{"id":36703,"date":"2017-06-22T09:30:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T13:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=36703"},"modified":"2017-06-21T09:46:22","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T13:46:22","slug":"throwback-thursday-celine-dions-oscar-tux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/throwback-thursday-celine-dions-oscar-tux\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Celine Dion&#8217;s Oscar Tux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/people.com\/tag\/celine-dion\">C\u00e9line Dion<\/a> was talking about fashion with People magazine recently, and I was glad to learn that she isn&#8217;t traumatized by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/photos\/8018\/worst-dressed-stars-ever-at-the-oscars\/261869\" target=\"_blank\">criticism<\/a> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/people.com\/style\/celine-dion-says-her-backwards-oscar-tux-was-ahead-of-its-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">backwards John Galliano tuxedo she wore to the 1999 Oscars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:392px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/80990622\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:151.530612% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/80990622?et=8xtcD2hLTvx76F-RsVl1kQ&#038;tld=com&#038;viewMoreLink=off&#038;sig=lUfEjsiMpU0a2xSR4wnWbSeelKsxRxvv49uA4BdHH2I=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"392\" height=\"594\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;\" ><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>C\u00e9line said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;When I wore that look, yes it was at the Oscars, and when I wore that, everyone was wearing dresses, not pants. I was the only one with pants in a backward suit from Galliano and if I would do this today it would work. It was avant-garde at the time. And it doesn\u2019t matter, you just have to assume what you wear, you wear, and I did.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, C\u00e9line was way ahead of us basic bitches, but she&#8217;s too nice to put it in exactly those words. I appreciate her forbearance, because I was one of those basic bitches, as <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/i-can-see-clearly-now-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">I admitted in this 2008 post<\/a>. I&#8217;ve evolved even more since 2008. I wrote that maybe I wouldn&#8217;t wear that tux to the Oscars. What? I&#8217;m ready to give that suit a damn Oscar.<\/p>\n<p>This makes me determined to wear my 2003 white Versace pantsuit somewhere &#8212; anywhere! &#8212; this summer. I&#8217;ve been thinking about it <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/white-hot-already-got\/\" target=\"_blank\">since 2015<\/a> when <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.avclub.com\/tvclub\/broad-city-mochalatta-chills-214160\" target=\"_blank\">Broad City<\/a><\/em> aired an episode in which Ilana decides to be more professional, leading her to buy a &#8220;power suit.&#8221; A white suit. That she keeps loudly describing as a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/andyneuenschwander\/19-times-broad-city-made-you-laugh-so-hard-it-hurt\" target=\"_blank\">white power suit<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/MPGUK8CYsTore\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameBorder=\"0\" class=\"giphy-embed\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/broad-city-ilana-glazer-abbi-jacobson-MPGUK8CYsTore\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Also, I do like to take photos of clothes being worn <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/what-wendy-wore-double-vintage-ossie-clark\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 years apart<\/a>, and the last photos I have of me in that suit are from <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/white-hot-already-got\/\" target=\"_blank\">2007<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:396px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/609568554\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:150.000000% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/609568554?et=I-DMYUT1QnB-XZp01tBPDw&#038;tld=com&#038;viewMoreLink=off&#038;sig=Dl1vOiLB0XJvekmfHPbu8ZPEI8n4l6OVaB162_UWUE0=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"396\" height=\"594\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;\" ><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I wore it to a book launch for model Alek Wek &#8230;. and check it out! MrB and I took a picture with Alek herself. <\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:396px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/609567864\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:150.000000% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/609567864?et=A99WdK_6SVVJ8C0BnMBpzw&#038;tld=com&#038;viewMoreLink=off&#038;sig=ZSZX7NtyzmnpRDo_N_MPZPsG5mRcLvYv-GasgIQyvsk=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"396\" height=\"594\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;\" ><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>My Twitter friend Kim has given me some new styling ideas, using my suit&#8217;s long-lost twin: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/fashion\/clothing\/suits-outfits-ensembles\/thierry-mugler-80s-striped-cream-linen-suit-size-6\/id-v_1125822\/\" target=\"_blank\">a Thierry Mugler that she found on 1stdibs.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Corporate series <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2pixPouKcE\">pic.twitter.com\/2pixPouKcE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; kim (@kimdvniels) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kimdvniels\/status\/877355986620604416\">June 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>So cross your fingers that (a) I fit into the suit and (b) I don&#8217;t have an Ilana moment. I don&#8217;t want to accidentally attract any of those <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pepe_the_Frog\" target=\"_blank\">Pepe the frog fascists<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C\u00e9line Dion was talking about fashion with People magazine recently, and I was glad to learn that she isn&#8217;t traumatized by the criticism of the backwards John Galliano tuxedo she wore to the 1999 Oscars. Embed from Getty Images C\u00e9line said: &#8220;When I wore that look, yes it was at the Oscars, and when I&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/throwback-thursday-celine-dions-oscar-tux\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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":[669,10,1,17,56,41,113,607,105,550],"tags":[1298,1345],"class_list":["post-36703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-about-wendy","category-celebrities","category-uncategorized","category-favorite-brands","category-models","category-pictures-of-me","category-suits","category-throwback-thursday","category-versace","category-vintage-wendyb-photos","tag-celine-dion","tag-oscar-fashion","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36703","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=36703"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36711,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36703\/revisions\/36711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}