{"id":28771,"date":"2015-03-06T12:30:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T17:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=28771"},"modified":"2015-03-04T23:41:05","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T04:41:05","slug":"i-need-a-vintage-ozbek-dress-and-a-time-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/i-need-a-vintage-ozbek-dress-and-a-time-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"I Need a Vintage Ozbek Dress … and a Time Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

You never get over your first love. I don’t mean your middle-school crush or high-school boyfriend\/girlfriend. Who cares about those people?! Damn, I can’t even remember any names.\u00a0 The romantic feelings that last are your first music <\/a>and fashion<\/a> loves.\u00a0 Even if you don’t listen to those bands or wear those styles any more, I bet you can remember how excited you were by them back in the day.<\/p>\n

I, however, have truly have never gotten over my 1980s passion for Day-Glo colors<\/a>. I have a pretty extensive collection of neon clothes. I think it all stems from this neon-pink Guess top, which was so special to me that I wore it for the first day of school in 1984. You know how you always had to wear your best look on the first day!<\/p>\n

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Click for the original post featuring this photo.<\/p><\/div>\n

As a result, my 1984 self freaked the hell out after coming across this vintage Ozbek dress on Shrimpton Couture.<\/p>\n

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$950. Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n

Cherie of Shrimpton Couture<\/a> dates this amazing velvet piece to the 1990s, but it’s got such an ’80s look. In addition to the Day-Glo<\/a>, which was popularized by designer Stephen Sprouse during that decade<\/a>, check out that ultra-short hemline! When we weren’t wearing buttoned-up, boxy blouses and granny boots<\/a>, we were wearing mini minis! I don’t wear anything that short now, but I’m still drooling over this Ozbek. Literally<\/a> drooling. The obvious solution: I must borrow Stewie Griffin’s time machine and go back to high school with this dress in hand.<\/p>\n