{"id":2417,"date":"2009-09-22T09:52:27","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T13:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=2417"},"modified":"2009-09-25T14:40:32","modified_gmt":"2009-09-25T18:40:32","slug":"ebay-pick-of-the-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/ebay-pick-of-the-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"eBay Pick of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m mad about this leather jacket by Jean Claude Jitrois. It&#8217;s got everything: unusual colors, an asymmetrical zipper, a belt, lacing on the sides and a big ol&#8217; horse (with jockey) on the front. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=370263564471&amp;ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to see all the pictures on eBay. If you bid, don&#8217;t forget to <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/snipe-dammit\/\" target=\"_blank\">snipe<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2419\" style=\"width: 359px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;item=370263564471&amp;ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2419\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2419\" title=\"jacket1\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/jacket1.jpg\" alt=\"Click for more info.\" width=\"349\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/jacket1.jpg 349w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/jacket1-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2419\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for more info.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The jacket reminds me of Stella McCartney&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.style.com\/fashionshows\/review\/S2001RTW-CHLOE\" target=\"_blank\">Spring 2001 collection for Chloe<\/a>, which had a number of equine-themed pieces. But if you see Stella, don&#8217;t tell I her I said that because leather gets her all riled up.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing about leather that gets me riled up (in a good way) is the idea of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefashioninsider.com\/articles\/331.html?lang=FR&amp;meta=Fashion_News_EN_JEAN_CLAUDE_JITROIS_LAUNCHES_FIRST_WASHABLE_STRETCH_LEATHER_JEANS-\" target=\"_blank\">washable stretch leather jeans<\/a>, which is something Jean Claude Jitrois is now selling. I don&#8217;t know why that should thrill me so much since I rarely wash my jeans anyway (hey, it hurts them!) but I like the sound of it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2420\" style=\"width: 351px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefashioninsider.com\/articles\/331.html?lang=FR&amp;meta=Fashion_News_EN_JEAN_CLAUDE_JITROIS_LAUNCHES_FIRST_WASHABLE_STRETCH_LEATHER_JEANS-\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2420\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2420 \" title=\"photo_0_76e223a319f8a0b9a45b9691c04adc44\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/photo_0_76e223a319f8a0b9a45b9691c04adc44.jpg\" alt=\"Washable stretch jeans by Jitrois\" width=\"341\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/photo_0_76e223a319f8a0b9a45b9691c04adc44.jpg 569w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/photo_0_76e223a319f8a0b9a45b9691c04adc44-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Washable stretch jeans by Jitrois<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Speaking of leather pants, I&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/best-wishes-to-soon-to-be-bride\/\" target=\"_blank\">previously mentioned<\/a> that at my wedding, I changed out of my Richard Tyler wedding gown late in the evening and into custom-made white leather hip huggers and a matching halter top. I&#8217;ll post a picture of that one of these days.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED TO ADD: I found a vintage dress to match the jacket. This Mr. Blackwell dress is $275 at Vintageous.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2449\" style=\"width: 238px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vintageous.com\/v5607.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2449\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2449\" title=\"v5607\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/v5607.jpg\" alt=\"Click to shop.\" width=\"228\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/v5607.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/v5607-95x300.jpg 95w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here are my previous posts about Mr. Blackwell:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/getting-hitched\/\" target=\"_blank\">Getting Hitched?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/remembering-mr-blackwell\/\" target=\"_blank\">Remembering Mr. Blackwell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/mr-blackwell-part-iii\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Blackwell, Part III<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m mad about this leather jacket by Jean Claude Jitrois. It&#8217;s got everything: unusual colors, an asymmetrical zipper, a belt, lacing on the sides and a big ol&#8217; horse (with jockey) on the front. Click here to see all the pictures on eBay. If you bid, don&#8217;t forget to snipe! The jacket reminds me of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/ebay-pick-of-the-day-2\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2418,"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":[65,126,71,72,40,129],"tags":[243,246],"class_list":{"0":"post-2417","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-designers","8":"category-ebay","9":"category-jackets","10":"category-leather","11":"category-vintage","12":"category-vintage-designers","13":"tag-jean-claude-jitrois","14":"tag-mr-blackwell","15":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417","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=2417"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2450,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417\/revisions\/2450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}