{"id":13868,"date":"2012-01-01T04:57:17","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T09:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=13868"},"modified":"2012-01-02T12:27:49","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T17:27:49","slug":"what-wendy-wore-gold-sequins-for-new-years-eve-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/what-wendy-wore-gold-sequins-for-new-years-eve-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wendy Wore: Gold Sequins for New Year&#8217;s Eve 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"size-full wp-image-13872\" title=\"antik3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/hope-your-new-years-eve-is-golden\/\" target=\"_blank\">The color gold was on my mind<\/a> as I got ready for New Year&#8217;s Eve. Much to my delight, it was on other people&#8217;s minds too. MrB and I gave gorgeous <a href=\"http:\/\/taffetadarlings.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">blogger<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stacylomman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">designer<\/a> Stacy Lomman a ride to our dinner at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indochinenyc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Indochine<\/a>. When Stacy turned up at our apartment wearing gold sequins that matched mine, I quickly emailed gorgeous blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/tinatheoccasionalcook.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tina Anderson<\/a>. She&#8217;d been considering wearing the gold-sequin dress that she&#8217;d worn when she and I took a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/twins\/\" target=\"_blank\">twins<\/a>&#8221; photo in Las Vegas in November. \u00a0I figured it would be fun to take a &#8220;triplets&#8221; photo.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13908\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/what-wendy-wore-golden-girls-gang-does-vegas\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13908\" class=\" wp-image-13908 \" title=\"tinawendy\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tinawendy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tinawendy.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tinawendy-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tina and WendyB in Vegas in November 2011. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Little did I know that my gorgeous friend Amanda (yes, all my friends are gorgeous, aren&#8217;t yours?) had gotten the gold-sequins memo too. We were able to take a &#8220;quadruplets&#8221; photo. Now I have the <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/what-wendy-wore-golden-girls-gang-does-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Golden Girls Gang<\/a> that I&#8217;ve dreamed of since I got my Antik Batik gold sequin dress in 2008!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13909\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13909\" class=\" wp-image-13909 \" title=\"sequins1_edited-1(1)\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/sequins1_edited-11-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/sequins1_edited-11-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/sequins1_edited-11-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/sequins1_edited-11.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Tina, Stacy, WendyB, Amanda.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While we were posing for this photo, a random dude walked by and photographed us too. I think he should frame the photo and put it on his desk at work, but maybe I&#8217;m biased.<\/p>\n<p>Two other guests got the leopard-print memo.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13910\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13910\" class=\" wp-image-13910 \" title=\"leopard\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/leopard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/leopard.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/leopard-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jen and Debra. Grrrr.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>More proof that great minds think alike!<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED WITH MORE PHOTOS:<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s at least one shot of every attendee in these photos.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13899\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13899\" class=\" wp-image-13899  \" title=\"robforblog\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/robforblog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/robforblog.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/robforblog-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alyssa, Rob and Abby.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13898\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13898\" class=\" wp-image-13898  \" title=\"jesseblog\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/jesseblog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/jesseblog.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/jesseblog-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is how Jesse would look if he won two Oscars.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13896\" style=\"width: 452px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13896\" class=\" wp-image-13896    \" title=\"nye2012wendybzang\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/nye2012wendybzang-1024x1018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/nye2012wendybzang-1024x1018.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/nye2012wendybzang-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/nye2012wendybzang-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/nye2012wendybzang.jpg 1744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13896\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Designing gentleman Zang Toi.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13894\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13894\" class=\" wp-image-13894  \" title=\"kevjenalyssa\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/kevjenalyssa-1024x816.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/kevjenalyssa-1024x816.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/kevjenalyssa-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin, Jen and Alyssa.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13913\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13913\" class=\" wp-image-13913 \" title=\"christineblog\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/christineblog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/christineblog.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/christineblog-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christine, Jennine and Rocky.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13915\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13915\" class=\" wp-image-13915  \" title=\"juliedancingedited\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/juliedancingedited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/juliedancingedited.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/juliedancingedited-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julie (who styled my hair for the evening) dancing with Jean-Marc, the owner of Indochine.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13916\" style=\"width: 421px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13916\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13916\" title=\"mrb1\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mrb1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"411\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mrb1.jpg 411w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mrb1-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MrB and WendyB.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here are a few extra shots that I happen to like.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13918\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13918\" class=\" wp-image-13918 \" title=\"nye2012stacysassy_1024\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/nye2012stacysassy_1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/nye2012stacysassy_1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/nye2012stacysassy_1024-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stacy looks sassy while secrets are shared behind her.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13920\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13920\" class=\" wp-image-13920 \" title=\"nyeshowgirls\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/nyeshowgirls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/nyeshowgirls.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/nyeshowgirls-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debra and Stacy consider new careers as Vegas showgirls.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13919\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13919\" class=\" wp-image-13919  \" title=\"nyehat\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/nyehat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/nyehat.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/nyehat-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A hat and Champagne.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And, finally, one more closeup of the Golden Girls Gang.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13917\" style=\"width: 483px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13917\" class=\" wp-image-13917   \" title=\"goldengirlcloseup\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/goldengirlcloseup.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/goldengirlcloseup.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/goldengirlcloseup-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Amanda, WendyB, Tina, Stacy.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hope all of you had a happy new year too! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The color gold was on my mind as I got ready for New Year&#8217;s Eve. Much to my delight, it was on other people&#8217;s minds too. MrB and I gave gorgeous blogger\/designer Stacy Lomman a ride to our dinner at Indochine. When Stacy turned up at our apartment wearing gold sequins that matched mine, I&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/what-wendy-wore-gold-sequins-for-new-years-eve-2012\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13869,"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":[61,128,83,24,101,507,496,277,64,41,497],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dresses","8":"category-golden-girls-gang","9":"category-gorgeous-friends","10":"category-great-minds-think-alike","11":"category-holidays","12":"category-leopard-print","13":"category-on-the-town","14":"category-outfit-post","15":"category-parties","16":"category-pictures-of-me","17":"category-what-wendy-wore","18":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13868","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=13868"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13925,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13868\/revisions\/13925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}