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What Wendy Wore: That Zandra Rhodes Dress

June 19, 2015 by WendyB

I went to a party last night and, as you might have guessed from yesterday’s post, I wore my vintage Zandra Rhodes dress/caftan.

Hair-styling goddess Julie Matos of the Warren-Tricomi salon put a lot of thought into the right ‘do for my outfit. Zandra is famous for her bright pink hair …

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… and Julie also took note of the towering hairstyles on the models in one of Zandra’s 2006 runway shows.

View image | gettyimages.com

She combined the two ideas to give me a pink updo.

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Here’s how it looked from the front.

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And here’s the full look.

zandratwirl1resizeWhat Wendy Wore
Dress: Vintage Zandra Rhodes (acquired circa 2006 at a vintage fair)
Shoes: Prada (2010)
Jewelry: My own designs
Hair: Julie Matos
Makeup: Josie Torres

My designing friend Stacy Lomman came to the party with me, wearing a corset and skirt from her own Spring 2013 collection. We were a colorful pair.

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Conventional wisdom says that gentlemen prefer blondes, but it seems to me like they’d rather think pink. I received all kinds of (polite) compliments on my hair last night. Stacy and I decided that it’s because pink is such a cheerful color. Maybe that’s why Zandra Rhodes has stuck with it so long. Pink hair: the unnatural anti-depressant!

The particular pink hairpiece I was wearing has an interesting provenance: Julie saved it from the 1992/1993 an early ’90s Chanel haute couture show that she worked on (we’re scouring YouTube to figure out what year it was). The hairpieces for the show were specially dyed to complement the clothes, and all the biggest supermodels were on the runway. I feel like my hair is famous by association!

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  1. stacy says

    June 20, 2015 at 2:14 am

    The dress is spectacular. Your hair turned out great and your makeup was stunning. Live the pink lippy and the shadow.

  2. Louise says

    June 20, 2015 at 12:41 pm

    You and Stacy both look fab!

    • WendyB says

      June 20, 2015 at 2:14 pm

      Thanks!

  3. Sheila (of Ephemera) says

    June 21, 2015 at 6:44 pm

    Ooh, I love the bright pink hairpiece – it really compliments the dress well. You and Stacy look awesome! People do like vividly unnatural hair! I love mine!

    • WendyB says

      June 21, 2015 at 9:17 pm

      You should have clued me in on that hair thing earlier! 😉

  4. HelOnWheels says

    June 22, 2015 at 11:53 am

    Look at you and Stacy looking all kinds of fabulous!! That pink lipstick is beautiful on you.

    PS – I’m in Italy and my spam word was “prosecco”! Fitting.

    • WendyB says

      June 22, 2015 at 11:43 pm

      Ooh, lucky you, to be in Italy!

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