{"id":27146,"date":"2014-09-10T01:45:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T05:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=27146"},"modified":"2014-09-10T02:11:30","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T06:11:30","slug":"what-wendy-wore-zang-tois-25th-anniversary-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/what-wendy-wore-zang-tois-25th-anniversary-show\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wendy Wore: Zang Toi’s 25th Anniversary Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night, I went to my designing friend Zang Toi’s Spring 2015 runway show at Lincoln Center. The show was also a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Zang’s line. That’s a long run in fashion! You have to multiply fashion years the way you would dog years. Like, 25 years in fashion is at least 100 years in another industry.<\/p>\n

There were some big shots at the show, including former Vogue editor-at-large Andre Leon Talley<\/a> and New York Times style photographer Bill Cunningham<\/a>. I caught the two of them chatting.<\/p>\n

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They both have very distinctive sartorial style. Kind of anti-fashion fashion.<\/p><\/div>\n

As the show started, someone in the audience yelled out, “Happy anniversary!” and the whole crowd applauded. (Some fashion shows end with applause, but I haven’t been to too many of them that started with applause.)\u00a0 Zang, who grew up in Malaysia, called his new collection “The American Dream,” as a tribute to his adopted country.<\/p>\n

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I liked the sporty pieces that started the show, including the way they were styled with socks and heels. That’s a sex-ay combo.\u00a0 In fact, I’ve had a socks-and-sandals photo from Beyonce’s Tumblr sitting on my desktop since April.<\/p>\n

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Beyonce’s foot swag. Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n

If you’re not bold enough to do knee socks with your sandals, Zang’s ankle-sock style with booties is a little less intimidating.<\/p>\n

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Striped outfit with matching socks on Zang’s runway.<\/p><\/div>\n

A coat with a hand-painted “25th anniversary” lining was a hit.<\/p>\n