{"id":26986,"date":"2014-12-27T02:57:41","date_gmt":"2014-12-27T07:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=26986"},"modified":"2014-12-27T02:57:41","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T07:57:41","slug":"year-in-review-what-wendy-wore-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/year-in-review-what-wendy-wore-in-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Year in Review:  What Wendy Wore in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/what-wendy-wore\/\" target=\"_blank\">What Wendy Wore<\/a>\u201d outfit for each month of 2014. Click the photos for the original posts.<\/p>\n<p>I love vintage clothes, so I wore a <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/words-of-wisdom-from-gianni-versace-and-liu-qianping\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spring 1992 Versace dress<\/a> to my New Year&#8217;s party.\u00a0 I last wore it to <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/happy-new-year-bitches\/\" target=\"_blank\">ring in the year 2008<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26987\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/what-wendy-wore-vintage-versace-for-new-years-eve\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26987\" class=\"wp-image-26987 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/dressresize.jpg\" alt=\"dressresize\" width=\"498\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/dressresize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/dressresize-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Post New Year&#8217;s Eve party.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A few weeks ago, I discovered this little photo of me trying on the dress for the first time at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.decadesinc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Decades <\/a>in Los Angeles in 2007.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28229\" style=\"width: 311px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cameronsilver.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28229\" class=\"wp-image-28229 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/decades2may2007.jpg\" alt=\"decades2may2007\" width=\"301\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/decades2may2007.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/decades2may2007-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/decades2may2007-300x396.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">That&#8217;s Cameron Silver, the founder of Decades, holding the dress in the back, because it was too big.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A vintage dress that I wear more frequently is my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/what-wendy-wore-patrick-kelly-in-philadelphia\/\" target=\"_blank\">bow-covered Patrick Kelly<\/a>. This February, I wore it to the Columbia Daily Spectator&#8217;s annual fundraising dinner. Katie Couric was our special guest that night.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26988\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/what-wendy-wore-katie-couric-at-columbia-spectator-dinner\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26988\" class=\"wp-image-26988 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/katieresize.jpg\" alt=\"katieresize\" width=\"498\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/katieresize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/katieresize-300x267.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katie looked fabulous that night.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I wore a purple velvet Zang Toi gown to the Vanity Fair Oscar party in March. I took some good outfit photos of the dress, but I prefer this one, where MrB and I are <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/the-unseen-paul-mccartney-and-the-photobombing-mrb\/\" target=\"_blank\">sneaking by actress Paula Patton<\/a>. (This photo clicks through to Getty Images, which now allows us to embed photos. Yay!) To see my original outfit post, click <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/what-wendy-wore-zang-toi-at-vanity-fairs-2014-oscar-party\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px; min-width: 300px;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.498316% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/476413565?et=YdGq3VfqQrpqjvNwgCyJGQ&amp;sig=846nvoLj9m9QCSTFqtn4oSxBqtnEPOZJN8BKNXm13tQ=\" width=\"594\" height=\"395\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0 0 0 10px; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/476413565\" target=\"_blank\">#476413565<\/a> \/ <a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\" target=\"_blank\">gettyimages.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In April, I wore one of my all-time favorite vintage dresses &#8212; my Patrick Kelly leopard gown &#8212; to the opening of the Philadelphia Museum of Art&#8217;s Patrick Kelly exhibit. On the way to Philly, we stopped at McDonalds.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26991\" style=\"width: 502px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/what-wendy-wore-patrick-kelly-opening-in-philadelphia\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26991\" class=\"wp-image-26991 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/mcdonalds.jpg\" alt=\"mcdonalds\" width=\"492\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/mcdonalds.jpg 492w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/mcdonalds-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Can I take your order?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This doesn&#8217;t exactly count as something I wore because I was just trying it on, but I&#8217;ve really come to love the ruffled Zang Toi gown I modeled in May in Zang&#8217;s showroom.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26993\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/what-wendy-wore-hanging-out-at-zang-tois-showroom\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26993\" class=\"wp-image-26993 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/zang3.jpg\" alt=\"zang3\" width=\"498\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/zang3.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/zang3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If Little Bo Peep went to a formal ball.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Okay, June&#8217;s photo of these denim overalls was just a try-on too, but the mullet hairdo is really mine!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26994\" style=\"width: 479px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/ready-for-my-people-of-walmart-photo-op\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26994\" class=\"wp-image-26994 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/barneys.jpg\" alt=\"barneys\" width=\"469\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/barneys.jpg 469w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/barneys-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I didn&#8217;t buy these overalls even though I liked them.