{"id":16867,"date":"2012-09-05T22:04:57","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T02:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=16867"},"modified":"2012-09-05T22:12:06","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T02:12:06","slug":"what-wendy-wore-revolving-door-of-clothes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/what-wendy-wore-revolving-door-of-clothes\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wendy Wore: Revolving Door of Clothes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m happy to wear the same pair of jeans for weeks on end, but today I changed outfits like a D-list celebrity attending New York Fashion Week for the first time. I started out in the red peplum dress made for me earlier this year<\/a> by designer<\/a>\/blogger<\/a> Stacy Lomman. I like to wear that one for special events<\/a>, so it was perfect for taking part in the Journalism vs. Blogging panel at the Independent Fashion Bloggers’<\/a> conference.<\/p>\n

\"\"What Wendy Wore<\/strong>
\nDress:<\/strong> Stacy Lomman (2012)<\/em>
\n Shoes:<\/strong> Prada (2010)<\/em>
\n Purse:<\/strong> Prada (2010<\/a>)<\/em>
\n Left-hand rings:<\/strong> Swear rings by WENDYB by Wendy Brandes<\/a><\/em>
\n Obscured necklace:<\/strong> Isabella Wolf-Fang necklace by Wendy Brandes<\/a><\/em>
\n Green plastic wristband:<\/strong> Courtesy IFB organizers<\/em><\/p>\n

Jennine Jacob<\/a>, the founder of IFB, loves helpful numbers so I volunteered one at the panel. If you’re a blogger who cares more about writing than photography — like me — but you’re worried about your posts running too long, aim for 800 words. You can certainly write longer, (and I have) but the clarity of your post will often benefit from paring away excess.\u00a0 Got something that absolutely can’t be cut? Consider making it into multiple posts. I do that with my history posts, such as my three-part Empress Matilda piece<\/a>. I figure there’s only so much history that blog readers can tolerate in one sitting.<\/p>\n

After IFB, I ran home to change into jeans and a t-shirt so I could take care of jewelry-related work and get a trim from hair guru Keith Carpenter<\/a>. I had a haircut five weeks ago, but I got a keratin treatment from my other hair guru<\/a>, Julie Matos, more recently. Keith has ordered that any straightening process must be followed by a trim so that the haircut works with the texture of the hair. The timing wasn’t too onerous as a one-time thing. In the ’90s, when I had a pixie ‘do<\/a>, I regularly got my hair cut every four weeks; I don’t have energy for that now! I didn’t get to take an outfit picture, which I regret because I wore my nautical Castelbajac wedges<\/a> and a t-shirt that wasn’t black<\/a>. You’ll have to take my word for it.<\/p>\n

Then I ran home again to change for an event hosted by Town & Country<\/a>. I had walked several blocks in the rain after IFB and, despite an umbrella, Stacy’s dress was rumpled, so I put on the dress I wore for my July anniversary dinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"What Wendy Wore<\/strong>
\nDress:<\/strong> Prada (2012<\/a>)<\/em>
\n Shoes:<\/strong> Prada (2011)<\/em>
\n Purse:<\/strong> Prada (2007<\/a>)<\/em>
\nHair:<\/strong> A little fluffier and a little shorter<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve been a wire-service journalist, a newspaper journalist, a television journalist, an online journalist, the managing editor of websites at an investment bank, a jewelry designer and a blogger. I think my next job should be “paper doll” because of the impressive consistency of my posing<\/a>. Maybe I won’t take new photos for outfit posts anymore; I’ll just use a single image of me and Photoshop a picture of various looks over it. No one would know the difference. Seriously! Look at this photo taken in London this June.<\/p>\n

\"\"What Wendy Wore<\/strong>
\nDress:<\/strong> Chris Benz (2012)<\/em>
\n Shoes:<\/strong> Prada (2010)<\/em>
\nHair:<\/strong> Flat ironed<\/em>
\n Union Jacks sprouting from head:<\/strong> Poor photo setup<\/em>, not a hat.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’d need a “both hands on hips<\/a>” WendyB paper doll too. The photo below was taken this summer after a dinner with friends.<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/em>\"\"What Wendy Wore<\/strong>
\nDress:<\/strong> Balenciaga (2010<\/a>)<\/em>
\nShoes:<\/strong> Prada (2010)<\/em>
\nHard-to-See Purse:<\/strong> Prada (2007)<\/em>
\nHair:<\/strong> Longest in recent memory<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I’ll need a few paper wig-hats<\/a> to reflect the slight variations in hair, but the shoes I’m wearing in three of the four photos here might as well be attached to the doll. Good idea, right? I better hurry up and get a trademark for the WendyB paper doll before we all see a knockoff me being sold in Topshop<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Wordcount: 630, including captions.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I’m happy to wear the same pair of jeans for weeks on end, but today I changed outfits like a D-list celebrity attending New York Fashion Week for the first time. I started out in the red peplum dress made for me earlier this year by designer\/blogger Stacy Lomman. I like to wear that one…<\/p>\n

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