{"id":34089,"date":"2016-09-24T01:49:15","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T05:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=34089"},"modified":"2016-09-24T01:49:15","modified_gmt":"2016-09-24T05:49:15","slug":"fashion-repeats-itself-anchors-and-rainbows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/fashion-repeats-itself-anchors-and-rainbows\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashion Repeats Itself: Anchors and Rainbows"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like to keep an eye out for “Fashion Repeats Itself<\/a>” moments, so I was pleased that Vanessa Friedman of the New York Times<\/a> pointed out the anchor wedges at the recent Thom Browne runway show.<\/p>\n

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But a tip of the hat goes to my designing friend Stacy Lomman, who alerted me to Vanessa’s tweet. Stacy remembered my anchor wedges by Castelbajac from a few years ago.<\/p>\n

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Obviously, the two pairs of shoes are entirely different looking, but it isn’t every day that I get to write “anchor wedges,<\/a>” so let me have my moment.<\/p>\n

Separately, I was surprised to spot this suede,\u00a0 rainbow-ish, asymmetrical jacket on 1stdibs.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The jacket is identified as being from the 1980s. I’d guess very late ’80s, because Thierry Mugler’s iconic rainbow jacket is from his Spring\/Summer 1990 collection. It just so happens that there’s also one of these on 1stdibs.<\/p>\n

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I have a feeling that this is more of a Fashion Copies Itself moment than a Fashion Repeats Itself moment, but it’s still interesting. The Mugler piece is infinitely more beautiful, of course. Putting the photos of the jackets together reminded me of my Goofus\/Gallant post about wedding cakes:<\/a> You can’t even compare the work. You can, however, compare prices and the suede version is bargain $175, while the museum-worthy<\/a> Mugler is $11,500. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I like to keep an eye out for “Fashion Repeats Itself” moments, so I was pleased that Vanessa Friedman of the New York Times pointed out the anchor wedges at the recent Thom Browne runway show. But a tip of the hat goes to my designing friend Stacy Lomman, who alerted me to Vanessa’s tweet….<\/p>\n

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