{"id":22502,"date":"2013-09-23T10:55:34","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T14:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=22502"},"modified":"2013-09-23T10:57:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T14:57:18","slug":"my-best-dressed-at-the-emmys-ummm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/my-best-dressed-at-the-emmys-ummm\/","title":{"rendered":"My Best Dressed at the Emmys: Ummm …"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t watch last night’s Emmys live, because I was at a concert. I sure didn’t miss anything fashion-wise. I thought last year’s Emmys were uninspiring from a style perspective<\/a>, but this year was even worse. There was exactly one gown that I would want to wear myself: Downton Abbey<\/em> actress Michelle Dockery’s red-and-burgundy Prada.<\/p>\n

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Courtesy Huffington Post. Click for more photos.<\/p><\/div>\n

It fit her perfectly, and I always enjoy a halter and a high\/low hemline<\/a>. But what I liked most of all is that the color combination reminded me of a 2011 Bottega Veneta look that I still covet.<\/p>\n

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Click to read my Huffington Post story that featured this Bottega Veneta ad.<\/p><\/div>\n

Great minds think alike when it comes to color, eh?<\/p>\n

Nearly everything else on the red carpet looked either very plain or mother-of-the-bride to me. (A lot of people criticized Heidi Klum’s Versace dress with the neck piece<\/a>, but at least it was different.) The blah parade made comedian Sarah Silverman stand out in her little black dress<\/a>. Normally, I don’t care for a little black dress at a big event<\/a>, but when so many other people look like mermaids or cupcakes, a bit of contrast really works, especially when paired with dark hair and fierce shoes.<\/p>\n

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Courtesy Yahoo. Click for the story.<\/p><\/div>\n

Silverman said she got her dress for $60 online. That’s the same amount I paid on eBay for my Sex-ay Pilgrim Dress by Donald Brooks.<\/p>\n

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Photo of my full-length couture gown by Donald Brooks from 2004. Click for an earlier post.<\/p><\/div>\n

Sixty is a lucky number when it comes to online shopping!<\/p>\n

The concert I was at last night was Christian Death<\/a>, aka the godfathers of Goth. The music, band outfits and audience fashion all gave me pleasant ’80s flashbacks. I particularly liked the look of this Goth go-go dancer.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Wendy Brandes.<\/p><\/div>\n

If I had to choose between wearing her outfit and nearly any of the Emmys outfits TO the Emmys themselves, I’d go with the Goth girl, honestly. Goths have more fun. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I didn’t watch last night’s Emmys live, because I was at a concert. I sure didn’t miss anything fashion-wise. I thought last year’s Emmys were uninspiring from a style perspective, but this year was even worse. There was exactly one gown that I would want to wear myself: Downton Abbey actress Michelle Dockery’s red-and-burgundy Prada….<\/p>\n

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