Look of the Day: Carmen Slayranda 🍋🍉🍒🍇🍊🍌🍹🌴

Summer may be coming to an end, but this slay is eternal! Hands down, this look has got to be one of my faves. This look was inspired by the "fruit hat lady" Carmen Miranda and Chiquita Banana. I have always wanted to wear a fruit hat because they're so colorful, extra, vibrant, and I'm a plant based vegan too! I actually wanted to rock this to a festival last summer and I'm so glad I waited because everything worked out perfectly.

Carmen Miranda was a Portuguese samba singer and dancer based in Brazil who was well known for her vivid costumes, especially her fruit hats similar to the headscarves and pieces worn by Black Brazilian women. We can even link that influence back to Africa and across other places within the diaspora.

If you're a banana lover like me, you're probably familiar with Chiquita Banana. Chiquita is the poster girl for the popular banana brand and she made her debut back in 1944 according to the company's website. Like Miranda, Chiquita also wore a fruit hat, except her was flaunting bananas.

Last but not least, the main course - the fruit hat! Instead of purchasing a fruit hat from my good sis Etsy, I decided to make my own.