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Hair-Raising Times With The Shoe Girl

October 20, 2009 by WendyB

Last week, gorgeous blonde blogger The Shoe Girl came to town and took me to the FFANY Shoes on Sale party at Lincoln Center.

She's tall!

Isn't she lovely? Tall, too!

I wore a strapless Jean-Charles de Castelbajac motorcycle-zipper dress that I got in Paris this summer. The dress made me a little crazy. I was inspired to try a hairstyle that was meant to be a rockabilly-inspired pompadour.

Carl "Blue Suede Shoes" Perkins and his 'do

Carl "Blue Suede Shoes" Perkins and his 'do

But I thought it came out more like fashion writer Suzy Menkes crossed with There’s Something About Mary.

Suzy Menkes photo from fashionologie

Suzy Menkes photo from fashionologie

Cameron Diaz in There's Something About Mary

Cameron Diaz in There's Something About Mary

I’ve never been able to part with the pseudo-motorcycle jacket I got in 1984 and thought that at last its moment had come again.  Looking at this picture, I feel positive that the jacket’s only moment came and went back in the mid-’80s. I’m still not sure I can bear to part with it.

wendymotorcycle

We wore everything oversized in the '80s.

I wore this with Dries Van Noten shoes. (I refuse to say “shooties.“) I’m also wearing my Juana Peekaboo Skull necklace and swear rings.

The Shoe Girl’s camera was malfunctioning and mine wasn’t much better, so we didn’t get a picture of the Criss Angel lookalike who couldn’t take his eyes off TSG during our sushi dinner at Matsuri. Mindfreaky!

UPDATED TO ADD: Click here to read The Shoe Girl’s post on the evening.

UPDATED AGAIN TO ADD: I don’t know why I look so tan! My makeup was the same as usual. Malfunctioning camera, perhaps?

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  1. savvygal says

    October 21, 2009 at 10:39 pm

    your jacket is awesome. i have one very similar. : )

  2. Blurbage says

    October 23, 2009 at 4:59 am

    i like ur hair! suits u well:)

  3. The Preppy Princess says

    October 23, 2009 at 4:08 pm

    You two couldn’t look any cuter, goodness!
    tp

  4. Mode Junkie says

    October 25, 2009 at 1:28 pm

    love what you did with your hair. 🙂 and the moto jacket, KEEP. for old times sake.

  5. K @ Blog Goggles says

    October 30, 2009 at 9:28 pm

    I just have to say – love the hair! This is why I desperately need a bumpit.

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