{"id":24542,"date":"2014-06-05T00:01:49","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T04:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=24542"},"modified":"2014-02-24T01:41:30","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T06:41:30","slug":"throwback-thursday-what-wendy-wore-in-europe-in-1989","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/throwback-thursday-what-wendy-wore-in-europe-in-1989\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: What Wendy Wore in Europe in 1989"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twenty-five years ago this month, I went to Paris for the first time.\u00a0 It was chilly and breezy during my stay. Here I am huddled in my denim jacket, wearing the leggings<\/a> I wore all over Europe that summer.<\/p>\n

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You can see the front view of the outfit here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I also went to London, Spain, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands during that month-long, post-college trip. It was hot in Spain, so I was able to take a break from the leggings. In this photo, I’m wearing a black mini with a little top I bought in Paris.<\/p>\n

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I wore those rubber-soled shoes throughout the trip. They might have been the only pair I brought along.\u00a0 I believe they were by Kenneth Cole. That bag looks like a LeSportsac<\/a>. I thought I had quit those after high school<\/a>, but I might have gotten it especially for traveling because the nylon is lightweight and durable. I have a big, gold LeSportsac carry-on now.<\/p>\n

While I was trying to confirm my memories of the shoes, I was searching for 1980s Kenneth Cole and found these on eBay.<\/p>\n

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OMG! If those had been my size I would have gotten them. I’ve always loved laced-up<\/a>, boxing-shoe looks.\u00a0 In fact, a few hours before I dug up the Europe photos, I’d been peering at Madonna’s flat-soled, flexible shoes in her 1983 “Lucky Star” video, wondering if they were this type of thing or maybe a black version of the strappy, flat shoes she wore in “Borderline<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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Click for the video.<\/p><\/div>\n

I bet chic Erika Belle<\/a> — Madonna’s friend and backup dancer in this and other early videos — would remember! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Twenty-five years ago this month, I went to Paris for the first time.\u00a0 It was chilly and breezy during my stay. Here I am huddled in my denim jacket, wearing the leggings I wore all over Europe that summer. You can see the front view of the outfit here. I also went to London, Spain,…<\/p>\n

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