{"id":30631,"date":"2015-10-07T18:44:40","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T22:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=30631"},"modified":"2015-10-07T18:44:40","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T22:44:40","slug":"fashion-repeats-itself-faux-ostrich-feathers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/fashion-repeats-itself-faux-ostrich-feathers\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashion Repeats Itself: Faux Ostrich Feathers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I visited family near Chicago. During the trip, I gave my gorgeous mother, BarbaraB, <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/jewel-of-the-month-50th-anniversary-ring-redesign\/\" target=\"_blank\">her redesigned engagement ring<\/a>. I also built this fabulous brick city.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30632\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30632\" class=\"wp-image-30632 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/brick.jpg\" alt=\"brick\" width=\"464\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/brick.jpg 464w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/brick-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/brick-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-30632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My assistant, seen here, tried to take credit for my work.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was chilly outside the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Windy_City_%28nickname%29\" target=\"_blank\">Windy City<\/a>, so I wore my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/fall-2013s-fur-skirt-mini-trend-plus-phind-me-on-pheed\/\" target=\"_blank\">faux-ostrich feather<\/a> jacket by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stacylomman.com\" target=\"_blank\">Stacy Lomman<\/a>. I didn&#8217;t take a new outfit photo with it, so here is one of my old favorites from 2013.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30633\" style=\"width: 507px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/what-wendy-wore-camouflage-and-safari-gear-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30633\" class=\"wp-image-30633 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ostrichresize.jpg\" alt=\"ostrichresize\" width=\"497\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ostrichresize.jpg 497w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ostrichresize-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ostrichresize-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I told this ostrich my jacket was fake but I still felt like she was a little annoyed with me. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I also have a long faux-ostrich vest, which, like the jacket, is from <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/fall-2013s-fur-skirt-mini-trend-plus-phind-me-on-pheed\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stacy&#8217;s Fall 2012 collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30634\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/what-wendy-wore-stacy-lomman-to-fgis-rising-star-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30634\" class=\"wp-image-30634 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wendyvest.jpg\" alt=\"wendyvest\" width=\"498\" height=\"1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wendyvest.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wendyvest-144x300.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wendyvest-490x1024.jpg 490w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wendyvest-300x627.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The vest in 2013. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Imagine my surprise when I walked by a <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/listings\/stores\/boltons02\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bolton<\/a>&#8216;s store yesterday and saw this in the window!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30635\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30635\" class=\"wp-image-30635 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/boltons.jpg\" alt=\"boltons\" width=\"464\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/boltons.jpg 464w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/boltons-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/boltons-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-30635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Faux ostrich!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Stacy sold out of her pieces long ago, but if you like the look, here&#8217;s your chance to get the look. Of course, it isn&#8217;t hand-sewn by a top designer, but you get what you pay for, and you don&#8217;t pay much at Bolton&#8217;s. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I visited family near Chicago. During the trip, I gave my gorgeous mother, BarbaraB, her redesigned engagement ring. I also built this fabulous brick city. It was chilly outside the Windy City, so I wore my faux-ostrich feather jacket by Stacy Lomman. I didn&#8217;t take a new outfit photo with it, so here&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/fashion-repeats-itself-faux-ostrich-feathers\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30632,"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":[544,71,41,593,344],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30631","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fashion-repeats-itself","8":"category-jackets","9":"category-pictures-of-me","10":"category-stacy-lomman","11":"category-vests","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30631","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=30631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30636,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30631\/revisions\/30636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}