{"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":"<p>I like to keep an eye out for &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/uncategorized\/fashion-repeats-itself\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fashion Repeats Itself<\/a>&#8221; moments, so I was pleased that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VVFriedman\/status\/775453311826796545\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\">Vanessa Friedman of the New York Times<\/a> pointed out the anchor wedges at the recent Thom Browne runway show.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34216\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VVFriedman\/status\/775453311826796545\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34216\" class=\"wp-image-34216\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/anchors-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Click for source.\" width=\"498\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/anchors.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/anchors-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/anchors-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But a tip of the hat goes to my designing friend Stacy Lomman, who alerted me to Vanessa&#8217;s tweet. Stacy remembered my anchor wedges by Castelbajac from a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/throwback-thursday-red-white-blue-outfits-for-holidays\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34217\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/castelshoes2.jpg\" alt=\"castelshoes2\" width=\"495\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/castelshoes2.jpg 495w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/castelshoes2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, the two pairs of shoes are entirely different looking, but it isn&#8217;t every day that I get to write &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=anchor+wedges+shoes&amp;biw=1275&amp;bih=722&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiKsvWEoafPAhVq54MKHRGJCCAQ_AUIBygC\" target=\"_blank\">anchor wedges,<\/a>&#8221; so let me have my moment.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, I was surprised to spot this suede,\u00a0 rainbow-ish, asymmetrical jacket on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">1stdibs.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34218\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/fashion\/clothing\/jackets\/suede-patchwork-1980s-asymmetrical-jacket\/id-v_356802\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34218\" class=\"wp-image-34218\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/rainbow-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"rainbow\" width=\"498\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/rainbow-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/rainbow-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/rainbow-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/rainbow-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/rainbow-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/rainbow.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The jacket is identified as being from the 1980s. I&#8217;d guess very late &#8217;80s, because Thierry Mugler&#8217;s iconic rainbow jacket is from his Spring\/Summer 1990 collection. It just so happens that there&#8217;s also one of these on 1stdibs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34220\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/fashion\/clothing\/jackets\/s-s-1990-thierry-mugler-rainbow-leather-jacket\/id-v_1414823\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34220\" class=\"wp-image-34220\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/mugler-1.jpg\" alt=\"mugler\" width=\"498\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/mugler-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/mugler-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/mugler-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/mugler-1-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I have a feeling that this is more of a Fashion Copies Itself moment than a Fashion Repeats Itself moment, but it&#8217;s still interesting. The Mugler piece is infinitely more beautiful, of course. Putting the photos of the jackets together reminded me of my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/good-wedding-cake-not-so-good-wedding-cake\/\" target=\"_blank\">Goofus\/Gallant post about wedding cakes:<\/a> You can&#8217;t even compare the work. You can, however, compare prices and the suede version is bargain $175, while the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kci.or.jp\/archives\/digital_archives\/detail_206_e.html\" target=\"_blank\">museum-worthy<\/a> Mugler is $11,500.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like to keep an eye out for &#8220;Fashion Repeats Itself&#8221; 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&#8217;s tweet&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/fashion-repeats-itself-anchors-and-rainbows\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34216,"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":[1,544],"tags":[886,887,888],"class_list":{"0":"post-34089","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"category-fashion-repeats-itself","9":"tag-fashion-repeats-itself","10":"tag-thierry-mugler","11":"tag-thom-browne","12":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34089","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=34089"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34222,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34089\/revisions\/34222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}