{"id":27692,"date":"2014-11-03T00:58:44","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T05:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=27692"},"modified":"2014-11-03T00:58:44","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T05:58:44","slug":"what-wendy-wore-maneaters-at-the-plaza-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/what-wendy-wore-maneaters-at-the-plaza-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wendy Wore: Maneaters at the Plaza Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had a private event at the Plaza Hotel last Thursday in order to present my entire Maneater ring collection to press and retailers. The centerpiece of the display was supposed to be my new <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/jewel-of-the-month-pink-elephant-drunk-writer-maneater-ring\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pink Elephant and Tipsy Writer ring<\/a>, but it was absent for a good reason &#8212; a photoshoot related to its win in the <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/honorable-mention-in-the-agta-spectrum-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\">American Gem Trade Association Spectrum Awards<\/a>! So I put a nice big photo of the elephant ring on an iPad and showed the five other Maneater rings to the guests. It worked out well!<\/p>\n<p>I wore one of my favorite <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/great-minds-think-alikeabout-ossie-clark\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ossie Clark<\/a> dresses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/ossie2resize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27697\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/ossie2resize-549x1024.jpg\" alt=\"ossie2resize\" width=\"498\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/ossie2resize-549x1024.jpg 549w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/ossie2resize-161x300.jpg 161w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/ossie2resize.jpg 1534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><strong>What Wendy Wore<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Dress:<\/strong> Vintage Ossie Clark (possibly purchased in 2006 or <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/marc-jacobs-made-anna-run-for-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">2007<\/a>)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Shoes:<\/strong> Prada (<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/what-wendy-wore-new-york-fashion-week\/\" target=\"_blank\">2010<\/a>)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Jewelry:<\/strong> My own designs<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Hair:<\/strong> Styled by Julie Matos of <a href=\"http:\/\/warrentricomi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Warren-Tricomi<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0My gorgeous friend, stylist Julie Matos, had a fun time with my hair. We&#8217;ve been spending some quality time together at <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/wanderlust-2014-the-biennale-de-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\">Patricia Field&#8217;s store<\/a>, where Julie recently picked up two braided hair pieces. They&#8217;re much darker than my hair color, so Julie took advantage of that to create an interesting pattern.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27699\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27699\" class=\"wp-image-27699 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/hairback.jpg\" alt=\"hairback\" width=\"498\" height=\"905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/hairback.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/hairback-165x300.jpg 165w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-27699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The hairdo from the back, showing how Julie manipulated the different colors.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty much up for anything when it comes to special-occasion hair.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27700\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27700\" class=\"wp-image-27700 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/sideviewresize.jpg\" alt=\"sideviewresize\" width=\"498\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/sideviewresize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/sideviewresize-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-27700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The side view from the right.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0My right-hand woman <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/introducing-eryn-and-the-new-instagram-account\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eryn<\/a> and I wore matching necklaces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27702\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/erynandwendyresize.jpg\" alt=\"erynandwendyresize\" width=\"498\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/erynandwendyresize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/erynandwendyresize-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you&#8217;re a journalist (that includes bloggers!) or a retailer who couldn&#8217;t make it to the event and you&#8217;d like to get hi-res photos of my designs or set up a private appointment, contact Eryn at info at wendybrandes dot com and she&#8217;ll take care of you.<\/p>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a private event at the Plaza Hotel last Thursday in order to present my entire Maneater ring collection to press and retailers. The centerpiece of the display was supposed to be my new Pink Elephant and Tipsy Writer ring, but it was absent for a good reason &#8212; a photoshoot related to its&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/what-wendy-wore-maneaters-at-the-plaza-hotel\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27696,"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":[70,659,43,48,277,41,27,497],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27692","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hair","8":"category-maneater","9":"category-my-designs","10":"category-ossie-clark","11":"category-outfit-post","12":"category-pictures-of-me","13":"category-prada","14":"category-what-wendy-wore","15":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27692","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=27692"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27706,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27692\/revisions\/27706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}