{"id":12110,"date":"2011-09-22T00:01:15","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T04:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=12110"},"modified":"2013-09-23T10:27:53","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T14:27:53","slug":"this-headless-woman-wants-you-to-read-stylelist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/this-headless-woman-wants-you-to-read-stylelist\/","title":{"rendered":"This Headless Woman Wants You to Read Stylelist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After I wrote about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/wendy-brandes\/how-three-spring-trends-h_b_939241.html\" target=\"_blank\">fall&#8217;s color-blocking and snakeskin\/print trends<\/a> for the Huffington Post&#8217;s Styelist site last month, I said to myself, &#8220;Self, a trend story isn&#8217;t really a trend story without one of my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/wendy-brandes\/mullets-go-mainstream_b_894203.html\" target=\"_blank\">awesome<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/wendy-brandes\/real-women-wear-leopard-p_b_848967.html\" target=\"_blank\">blogger<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/wendy-brandes\/spring-trend-red-pants_b_842006.html\" target=\"_blank\">slideshows<\/a>.&#8221; I immediately started working on a snake-print and color-blocking slideshow. Luckily, I didn&#8217;t rush it because I got to photograph some stellar examples of both trends in person at the <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/what-wendy-wore-independent-fashion-bloggers-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\">Independent Fashion Bloggers conference<\/a> on September 7.\u00a0 Those IFB pictures &#8212; as well as bloggers&#8217; own photos &#8212; are in my latest Styelist post, which went live yesterday. Color-blocking Kuwaiti blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/ladybq8.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">LadyB<\/a> (no relation to WendyB) got so excited about it, she lost her head, as you can see below.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12274\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12274\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12274\" title=\"colorblock\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/colorblock-560x1024.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/colorblock-560x1024.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/colorblock-164x300.jpg 164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The headless color-blocking woman of Kuwait.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>LadyB is wearing a Topshop blazer, palazzo pants from Mango (she calls them her &#8220;latest addiction, quite perfect for our blazing hot summer&#8221;) and &#8212; hitting the snakeskin trend as well as color-blocking &#8212; a pair of yellow python pumps from Reiss. If LadyB had a head, she would say, &#8220;Go see the blogger slideshow on Stylelist right now!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/wendy-brandes\/how-to-wear-colorblocking_b_965424.html\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE TO READ MY POST ON STYLELIST.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whenever I do one of these blogger fashion roundups, I find a couple of great people a little too late for publication. I want to share them anyway. Here is Anika of By Anika in a snake-print H&amp;M dress that she turned into a jacket &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12597\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/byanika.com\/2011\/09\/18\/impressed-yet\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12597\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12597 \" title=\"anikasnake\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/anikasnake.jpg\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/anikasnake.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/anikasnake-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for Anika&#8217;s original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230; and Fashion and Frank in a snake-print dress. Love the hat!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12598\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fashionandfrank.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/london-fashion-week-meets-large-orange.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12598\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12598\" title=\"fashionfrank\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/fashionfrank.jpg\" width=\"365\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/fashionfrank.jpg 365w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/fashionfrank-171x300.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And check out RosiePop&#8217;s DOUBLE snake print!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12623\" style=\"width: 496px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rowenarosiepop.blogspot.com\/2011\/09\/double-snake-print.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12623\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12623  \" title=\"double-snake-print\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/double-snake-print.jpg\" width=\"486\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/double-snake-print.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/double-snake-print-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for RosiePop&#8217;s original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I keep walking by an H&amp;M store that is promoting a snake-print dress for $14.99, so if you want to get in on the Slytherin look for a low, low price, that&#8217;s the place to go. You can see more than one H&amp;M dress in action in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stylelist.com\/wendy-brandes\/how-to-wear-colorblocking_b_965424.html\" target=\"_blank\">Styelist slideshow<\/a>. Don&#8217;t forget to leave a nice comment on Stylelist for the slideshow participants, who are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christine of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mystylepill.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">My Style Pill<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Monroe of <a href=\"http:\/\/shopfashionsteelenyc.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fashion Steele NYC<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Aimee of <a href=\"http:\/\/songofstyle.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Song of Style<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jennine of <a href=\"http:\/\/the-coveted.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Coveted<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Keely of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.casualchickiki.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Casual Chic Kiki<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Alexis of <a href=\"http:\/\/northonharper.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">North on Harper<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Megan of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meganmaedaily.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Megan Mae Daily<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Megan of <a href=\"http:\/\/thefrugalistadiaries.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Frugalista Diaries<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lydia of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iamchiconthecheap.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chic on the Cheap<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vahni of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gritandglamour.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grit &amp; Glamour<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dionne of <a href=\"http:\/\/deions-ideal.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">I.D.E.A.L.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rocquelle P. of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.considermelovely.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Consider Me Lovely<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Alison of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wardrobeoxygen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wardrobe Oxygen<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lisa of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sololisa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Solo Lisa<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tanvi of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tanvii.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Fabulous Life of the Not-So-Rich and Infamous<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Brett of<a href=\"http:\/\/www.silverpooloflightgirl.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Silvergirl<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you wear a snake-print or color-block outfit in the near future, send a photo of yourself to wbjewelry at hotmail dot com, because I&#8217;ll probably do some follow-up posts here. I&#8217;m still interested in <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/mullets\/\" target=\"_blank\">mullet dresses\/skirts<\/a>, so hit me up with pictures of those too. In fact, a mullet post is coming soon, so make haste. You should also follow me on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/WendyBrandes\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, because I sometimes ask for trend-story contributions there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stylelist.com\/wendy-brandes\/how-to-wear-colorblocking_b_965424.html\" target=\"_blank\">AND REMEMBER TO READ STYLELIST!<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After I wrote about fall&#8217;s color-blocking and snakeskin\/print trends for the Huffington Post&#8217;s Styelist site last month, I said to myself, &#8220;Self, a trend story isn&#8217;t really a trend story without one of my awesome blogger slideshows.&#8221; I immediately started working on a snake-print and color-blocking slideshow. 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