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I hadn&#8217;t worn this neon Versace dress in years, so I was excited to wear it in Greece this summer. My little dog friend, Irma, kept trying to nibble the hem. This dress has <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/fashion-moments-in-france\/\" target=\"_blank\">a history of attracting canines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26995\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/throwback-thursday-a-favorite-fashion-moment-from-2008\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26995\" class=\"wp-image-26995 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/irma21.jpg\" alt=\"irma2\" width=\"498\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/irma21.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/irma21-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stay still and pose, Irma!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That New Year&#8217;s Eve Versace clearly inspired me to make a real effort to wear pieces that I hadn&#8217;t worn in a long time. I chose this vintage Marie France dress for a party in August with that in mind; I last wore it in 2006!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26996\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/throwback-thursday-marie-france-dress-in-2014-and-2006\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26996\" class=\"wp-image-26996\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/shipdressresize1.jpg\" alt=\"shipdressresize\" width=\"498\" height=\"812\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I wasn&#8217;t in favor of the shoes at the time, but looking back, they seem fine to me.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I always wear a Zang Toi dress to Zang&#8217;s fashion shows. In September, I wore a dress from his Spring 2010 collection.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28224\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/what-wendy-wore-zang-tois-25th-anniversary-show\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28224\" class=\"wp-image-28224 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/zangoutfit2resize.jpg\" alt=\"zangoutfit2resize\" width=\"498\" height=\"965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/zangoutfit2resize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/zangoutfit2resize-300x581.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This was a Spanish-influenced collection.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I borrowed a top hat from my designing friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stacylomman.com%20\" target=\"_blank\">Stacy Lomman<\/a> for a Halloween outfit, and I loved it so much &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28225\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/what-wendy-wore-halloween-with-the-damned\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28225\" class=\"wp-image-28225 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/baberahamresize.jpg\" alt=\"baberahamresize\" width=\"498\" height=\"846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/baberahamresize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/baberahamresize-176x300.jpg 176w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/baberahamresize-300x509.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I was supposed to be Baberaham Lincoln.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230; that I got a fancier top hat and wore it with a vintage Donald Brooks dress to the Committee to Protect Journalists annual dinner in November. Bonus fashion factoid: I wore the same dress to the same event in <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/i-am-not-puritan\/\" target=\"_blank\">November 2004<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28226\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/what-wendy-wore-committee-to-protect-journalists-dinner\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28226\" class=\"wp-image-28226\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cpj2014crop1.jpg\" alt=\"cpj2014crop\" width=\"498\" height=\"947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cpj2014crop1.jpg 1592w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cpj2014crop1-157x300.jpg 157w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cpj2014crop1-538x1024.jpg 538w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cpj2014crop1-300x570.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I want to wear a top hat all the time now!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This month, I wore another vintage Donald Brooks dress to dinner at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.standardhotels.com\/east-village\/food-drink\/narcissa\" target=\"_blank\">Narcissa<\/a>. I first wore this dress in <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/donald-brooks-dress-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\">December 2008<\/a> after some major alterations were done.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28227\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28227\" class=\"wp-image-28227\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/donaldbrooks2resize.jpg\" alt=\"donaldbrooks2resize\" width=\"498\" height=\"887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/donaldbrooks2resize.jpg 1352w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/donaldbrooks2resize-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/donaldbrooks2resize-574x1024.jpg 574w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/donaldbrooks2resize-300x534.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nothing to click on &#8212; I haven&#8217;t posted this on the blog before.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m planning to wear another old dress for New Year&#8217;s Eve &#8230; what are you going to wear? <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a \u201cWhat Wendy Wore\u201d outfit for each month of 2014. Click the photos for the original posts. I love vintage clothes, so I wore a Spring 1992 Versace dress to my New Year&#8217;s party.\u00a0 I last wore it to ring in the year 2008. A few weeks ago, I discovered this little photo of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/year-in-review-what-wendy-wore-in-2014\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[277,41,105,40,129,497,658,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-outfit-post","category-pictures-of-me","category-versace","category-vintage","category-vintage-designers","category-what-wendy-wore","category-year-in-review","category-zang-toi","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26986","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=26986"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28232,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26986\/revisions\/28232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}