{"id":24482,"date":"2014-02-18T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=24482"},"modified":"2014-02-17T20:59:54","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T01:59:54","slug":"what-wendy-wore-zang-tois-fall-2014-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/what-wendy-wore-zang-tois-fall-2014-show\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wendy Wore: Zang Toi’s Fall 2014 Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

My designing friend Zang Toi<\/a> (pronounced “Toy”) presented his Fall 2014 collection at the tents at Lincoln Center last Wednesday. Zang is often inspired by places and eras, and this season’s inspiration was 1930s Shanghai, aka the “Paris of the Orient<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Highlights included the sleek trouser suits Zang does so well …<\/p>\n

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… brocade …<\/p>\n

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… and brilliant jade green.<\/p>\n

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You’ll see from this video of the final walk-through and Zang’s bow that he’s still committed to a diverse runway<\/a>. He’s been ahead of many other designers in that. (He’s taken the lead in hiring some major supermodels-to-be<\/a>, too.) You’ll also see that a couple of slinky gowns posed major modeling challenges.\u00a0 Calling Miss J<\/a>! Look for a blonde, the fourth in the lineup, with a rueful smile on her face. She is holding her train up, after having quite a lot of trouble getting down the runway her first time out. Another blonde, who is number 11, looked like she might not make it this time. Check her out both heading down and returning, especially when she first comes into the frame on her way back. A saying goes, “There’s no atheists in foxholes<\/a>,” but there may not be any in the front row of fashion shows either, because, honeys, I was praying for this girl!<\/p>\n