{"id":27732,"date":"2014-11-05T01:03:45","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T06:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=27732"},"modified":"2014-11-05T01:03:45","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T06:03:45","slug":"what-wendy-wore-black-and-white-always-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/what-wendy-wore-black-and-white-always-works\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wendy Wore: Black and White Always Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve decided that the vintage Kenneth Cole shoes I wore on <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/what-wendy-wore-halloween-with-the-damned\/\" target=\"_blank\">Halloween<\/a> deserve a close-up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27734\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cole.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"cole.jpg\" width=\"498\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cole.jpg.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cole.jpg-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The spats-like shoes, combined with the top hat I wore that night, made me feel like <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jiminy_Cricket\" target=\"_blank\">Jiminy Cricket<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27736\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cricket.jpg\" alt=\"cricket\" width=\"450\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cricket.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cricket-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; or Mr. Peanut &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27737\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/mr-peanut.jpg\" alt=\"mr-peanut\" width=\"321\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/mr-peanut.jpg 321w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/mr-peanut-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; or <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scrooge_McDuck\" target=\"_blank\">Scrooge McDuck<\/a>. Here&#8217;s my head-to-toe Halloween look again, this time with more shoe than my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/what-wendy-wore-halloween-with-the-damned\/\" target=\"_blank\">previous post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27739\" 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-27739\" class=\"wp-image-27739 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/halloween2014.jpg\" alt=\"halloween2014\" width=\"498\" height=\"1006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/halloween2014.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/halloween2014-148x300.jpg 148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for other photos.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I liked this outfit. I feel like just wearing it around town, minus the heavy makeup.<\/p>\n<p>The day after Halloween, I went to a dinner for my gorgeous friend Tina&#8217;s birthday at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.butterrestaurant.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Butter Midtown<\/a>.\u00a0 I stuck to the black-and-white look. On top, I wore the vintage Lillie Rubin coat I got between 1992 and 1995.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27740\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/throwback-thursday-wearing-vintage-in-dublin-in-1997\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27740\" class=\"wp-image-27740\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/coat-440x1024.jpg\" alt=\"coat\" width=\"400\" height=\"929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/coat-129x300.jpg 129w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/coat.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to see this coat in 1997.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what was underneath.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27741\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/starskirt-518x1024.jpg\" alt=\"starskirt\" width=\"498\" height=\"983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/starskirt-518x1024.jpg 518w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/starskirt-152x300.jpg 152w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/starskirt.jpg 1238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><strong>What Wendy Wore<\/strong> <strong>for Tina&#8217;s Birthday Dinner<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Sweater:<\/strong> Dsquared (<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/what-wendy-wore-madonna-at-madison-square-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\">2012<\/a>)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Sequin Skirt:<\/strong> Patricia Field (2014)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Boots:<\/strong> Robert Clergerie, perhaps? (Pre-2005)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m great at putting together separates &#8230; as long as they&#8217;re black and white. Introduce another color and <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/stacy-lomman-wardrobe-therapy-outfits-1-and-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">I need help<\/a>, as proven yesterday. Of course, I caved in and got the <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/temptation-in-paris-butterscotch-boots\/\" target=\"_blank\">butterscotch patent leather boots I admired at Louis Vuitton in September<\/a>. I was excited to see that they perfectly matched a color in an old Roland Mouret skirt. All I needed was the right top, and black goes with everything, right? Grumpy Cat has the answer to that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27743\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/grumpycat.jpg\" alt=\"grumpycat\" width=\"498\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/grumpycat.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/grumpycat-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next time, I think I need to choose a top from Grumpy Cat&#8217;s palette &#8212; ivory or brown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27744\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/woutfit2-664x1024.jpg\" alt=\"woutfit2\" width=\"498\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/woutfit2-664x1024.jpg 664w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/woutfit2-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><strong>What Wendy Wore to Pose With a Giant W<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Sweater:<\/strong> Alexander McQueen (pre-2005, previously seen <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/what-wendy-wore-meeting-editors-with-stacy-lomman\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Skirt:<\/strong> Roland Mouret (pre-2005, previously seen <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/what-wendy-wore-time-stands-still\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Boots:<\/strong> Louis Vuitton (<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/temptation-in-paris-butterscotch-boots\/\" target=\"_blank\">2014<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Any other color ideas?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve decided that the vintage Kenneth Cole shoes I wore on Halloween deserve a close-up. The spats-like shoes, combined with the top hat I wore that night, made me feel like Jiminy Cricket &#8230; &#8230; or Mr. Peanut &#8230; &#8230; or Scrooge McDuck. Here&#8217;s my head-to-toe Halloween look again, this time with more shoe than&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/what-wendy-wore-black-and-white-always-works\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27734,"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":[277,41,31,497],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27732","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-outfit-post","8":"category-pictures-of-me","9":"category-shoes","10":"category-what-wendy-wore","11":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27732","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=27732"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27746,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27732\/revisions\/27746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}