Fruit-inspired fashion is the jam of the California Strawberry Festival – NBC Los Angeles

Do you own more clothes with embroidered or drawn strawberries? Or are you the type of person who tends to get rid of the occasional strawberry stain, providing visual proof of how fervently you love this famous fruit?

Either way, you wear your berry obsession proudly, because strawberries have long played a sweet and central role in our fun fashion choices.

Sure, most of the strawberries we wear today are on our pajamas—there’s just something wholesome about a dress and slippers adorned with tiny red jewels—but for many fashion-forward fruit fans, the strawberries are really to wear during the day.

This devotion to this juicy gem is on dazzling display at the California Strawberry Festival, which will return again to the Ventura County Fairgrounds on May 18-19, 2024.

It’s true once again that the competition for extravagant strawberry-themed hats isn’t returning this time, but you will see strawberry-colored shirts, sweaters adorned with giant strawberries, and, occasionally, people who have taken full fruits, which means they are covered. or largely covered, with strawberry ornaments.

If you have always dreamed of dressing up as your favorite fruit and being admired by other people who also adore the fruit in question, the festival is your track.

What if you don’t have strawberry accessories? Going head to toe in pink or red seems to be another eye-catching option.

Of course, strawberry looks are not the only attraction of this great event which will celebrate its 40th anniversary in a few years; nostalgic rides, the Berry Baby Fashion Parade, build-your-own shortbread, crafts covered with strawberries and other delicacies will fruitfully enhance the program.

It was an Oxnard scene for many years, but know that you’ll now be heading to Ventura for the strawberry fest in all of strawberry lover’s land.