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Jackets, Now and Then

March 26, 2009 by WendyB

Earlier this week, I wore the Ossie Clark shirt/jacket I got in London last year.


Back in 1983 or 1984, I wore a kickass ski jacket. Thanks for dredging this up, high-school classmate Mel. Oh, the wonders of Facebook.


UPDATED TO ADD: In the first photo, I’m wearing the gold version of my Nuit Ring. Don’t mess with me when I’m wearing a 33-carat blue topaz set in more than an ounce of gold. I could hurt you with that thing.

Nuit Ring in gold
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Wendy Brandes
Photo by Squaremoose

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  1. Alicia/InstantVintage says

    March 26, 2009 at 9:12 pm

    You look amazing in both pictures!

  2. Melanie says

    March 26, 2009 at 9:25 pm

    Anytime!

  3. Imogen Lamport says

    March 26, 2009 at 9:50 pm

    Love that Ossie Clark jacket!

    And you haven’t aged at all!

  4. Meghann says

    March 26, 2009 at 9:59 pm

    yeah you really look the same
    and that ski jacket is hot!
    The Ossie Clark is okay too….

  5. Material Girl says

    March 26, 2009 at 11:12 pm

    Oh man, how cool are YOU right there?!

    I’m 99% sure I owned that same jacket, but I’m also sure I never wore it with such aplomb. And your hair was, well, bitchin’.

  6. lisa says

    March 26, 2009 at 11:23 pm

    Different hair and jacket, but still with that gorgeous sunshine-y smile!

  7. Sharon Rose says

    March 27, 2009 at 12:41 am

    Hi there-great to see the Ossie out and about, looking fabulous my dear!

  8. Marian says

    March 27, 2009 at 1:46 am

    Darling you havent aged a day since that ski jacket photo! I adore that Ossie! He was a master cutter!
    Darling what an amazing comment you left on my current post but what I will say is your fabulous now and would be honored to ever style you :). Also I’ve been dying to pull amazing Wendy Brande pieces for styling clients for events!
    x
    Marian.

  9. Songy says

    March 27, 2009 at 1:58 am

    U looked great even then! Timeless.

  10. Georgie said says

    March 27, 2009 at 2:06 am

    That is one amazing ski jacket, if you still had it now you would be able to wear it all over again.
    The top jacket is totally flattering on you, it looks beautiful.
    x

  11. The Haute-Shopper says

    March 27, 2009 at 2:39 am

    The Ossi Clark jacket looks great on you! Also love the ski jacket pic as well 🙂

  12. Paul Pincus says

    March 27, 2009 at 4:29 am

    that snap of you in the ski jacket … eternal cool!

  13. Jill says

    March 27, 2009 at 5:43 am

    Decades has a fabulous Ossie dress that they posted yesterday. I’d love to wear it, but I’d look like a hooker in it!

    I would torture anyone who posts pics of my big ass hair from HS in the 80’s. I used to be asked if it (my big ass Texas hair) was a wig! The miracles of tiny pink sponge rollers. I should have been a child of the 60’s

  14. oh lady e says

    March 27, 2009 at 7:15 am

    Oh, I love it! BIG SMILES! 🙂

    And I am in awe of that ring. Please let me know if you ever knock someone out with it. I’d like to be there to witness the damage it inflicts. Haha.

  15. Sal says

    March 27, 2009 at 7:28 am

    That jacket is divine, and you wear it so well, beautiful.

  16. Duchesse says

    March 27, 2009 at 7:33 am

    I love huge rings, simply set- yours is stunning. Blue topaz: quite reasonable for the stone in a boulder-sized ring.

  17. miss sophie says

    March 27, 2009 at 7:50 am

    your random fB high school pic is pretty awesome – and i love the ring. it’s such a perfect weight and dimension!

  18. -h says

    March 27, 2009 at 8:35 am

    great jacket and ring too.
    you look much older in the high school picture, hm…must figure out the secret of reverse aging…

  19. janettaylor says

    March 27, 2009 at 8:36 am

    I love Ur Ossie Clark jacket! Great find!

    xoxo: Janet

  20. LENORENEVERMORE says

    March 27, 2009 at 8:50 am

    You look so hip even back then… on the hair; stick to the ‘now’ style darling! 😉 PS- saw your friend Zang Toi on tv last night!

  21. Couture Carrie says

    March 27, 2009 at 9:27 am

    How adorable are you in that ski jacket!? Reminds me of my “CB” from the 80s!
    And the ring is stunning! I adore blue stones as my birthstone is topaz 🙂

    xoxox,
    CC

  22. L.L. says

    March 27, 2009 at 9:40 am

    Gorgeous ring! Love the brilliant blue, faceted topaz set off by the smooth, matte gold. Lovely! And thanks for visiting my blog. Glad you liked my spunky little dolphin pic!

