{"id":22465,"date":"2013-09-16T16:34:15","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T20:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=22465"},"modified":"2019-11-01T11:35:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T15:35:06","slug":"what-wendy-wore-end-of-summer-dressing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/what-wendy-wore-end-of-summer-dressing\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wendy Wore: End of Summer Dressing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My designing friend Zang Toi showed his Spring 2014 &#8220;Ballet Babe&#8221; collection at Lincoln Center last week. A real ballet babe &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abt.org\/dancers\/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=158\" target=\"_blank\">American Ballet Theatre principal Cory Stearns<\/a> &#8212; got the show started.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kOQSCoqpAZk\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the final walk of the show, followed by Zang&#8217;s bow. (You can hear the couple sitting to my left discussing which dresses they like and why the models weren&#8217;t smiling.)<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A4LRbrUdWIM\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite models, <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/kirstie-alley-and-georgie-badiel-rock-zang-tois-show\/\" target=\"_blank\">Georgie Badiel<\/a>, wore an ethereal blue gown. Georgie brings out the drama in a gown like no one else.<\/p>\n<p><center><a id='jC_I_H2qRfdq73HcUBPkRA' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/180254648' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'jC_I_H2qRfdq73HcUBPkRA',sig:'r5sQPcl1TQjwY4FmH96NyWPQF4q_Vnqdm6BFgubwnl4=',w:'395px',h:'594px',items:'180254648',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I was saving <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/what-wendy-wore-mermaid-style-by-zang-toi\/\" target=\"_blank\">my latest and greatest Zang outfit for his showroom party two days<\/a> later, so I had to wear a non-Zang look to Zang&#8217;s show. At least that gave me an excuse to put on my new JC de Castelbajac dress one last time before summer&#8217;s end.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22467\" alt=\"castelbajac for zang show resize\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/castelbajac-for-zang-show-resize1.jpg\" width=\"498\" height=\"775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/castelbajac-for-zang-show-resize1.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/castelbajac-for-zang-show-resize1-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><strong>What Wendy Wore<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Dress:<\/strong> JC de Castelbajac (<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/what-wendy-wore-new-castelbajac-dress-in-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\">2013<\/a>)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Shoes:<\/strong> Prada (2010)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Purse:<\/strong> Prada (<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/ladies-who-lunch-with-prada-bags\/\" target=\"_blank\">2007<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I was still in the &#8220;let&#8217;s wear all the summer dresses!&#8221; mood the following night too, so I wore <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/what-wendy-wore-red-lips-for-our-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\">last year&#8217;s favorite dress <\/a>to dinner with friends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22468\" alt=\"pradakissdressresize\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pradakissdressresize.jpg\" width=\"498\" height=\"908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pradakissdressresize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/pradakissdressresize-164x300.jpg 164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><strong>What Wendy Wore:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Dress:<\/strong> Prada (2012)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Shoes and purse:<\/strong> Prada, same as in previous photo.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There are a few more summer dresses I&#8217;d like to wear again before the weather really changes and I have to get the winter coats out of storage. I guess I better make some social plans for this week! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My designing friend Zang Toi showed his Spring 2014 &#8220;Ballet Babe&#8221; collection at Lincoln Center last week. A real ballet babe &#8212; American Ballet Theatre principal Cory Stearns &#8212; got the show started. Here&#8217;s the final walk of the show, followed by Zang&#8217;s bow. (You can hear the couple sitting to my left discussing which&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/what-wendy-wore-end-of-summer-dressing\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[565,277,41,497,66],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22465","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fashion-shows","8":"category-outfit-post","9":"category-pictures-of-me","10":"category-what-wendy-wore","11":"category-zang-toi","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22465","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=22465"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43947,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22465\/revisions\/43947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}