{"id":30660,"date":"2015-10-12T23:23:08","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T03:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=30660"},"modified":"2015-10-12T23:23:08","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T03:23:08","slug":"what-wendy-wore-george-weins-90th-birthday-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/what-wendy-wore-george-weins-90th-birthday-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wendy Wore: George Wein’s 90th Birthday Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Thursday, MrB and I went to a dinner in honor of George Wein’s 90th birthday<\/a>. George produced the first Newport Jazz Festival in 1954, and the celebration at City Winery doubled as a fundraiser for the nonprofit Newport Festivals Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There were amazing musical performances throughout the evening. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a program and I was so engrossed in the music that I didn’t take any notes, so I can’t share the names of the excellent performers — besides George, that is. He’s a pianist and vocalist himself, and he played a duet to a standing ovation. All the musicians were at the top of their game that night, in order to pay tribute to and impress George.<\/p>\n

I wore a Catherine Malandrino dress that I got secondhand at Bond 07 by Selima<\/a>. A couple of months ago, superstar hairstylist Julie Matos called me from the store and told me to meet her to look at the vintage clothes rack there. By the time I arrived, she’d picked out a selection of pieces for me to try on, and nearly all of them were perfect for me. Julie has turned herself into my personal shopper. I appreciate her good taste, but she’s financially dangerous for me to be around! At least this Malandrino dress was a bargain, partly because it had some serious bleached-out spots inside the high neck. The spots kept peeking out so I wound up bringing the dress to Jean at Ghost Tailor, who eliminated the most troublesome flaws by cutting down the neck.<\/p>\n

\"georgewein\"What Wendy Wore<\/strong>
\nDress:<\/strong> Catherine Malandrino (purchased in 2015)<\/em>
\nShoes:<\/strong> Prada (2010)<\/em>
\nPurse:<\/strong> Prada (2007)<\/em><\/p>\n

I seem to gravitate to shoulder stripes: I still have a Gaultier pantsuit with striped shoulders that I wore in my corporate days<\/a>. Maybe, someday, people will rebel against casual dress and suits will have have a moment again.\u00a0 I hope so, because I have a lot of nice ones and I can’t bear to get rid of them!<\/p>\n

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Last Thursday, MrB and I went to a dinner in honor of George Wein’s 90th birthday. George produced the first Newport Jazz Festival in 1954, and the celebration at City Winery doubled as a fundraiser for the nonprofit Newport Festivals Foundation. There were amazing musical performances throughout the evening. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a program…<\/p>\n

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