{"id":16261,"date":"2012-07-12T13:06:02","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T17:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=16261"},"modified":"2012-07-12T16:08:13","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T20:08:13","slug":"a-short-tight-dress-to-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/a-short-tight-dress-to-love\/","title":{"rendered":"A Short, Tight Dress to Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

After reading my “Drawing the Line” post about short bandage dresses yesterday<\/a>, the gorgeous Anne Hjortshoj <\/a>tweeted me, “They [bandage dresses] were great in 1992, i.e. the last time I wore one. Mine was Rifat Ozbek.”<\/p>\n

Ozbek was a well-known designer in the late 1980s\u00a0 through the 1990s — that period of fashion that I love so much. I periodically stalk his vintage clothes online. (Ozbek now concentrates on interior design, including beautiful cushions<\/a>.) As soon as Anne mentioned Ozbek, I got excited and did a quick search to see if any of his classic work was for sale. If this rainbow dress had been available, I would have bought it for sure, but, alas, it belongs to Anna Griffin, the editor-in-chief of Coco Eco Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Anna Griffin, as seen on Ecosalon.<\/p><\/div>\n

This is how to wear short and tight: with long sleeves, a high neck and a little room to breathe (I love that it doesn’t look painted on). Really, this dress is more about the fun colors than the wearer’s body parts. In a 2011 interview with EcoSalon, which posted the photo above, Griffin said:<\/p>\n

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“I have worn it only twice as it is an extremely memorable piece and you have to be in the right shape and frame of mind to wear it. Each time I have slipped into it I have felt like a million dollars, and being an iconic fashion statement, it draws attention and sparks conversation in any crowd.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yes, yes, yes! That’s what great fashion should do.\u00a0 To see more pictures of the dress and find out how Griffin came to acquire it, click here to go to EcoSalon<\/a>. To read more about Ozbek’s heyday, there’s a good 1996 article here<\/a>. If you want to buy me an Ozbek, there’s a fabulous jacket on 1stdibs from Ozbek’s 1998 “White Voodoo<\/a>” collection.<\/p>\n

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Feel free to get this for me. Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n

I’d take that over a bandage dress any day! Or I’d happily take this little black dress.<\/p>\n

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Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n

Oh!Em!Gee! It’s got gloves. Total conversation piece. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After reading my “Drawing the Line” post about short bandage dresses yesterday, the gorgeous Anne Hjortshoj tweeted me, “They [bandage dresses] were great in 1992, i.e. the last time I wore one. Mine was Rifat Ozbek.” Ozbek was a well-known designer in the late 1980s\u00a0 through the 1990s — that period of fashion that I…<\/p>\n

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