{"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":"

I’ve decided that the vintage Kenneth Cole shoes I wore on Halloween<\/a> deserve a close-up.<\/p>\n

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The spats-like shoes, combined with the top hat I wore that night, made me feel like Jiminy Cricket<\/a> …<\/p>\n

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… or Mr. Peanut …<\/p>\n

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… or Scrooge McDuck<\/a>. Here’s my head-to-toe Halloween look again, this time with more shoe than my previous post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Click for other photos.<\/p><\/div>\n

I liked this outfit. I feel like just wearing it around town, minus the heavy makeup.<\/p>\n

The day after Halloween, I went to a dinner for my gorgeous friend Tina’s birthday at 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

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Click to see this coat in 1997.<\/p><\/div>\n

Here’s what was underneath.<\/p>\n

\"starskirt\"What Wendy Wore<\/strong> for Tina’s Birthday Dinner<\/strong>
\nSweater:<\/strong> Dsquared (2012<\/a>)<\/em>
\nSequin Skirt:<\/strong> Patricia Field (2014)<\/em>
\nBoots:<\/strong> Robert Clergerie, perhaps? (Pre-2005)<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m great at putting together separates … as long as they’re black and white. Introduce another color and I need help<\/a>, as proven yesterday. Of course, I caved in and got the 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

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Next time, I think I need to choose a top from Grumpy Cat’s palette — ivory or brown.<\/p>\n

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\nSweater:<\/strong> Alexander McQueen (pre-2005, previously seen here<\/a>)<\/em>
\nSkirt:<\/strong> Roland Mouret (pre-2005, previously seen here<\/a>)<\/em>
\nBoots:<\/strong> Louis Vuitton (2014<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

Any other color ideas?<\/p>\n

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I’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 … … or Mr. Peanut … … or Scrooge McDuck. Here’s my head-to-toe Halloween look again, this time with more shoe than…<\/p>\n

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