{"id":1618,"date":"2009-07-09T19:58:06","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T23:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=1618"},"modified":"2011-08-31T23:27:04","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T03:27:04","slug":"london-day-3-de-castelbajac-and-zang-toi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/london-day-3-de-castelbajac-and-zang-toi\/","title":{"rendered":"London, Day 3: de Castelbajac and Zang Toi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I planned to go see some <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/thursday-book-club-anne-boleyn-continued\/\" target=\"_blank\">Henry teh 8<\/a> artifacts at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bl.uk\/henry\" target=\"_blank\">British Library<\/a>. When I told MrB about this, he said, &#8220;I wanted to go shopping.&#8221; Guess what I said:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;I insist on seeing Henry teh 8 artifacts.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Okay, I will go shopping!&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m no fool, so off we went to Conduit Street, because MrB had a particular desire to go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allinlondon.co.uk\/directory\/1195\/26672.php\" target=\"_blank\">Vivienne Westwood store<\/a>. Nothing there worked for me, but we discovered the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vogue.co.uk\/news\/daily\/080605-jean-charles-de-castelbajacs-new-s.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Jean-Charles de Castelbajac store<\/a> nearby and had great fun. I&#8217;m not a Disney fan but I loved trying on the Mickey Mouse shoes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1624\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1624\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1624\" title=\"mickeymouseshoes\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/mickeymouseshoes.jpg\" alt=\"de Castelbajac Mickey Mouse shoes\" width=\"300\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/mickeymouseshoes.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/mickeymouseshoes-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">de Castelbajac Mickey Mouse shoes<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We bought two things at the store but you can&#8217;t see them till I wear them. That&#8217;s the rule. In the meantime, you can enjoy a picture of a sequined dress that I took through the window.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1626\" style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1626\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1626\" title=\"castelbajacdress\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/castelbajacdress.jpg\" alt=\"I was tempted to try this on.\" width=\"385\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/castelbajacdress.jpg 385w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/castelbajacdress-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I was tempted to try this on.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the evening, we went to meet our jet-setting designer friend <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/zang-toi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zang Toi<\/a>, who was in town for an exhibit of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrisbissell.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Christopher Bissell<\/a>&#8216;s photography. I wore a teeny Zang Toi mini. Zang wore a skirt too. This is one of the few times that my skirt has been shorter than his.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1630\" style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1630\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1630\" title=\"zangwendy\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/zangwendy.jpg\" alt=\"Outside the Wellington Club\" width=\"385\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/zangwendy.jpg 385w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/zangwendy-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Outside the Wellington Club<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Christopher Bissell was so nice and obligingly posed with me and Zang&#8217;s gorgeous friend Karen. Karen was the reason we were all invited in the first place. Thanks, Karen!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1633\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1633\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1633\" title=\"bissell\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bissell.jpg\" alt=\"WendyB, Christopher Bissell, and Karen\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WendyB, Christopher Bissell, and Karen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One thing I really enjoyed about the Wellington Club was the skull-shaped mirrored disco ball.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1635\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1635\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1635\" title=\"skull\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/skull-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Disco skull.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/skull-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/skull.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Damien Hirst disco skull.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Pink-haired designer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zandrarhodes.com\/biography\/indexbiography.html\" target=\"_blank\">Zandra Rhodes<\/a> was said to be on her way when we left, but we couldn&#8217;t wait around for her because after Zang has half a Bellini he needs to be tucked into bed ASAP. But the hot gossip was that when the party was first planned, Michael Jackson was supposed to be the mega-surprise guest. He certainly would have been a bigger surprise if he turned up tonight, no? That would have been a thriller. Unfortunately, I wouldn&#8217;t have had the right <a href=\"http:\/\/www.francetoday.com\/articles\/2009\/06\/29\/castelbajac-celebrates-the-life-and-look-of-michael-jackson.html\" target=\"_blank\">Castelbajac dress <\/a>on for the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED TO ADD: In case you didn&#8217;t see gorgeous Karen&#8217;s report about the disco skull and other things in the comment section, here they are: &#8220;That was a Damien Hurst skull. There was that crazy Hurst wallpaper there at 4000 pounds\/sq meter and a few paintings, too. Some of Christopher\u2019s models showed up after you left and James Cosmo and UK shock jock James Whale gave a speech. There\u2019s a lovely shot of the pink-haired Zandra on CB\u2019s site, and I think the photos of her sold last night, too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED AGAIN TO ADD: Karen and friends report that <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Damien_Hirst\" target=\"_blank\">Damien Hirst<\/a> himself was there all night and we managed to NOT meet him. Could be worse. It&#8217;s not like seeing<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/london-day-4-henry-viii-and-hamlet\" target=\"_blank\"> Hamlet<\/a> in the theater and failing to realize Jude Law was the star of the show or something! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I planned to go see some Henry teh 8 artifacts at the British Library. When I told MrB about this, he said, &#8220;I wanted to go shopping.&#8221; Guess what I said: &#8220;I insist on seeing Henry teh 8 artifacts.&#8221; &#8220;Okay, I will go shopping!&#8221; I&#8217;m no fool, so off we went to Conduit Street,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/london-day-3-de-castelbajac-and-zang-toi\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[571,10,65,61,83,41,31,122,121,9,66],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1618","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-castelbajac-2","8":"category-celebrities","9":"category-designers","10":"category-dresses","11":"category-gorgeous-friends","12":"category-pictures-of-me","13":"category-shoes","14":"category-skirts","15":"category-stores","16":"category-travel","17":"category-zang-toi","18":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618","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=1618"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12204,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618\/revisions\/12204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}