{"id":14877,"date":"2012-03-22T00:59:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T04:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=14877"},"modified":"2012-03-22T01:17:27","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T05:17:27","slug":"shopping-my-closet-in-a-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/shopping-my-closet-in-a-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Shopping My Closet, in a Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every so often, I check out the vintage fashion listed on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">1stdibs.com<\/a>.\u00a0 This time I felt like I&#8217;d gone shopping without spending any money. First, I noticed this tie-dyed, velvet <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/todd-oldham-flashback\/\" target=\"_blank\">Todd Oldham<\/a> dress from the 1990s. It&#8217;s being sold by my gorgeous friend <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/meet-cherie-of-shrimpton-couture\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cherie of Shrimpton Couture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14933\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fashion.1stdibs.com\/avl_item_detail.php?id=58719\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14933\" class=\" wp-image-14933 \" title=\"oldham\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/oldham.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/oldham.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/oldham-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/oldham-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">$950. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After a moment, I realized why I liked this dress so much. I already have the skirt version.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14934\" style=\"width: 303px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/outfit-post-almost-starring-jude-and-sienna\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14934\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14934\" title=\"oldhamedit\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/oldhamedit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/oldhamedit.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/oldhamedit-152x300.jpg 152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for my original 2009 post about my Todd Oldham skirt.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s kind of a relief to know my taste hasn&#8217;t changed. I felt the same way at a dinner recently when a friend brought up something I said to her about men when we first met 14 years ago. While she told the story in a long and winding way, the suspense was killing me. I was sure I was going to be mortified by whatever I&#8217;d blurted out when I was young(er) and dumb(er). When she finally got to the punchline, I said, &#8220;Oh, I absolutely stand by that opinion.&#8221; I was happy I didn&#8217;t have to disown my 1998 self,\u00a0 at least not for that particular incident. (Despite that, I&#8217;m not going to tell you what I originally said.)<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the second item that I noticed on 1stdibs.com was a pinstriped Jean Paul Gaultier pantsuit, which has been sold.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14935\" style=\"width: 471px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fashion.1stdibs.com\/avl_item_detail.php?id=59337\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14935\" class=\" wp-image-14935 \" title=\"gaultier\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gaultier.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gaultier.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gaultier-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gaultier-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for more information.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My Gaultier pantsuit is from a later collection.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14938\" style=\"width: 453px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14938\" class=\" wp-image-14938 \" title=\"gaultiersuit\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gaultiersuit1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gaultiersuit1.jpg 554w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gaultiersuit1-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I can&#39;t find any pictures of me wearing this.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s fun to see what Gaultier has done over the years to liven up suits. I felt quite daring wearing my suit when <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/in-news-lehman-brothers\/\" target=\"_blank\">I worked at Lehman Brothers<\/a>. Yes, that&#8217;s what passed for radical there. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every so often, I check out the vintage fashion listed on 1stdibs.com.\u00a0 This time I felt like I&#8217;d gone shopping without spending any money. First, I noticed this tie-dyed, velvet Todd Oldham dress from the 1990s. It&#8217;s being sold by my gorgeous friend Cherie of Shrimpton Couture. After a moment, I realized why I liked&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/shopping-my-closet-in-a-way\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14933,"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":[61,122,113,40],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dresses","8":"category-skirts","9":"category-suits","10":"category-vintage","11":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14877","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=14877"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14943,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14877\/revisions\/14943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}