{"id":31137,"date":"2015-12-17T22:52:15","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T03:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=31137"},"modified":"2015-12-17T22:52:15","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T03:52:15","slug":"throwback-thursday-jennifer-hudsons-2007-oscar-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/throwback-thursday-jennifer-hudsons-2007-oscar-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Jennifer Hudson&#8217;s 2007 Oscar Look"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, I wrote about <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/oscar-fashion-flashback-jennifer-hudson-in-2007\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer Hudson&#8217;s much-criticized 2007 Oscar outfit<\/a>, which featured a cropped metallic bolero. I loved it, of course.<\/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:337px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/73418035\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:176.261128% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/73418035?et=54h1fJJcRGR46T1QEZoTjg&#038;viewMoreLink=on&#038;sig=g-_hOHK75-_J_8U0dCS78-7HMP-47x3jNONqPVU2zsA=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"337\" height=\"594\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>It was unexpected and fabulous.<\/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:404px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/73418180\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:147.029703% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/73418180?et=pZoFiGRSQrdnvNU98wHb4A&#038;viewMoreLink=on&#038;sig=1rDAXPorw_CNcrCT21xkpXF1UDMeWxMJgoys2Qkw1VY=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"404\" height=\"594\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I do believe it left me with a lasting love for offbeat, cropped jackets.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31139\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/what-wendy-wore-zang-toi-to-vanity-fair-oscar-party\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31139\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31139\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oscars2013fulllength-1.jpg\" alt=\"My Watanabe jacket. Click for original post.\" width=\"498\" height=\"644\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oscars2013fulllength-1.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oscars2013fulllength-1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oscars2013fulllength-1-300x388.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My Watanabe jacket. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I thought of Hudson&#8217;s look the moment I saw this 2013 Burberry capelet on 1stdibs.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31140\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/fashion\/clothing\/jackets\/burberry-cropped-silver-metallic-python-cape-spring-2013-runway\/id-v_1148432\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31140\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31140\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/crop.jpg\" alt=\"$2,200 on 1stdibs.com. Click to shop.\" width=\"498\" height=\"498\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/crop.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/crop-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/crop-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">$2,200 on 1stdibs.com. Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jennifer felt bad when people talked trash about her outfit at the time, but what else from that event is  memorable eight years later? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/package\/gallery\/0,,20168763_20009281_20013800,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">I had to look up what the &#8220;best dressed&#8221; actresses wore that year<\/a> and I was like, &#8220;Oh &#8230; yeah.&#8221; Some beautiful things, to be sure, but nothing that I had a vivid mental image of after all this time. Nothing at all that makes me say, &#8220;I&#8217;d wear that!&#8221; like the Burberry capelet does. You know &#8230; my birthday is coming up. If one of you has $2,200 burning a hole in your pocket, please don&#8217;t hesitate to shop for me on 1stdibs.com.* The best presents <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/outfit-post-all-clogged-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">are never practical<\/a>, after all!<\/p>\n<p><em>*Nah. <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/store\/categories.php?category=Sale\" target=\"_blank\">Shop for Wendy Brandes jewelry for yourself instead<\/a>. You deserve it!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, I wrote about Jennifer Hudson&#8217;s much-criticized 2007 Oscar outfit, which featured a cropped metallic bolero. I loved it, of course. Embed from Getty Images It was unexpected and fabulous. Embed from Getty Images I do believe it left me with a lasting love for offbeat, cropped jackets. I thought of Hudson&#8217;s look&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/throwback-thursday-jennifer-hudsons-2007-oscar-look\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31138,"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":[10,544,71,115,607,517],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"category-fashion-repeats-itself","9":"category-jackets","10":"category-oscars","11":"category-throwback-thursday","12":"category-wishful-thinking","13":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31137","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=31137"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31144,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31137\/revisions\/31144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}