Murray Abraham as the talking Fig Leaf; comedian Joey Faye (died 1997) as the dancing Green Grape in the 1980s commercials; Harry Goz (died 2003) as the Big Apple.

The company employs more than 32,400 people worldwide. The company's logo comprises a red apple, leaves, green grapes, purple grapes, and white currants (or yellow gooseberries), but not a cornucopia.

brothers Benjamin and Robert Knight It all started with two brothers. Fruit of the Loom was born in 1851 when brothers Benjamin and Robert Knight bought their first mill and started producing cotton cloth and textiles in Warwick, Rhode Island.

The ones with the apple emblems proved most popular. Knight thought the labels would be the perfect symbol for his trade name, Fruit of the Loom – an expression referring to clothes, paralleling the phrase "fruit of the womb", which can be traced back to the Bible (Psalm 127:3).

Today, more than 160 years later, Fruit of the Loom is now a global underwear and casualwear business, employing more than 28,000 people worldwide. Our colorful T-shirts and underwear are known by consumers in all corners of the globe and our name is synonymous with providing quality, value and style.

The first Fruit of the Loom logo emerged in 1893 and was reminiscent of a painting rather than a traditional logo. The design featured an array of colourful fruits, including a red apple, green grapes, purple grapes, white currants, and yellow gooseberries.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishFruit of the LoomˌFruit of the ˈLoom trademark a type of clothing made by a US company, best known for its underwear and its informal clothes such as T-shirts.

Often it is a symbol of abundance, associated with goddesses of fertility, plenty, and the harvest. Sometimes, however, fruit represents earthly pleasures, overindulgence, and temptation.

the pleasant or successful result of work or actions: This book is the fruit of 15 years' research.

A loom is a device used to weave cloth and tapestry. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads. The precise shape of the loom and its mechanics may vary, but the basic function is the same.

In the brand name Fruit of the Loom, “fruit” is used as a metaphor for “product” - just like apples and pears and peaches are the fruit/the product of trees, cloth is the fruit, or product, of the loom. And Fruit of the Loom's products are made of cloth. A loom is a piece of equipment for weaving cloth.

Fruits are often a symbol of abundance associated with the goddesses of fertility , plenty and the harvest. Fruit represents earthly pleasures,overindulgence and temptation. Specific kinds of fruit have acquired their own symbolic meanings in the myths and legends of different cultures .