• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Wendy Brandes Jewelry Blog

Never Is the Next New Thing

  • HOME
  • SHOP
  • ABOUT
  • FAQ
  • CONTACT

What Wendy Wore: Orange in Athens

July 16, 2014 by WendyB

If you follow my personal Instagram, you know that I’ve been doing a bit of traveling lately. I’m currently in Athens, where I admired the Acropolis from a rooftop restaurant last night.

acrop

View from a rooftop restaurant.

I wore a vintage tiger-striped Clovis Ruffin dress that I got in 2008. (It was a maxi but I hemmed it.) I often bring it when traveling because it’s easy to pack.

tigerresizeWhat Wendy Wore
Dress: Vintage Clovis Ruffin (2008)
Shoes: Giuseppe Zanotti (2014)
Jewelry: My own designs
Lip color: So Chaud by MAC

Here are some older pictures of the dress.

tigerscrop

Click to enlarge.

I didn’t actually wear it out in that 2008 photo in Los Angeles because I’d packed the wrong tights, but I tried it on for size. I wore it out and about in L.A. in 2010. The first 2011 photo was taken in New York; the second 2011 photo was taken in Miami. That was the year I decided the dress looked good with my onyx Queen of Scots necklace. If you take another look at this Athens photo, you’ll see that I still like that necklace with this dress!

In 2010, in Sex and the City 2, Samantha (Kim Cattrall) wore a one-shoulder version of this dress. I don’t have a screen shot of that, but Posh Vintage carried the same style, which is now on hold for a customer.

clovisposh

Click to view on the Posh Vintage website.

If Wilma Flintstone ever wanted to change out of that white dress of hers …

WilmaFlintstone-Color-Step-9

… the Clovis would be perfect!

I have several other Clovis dresses. You can see three of them here, here and here.

You might also like
Wednesday's Video: Betsey Johnson and More Edie
Year in Review: What Wendy Wore in 2013
Fashion Bloggers Caught Red-Legged, Vintage Edition

Filed Under: outfit post, pictures of me, repeat offender collage, travel, vintage, vintage designers, What Wendy Wore

Previous Post: « Wendy Brandes Emoji Jewelry on WGSN
Next Post: Throwback Thursday: Patrick Kelly Dress X 5, Plus Shania & Kylie »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Gracey the Giant says

    July 16, 2014 at 3:02 pm

    That dress is fabulous on you! What a fun print!

    • WendyB says

      July 16, 2014 at 5:52 pm

      So easy to pack too! I can fold it up into a tiny square!

  2. stacy says

    July 16, 2014 at 3:43 pm

    It looks better on you every year! OMG, those Zanottis!!! xxxx

    • WendyB says

      July 16, 2014 at 5:51 pm

      I’m so happy I got these shoes! Paul had to practically beg me to get them. I was like “uh nooooo”

  3. Sheila (of Ephemera) says

    July 16, 2014 at 9:07 pm

    I just love that dress on you, Wendy! I’m going to be traveling in the fall, and am thinking about fashionable items like that, that will scrunch up small in my suitcase.

  4. T says

    July 17, 2014 at 5:30 am

    Whoop! My neck of the woods! Enjoy!

    • WendyB says

      July 17, 2014 at 7:28 pm

      Loving it!

  5. ali says

    July 17, 2014 at 11:55 am

    I’VE BEEN COLLECTING VINTAGE TIGER STRIPE pieces for over a year now. This post just blew my mind.

    I am 25 years old – are there any other obscure designers who did tiger stripe collections before I could possibly remember???

    • WendyB says

      July 17, 2014 at 7:28 pm

      I want to see your tiger collection! 🙂

  6. Monika Faulkner says

    July 19, 2014 at 2:46 am

    Animal prints always rock, dear Wendy…but “tiger” is one we don’t see too often!! And how did you know it would go so perfectly with that stunning Athens view?! 😉

    • WendyB says

      July 21, 2014 at 4:55 pm

      It was a surprise 🙂

  7. ali says

    July 19, 2014 at 4:28 pm

    I don’t do fashion blog anymore – but I do have some great photos from a shoot I did with a moschino tiger stripe skirt suit!

    • WendyB says

      July 21, 2014 at 4:54 pm

      Ooh, wanna see!

Primary Sidebar

MEET WENDY BRANDES

Award-winning designer of fine jewelry inspired by women's history and pop culture. A former journalist who writes about jewelry, fashion, medieval history, news, feminism, dogs, cats and whatever else is on her mind. Blogging since 2007.
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

ARCHIVES

CATEGORIES

Facebook Pagelike Widget

POPULAR TOPICS

NEWSLETTER

Subscribe for Email updates.
* indicates required

Original jewelry designs, photos and text are © Wendy Brandes 2007-2016. All rights reserved.

© 2016 · FOODIE PRO THEME COPYRIGHT BY · SHAY BOCKS GENESIS FRAMEWORK · BUILT ON THE WORDPRESS