    L.L. (Leslie)

    http://tiarastalons.blogspot.com

  23. Cassiopeia says

    March 27, 2009 at 10:09 am

    You look so pretty! Loving the ring 😀

    Xxxc

    http://clothestohealabrokenheart.blogspot.com/

  24. Miss Janey says

    March 27, 2009 at 10:16 am

    Miss Wendy looks so badass!

  25. Delmy says

    March 27, 2009 at 10:35 am

    It looks like a jacket. I love the bottom of it.

  26. jennine says

    March 27, 2009 at 10:47 am

    i just love seeing ‘way back when’ wendy pics! frosted hair! sweet.

  27. K.Line says

    March 27, 2009 at 10:48 am

    Honestly, you do not look a day older! (And you have a variation of my current hair style – leading me to wonder about how Pat Benatar I actually am)

  28. Retro Chick says

    March 27, 2009 at 10:55 am

    I love that Ossie Clark jacket! What a great print,

  29. coco says

    March 27, 2009 at 12:16 pm

    The print on the Ossie Clark is amazing. And I love the ring too.

  30. sarahjaneandbentley says

    March 27, 2009 at 12:25 pm

    love that ring!

  31. Moira says

    March 27, 2009 at 12:39 pm

    Hi Dorian Grey – You look the same!

    (drooling for that ring – I think that is the one I tried on…someday…)

  32. The Stiletto Effect says

    March 27, 2009 at 2:10 pm

    Hi Wendy!
    Beautiful jacket 🙂
    Love
    Su

  33. Film Upstart says

    March 27, 2009 at 2:40 pm

    Great ring and sucha good facebook photo – same smile too!

  34. thepreppyprincess says

    March 27, 2009 at 4:41 pm

    Too cool…both the early photo of that classic Wendy look, and the philosophy on “Don’t mess with me…”!
    tp

  35. miss cavendish says

    March 27, 2009 at 5:27 pm

    Great Ossie jacket. I love ski wear–especially jackets with belts.

  36. Dr Zibbs says

    March 27, 2009 at 6:12 pm

    I officially give you the best smile of all bloggers.

    Please make yourself a ribbon out of construction paper and wear it with pride.

  37. Fashion_Loving_Stylist says

    March 27, 2009 at 6:30 pm

    I can’t believe that you haven’t changed one bit. And love love love the Ossie Clark jacket, divine.

  38. TheShoeGirl says

    March 27, 2009 at 7:19 pm

    HA! Look @ you.

    You are so cute its stupid.

  39. Nina (femme rationale) says

    March 27, 2009 at 8:13 pm

    LOVE your jacket in the 1st photo. and 33 carats??? wow, you could knock someone out w/just the bling factor alone.

  40. enc says

    March 28, 2009 at 9:05 am

    You are the same lovely, creamy-complexioned girl in both photos! And boy, do you know how to wear a jacket.

  41. Tiffany says

    March 28, 2009 at 9:44 am

    oh that ring! 33 carats! i die. your designs are all so beautiful.

  42. gem fatale says

    March 28, 2009 at 2:34 pm

    I love old photos! Great jacket(s)! 🙂

  43. LJ says

    March 28, 2009 at 5:31 pm

    love the ossie’s darling!
    xx-LJ from SOS!

  44. LightStealer says

    March 29, 2009 at 1:29 am

    You had a badass haircut! ;P
    The smile is always the same though 🙂

  45. Jen (MahaloFashion) says

    March 29, 2009 at 3:12 pm

    wendy you haven’t changed at all since the 80s besides your hair, you are so lucky!

  46. Ida says

    March 30, 2009 at 4:45 am

    i just love your smile <3

  47. Alya says

    March 30, 2009 at 8:46 am

    LOL @ your hair in the high school photo! That pic is priceless. But you’re so lucky Wendy you look exactly like you did when you were a teenager! (and thats a good thing!)

  48. lookrichbitch says

    March 31, 2009 at 9:34 am

    who cares about your ski jacket! talk more about your fabu hair!!

  49. Sandra @ Debutanteclothing.com says

    April 1, 2009 at 6:35 am

    Wendy, don’t you wish we could travel back and time and relive the fun 80s? It was fun, eccentric, no rules! You are rocking that quilted jacket and hair! And so fashion forward with your tight little fit.

  50. Eyeliah @ stylesymmetry.com says

    April 2, 2009 at 10:42 am

    Ha thats awesome, I had one seriously so similar!

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