{"id":15761,"date":"2012-05-29T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=15761"},"modified":"2012-05-29T12:37:37","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T16:37:37","slug":"what-wendy-wore-black-halo-five-peat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/what-wendy-wore-black-halo-five-peat\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wendy Wore: Black Halo Five-Peat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like Marcel the Shell&#8217;s sister Marissa, I&#8217;m traveling.<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Ta9K22D0o5Q?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"560\" height=\"315\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Ta9K22D0o5Q?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p>While packing for the trip, I thought <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/wendybs-team-colors-black-and-denim\/\" target=\"_blank\">I might need to wear something besides a black t-shirt<\/a>, so I grabbed my disco-y Black Halo top. During the 36 hours I spent in Los Angeles &#8212; we made a pit stop there to visit MrB&#8217;s grandsons &#8212; I realized that the top was one I&#8217;d worn in L.A. on four previous occasions: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/same-old-same-old\/\" target=\"_blank\">twice in 2008<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/what-wendy-wore-california-three-peat\/\" target=\"_blank\">twice<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/what-wendy-wore-the-purple-jacket-takes-los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\">2010<\/a>. I had to put it on for a photo five-peat, even though I didn&#8217;t bring the black jeans I wore with it all the other times.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15765\" title=\"4seasons22\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/4seasons22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/4seasons22.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/4seasons22-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What Wendy Wore<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Top:<\/strong> Black Halo (pre-2008)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Jeans:<\/strong> Acne (2009?)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Shoes:<\/strong> Prada (2010)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Watch:<\/strong> Hermes (<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/what-wendy-wore-meeting-susu-in-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\">2000-ish<\/a>)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Purse:<\/strong> Sonia Rykiel (<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/still-life-with-studs\/\" target=\"_blank\">2009<\/a>)<br \/>\n<strong>Facial expression:<\/strong> Deer-in-the-headlights<br \/>\n<strong>Necklace:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Hatshepsut-Locket\" target=\"_blank\">My own Hatshepsut design<\/a>, previously worn with this top in <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/same-old-same-old\/\" target=\"_blank\">2008<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know why I look so dazed in this picture. Maybe it&#8217;s because I&#8217;d just seen <em>Men in Black III<\/em> in 3D and those glasses hurt my eyes. Yeah, that&#8217;s it! Anyway, I should really try to wear this top in New York one of these days. It makes me feel all <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Studio_54\" target=\"_blank\">Studio 54<\/a>. Liza Minnelli was one of the celebrities who used to hang out at Studio 54. When I had <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/been-there-done-that\/\" target=\"_blank\">very short hair<\/a>, people often told me I looked like Liza. I don&#8217;t get that comment as much now, but <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/life-is-not-cabaret-stop-calling-me-old-chum\/\" target=\"_blank\">every few years someone says it<\/a>, so I wasn&#8217;t totally surprised when a man at the table next to us on an L.A. restaurant patio asked, &#8220;Do you know who Liza Minnelli is?&#8221; I had been peeking at him all night. He was a large man with a white beard who was wearing biker-esque clothes and a black leather top hat, kind of like a rough-trade Santa Claus. He was sharing his bread with his dog, who was bigger than a small pony.\u00a0 I said, &#8220;Yes, of course.&#8221; He said, &#8220;Has anyone ever told you &#8230;&#8221; and I said, &#8220;Oh, people have told me that I look like Liza, though not in a long time.&#8221; He said, &#8220;No, you don&#8217;t look like Liza. You&#8217;re what Liza has been trying to look like all her life.&#8221; I thanked him and he went back to his bread basket and large dog. The peculiar compliments are often the most gratifying ones, don&#8217;t you agree? <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like Marcel the Shell&#8217;s sister Marissa, I&#8217;m traveling. While packing for the trip, I thought I might need to wear something besides a black t-shirt, so I grabbed my disco-y Black Halo top. 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