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I got this dress at Allan & Suzi’s vintage\/consignment store in 2004.\u00a0 I wore it to the Vanity Fair Oscar party that year. We weren’t too adept at taking outfit photos in those pre-blogging days.<\/p>\n
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Wearing the dress and a faux-ny tail in 2004.<\/p><\/div>\n
I then wore it to an event in New York in 2005.<\/p>\n
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No faux-ny tail here!<\/p><\/div>\n
The dress has no label in it … nor does it have a lining. Allan was like, “Wear it as is!” AS IF! I’ve always worn a beige slip underneath it. I think it’s better to be photographed by Bill Cunningham of the New York Times<\/a> without ones bits and pieces showing. Call me old-fashioned!<\/p>\n EDITED TO ADD: Two other outfits have had the seven-year itch to be taken out of my closet and worn again. A purple Versace dress<\/a> and a pink Versace suit<\/a>. Seven is a magic number for unworn clothes!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I feel like I wore my gold, one-sleeved, vintage dress recently but, according to photo evidence, “recently” was seven years ago.\u00a0 Here I am in 2008 with my friend Melissa at the Committee to Protect Journalists awards dinner. I got this dress at Allan & Suzi’s vintage\/consignment store in 2004.\u00a0 I wore it to the…<\/p>\n