{"id":2616,"date":"2009-10-20T18:07:13","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T22:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=2616"},"modified":"2012-04-14T18:28:55","modified_gmt":"2012-04-14T22:28:55","slug":"hair-raising-times-with-the-shoe-gir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/hair-raising-times-with-the-shoe-gir\/","title":{"rendered":"Hair-Raising Times With The Shoe Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, gorgeous blonde blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/theshoegirl.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Shoe Girl<\/a> came to town and took me to the <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.runningwithheels.com\/index.php\/2009\/10\/ffany-shoes-on-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\">FFANY Shoes on Sale party at Lincoln Center<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2617\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2617\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2617     \" title=\"celine_wendy_10_13_09\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/celine_wendy_10_13_09-1024x793.jpg\" alt=\"She's tall!\" width=\"432\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/celine_wendy_10_13_09-1024x793.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/celine_wendy_10_13_09-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isn&#39;t she lovely? Tall, too!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I wore <span style=\"color: #000000;\">a strapless Jean-Charles de Castelbajac motorcycle-zipper dress that<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/paris-day-6-more-castelbajac\/\" target=\"_blank\"> I got in Paris this summer<\/a>. The dress made me a little crazy. I was inspired to try a hairstyle that was meant to be a rockabilly-inspired pompadour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2672\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carl_Perkins\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2672\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2672\" title=\"220px-Carl_Perkins\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/220px-Carl_Perkins.jpg\" alt=\"Carl &quot;Blue Suede Shoes&quot; Perkins and his 'do\" width=\"220\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carl &quot;Blue Suede Shoes&quot; Perkins and his &#39;do<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But I thought it came out more like fashion writer <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suzy_Menkes\" target=\"_blank\">Suzy Menkes<\/a> crossed with There&#8217;s Something About Mary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2674\" style=\"width: 267px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fashionologie.com\/tag\/Suzy+Menkes?page=2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2674\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2674 \" title=\"suzymenkes\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/suzymenkes.jpg\" alt=\"Suzy Menkes photo from fashionologie\" width=\"257\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/suzymenkes.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/suzymenkes-155x300.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suzy Menkes photo from fashionologie<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2673\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0129387\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2673\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2673 \" title=\"Something-About-Mary\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Something-About-Mary.jpg\" alt=\"Cameron Diaz in There's Something About Mary\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Something-About-Mary.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Something-About-Mary-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cameron Diaz in There&#39;s Something About Mary<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never been able to part with the pseudo-motorcycle jacket I got in 1984 and thought that at last its moment had come again.\u00a0 Looking at this picture, I feel positive that the jacket&#8217;s only moment came and went back in the mid-&#8217;80s. I&#8217;m still not sure I can bear to part with it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2625\" style=\"width: 313px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2625\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2625\" title=\"wendymotorcycle\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/wendymotorcycle.jpg\" alt=\"wendymotorcycle\" width=\"303\" height=\"614\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We wore everything oversized in the &#39;80s.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I wore this with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.driesvannoten.be\/movie.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dries Van Noten<\/a> shoes. (I refuse to say &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.tampabay.com\/deals\/2009\/09\/shooties-shoes-booties-ugly-or-cute.html\" target=\"_blank\">shooties.<\/a>&#8220;) I&#8217;m also wearing my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/pro-detail.php?id=238&amp;collect=true\" target=\"_blank\">Juana Peekaboo Skull necklace<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/pro-detail.php?colid=34&amp;collect=true&amp;id=463\" target=\"_blank\">swear rings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Shoe Girl&#8217;s camera was malfunctioning and mine wasn&#8217;t much better, so we didn&#8217;t get a picture of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crissangel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Criss Angel <\/a>lookalike who couldn&#8217;t take his eyes off TSG during our sushi dinner at <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/listings\/restaurant\/matsuri\/\" target=\"_blank\">Matsuri<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crissangel.com\/Mindfreak\" target=\"_blank\">Mindfreaky<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED TO ADD: Click <a href=\"http:\/\/theshoegirl.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/me-and-wendy-b.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to read The Shoe Girl&#8217;s post on the evening.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED AGAIN TO ADD: I don&#8217;t know why I look so tan! My makeup was the same as usual. Malfunctioning camera, perhaps? <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, gorgeous blonde blogger The Shoe Girl came to town and took me to the FFANY Shoes on Sale party at Lincoln Center. I wore a strapless Jean-Charles de Castelbajac motorcycle-zipper dress that I got in Paris this summer. The dress made me a little crazy. 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