{"id":32106,"date":"2016-03-10T10:59:31","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T15:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=32106"},"modified":"2016-06-27T23:07:14","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T03:07:14","slug":"throwback-thursday-the-2006-photo-of-my-2016-oscars-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/throwback-thursday-the-2006-photo-of-my-2016-oscars-dress\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: The 2006 Photo of My 2016 Oscars Dress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I always thought I was missing an old photo of the <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/what-wendy-wore-the-2016-vanity-fair-oscar-party\/\" target=\"_blank\">vintage Lillie Rubin dress that I wore to the Vanity Fair Oscar party on Feb. 28<\/a>. While looking for a different picture, I found it! This is from May 2006.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.starcelebritydresses.com\/celebrity-occasion-dresses\/green\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32107 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/lillierubin2006.jpg\" alt=\"green prom dresses\" width=\"354\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/lillierubin2006.jpg 354w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/lillierubin2006-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/lillierubin2006-300x405.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what event I wore it to that year. But I&#8217;m now quite sure that I got the dress from<a href=\"http:\/\/www.decadesinc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Decades<\/a> when I was in L.A. for the Oscars in March 2006. That year, I wore a green Zang Toi gown with a matching peacock feather fan to the ceremony &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/oscar-memory-red-carpet-with-george-clooney\/\" target=\"_blank\">where I lurked behind George Clooney<\/a> &#8212; and the Vanity Fair party.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32108\" style=\"width: 367px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.starcelebritydresses.com\/celebrity-occasion-dresses\/blue\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32108\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32108\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/zang2006.jpg\" alt=\"Wearing the Zang Toi with MrB before the Oscars in 2006.\" width=\"357\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/zang2006.jpg 357w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/zang2006-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/zang2006-300x401.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wearing the Zang Toi with MrB before the Oscars in 2006.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If I recall correctly, I planned to wear the Lillie Rubin to the 2007 Oscars, but then I found out that actress Gina Gershon had borrowed the same dress and worn it to an event before I bought it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32109\" style=\"width: 323px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/who-wore-it-best-dont-answer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32109\" class=\"wp-image-32109 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ginadress.jpg\" alt=\"ginadress\" width=\"313\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ginadress.jpg 313w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ginadress-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ginadress-300x460.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for my original post on this.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That bumped the dress off my Oscar list, and I wound up wearing a vintage Guy Laroche gown with a butt bow to the 2007 Oscars.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32110\" style=\"width: 364px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.starcelebritydresses.com\/celebrity-occasion-dresses\/black\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32110\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32110\" class=\"wp-image-32110 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/buttbow.jpg\" alt=\"buttbow\" width=\"354\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/buttbow.jpg 354w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/buttbow-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/buttbow-300x405.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My Oscar dress for 2007. I need to wear this again soon.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m amused that nine years after I decided the Lillie Rubin was too old to wear on Oscar night, I wore it on Oscar night. Too bad I didn&#8217;t bump into Gina Gershon this year! She might have done the same &#8220;ghost of dresses past&#8221; doubletake that I did recently when <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/what-eryn-wore-wendys-chris-benz-dress\/\" target=\"_blank\">I saw my former right-hand woman Eryn Patton wearing a dress that I had given to her<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my official &#8220;Repeat Offender&#8221; collage of the Lillie Rubin.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32111\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.starcelebritydresses.com\/celebrity-occasion-dresses\/purple\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32111\" class=\"wp-image-32111\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/lillierubincollage.jpg\" alt=\"lillierubincollage\" width=\"498\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/lillierubincollage.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/lillierubincollage-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That&#8217;s for the people who say you can&#8217;t wear a statement piece more than once!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always thought I was missing an old photo of the vintage Lillie Rubin dress that I wore to the Vanity Fair Oscar party on Feb. 28. While looking for a different picture, I found it! This is from May 2006. I don&#8217;t know what event I wore it to that year. But I&#8217;m now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/throwback-thursday-the-2006-photo-of-my-2016-oscars-dress\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32107,"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":[231,387,10,61,655,662,40,129,550,497,66],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32106","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-awards","8":"category-awards-shows","9":"category-celebrities","10":"category-dresses","11":"category-repeat-offender-collage","12":"category-vanity-fair-oscar-party","13":"category-vintage","14":"category-vintage-designers","15":"category-vintage-wendyb-photos","16":"category-what-wendy-wore","17":"category-zang-toi","18":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32106","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=32106"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33258,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32106\/revisions\/33258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}