{"id":29143,"date":"2015-05-04T18:30:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T22:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=29143"},"modified":"2015-05-04T19:35:58","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T23:35:58","slug":"gorgeous_gong_li","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/gorgeous_gong_li\/","title":{"rendered":"Gorgeous Gong Li at the Met Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m happy to see Chinese actress Gong Li looking stunning as always at the Metropolitan Museum of Art&#8217;s Costume Institute gala tonight.<\/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:395px;\">\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:150.379747% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/472163042?et=IQ2k7iJWQapK2gQw6yaVCg&#038;viewMoreLink=on&#038;sig=0jNrtrW_KM8W4kgOkMcnMkRSeioivzjdD813uxGqLE4=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"395\" height=\"594\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0 0 0 10px;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/472163042\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">View image<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">gettyimages.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>She is one of the co-chairs of the event, which marks the opening of the spring fashion exhibit, called &#8220;China: Through the Looking Glass.&#8221; I love that she combined what appear to be sapphire and emerald earrings with her &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pantone.com\/pages\/index.aspx?pg=21163&#038;\" target=\"_blank\">Marsala<\/a>&#8221; gown by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Roberto_Cavalli\/status\/595363769099886592\" target=\"_blank\">Roberto Cavalli<\/a>.<\/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:395px;\">\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:150.379747% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/472163054?et=zSa0mCVRQ-Vp3Zu1CvhFFA&#038;viewMoreLink=on&#038;sig=_ExZaIyT0nk4JdGic5jMf3nSTaE-YM9xo8tlynk5wrQ=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"395\" height=\"594\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0 0 0 10px;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/472163054\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">View image<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">gettyimages.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>People tend to be shy about combining colors, but jewel tones often look good with other jewel tones. (When I wore a <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/what-wendy-wore-marsala-zang-toi-at-the-gem-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marsala-hued Zang Toi gown this January<\/a>, I accessorized with my turquoise skull ring.) From what I can see in tonight&#8217;s photos, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2015\/05\/04\/gong-li-wendi-murdoch-are-gorgeous-met-gala-2015-co-chairs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gong Li is just wearing one ring tonight &#8230; diamonds, perhaps<\/a>? From a jewelry designer&#8217;s perspective, I&#8217;m sad she didn&#8217;t keep going with the richly colored gems. I think my Empress Wu dragon ring with the lapis lazuli globe in its mouth could have worked well with those earrings.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-version=\"4\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf\/\/42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB\/lQPb79drWOyJVa\/DAvg9B\/rLB4cC+Nqgdz\/TvBbBnr6GBReqn\/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I\/fZou\/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/2Jve5qDZbe\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_top\">A video posted by Wendy Brandes Jewelry PR (@wendybrandesjewelry)<\/a> on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2015-05-01T20:10:23+00:00\">May 1, 2015 at 1:10pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Coincidentally, last week I spent hours online watching clips from Gong Li&#8217;s movies, totally unrelated to the Met Gala. I had been sorting through a big folder of mementos when I found my December 2005 invitation to the New York premiere of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Memoirs_of_a_Geisha_%28film%29\" target=\"_blank\">Memoirs of a Geisha<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29146\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dec20051.jpg\" alt=\"dec20051\" width=\"498\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dec20051.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dec20051-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dec20051-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/dec20051-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In <em>Geisha<\/em>, Gong played the bitchy senior geisha, <a href=\"http:\/\/villains.wikia.com\/wiki\/Hatsumomo\" target=\"_blank\">Hatsumomo<\/a>. She gives great bitch!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29147\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/media\/rm4052978688\/nm0000084\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29147\" class=\"wp-image-29147\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/gongli.jpg\" alt=\"gongli\" width=\"498\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/gongli.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/gongli-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gong Li (right) and Ziyi Zhang in Memoirs of a Geisha, via IMDB.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She really is one of my all-time favorite actresses and I would watch her in practically anything. There&#8217;s a saying that a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2006\/jul\/31\/arts.theatre\" target=\"_blank\">great actor can read a phone book<\/a> and still hold the audience&#8217;s attention; I would watch Gong Li read a phone book in Mandarin.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QSyynT9IidU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>If you want to have yourself a Gong film festival, I recommend <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Red_Sorghum_%28film%29\" target=\"_blank\">Red Sorghum<\/a><\/em> (1987), <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raise_the_Red_Lantern\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Raise the Red Lantern<\/em><\/a> (1991), <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Story_of_Qiu_Ju\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Story of Qiu Ju<\/em><\/a> (1992), <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Farewell_My_Concubine_%28film%29#Cast\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Farewell My Concubine<\/em><\/a> (1993), and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Temptress_Moon\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Temptress Moon<\/em><\/a> (1996). Most of these movies are pretty traumatic. Keep tissues, alcohol and comfort food at hand.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, that clip above of Morgan Freeman reading the phone book is <a href=\"http:\/\/observationdeck.io9.com\/this-behind-the-bricks-look-at-the-lego-movie-is-a-go-1508645912\" target=\"_blank\">from a promotion<\/a> for 2014&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1490017\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The LEGO Movie<\/em><\/a>. That had to be something to entertain the parents, right? Does anyone under the age of 10 know what a phone book is? Are phone books still being made? I haven&#8217;t seen one in years. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I need to get back to the Met Gala red carpet to scout for my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/best-dressed-wear-what-you-want-award\/\" target=\"_blank\">Best Dressed\/Wear What You Want combo award winner<\/a>. While Gong Li looks exquisite, my award is about recognizing extreme looks. 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