{"id":103,"date":"2007-08-30T10:43:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-30T17:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=103"},"modified":"2011-09-08T11:35:52","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T15:35:52","slug":"purple-and-silver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/purple-and-silver\/","title":{"rendered":"Purple and Silver"},"content":{"rendered":"

The purple-and-silver combo from The Sartorialist<\/a> that I saw on Cherry Magazine <\/a>made me think of this Ossie Clark<\/a> dress (below<\/span>). I wore it to the Factory Girl<\/a> premiere in January (I loved that movie and don’t care what anyone else thinks).<\/p>\n

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\nThe photo is unusually craptastic, but I am sharing it anyway because this is an interesting Ossie<\/a>. You don’t see a lot of his knit Mod pieces but that’s what he started with. This dress torments me because of the vintage coffee stain you can see near the hem. If I hem it above the stain, it’s too short and if I hem it below…you see the stain. I’m always changing it and I am dissatisfied either way. Out, out damned spot! Still, I’m not giving up an Ossie like this, no matter what. I don’t care if I’m 80 years old and have to tuck my saggy knees into my ankle boots. I’m wearing this sucker. Consider yourself warned.<\/p>\n

This dress also works as a Mod-girl Halloween costume when accessorized correctly. That’s an original white vinyl ’60s hat below. The boots are replicas.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Halloween 2005<\/span><\/div>\n
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Something else I wanted to mention was those silver Prada wedges I am wearing in the first photo. Those are from a few years ago … I’m guessing three or four years ago. They were in a lot of magazine editorials and I think they are a great example of the kind of “It” accessory that makes people whine, “But you can only wear them for ONE SEASON!” I mean, who says you can only wear something for one season? If we got rid of everything, there would be no vintage. I buy things I love, whether they’re “It” or not. And I don’t get rid of things because someone tells me they have an expiration date. Things like these shoes get better over time.<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/a>The backgrounds of my photos are so bad they make the American Apparel backdrops look classy. Also, I only have one pose and it’s not even a good one! I think I should switch to Beyonce’s armpit pose, just to shake things up.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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I wore the silver wedges all over Milan during Fashion Week earlier this year (once with a red vintage Sarmi dress as shown above). At every show I went to, people took pictures of my feet. One guy was polite and pretended he wanted a picture of my face after he shot my feet, but everyone else was pretty blunt: “Just the shoes, please.” I’ve never seen one of these pictures, so if you happen to notice my silver feet anywhere, please let me know.<\/div>\n
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The moral of this story is: Only buy things you love. If you love them, they will last. (And if you don’t follow my advice, please consign all your good stuff at a place where I can find it.) I’ve also got patent leather Mary Janes that I’ve had for over 10 years and a crazy pair of Patrick Cox wedges that are even older than that. And I never get rid of any of my Louis Vuitton “It bags.” Imagine the years of joy I will have if I finally get my fish feet<\/a>, as I pray I will do any day now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Thursday’s Book Club post is coming up … eventually!<\/p>\n

UPDATED TO ADD: If you like the idea of a knit Mod dress with black tights and silver shoes<\/a>, I suggest this dress by Alice + Olivia:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Available at ShopBop<\/a> for $297<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The purple-and-silver combo from The Sartorialist that I saw on Cherry Magazine made me think of this Ossie Clark dress (below). I wore it to the Factory Girl premiere in January (I loved that movie and don’t care what anyone else thinks). The photo is unusually craptastic, but I am sharing it anyway because this…<\/p>\n

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