{"id":11536,"date":"2011-07-05T00:01:47","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T04:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=11536"},"modified":"2011-08-31T20:20:59","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T00:20:59","slug":"what-wendy-wore-independence-day-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/what-wendy-wore-independence-day-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wendy Wore: Independence Day Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hope all my U.S. readers had a lovely 4th of July weekend. We visited some friends who live on a lake. For a party on Saturday night, I wore a Pucci-esque Versace dress that I&#8217;ve had since 2002 or 2003. Here&#8217;s how it looked in early 2003.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11538\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/nomi-malone-loves-versace-too\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11538\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11538\" title=\"oscars0004_r3\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/oscars0004_r3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/oscars0004_r3.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/oscars0004_r3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for previous post on this dress.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how it looked this weekend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11537\" title=\"july42011.2\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/july42011.2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/july42011.2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/july42011.2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><strong>What Wendy Wore<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Dress:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/nomi-malone-loves-versace-too\/\" target=\"_blank\">Versace<\/a> (2002 or 2003)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Shoes:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/what-wendy-wore-prada-and-the-definition-of-ubiquitous\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prada (2011)<br \/>\n<\/a><strong>Necklace:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/what-wendy-wore-prada-and-the-definition-of-ubiquitous\/\" target=\"_blank\"> My own <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Gloriana-Necklace\" target=\"_blank\">Gloriana design<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I shared the first photo in a <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/nomi-malone-loves-versace-too\/\" target=\"_blank\">2008 post I did on Versace<\/a>. I&#8217;ve left a link to that post in the comments of a number of blogs that criticized Versace as unwearable. I wonder if any of those critical bloggers are among the ones now dancing jigs over <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/fashion\/2011\/06\/versace_is_doing_an_hm_line_an.html\" target=\"_blank\">Versace&#8217;s coming H&amp;M line<\/a>. I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On Sunday night, I wore the Castelbajac sailor outfit that I got last year. Here&#8217;s how it looked last year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11539\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/what-wendy-wore-christopher-cross-and-a-cougar\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11539\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11539 \" title=\"castelbajacsail\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/castelbajacsail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/castelbajacsail.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/castelbajacsail-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how it looked on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11540\" title=\"july42011.1\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/july42011.1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/july42011.1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/july42011.1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><strong>What Wendy Wore<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Top:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/what-wendy-wore-christopher-cross-and-a-cougar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Castelbajac (2010)<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Pants:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/what-wendy-wore-nautical-for-nautica\/\" target=\"_blank\">Castelbajac (2010)<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Shoes:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/what-wendy-wore-prada-and-the-definition-of-ubiquitous\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prada (2011)<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Ring:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Juana-Peekaboo-Skull-Ring\" target=\"_blank\">My own Juana design<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On a totally unrelated note, today I&#8217;m starting work on my website to increase the prices of all gold jewelry, <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/buy-gold-and-your-investment-will-double-overnight-promise\/\" target=\"_blank\">as I&#8217;ve been warning you I would<\/a>. You have about 24 hours to try to get some last-minute deals, so buy now or forever kick yourself!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE TO SHOP.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope all my U.S. readers had a lovely 4th of July weekend. We visited some friends who live on a lake. For a party on Saturday night, I wore a Pucci-esque Versace dress that I&#8217;ve had since 2002 or 2003. Here&#8217;s how it looked in early 2003. Here&#8217;s how it looked this weekend. What&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/what-wendy-wore-independence-day-weekend\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[571,277,41,27,105,550,497],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-castelbajac-2","8":"category-outfit-post","9":"category-pictures-of-me","10":"category-prada","11":"category-versace","12":"category-vintage-wendyb-photos","13":"category-what-wendy-wore","14":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11536"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12193,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11536\/revisions\/12193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}