{"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":"

Like Marcel the Shell’s sister Marissa, I’m traveling.<\/p>\n

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While packing for the trip, I thought 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 — we made a pit stop there to visit MrB’s grandsons — I realized that the top was one I’d worn in L.A. on four previous occasions: twice in 2008<\/a> and twice<\/a> in 2010<\/a>. I had to put it on for a photo five-peat, even though I didn’t bring the black jeans I wore with it all the other times.<\/p>\n

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What Wendy Wore<\/strong>
\nTop:<\/strong> Black Halo (pre-2008)<\/em>
\nJeans:<\/strong> Acne (2009?)<\/em>
\nShoes:<\/strong> Prada (2010)<\/em>
\nWatch:<\/strong> Hermes (2000-ish<\/a>)<\/em>
\nPurse:<\/strong> Sonia Rykiel (2009<\/a>)
\nFacial expression:<\/strong> Deer-in-the-headlights
\nNecklace:<\/strong> My own Hatshepsut design<\/a>, previously worn with this top in 2008<\/a>.
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I don’t know why I look so dazed in this picture. Maybe it’s because I’d just seen Men in Black III<\/em> in 3D and those glasses hurt my eyes. Yeah, that’s it! Anyway, I should really try to wear this top in New York one of these days. It makes me feel all Studio 54<\/a>. Liza Minnelli was one of the celebrities who used to hang out at Studio 54. When I had very short hair<\/a>, people often told me I looked like Liza. I don’t get that comment as much now, but every few years someone says it<\/a>, so I wasn’t totally surprised when a man at the table next to us on an L.A. restaurant patio asked, “Do you know who Liza Minnelli is?” 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, “Yes, of course.” He said, “Has anyone ever told you …” and I said, “Oh, people have told me that I look like Liza, though not in a long time.” He said, “No, you don’t look like Liza. You’re what Liza has been trying to look like all her life.” I thanked him and he went back to his bread basket and large dog. The peculiar compliments are often the most gratifying ones, don’t you agree? <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Like Marcel the Shell’s sister Marissa, I’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. During the 36 hours I spent in Los Angeles — we made a pit stop there to visit MrB’s grandsons — I…<\/p>\n

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