{"id":28336,"date":"2015-01-12T23:56:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T04:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=28336"},"modified":"2016-01-10T21:03:33","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T02:03:33","slug":"style-that-just-doesnt-quit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/style-that-just-doesnt-quit\/","title":{"rendered":"Style That Just Doesn&#8217;t Quit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While watching the Golden Globes last night, I was captivated by Jane Fonda. Jane presented the award for Best Actor in a Comedy alongside her <em><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/killer-comedy-coat-and-queen\/\" target=\"_blank\">9 to 5<\/a><\/em> partner-in-crime, Lily Tomlin (I wished <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/killer-comedy-coat-and-queen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dolly Parton<\/a> had joined them!).<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed the Jane-Lily banter. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/top-social-moments-of-the-2015-golden-globes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jane said<\/a>, &#8220;You know, it&#8217;s nice &#8212; it&#8217;s nice &#8212; that men, at last, are getting the recognition they deserve for being good at comedy.&#8221; Lily responded, &#8220;I know, I know. Finally, we can put at rest that negative stereotype that men just aren&#8217;t funny.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/opinion-la\/la-ol-jeffrey-tambor-transparent-transgender-golden-globes-20150112-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">The award went to Jeffrey Tambor for his portrayal of a trans woman in <em>Transparent<\/em><\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>But let&#8217;s talk about how actor\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.janefonda.com\/category\/my-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">blogger<\/a> Jane looked in her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/golden-globes\/red-carpet-pictures\/jane-fonda-2015-golden-globes\" target=\"_blank\">peekaboo Versace gown<\/a>! Here she is with Lily on the red carpet.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:398px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/461420624\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:149.246231% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/461420624?et=5ZVLiiFYTpliHaAXxnvEfA&#038;viewMoreLink=off&#038;sig=Oec_T7HQOS94HNK76LkEEyfxC4Lwnw7PsAVhjR10fHo=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"398\" height=\"594\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Jane is 77 years old and she&#8217;s killing it! She looks so good I want to eat her up with a spoon. I&#8217;ve also decided we&#8217;re soulmates after because we are exactly 30 years and two days apart in age.<\/p>\n<p>Another example of unstoppable style is 80-year-old writer Joan Didion, whose ad campaign for C\u00e9line had the Internet in a tizzy last week.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28339\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vogue.com\/7683419\/joan-didion-celine-ad-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28339\" class=\"wp-image-28339 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/celine-joan-didion-spring-2015-holding.jpg\" alt=\"celine-joan-didion-spring-2015-holding\" width=\"430\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/celine-joan-didion-spring-2015-holding.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/celine-joan-didion-spring-2015-holding-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/celine-joan-didion-spring-2015-holding-300x460.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joan Didion photographed by Juergen Teller. Photo from C\u00e9line via Vogue.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I met Joan in 2010. Her late daughter and only child, Quintana Roo Dunne, was the photo editor at Columbia University&#8217;s student newspaper, the Spectator, when I was the arts and entertainment editor. Since Quintana&#8217;s death in 2005 (Joan wrote about her daughter&#8217;s life and illness in the book <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Blue-Nights-Joan-Didion\/dp\/0307387380\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Nights<\/a><\/em>) I wanted to create something at the Spectator to honor her. In my capacity as <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/from-gloria-steinem-to-miley-cyrus-in-one-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">chairman<\/a> of the Spectator&#8217;s board of trustees, I talked it over with Joan and we agreed upon the Quintana Roo Dunne Award for Visual Achievement, to be presented to a deserving student at the annual Spectator fundraising dinner. <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/on-the-town-huffington-and-didion-at-columbia-spectator-dinner\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joan presented the first Quintana award in 2011<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Of course, this was very emotional; our conversation and Joan&#8217;s presentation was about an enormous loss. I&#8217;ve always felt a lingering sadness whenever I came across news about Joan or even one of her books on my bookshelf. So it was a special thrill to see Joan looking so fierce and know that the fashion world was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/kvell\" target=\"_blank\">kvelling<\/a> over her fabulousness. I told myself, &#8220;This is going to be my new mental image of Joan!&#8221; And it was, until <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/01\/07\/fashion\/joan-didion-on-the-celine-ad.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">Joan reminded the New York Times<\/a> that this wasn&#8217;t the first time she had modeled. She had previously posed for a Gap ad. I clicked on the link and there was Joan with Quintana in 1989, the year Quintana graduated from Columbia&#8217;s Barnard College (and I from Columbia College).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28343\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=KugCAAAAMBAJ&amp;pg=PA11&amp;dq=joan+didion+gap+ad&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=fNCtVPqfHtDZsAT704KYDw&amp;ved=0CCUQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28343\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/joanquintana-e1421124744526.jpg\" alt=\"Click for source.\" width=\"498\" height=\"429\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28343\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m a bit sad again, but at the same time, it&#8217;s nice to see that photo. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While watching the Golden Globes last night, I was captivated by Jane Fonda. Jane presented the award for Best Actor in a Comedy alongside her 9 to 5 partner-in-crime, Lily Tomlin (I wished Dolly Parton had joined them!). I enjoyed the Jane-Lily banter. Jane said, &#8220;You know, it&#8217;s nice &#8212; it&#8217;s nice &#8212; that men,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/style-that-just-doesnt-quit\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28339,"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":[438,387,10,661],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-authors","8":"category-awards-shows","9":"category-celebrities","10":"category-golden-globes","11":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28336","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=28336"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31369,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28336\/revisions\/31369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}