10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
A matter of taste: Nine servings of foodie fashion
Did you hear the latest? The high street is taking cues from our fruit bowls, dishing out a delicious mix of playful prints in juicy colours that are good enough to eat.
Serve with a cocktail and a side of confidence and you've got this season's tastiest trend.
On the menu is a River Island's 'Atlas' short sleeve chilli sequin dress—a spicy little number that turns up the heat for festivals and nights out.
For daytime flair, add a dash of Mediterranean flavour to your summer capsule with an olive print wrap skort.
Pair with a tank top and strappy Greek sandals or upgrade your culinary experience with its co-ordinating blazer.
Bananas, it appears, are also having a moment (check out this week's How to Wear It).
Expertly pleated and soaked in colour; Brazilian brand Farm Rio understood the assignment with its joyful 'Aquarela' dress.
Ditto for British retailer Reiss. Inspired by 16 plates of illustrated exotic and tropical blooms from the New York Botanical Garden's archive, its satin 'Winona' shirt, part of an NYBG collaboration, giving citrus a sport luxe edge.
More of an acquired taste? Fair enough. Why not whet your appetite with Bimba y Lola's lemon charm scarf - an amuse-bouche for the time-strapped and style-centric?
Add zest to a t-shirt and jeans; dangle from a bag handle or elevate a ballerina bun. Their papaya nylon shopper bag is on-brand for a market stroll.
Ditto for Zara's produce-inspired necklaces, which look surprisingly sexy over a swimsuit. Now, who said you can't wear your five-a-day?
GET THE LOOK:
'Atlas' short sleeve chilli sequin dress, River Island, €76
'Atlas' short sleeve chilli sequin dress, River Island, €76
'Atlas' linen-blend wrap olive print skort, River Island, €50
'Atlas' linen-blend wrap olive print skort, River Island, €50
Farm Rio 'Aquarela' banana print dress, Net-a-Porter, €290
Farm Rio 'Aquarela' banana print dress, Net-a-Porter, €290
Lemon charm scarf, Bimba y Lola, €48
Lemon charm scarf, Bimba y Lola, €48
Nylon shopper bag with papaya print, Bimba y Lola, €82
Nylon shopper bag with papaya print, Bimba y Lola, €82
Pack of 2 rope necklaces with fruit, Zara, €25.95
Pack of 2 rope necklaces with fruit, Zara, €25.95
Winona Reiss Satin floral shirt, Reiss, €225
'Winona' satin floral shirt, Reiss, €225
Rio de Janeiro mangoes t-shirt, H&M, €12.99
Rio de Janeiro mangoes t-shirt, H&M, €12.99
Farm Rio printed linen-blend midi skirt, Mytheresa, €240
Farm Rio printed linen-blend midi skirt, Mytheresa, €240
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