{"id":28809,"date":"2015-03-11T22:03:30","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T02:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=28809"},"modified":"2015-03-12T11:05:50","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T15:05:50","slug":"the-complete-taxi-wardrobe-ring-shoes-and-purse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/the-complete-taxi-wardrobe-ring-shoes-and-purse\/","title":{"rendered":"The Complete Taxi Wardrobe: Ring, Shoes and Purse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve always thought my New York City taxi ring needed a few accessories.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28810\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Maneater-Ring%3A-NYC-Taxi-and-Passenger\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28810\" class=\"wp-image-28810 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Taxi_Z1__79984_std.jpg\" alt=\"Taxi_Z1__79984_std\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Taxi_Z1__79984_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Taxi_Z1__79984_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Taxi_Z1__79984_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to see on my website.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I finally found some! You can get these 1980s vintage Moschino shoes on 1stdibs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28811\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28811\" class=\"wp-image-28811\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/taxishoes.jpg\" alt=\"taxishoes\" width=\"498\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/taxishoes.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/taxishoes-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/taxishoes-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">$598. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I also found a taxi purse at a store called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.windinthewillowsnaples.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Wind in the Willows<\/a> in Naples, Fla.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28812\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.windinthewillowsnaples.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28812\" class=\"wp-image-28812 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/taxipurse.jpg\" alt=\"taxipurse\" width=\"454\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/taxipurse.jpg 454w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/taxipurse-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/taxipurse-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to go to the store website.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I was a big fan of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Wind-Willows-Kenneth-Grahame\/dp\/0763622427\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Wind in the Willows<\/em><\/a> book when I was a kid. Mr. Toad of Toad Hall was my favorite character. My sister didn&#8217;t feel the same way because during a trip to Disney World when she was very little, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nWu6OThkq14\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Toad&#8217;s Wild Ride<\/a> scared her half to death. Today, in a much less frightening toad\/frog moment, I posed my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Maneater-Ring%3A-Frog-and-Prince\" target=\"_blank\">Frog and Prince<\/a> ring on a real lily pad.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28813\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/jewel-of-the-month-frog-and-prince-maneater-ring\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28813\" class=\"wp-image-28813 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/frogring.jpg\" alt=\"frogring\" width=\"454\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/frogring.jpg 454w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/frogring-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/frogring-300x330.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to see close-up photos of the Frog and Prince ring.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I always thought it was great that in that book characters are simply known as &#8220;Mole&#8221; and &#8220;Rat&#8221; and &#8220;Mr. Badger.&#8221; It made it all very clear.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED TO ADD: Thanks to commenter Marguerite for pointing out Kate Spade&#8217;s taxi collection.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28818\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saksfifthavenue.com\/main\/ProductDetail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524446605173&amp;site_refer=GGLPRADS001&amp;cagpspn=pla&amp;CAWELAID=500002830000672477&amp;catargetid=500002830005596635&amp;cadevice=c\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28818\" class=\"wp-image-28818 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/taxi.jpg\" alt=\"taxi\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/taxi.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/taxi-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-28818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Available at Saks.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cute, but my heart belongs to the Moschinos!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve always thought my New York City taxi ring needed a few accessories. I finally found some! You can get these 1980s vintage Moschino shoes on 1stdibs. I also found a taxi purse at a store called The Wind in the Willows in Naples, Fla. I was a big fan of The Wind in the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/the-complete-taxi-wardrobe-ring-shoes-and-purse\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28810,"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":[58,663,6,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-books","category-purses","category-rings","category-shoes","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28809","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=28809"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28820,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28809\/revisions\/28820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}