{"id":2093,"date":"2009-08-20T22:03:10","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T02:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=2093"},"modified":"2009-08-21T12:45:14","modified_gmt":"2009-08-21T16:45:14","slug":"runway-to-bloggers-night-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/runway-to-bloggers-night-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Runway to Bloggers&#8217; Night Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve always liked the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com\/category\/blog-features\/runway-to-red-carpet\/?x=13&amp;y=12\" target=\"_blank\">runway to red carpet<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com\/category\/blog-features\/runway-to-editorial\/?x=30&amp;y=17\" target=\"_blank\">editorial<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com\/category\/blog-features\/runway-to-music-video\/?x=33&amp;y=5\" target=\"_blank\">music video<\/a>&#8221; posts &#8212; with side-by-side comparisons of a dress on the runway and real life &#8212; that beauteous blogger Fashion Critic does at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Carpet Fashion Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last month&#8217;s &#8220;runway to red carpet&#8221; post on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com\/2009\/07\/27\/design-care-benefit-for-hollyrod-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman<\/a> jumped out at me.A\u00a0 Fashion Critic wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em> &#8220;Many of you have campaigned long and hard for this moment, and you finally have your wish.A\u00a0 The gorgeous Georgina Chapman modifying her runway designs. Your complaints were that as a designer she should be setting herself apart from clients like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com\/2009\/05\/04\/who-wore-marchesa-better-thandie-newton-or-georgina-chapman\/\">Thandie Newton<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com\/2009\/06\/19\/who-wore-marchesa-better-jennifer-morrison-or-georgina-chapman\/\">Jennifer Morrison<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcarpet-fashionawards.com\/2009\/06\/23\/who-wore-marchesa-better-miley-cyrus-or-georgina-chapman\/\">Miley Cyrus<\/a>&#8230;&#8221; <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My second reaction to the people anxiously anticipating a customized moment with Georgina was, &#8220;Huh?&#8221; (My initial reaction was, &#8220;Who the hell would spend time thinking about that?&#8221;) As a jewelry designer, I&#8217;ve learned that clients are most interested in the pieces they see me wearing. If it&#8217;s a one-of-a-kind piece that I&#8217;m not selling, they&#8217;re disappointed. So, in my opinion, a designer is probably best off wearing exactly what&#8217;s available to the customer, rather than &#8220;setting herself apart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That said, I&#8217;m not a clothing designer and I do love to <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/ch-ch-ch-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\">alter my clothes<\/a> with the help of <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/ive-seen-ghost-tailor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jean at Ghost Tailor<\/a>.A\u00a0 Here I am, a little <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usingenglish.com\/reference\/idioms\/worse+for+wear.html\" target=\"_blank\">worse for wear<\/a>, in my customized <a href=\"http:\/\/francisnewyork.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_self\">Francis<\/a> dress after my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/california-here-i-come\/\" target=\"_blank\">bloggers&#8217; night out<\/a> in L.A. From one-sleeved to sleeveless!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_2094\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 441px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2120\" title=\"zigzagrunwayrealway3\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/zigzagrunwayrealway3.jpg\" alt=\"zigzagrunwayrealway3\" width=\"431\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/zigzagrunwayrealway3.jpg 431w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/zigzagrunwayrealway3-250x300.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/> <\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I had a great time with all the blogging <a href=\"http:\/\/francisnewyork.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/holla-at-me-francis-buying-wimmins\/\" target=\"_blank\">wimmins<\/a> over dinner at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palermorestaurant.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Palermo<\/a>.A\u00a0 I&#8217;d like to share a group photo now but I&#8217;m having technical difficulties. Come back tomorrow!<\/p>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve always liked the &#8220;runway to red carpet\/editorial\/music video&#8221; posts &#8212; with side-by-side comparisons of a dress on the runway and real life &#8212; that beauteous blogger Fashion Critic does at Red Carpet Fashion Awards. Last month&#8217;s &#8220;runway to red carpet&#8221; post on Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman jumped out at me.A\u00a0 Fashion Critic wrote: &#8220;Many&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/runway-to-bloggers-night-out\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2094,"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":[12,81,61,41],"tags":[677,218],"class_list":{"0":"post-2093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blogs-and-bloggers","8":"category-christian-francis-roth","9":"category-dresses","10":"category-pictures-of-me","11":"tag-christian-francis-roth","12":"tag-georgina-chapman","13":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093","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=2093"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2122,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093\/revisions\/2122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}