{"id":32267,"date":"2016-03-24T20:32:01","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T00:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=32267"},"modified":"2016-03-24T20:32:01","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T00:32:01","slug":"throwback-thursday-the-vintage-dollar-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/throwback-thursday-the-vintage-dollar-dress\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: The Vintage Dollar Dress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/stylemom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">StyleMom<\/a> celebrated Throwback Thursday by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stylemomig\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Instagramming<\/a> this 2010 photo of my notorious <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/swear-rings\/\" target=\"_blank\">swear rings<\/a> with my vintage dollar dress in the background.<\/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:43.6046511628% 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\/BDVwi_zAE2M\/\" 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\">#throwbackthursday #fashion edition, meeting @wendybrandes in the green room #ifbcon, reminds me of a Biggie hook ? #jewelry #Style #getmoney<\/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 STYLEMOM (@stylemomig) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2016-03-24T14:58:41+00:00\">Mar 24, 2016 at 7:58am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m hankering to wear that dress again ASAP. It was designed by Christian Francis Roth in 1991.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32270\" style=\"width: 302px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/not-exactly-a-dime-a-dozen\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32270\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32270\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dollarw.jpg\" alt=\"The dress on the cover of in the &#039;90s. Click for original post.\" width=\"292\" height=\"439\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dollarw.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dollarw-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The dress on the cover of in the &#8217;90s. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I found mine on eBay in 2009 and first wore it to the Independent Fashion Bloggers conference in February 2010.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32271\" style=\"width: 491px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/independent-fashion-bloggers-evolving-influence\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32271\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32271\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dollarpamela.jpg\" alt=\"Click for more photos.\" width=\"481\" height=\"1023\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dollarpamela.jpg 481w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dollarpamela-141x300.jpg 141w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dollarpamela-300x638.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for more photos.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then I wore it to the Weinstein Company&#8217;s pre-Oscar party in 2013.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32272\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/what-wendy-wore-the-weinstein-company-pre-oscar-party\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32272\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32272\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dressjacketcrop-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Click for original post.\" width=\"498\" height=\"748\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dressjacketcrop-682x1024.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dressjacketcrop-682x1024-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/dressjacketcrop-682x1024-300x451.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But my favorite photo of the dress is from (the now defunct) Fashion&#8217;s Night Out in September 2010. Remember Fashion&#8217;s Night Out? It was supposed to encourage people to shop again after the 2008 economic crash and recession. But no one bought shit. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/04\/fashion\/why-fashions-night-out-faltered.html\" target=\"_blank\">Crowds just came in for whatever fun events were planned and didn&#8217;t spend any money<\/a>. Except for me, of course! I found the over-the-knee Tommy Hilfiger duck boots I&#8217;d been coveting and modeled them for MrB without changing out of the dollar dress.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_32273\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/fashions-night-out-so-excited-i-could-scream\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32273\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32273\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/duckboots.jpg\" alt=\"Click for original post.\" width=\"498\" height=\"922\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/duckboots.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/duckboots-162x300.jpg 162w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/duckboots-300x555.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I think this is one of the best pictures of me evah! Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/what-wendy-wore-all-gold-everything\/\" target=\"_blank\">Now that I managed to wear my gold dress<\/a> after a number of years, the dollar dress is next on my hit list!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blogger StyleMom celebrated Throwback Thursday by Instagramming this 2010 photo of my notorious swear rings with my vintage dollar dress in the background. #throwbackthursday #fashion edition, meeting @wendybrandes in the green room #ifbcon, reminds me of a Biggie hook ? #jewelry #Style #getmoney A photo posted by STYLEMOM (@stylemomig) on Mar 24, 2016 at 7:58am&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/throwback-thursday-the-vintage-dollar-dress\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32270,"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":[81,1,41,607,40,129],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-32267","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-christian-francis-roth","8":"category-uncategorized","9":"category-pictures-of-me","10":"category-throwback-thursday","11":"category-vintage","12":"category-vintage-designers","13":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32267","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=32267"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32276,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32267\/revisions\/32276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}