{"id":26152,"date":"2014-07-17T00:01:51","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T04:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=26152"},"modified":"2014-07-17T02:21:07","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T06:21:07","slug":"throwback-thursday-patrick-kelly-leopard-dress-x-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/throwback-thursday-patrick-kelly-leopard-dress-x-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Patrick Kelly Dress X 5, Plus Shania & Kylie"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a new obsession: collages of the same outfit in different years. I’ve always shown the outfit photos on my blog, but last month I decided to make some into collages<\/a> and now I can’t stop!<\/p>\n

Here is my beloved Patrick Kelly<\/a> leopard gown, from the late designer’s Fall\/Winter 1989 collection, photographed in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2014. It appears I skipped 2012 and 2013! What was I thinking?<\/p>\n

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Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n

And here’s the history of the photos, clockwise from left: The first time I wore the dress was in 2008, the day it arrived in the mail. (I bought it on eBay.) I really fell in love with this dress after the fact, when it landed on WWD’s “Disaster Area” page<\/a>. It’s not every day that one gets on a worst-dressed page. I was so proud. No, really, I was! I was only sad that my name didn’t make it into print.<\/p>\n

In 2009, I wore the dress to an Independent Fashion Bloggers fashion-week event, where it made a much better impression<\/a>. The 2010 outing was to the Committee to Protect Journalists annual awards dinner<\/a>. In 2011, the dress hit the big time and went to the Vanity Fair Oscars party<\/a>.\u00a0 And this year, I naturally chose it for the opening of a Patrick Kelly exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art<\/a>. (The show, “Runway of Love,” will be on display until November 30, so, if you’re in the area, check it out.)<\/p>\n

In my opinion, the only leopard outfit that can top my Kelly dress is Shania Twain’s head-to-toe spotted costume from her 1998 video for “That Don’t Impress Me Much.” I’ve always wanted Shania’s leopard coat with matching bra top, pants, boots, gloves and bag.<\/p>\n

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“That Don’t Impress Me Much” screen cap.<\/p><\/div>\n

My favorite part is the hood.<\/p>\n

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Shania’s video costume on display in Vegas. Photo courtesy Vice. Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n

I think unexpected hoods are very sex-ay, especially if you’re baring a lot of skin elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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“That Don’t Impress Me Much” screen cap.<\/p><\/div>\n

I’d wear this outfit in a hot second.<\/p>\n