{"id":2806,"date":"2009-11-06T21:50:52","date_gmt":"2009-11-07T01:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=2806"},"modified":"2011-08-31T20:25:11","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T00:25:11","slug":"tricky-pick-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/tricky-pick-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Tricky Pick of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a weakness for <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trompe-l'\u00c5\u201cil\" target=\"_blank\"><em>trompe l&#8217;oeil <\/em><\/a>clothing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/outfit-post-a-stitch-in-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Trompe l&#8217;oeil<\/em> stitched motorcycle jacket<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/keeping-it-perv-in-family\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Trompe l&#8217;oeil<\/em> safety pin skirt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/lick-it-up-baby-lick-it-up\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Trompe l&#8217;oeil<\/em> zipper dress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/featured-jewel-lotus-necklace-with-sapphire\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Trompe l&#8217;oeil<\/em> ribbon neckline dress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/paris-day-6-more-castelbajac\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Trompe l&#8217;oeil<\/em> Lego dress<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But I don&#8217;t like wearing a &#8220;crisp white shirt.&#8221; The fact that a &#8220;crisp white shirt&#8221; is supposed to be a wardrobe staple irks me. I don&#8217;t feel comfortable in one at all. In addition, I hate the fact that everyone feels obliged to use the word &#8220;crisp.&#8221; Can&#8217;t it just be a white shirt? Does it always have to be crispy? That said, this adorable<em> trompe l&#8217;oeil<\/em> crisp white shirt from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Proenza_Schouler\" target=\"_blank\">Proenza Schouler<\/a>&#8216;s second collection made me waver. If I were going to get a white shirt, it would be this one. At least it&#8217;s got a sense of humor.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2811\" style=\"width: 248px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.vintagecouture.com\/2009\/11\/06\/proenza-schouler-bw-shirt\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2811\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2811\" title=\"proenza2\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/proenza2.jpg\" alt=\"$150 at Vintage Couture. Click to shop.\" width=\"238\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/proenza2.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/proenza2-159x300.jpg 159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">$150 at Vintage Couture. Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m not going to do it, so knock yourself out!<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, as a New Yorker who doesn&#8217;t cook, Jeremy Scott&#8217;s take-out tank had a lot of appeal, but it&#8217;s sold out<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2815\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shop.fruitionlv.com\/clothes\/723\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2815\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2815\" title=\"takeout\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/takeout-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Jeremy Scott's take-out tank\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/takeout-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/takeout.jpg 712w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeremy Scott&#39;s take-out tank<\/p><\/div> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a weakness for trompe l&#8217;oeil clothing: Trompe l&#8217;oeil stitched motorcycle jacket Trompe l&#8217;oeil safety pin skirt Trompe l&#8217;oeil zipper dress Trompe l&#8217;oeil ribbon neckline dress Trompe l&#8217;oeil Lego dress But I don&#8217;t like wearing a &#8220;crisp white shirt.&#8221; The fact that a &#8220;crisp white shirt&#8221; is supposed to be a wardrobe staple irks&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/tricky-pick-of-the-day\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[571,32,102],"tags":[294],"class_list":{"0":"post-2806","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-castelbajac-2","8":"category-shopping-suggestions","9":"category-tops","10":"tag-proenza-schouler","11":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806","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=2806"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2809,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806\/revisions\/2809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}