{"id":13223,"date":"2011-11-14T00:01:39","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T05:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=13223"},"modified":"2011-11-13T22:23:36","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T03:23:36","slug":"nicholas-kirkwood-should-read-my-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/nicholas-kirkwood-should-read-my-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicholas Kirkwood Should Read My Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Demure is back for fall and spring, declared Christina Binkley in “The Real Housewives<\/a>,” the lead story in the Off Duty section of the weekend’s Wall Street Journal. “The most startling thing about women’s fashion right right now is how perfectly not-startling it is,” Binkley wrote. “June Cleaver would approve: skirts swish about the shins, necklines are coy and heels are slim and ladylike.”<\/p>\n

The story said that even Nicholas Kirkwood, the British shoe designer known for shoes that look like weapons, has traded details like brass spikes for flowers.<\/p>\n

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From 2010: Spiked Nicholas Kirkwood x Rodarte shoes. Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n

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For Spring 2012: Kirkwood's Floral Sketch Slingback. From Fashionologie. Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n

Binkley wrote of Kirkwood:<\/p>\n

“He once pledged to never, ever ‘plonk’ a bow on a shoe. For spring, he has placed a crisp satin bow on a heel strap. ‘Never say never,’ he sighed.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Poor Kirkwood! If he had read my blog, he would have known that committing to “never” is the same as saying “definitely.” Why? Because Never is the Next New Thing\u2122<\/a>! It’s the nature of fashion to turn the despised into the desired.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, I am gripped by the fear that this trend will somehow manifest itself on Jersey Shore<\/em><\/a>. What if Snooki learns to cover her cuca<\/a>? What if Deena stops dancing her “underwears<\/a>” off? Whatever you do, don’t say that such unlkely things can “never” happen — a demure Jersey Shore<\/em> is a sign of impending apocalypse! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Demure is back for fall and spring, declared Christina Binkley in “The Real Housewives,” the lead story in the Off Duty section of the weekend’s Wall Street Journal. “The most startling thing about women’s fashion right right now is how perfectly not-startling it is,” Binkley wrote. “June Cleaver would approve: skirts swish about the shins,…<\/p>\n

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