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Wish List: Totally Impractical Vintage Tulle Skirt

March 30, 2015 by WendyB

Surely I need this vintage, pink, tulle, mullet skirt for something, right?

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$1,450 via 1stdibs.com. Click to purchase.

Maybe it’s time for me to fulfill my ambitions of recreating Pat Benatar’s 1983 “Love Is a Battlefield” video. The skirt would fit right in.

This video has so much hilarity in it, but my favorite bit is at the beginning when Pat is running away from home. After a confrontation with her angry father (“If you leave this house now, you can just forget about coming back!”) and anxious mother, Pat looks up to see her beloved younger brother gazing at her through the window. Pat is playing a teenager, but she looks to be about 30 — which she was when this was shot — so I like to think she’s saying goodbye to her son. Wait! Maybe he’s her brother AND her son! It’s Chinatown in a music video! No wonder that dad is so bent out of shape.

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  1. Patti says

    March 30, 2015 at 8:11 am

    Get it! I can see you wearing it, anywhere! xo

    • WendyB says

      March 31, 2015 at 7:31 pm

      First find me a top to wear with it 😀

      • HelOnWheels says

        April 1, 2015 at 11:38 am

        You wear with a plain tee or button-down! To go grocery shopping!

      • WendyB says

        April 1, 2015 at 4:52 pm

        Everything good should be worn to the supermarket! http://wendybrandes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/allansuzi.jpg

  2. Megan Gann says

    April 1, 2015 at 5:59 pm

    YOU NEED IT!

    If I can see anyone wearing it out, it’d be you!

    • WendyB says

      April 1, 2015 at 11:55 pm

      I need it in all colors too! 😀

  3. Jacqueline Zenn says

    April 2, 2015 at 10:34 am

    Get it, and wear it with a leather jacket and white t-shirt. And a pair of awesome heels.

    • WendyB says

      April 2, 2015 at 10:23 pm

      You’re killing me! I want it so bad!

  4. Deni says

    April 3, 2015 at 12:29 am

    Just discovered this blog and am totally in love with it. We must be twins from another place Wendy, because you have hit the nail on the head with this one. I so would wear that skirt and anywhere I wanted to! Hot pink would look good on you – just rip a t-shirt in a few strategic places and you are good to go.

    • WendyB says

      April 3, 2015 at 11:02 pm

      I swear, I’m going to wind up buying that skirt! :-O

  5. Stacy says

    April 3, 2015 at 11:04 am

    since when do you care about practicality?

    • WendyB says

      April 3, 2015 at 11:00 pm

      Um … never?

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