{"id":27408,"date":"2014-10-08T17:06:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T21:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=27408"},"modified":"2014-10-09T01:00:23","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T05:00:23","slug":"what-wendy-and-stevie-wore-fleetwood-mac-at-msg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/what-wendy-and-stevie-wore-fleetwood-mac-at-msg\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wendy (and Stevie) Wore: Fleetwood Mac at MSG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had this photo of Stevie Nicks saved to my computer desktop for about a year, just because it&#8217;s gorgeous.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27411\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/stevie2.jpg\" alt=\"stevie2\" width=\"285\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/stevie2.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/stevie2-160x300.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always loved Stevie&#8217;s voice, music and <a href=\" http:\/\/origin-style-mtv-co-uk.vimn-q.mtvi.com\/article\/topic\/music\/nlucws\/icons-from-the-archive-stevie-nicks\/c7ttp5?start=15&amp;baseOffset=0&amp;cpType=theLatest\" target=\"_blank\">style<\/a>. I glued myself to the TV when Fleetwood Mac&#8217;s &#8220;Gypsy&#8221; came on MTV in the early 1980s &#8212; taking occasional breaks to spin around the living room like Stevie.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6L85WLhjQ84?list=UUQI-JsqGdKgRylCRrSmbD3A\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t imagine the number of times I watched her &#8220;White Winged Dove&#8221; solo concert film on HBO. The whole thing is on YouTube now.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w9fuzSWRqP0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Despite this, over the decades I never managed to get to a concert to see either Stevie solo or with Fleetwood Mac. This Monday, I finally made up for that. Not only did I see Fleetwood Mac at Madison Square Garden, but it was with its classic <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rumours_%28album%29\" target=\"_blank\">Rumours<\/a><\/em>-era lineup &#8212; singer and keyboard player <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/10\/08\/arts\/music\/christine-mcvie-rejoins-fleetwood-mac-at-the-garden.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">Christine McVie is touring with the band for the first time since 1998<\/a>. MrB and I were running a little late to the show but thankfully came in right on time for &#8220;Rhiannon.&#8221; Imagine missing that one! I never would&#8217;ve gotten over it!<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R7-Ek2S3V2Q\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad that Stevie has retained her signature on-stage style of flowing black dress, shawls, boots, scarves and even a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fanpop.com\/clubs\/stevie-nicks\/images\/29564442\/title\/stevie-top-hat-photo\" target=\"_blank\">top hat<\/a>. I feel strongly that artists (and non-artists!) who have a truly iconic look shouldn&#8217;t hesitate keep it forever. Why not? Who looks cooler than Stevie, either at 26 or now when she&#8217;s 66? Whenever she did an onstage twirl with all her chiffon floating around her, the Madison Square Garden audience went berserk. Interestingly, as I noted in a <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/remembering-janis-joplins-rock-star-style\/\" target=\"_blank\">2010 blog post<\/a>, Stevie started out trying to emulate Janis Joplin&#8217;s style, even shopping at one of Janis&#8217;s favorite stores, the Velvet Underground. Yet she still developed a unique image. Stevie mentions the Velvet Underground (definitely the store, not the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Velvet_Underground\" target=\"_blank\">band <\/a>) in the first line of &#8220;Gypsy,&#8221; and I was excited to hear her describe what that store meant to her when she first went there with no money to spend.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1bYa-NGasGw\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>My equivalent experience involved <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/knickers-are-the-next-new-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bergdorf Goodman and a turquoise chubby that was possibly by Marc Jacobs<\/a>. It took me about 10 years and required my taking a <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/throwback-thursday-lehman-brothers-and-mr-winkle\/\" target=\"_blank\">terrible but well-paid job at Lehman Brothers<\/a>, but I eventually WAS able to shop at Bergdorf Goodman and the store still has that holy-grail aura for me. I just regret not having visualized a career as a rock singer when I saw that turquoise chubby. Stevie chose better when it came to wishing upon a store.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t wear anything from Bergdorf to the see Fleetwood Mac. For a Stevie-worthy handkerchief hem, vintage from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shrimptoncouture.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shrimpton Couture<\/a> was a must. I even tried to give it a little twirl.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27421\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/fleetwoodoutfit.jpg\" alt=\"fleetwoodoutfit\" width=\"498\" height=\"943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/fleetwoodoutfit.