{"id":27363,"date":"2014-10-02T01:30:36","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T05:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=27363"},"modified":"2014-10-02T01:30:36","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T05:30:36","slug":"throwback-thursday-gladiator-sandals-in-east-hampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/throwback-thursday-gladiator-sandals-in-east-hampton\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Gladiator Sandals in East Hampton"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not reaching too far back for Throwback Thursday — just to the last weekend of August, when I wore this out to dinner in East Hampton, N.Y.<\/p>\n

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\nPuffy shirt:<\/strong> Custom-made by Jean of Ghost Tailor<\/a> (2013<\/a>)<\/em>
\nShorts:<\/strong> Current\/Elliott (2014)<\/em>
\nSandals:<\/strong> Purchased in Greece (2014<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

I got the sandals in Athens in July<\/a>. I’ve been obsessed with so-called gladiator<\/a> sandals since the 1980s<\/a>, and I kept ogling this style in dozens of little storefronts that we passed during our sightseeing. I never had a moment to try any on until the day we were leaving. That’s when I decided I simply couldn’t go home without sandals.\u00a0 MrB and I rushed to the flea market with an hour to spare before we had to head to the airport and I quickly bought knee-high and calf-high versions.<\/p>\n

The timing of my purchase was superb because the same weekend the photo above was taken, knee-high gladiator sandals made it onto Bill Cunningham’s New York Times<\/a> “On the Street” style page. Woot!<\/p>\n

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Click to see the full Bill Cunningham feature.<\/p><\/div>\n

Gladiators last had a big moment in 2007<\/a>\/2008<\/a>, but if I recall correctly, the knee-high, Talitha Getty<\/a> version didn’t get much love at all. The popular version then was the shorter wedge gladiator, particularly this style by Nine West.<\/p>\n

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Click for my original post on these sandals.<\/p><\/div>\n

Maybe people are more open to the knee-high gladiator now because this summer was all about the ugly sandal. If Birkenstocks can be chic<\/a>, so can knee-high glads, right?<\/p>\n

You don’t have to go to Greece to get this sandal style, because Stuart Weitzman<\/a> has them in various heights and colors. That said, I have a special love for my sandals because of the happy vacation memories attached to them. I do feel strange calling them “gladiator” sandals, though, because gladiators were a Roman <\/a>thing. It would be more accurate to call my shoes “Grecian” sandals … but I’m going to go with the flow on this one. A rose by any other name, and so on! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m not reaching too far back for Throwback Thursday — just to the last weekend of August, when I wore this out to dinner in East Hampton, N.Y. What Wendy Wore Puffy shirt: Custom-made by Jean of Ghost Tailor (2013) Shorts: Current\/Elliott (2014) Sandals: Purchased in Greece (2014) I got the sandals in Athens in…<\/p>\n

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