{"id":28183,"date":"2014-12-24T13:51:20","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T18:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=28183"},"modified":"2014-12-24T13:51:20","modified_gmt":"2014-12-24T18:51:20","slug":"wish-list-inspired-by-gwen-stefani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/wish-list-inspired-by-gwen-stefani\/","title":{"rendered":"Wish List: Inspired by Gwen Stefani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/introducing-eryn-and-the-new-instagram-account\/\" target=\"_blank\">right-hand woman Eryn<\/a> asked me to do a holiday wish list for<a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/wendybrandesjewelry\" target=\"_blank\"> the company Instagram<\/a>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s gloomy in New York today, so I figured I&#8217;d share the wish list here for anyone else who could use a virtual vacation to a more pleasant climate. My wish list was inspired by Gwen Stefani&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cool_%28Gwen_Stefani_song%29#Music_video_and_promotion\" target=\"_blank\">2005 video<\/a>, which I recently came across while at the gym flipping between music channels.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TGwZ7MNtBFU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my list.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/wishlist.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-28184\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/wishlist.jpg\" alt=\"wishlist\" width=\"498\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/wishlist.jpg 643w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/wishlist-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/wishlist-300x299.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First, I&#8217;ll obviously need a ticket to (1) <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cernobbio\" target=\"_blank\">Cernobbio<\/a>, in Italy&#8217;s Lake Como district, where the video was filmed.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, &#8220;young&#8221; Gwen wears a cute red dress with white polka dots. This one by (2) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bergdorfgoodman.com\/Dolce-Gabbana-Square-Neck-Midi-Flounce-Dress-Red-White-Ready-to-Wear\/prod104810098_cat248701__\/p.prod?icid=&#038;searchType=EndecaDrivenCat&#038;rte=%252Fcategory.jsp%253FitemId%253Dcat248701%2526pageSize%253D120%2526No%253D0%2526refinements%253D&#038;eItemId=prod104810098&#038;cmCat=product\" target=\"_blank\">Dolce &#038; Gabbana<\/a> is longer than hers, but still sexy.<\/p>\n<p>I was thinking about what I would wear around my gorgeous Italian villa on days when I didn&#8217;t have company coming over and I decided I&#8217;d be casual in this vintage (3) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/fashion\/clothing\/coats-outerwear\/2001-junya-watanabe-comme-des-garcons-denim-skirt\/id-v_299592\/\" target=\"_blank\">Junya Watanabe long denim skirt<\/a>. It would also make up for the fact that years ago, I had an amazing floor-length denim skirt WITH A TRAIN and I didn&#8217;t have the nerve to wear it, so I cut it short. Tragic!<\/p>\n<p>Because the skirt is so long, I&#8217;d want something skimpy on top to balance it out. I used to wear Hanes short-sleeved men&#8217;s undershirts all the time in college, so I figure I&#8217;d go old-school with (4) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hanes.com\/hanes\/men\/underwear\/undershirts\/hanes-mens-a-shirt-117247?cm_vc=OnsiteSearch&#038;cmFV=category\" target=\"_blank\">Hanes tanks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Those tanks are pretty sheer, so I&#8217;d want to wear something underneath that&#8217;s meant to be seen. (5) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neimanmarcus.com\/Trina-Turk-Coral-Reef-Printed-Halter-Swim-Top-trina-turk-bikini\/prod173180027___\/p.prod?icid=&#038;searchType=MAIN&#038;rte=%252Fsearch.jsp%253FN%253D0%2526Ntt%253Dtrina%252Bturk%252Bbikini%2526_requestid%253D389257&#038;eItemId=prod172750369&#038;cmCat=search\" target=\"_blank\">Trina Turk bikinis<\/a> usually fit me well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/what-wendy-wore-next-seasons-earrings-big-hoops\/\" target=\"_blank\">Big hoop earrings<\/a> would work with my D&#038;G dress and my casual outfit &#8212; and probably everything else I&#8217;d have with me &#8212; so I&#8217;d wear my work-in-progress: (6) <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/wNVbtkh9aR\/?modal=true\" target=\"_blank\">barbed-wire hoop earrings in 18K gold<\/a>. I already finished (and sold) the silver sample. The gold version will be ready in January. Something to look forward to!<\/p>\n<p>By the way, it&#8217;s not too late to get me any of these things, though I&#8217;d rather have the ticket to Italy than the Hanes tanks!<\/p>\n<p>Check out Eryn&#8217;s wish list <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/w9PA84jZQ2\/?modal=true\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My right-hand woman Eryn asked me to do a holiday wish list for the company Instagram.\u00a0 It&#8217;s gloomy in New York today, so I figured I&#8217;d share the wish list here for anyone else who could use a virtual vacation to a more pleasant climate. My wish list was inspired by Gwen Stefani&#8217;s 2005 video,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/wish-list-inspired-by-gwen-stefani\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28184,"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":[320,101,42],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28183","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-holiday-gift-ideas","8":"category-holidays","9":"category-music","10":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28183","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=28183"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28187,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28183\/revisions\/28187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}