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/fleetwoodoutfit-158x300.jpg 158w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><strong>What Wendy Wore<br \/>\n<\/strong><em><strong>Dress:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/im-pretty-girl-so-vote-for-me\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Wendy Originals&#8221; vintage<\/a> (acquired 2009-ish? Seen here in <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/what-wendy-wore-a-dinner-and-two-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\">2011<\/a>)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Boots:<\/strong> Prada (2008 or 2009)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Unseen:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/what-wendy-wore-a-dinner-and-two-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\">Suede jacket from 1998<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t expect to be fascinated by the rock-star style of another band member during the show, but Lindsey Buckingham was awe-inspiring. Not only does he play guitar like a fiend, but he&#8217;s as thin as a rail and was wearing the skinniest of skinny jeans. (If they&#8217;d been on a woman, you&#8217;d call them jeggings.) <a href=\"http:\/\/buckinghamnicksnet.blogspot.com\/2014\/10\/happy-birthday-lindsey-buckingham.html\" target=\"_blank\">He turned 65 five days ago<\/a>! Bad-ass! This photo is all washed out, but you can see what I mean about the jeans.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/lindseyresize.jpg\" alt=\"lindseyresize\" width=\"498\" height=\"432\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/lindseyresize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/lindseyresize-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can also seem him in my video of &#8220;Tusk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hKJrYa4rp_A\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tusk&#8221; is a big favorite of mine. I once played it on repeat for a full hour-long workout at the gym. Nothing but &#8220;Tusk.&#8221;  What can I say &#8212; I have a weakness for marching bands! Unfortunately, Fleetwood Mac couldn&#8217;t bring the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usc.edu\/dept\/band\/\" target=\"_blank\">USC Trojans<\/a> on tour with them, but you can see a performance with the marching band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-Rvda3nsakU\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. And here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=umjYHLt56kg\" target=\"_blank\">the original 1979 video for the song<\/a>, which made a huge impression on me in my youth. It pre-dated MTV, so I&#8217;m not sure where I first saw it, but to this day, whenever I hear the song, my mind&#8217;s eye sees Stevie twirling a baton and waving her hat.<\/p>\n<p>You can see more of Stevie&#8217;s style <a href=\"http:\/\/fashionsmostwanted.blogspot.com\/2011\/06\/friday-quotes-stevie-nicks.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, and she&#8217;s all over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/candace_jean\/stevie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest<\/a>, of course. Stevie&#8217;s got a <a href=\"http:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/stevie-nicks-24-karat-gold-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">new album out<\/a>: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/24-Karat-Gold-Songs-Vault\/dp\/B00MGS1UNA\" target=\"_blank\">24 Karat Gold \u2013 Songs From the Vault<\/a><\/em>, and there are two biographies of her scheduled to come out next year. Those should be must-reads because Stevie is often outrageously quotable. I like this anecdote from the book <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Stevie-Nicks-Visions-Dreams-Rumors\/dp\/1468310666\" target=\"_blank\">Stevie Nicks: Visions, Dreams &#038; Rumors<\/a><\/em> by Zoe Howe, which was quoted in the <a href=\"http:\/\/tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com\/2014\/10\/06\/stevie-nicks-haim-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times<\/a> this week. When Prince encouraged Stevie to write &#8220;more directly about sex in her lyrics,&#8221; she replied:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><br \/>\n&#8220;You have to write about sex, so you must not be intrinsically sexy. I don\u2019t have to write about sex because I am intrinsically sexy.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It takes a very special woman to tell Prince he&#8217;s not sexy!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in the New York area, Fleetwood Mac is playing at the Prudential Center in New Jersey this Saturday. There are still a few hundred tickets on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stubhub.com\/fleetwood-mac-tickets\/fleetwood-mac-newark-prudential-center-10-11-2014-9020273\/\" target=\"_blank\">StubHub<\/a>. If you love this band, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/live-reviews\/fleetwood-mac-float-on-a-cloud-at-euphoric-madison-square-garden-gig-20141007\" target=\"_blank\">you don&#8217;t want to miss this tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had this photo of Stevie Nicks saved to my computer desktop for about a year, just because it&#8217;s gorgeous. I&#8217;ve always loved Stevie&#8217;s voice, music and style. I glued myself to the TV when Fleetwood Mac&#8217;s &#8220;Gypsy&#8221; came on MTV in the early 1980s &#8212; taking occasional breaks to spin around the living room&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/what-wendy-and-stevie-wore-fleetwood-mac-at-msg\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27411,"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":[581,42,277,41,11,497],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-concerts","8":"category-music","9":"category-outfit-post","10":"category-pictures-of-me","11":"category-style-icons","12":"category-what-wendy-wore","13":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27408","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=27408"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27444,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27408\/revisions\/27444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}