{"id":32006,"date":"2016-02-24T22:24:32","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T03:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=32006"},"modified":"2016-02-24T22:24:32","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T03:24:32","slug":"what-eryn-wore-wendys-chris-benz-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/what-eryn-wore-wendys-chris-benz-dress\/","title":{"rendered":"What Eryn Wore: Wendy&#8217;s Chris Benz Dress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2012, I received two Chris Benz dresses that I&#8217;d ordered from a trunk show the previous fall. <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/what-wendy-wore-neon-pink-chris-benz-to-the-elly-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\">This was one<\/a> and this was the other.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32007\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/what-wendy-wore-revolving-door-of-clothes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32007\" class=\"wp-image-32007 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/chris-benz.jpg\" alt=\"chris benz\" width=\"498\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/chris-benz.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/chris-benz-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/chris-benz-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I never loved the black dress. The sample fit great, but the final product didn&#8217;t live up to the original&#8217;s promise. <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/ive-seen-ghost-tailor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jean from Ghost Tailor<\/a> improved it immensely, but I still didn&#8217;t think the waist hit me quite where it should.\u00a0 I wore it several times, but then decided I should donate\/sell it (and a couple of other pristine dresses) but I never got around to taking action. Finally, this year, my former right-hand woman, <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/eryn-patton\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eryn<\/a>, came over to my apartment and I had a &#8220;Eureka!&#8221; moment. Behold!<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"6\" 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:57.037037037% 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=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BBco1pxGcVl\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">That trash can photobomb, tho. @wendybrandes chose a great location for the #columbiaspectator dinner (and years ago, her wedding), as proven by the amazing lighting in this bathroom. Also, we should probably talk about how this #chrisbenz dress recently wandered from her closet into mine. #latergram #selfie #saturdayselfie #lbd #redlips #? #Hepburn<\/a><\/p>\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 photo posted by Eryn Elizabeth (@_eryn_elizabeth) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2016-02-06T14:03:13+00:00\">Feb 6, 2016 at 6:03am PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I like this <em>so<\/em> much better on Eryn! A tiny difference in fit makes a big aesthetic difference to my eyes. The only problem was that Eryn wore it to an event I was at, and every time I looked at her, I momentarily thought I was seeing myself, in my dress, in a mirror. I kept trying to adjust my hair and lipstick while staring at her. Sorry for the weird looks, Eryn!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2012, I received two Chris Benz dresses that I&#8217;d ordered from a trunk show the previous fall. This was one and this was the other. I never loved the black dress. The sample fit great, but the final product didn&#8217;t live up to the original&#8217;s promise. Jean from Ghost Tailor improved it immensely, but&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/what-eryn-wore-wendys-chris-benz-dress\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32007,"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":[65,61,640,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-designers","category-dresses","category-eryn-patton","category-pictures-of-me","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32006","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=32006"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32011,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32006\/revisions\/32011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}