platforms (AH-MAZING!), $325 via AtomicPassion  /// strawberry flats, $50 via 80sman

OJ pitcher and glasses, $25 via Poplar Street Vintage  ///Vera Neumann cloth napkins, $20 via heatherkojan

I have so many favorites here...good thing they're all saved in my Etsy faves!

What's your take on the fruit trend? Too cutesy? Only in small doses?

xo,

Amanda

Shop Preview: The Jessica and The Elizabeth

Did you ever read the Sweet Valley Twins/Sweet Valley High series? I did. A lot of them. And we also watched the TV show (so bad). And owned the board game (still pretty cool).  Growing up, I definitely related most to the bookish Wakefield twin, Elizabeth.  Jessica was a brat, but got all the cute boys. So while I was definitely an Elizabeth, I secretly always wanted to be a Jessica...but, you know, a little nicer.

If they weren't stuck in a cliched rut of wearing pink (Jessica) and blue (Elizabeth) on every cover, I feel like they might have worn these polka dot dresses for some special event.  One dress is flirty, but a bit conservative, while the other is definitely va-va-voom.  It's amazing how the cut of a dress can give polka dots a very different vibe, from sweet to sassy.  These two dresses, coming to the shop this week:

 ruffled polka dot party dress, size small/medium

polka dot pencil dress with cutout back, size medium

So tell us...which dress do you like best?  Were/are you an Elizabeth or a Jessica?


xo,
Amanda


P.S. I forgot that last year, a book came out about the twins' adult years (the Wikipedia reminded me).  It is called Sweet Valley Confidential, and the reviews are unanimously pretty bad.  But I'm still tempted to take it to the beach with me...even though some reviews said it might ruin the series for me forever.  Have you read it? Should I do it?