{"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 &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t watch last night&#8217;s Emmys live, because I was at a concert. I sure didn&#8217;t miss anything fashion-wise. <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/my-best-dressed-at-the-emmys-emilia-clarke\/\" target=\"_blank\">I thought last year&#8217;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: <em>Downton Abbey<\/em> actress Michelle Dockery&#8217;s red-and-burgundy Prada.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22506\" style=\"width: 466px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/09\/22\/michelle-dockery-emmy-dress-2013_n_3966658.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22506\" class=\" wp-image-22506\" alt=\"65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - Arrivals\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/o-MICHELLE-570.jpg\" width=\"456\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/o-MICHELLE-570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/o-MICHELLE-570-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Huffington Post. Click for more photos.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It fit her perfectly, and I always enjoy a halter and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/wendy-brandes\/mullets-go-mainstream_b_894203.html#s303823&amp;title=Dress_by_Sass\" target=\"_blank\">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<div id=\"attachment_22507\" style=\"width: 407px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/wendy-brandes\/how-three-spring-trends-h_b_939241.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22507\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22507\" alt=\"2011-08-28-bottega\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2011-08-28-bottega.jpg\" width=\"397\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2011-08-28-bottega.jpg 397w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2011-08-28-bottega-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to read my Huffington Post story that featured this Bottega Veneta ad.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Great minds think alike when it comes to color, eh?<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/09\/22\/heidi-klum-emmy-dress_n_3968472.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment&amp;ir=Entertainment\" target=\"_blank\">Versace dress with the neck piece<\/a>, but at least it was different.) The blah parade <a href=\"http:\/\/tv.yahoo.com\/blogs\/emmys\/how-much-did-sarah-silverman-s-emmy-dress-cost-and-where-can-i-get-one--035552914.html\" target=\"_blank\">made comedian Sarah Silverman stand out in her little black dress<\/a>. Normally, I don&#8217;t care for <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/blair-pig-project-and-bbd\/\" target=\"_blank\">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<div id=\"attachment_22508\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tv.yahoo.com\/blogs\/emmys\/how-much-did-sarah-silverman-s-emmy-dress-cost-and-where-can-i-get-one--035552914.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22508\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22508\" alt=\"silverman\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/silverman.jpg\" width=\"310\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/silverman.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/silverman-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Yahoo. Click for the story.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Silverman said she got her dress for $60 online. That&#8217;s the same amount I paid on eBay for my Sex-ay Pilgrim Dress by Donald Brooks.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22509\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/i-am-not-puritan\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22509\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22509\" alt=\"cpj_2004\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/cpj_2004.jpg\" width=\"214\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/cpj_2004.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/cpj_2004-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of my full-length couture gown by Donald Brooks from 2004. Click for an earlier post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sixty is a lucky number when it comes to online shopping!<\/p>\n<p>The concert I was at last night was <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christian_Death\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Death<\/a>, aka the godfathers of Goth. The music, band outfits and audience fashion all gave me pleasant &#8217;80s flashbacks. I particularly liked the look of this Goth go-go dancer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22510\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22510\" class=\" wp-image-22510\" alt=\"gothagogo\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/gothagogo.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/gothagogo.jpg 612w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/gothagogo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/gothagogo-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Wendy Brandes.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If I had to choose between wearing her outfit and nearly any of the Emmys outfits TO the Emmys themselves, I&#8217;d go with the Goth girl, honestly. Goths have more fun. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I didn&#8217;t watch last night&#8217;s Emmys live, because I was at a concert. I sure didn&#8217;t miss anything fashion-wise. I thought last year&#8217;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&#8217;s red-and-burgundy Prada&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/my-best-dressed-at-the-emmys-ummm\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22505,"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":[387,581,534,24,596,550],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-awards-shows","8":"category-concerts","9":"category-emmys","10":"category-great-minds-think-alike","11":"category-red-carpet","12":"category-vintage-wendyb-photos","13":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22502","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=22502"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22512,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22502\/revisions\/22512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}