{"id":28763,"date":"2015-03-05T12:30:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T17:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=28763"},"modified":"2015-03-05T02:33:14","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T07:33:14","slug":"throwback-thursday-dressing-up-at-decades-in-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/throwback-thursday-dressing-up-at-decades-in-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Dressing Up at Decades in 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, I dug up some 2007 photos of me trying on dresses at fabulous Los Angeles vintage store <a href=\"http:\/\/www.decadesinc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Decades<\/a>. I <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/year-in-review-what-wendy-wore-in-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\">previously posted <\/a>my try-on photo of a Versace dress, but here are two more.<\/p>\n<p>MrB, <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/dressing-for-all-kings-men\/\" target=\"_blank\">of course<\/a>, was crazy about this short, tight Herve Leger bandage dress.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28764\" style=\"width: 313px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28764\" class=\"wp-image-28764 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/decades3.jpg\" alt=\"decades3\" width=\"303\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/decades3.jpg 303w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/decades3-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/decades3-300x393.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seen in 2007.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m so <em>not<\/em> crazy about it that I only wear it as a layering piece.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28766\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/drawing-the-line-at-short-bandage-dresses\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28766\" class=\"wp-image-28766 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mrssting1.jpg\" alt=\"mrssting\" width=\"498\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mrssting1.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mrssting1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mrssting1-300x449.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seen in 2010. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I view this beaded, &#8217;20s-style dress much more favorably.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28767\" style=\"width: 311px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28767\" class=\"wp-image-28767 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/decades1.jpg\" alt=\"decades1\" width=\"301\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/decades1.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/decades1-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/decades1-300x396.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seen in 2007.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Finding a vintage navy slip to wear under the sheer dress took me a couple of years, so I first wore <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/dressing-up-for-robin-hood\/\" target=\"_blank\">the dress in 2009<\/a>. (I had <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/ive-seen-ghost-tailor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jean of Ghost Tailor<\/a> hem the slip to match the asymmetrical hem of the dress.) Here&#8217;s a more recent photo.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28768\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/what-wendy-wore-holiday-party-20s-style\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28768\" class=\"wp-image-28768 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/fulllengthresize2.jpg\" alt=\"fulllengthresize2\" width=\"498\" height=\"1001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/fulllengthresize2.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/fulllengthresize2-149x300.jpg 149w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/fulllengthresize2-300x603.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seen in 2013. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My boa and pearls in the 2013 photo were actually party favors from the &#8217;20s-themed event I attended that night. I think they look quite good, considering they started the night as table decorations! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, I dug up some 2007 photos of me trying on dresses at fabulous Los Angeles vintage store Decades. I previously posted my try-on photo of a Versace dress, but here are two more. MrB, of course, was crazy about this short, tight Herve Leger bandage dress. I&#8217;m so not crazy about it that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/throwback-thursday-dressing-up-at-decades-in-2007\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28764,"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":[277,41,607,40,129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-outfit-post","category-pictures-of-me","category-throwback-thursday","category-vintage","category-vintage-designers","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28763","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=28763"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28782,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28763\/revisions\/28782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}