{"id":20584,"date":"2013-05-09T02:50:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T06:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=20584"},"modified":"2013-05-09T02:50:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T06:50:52","slug":"throwback-thursday-program-from-82-dress-from-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/throwback-thursday-program-from-82-dress-from-89\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Program From ’82, Dress From ’89"},"content":{"rendered":"

In yesterday’s post<\/a>, I mentioned that my parents are moving out of my childhood home in New Jersey. They’re clearing out all their old stuff, so I visited last weekend to take a look around. I couldn’t believe some of the things I found! Just last month I was trying to figure out when I’d gone to my first concert, which was Journey at the Brendan Byrne Arena<\/a>. I thought it might have been May 1983. But, according to the program that I had in a pile of papers all these years, the show was in May 1982, when I was 14. And, because we’re all obsessed with punk<\/a> this week thanks to the Met Gala<\/a>, it’s fun to see who was playing at Asbury Park a few weeks after my concert: The Clash<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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The only other program I found was this one.<\/p>\n

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As I feared, all my ’80s concert t-shirts were gone. That idiotic closet-purging rule<\/a> caused me to chuck all those while I was still in college, but I was praying for a survivor or two. I had such good concert shirts: Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Wham and a whole wardrobe of Duran Duran. Check out the way I layered and belted this one from 1984. Also, that eye makeup!<\/p>\n

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That’s some major eyeliner.<\/p><\/div>\n

The only major piece of clothing I found was the black cocktail dress I wore to my 1989 college graduation party. I am pretty sure it was from Hartly Fashions in Westwood, N.J.<\/a> Here I am wearing it back in the day.<\/p>\n

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Celebrating my college graduation in 1989.<\/p><\/div>\n

Naturally, I had to find out if I could still squeeze into it. The answer: barely. I am proud to say that I managed to zip it all the way, with help from the family.<\/p>\n

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Same dress in 2013. Can’t … breathe ….<\/p><\/div>\n

It was really only super-tight at the top, so I’m going to see if Jean from Ghost Tailor<\/a> can let it out. I think this dress would be fabulous with over-the-knee boots<\/a>, a denim jacket and lots of gold necklaces.<\/p>\n

Even before I started looking through my personal memorabilia and reflecting on the punk-themed Met Gala, I was getting inspiration from the ’80s. (That’s why I’ve been adding more and more single earrings to my jewelry line<\/a>.)\u00a0 In particular, I’ve been reminiscing\u00a0 about one of my favorite stores from my high-school days: Trash and Vaudeville.<\/a> It’s still on St. Mark’s Place and for months, I’ve been telling my designing friend Stacy Lomman — also a Trash and Vaudeville fan from way back — that we have to go back there and take a look around. When Wall Street Journal style columnist Christina Binkley<\/a> asked her Twitter followers earlier this week what they’d wear to the Met Gala if they could wear any designer, I didn’t waste a moment contemplating couture.<\/p>\n

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So I’m really excited that today’s New York Times has a story on Trash and Vaudeville by William Van Meter called “The Shop That Punk Built.<\/a>”\u00a0 There are some great anecdotes about customers like the Ramones and Tommy Hilfiger, as well as owner Ray Goodman and manager\/buyer Jimmy Webb, who is described as a “punk of a certain age.”\u00a0 I would love to be described that way! But, as I told my family many times, I wasn’t punk; I was New Wave. Big difference. Anyway, I’m glad to see the 38-year-old store getting its due (again). And I still need to go there. I’m not as young as I was, but I have more spending money than I did, so it should be even more fun for me now! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In yesterday’s post, I mentioned that my parents are moving out of my childhood home in New Jersey. They’re clearing out all their old stuff, so I visited last weekend to take a look around. I couldn’t believe some of the things I found! Just last month I was trying to figure out when I’d…<\/p>\n

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