{"id":37010,"date":"2017-07-21T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=37010"},"modified":"2017-07-20T17:44:01","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T21:44:01","slug":"rihanna-gives-me-non-buyers-remorse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/rihanna-gives-me-non-buyers-remorse\/","title":{"rendered":"Rihanna Gives Me Non-Buyer&#8217;s Remorse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/what-wendy-wore-the-pain-of-non-buyers-remorse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I don&#8217;t suffer buyer&#8217;s remorse too often<\/a>, but I do sometimes get non-buyer&#8217;s remorse. Last year, it was <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/non-buyers-remorse-pucci-boots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">these Pucci boots.<\/a> This year, it&#8217;s the poufy, tulle Oscar de la Renta gown I tried on at the Los Angeles store Decades in February.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37011\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/what-wendy-tried-oscar-de-la-renta-on-oscar-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37011\" class=\"wp-image-37011 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/decades2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/decades2.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/decades2-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/decades2-300x399.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That one has always nagged at me, and I was reminded of it when I saw the tulle Giambattista Valli <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/mullet-dresses-are-going-strong\/\" target=\"_blank\">mullet gown<\/a> that Rihanna wore this week to the Hollywood premiere of the movie <em>Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets<\/em>.<\/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:451px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/817032268\" 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:131.707317% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/817032268?et=nVaUeYABRTFfQjDPRJRZwA&#038;tld=com&#038;viewMoreLink=off&#038;sig=2K-HALoM2MHCTSrVNWSjyoCG4Q0WkWniGrQ4S-cgEDE=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"451\" 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 passed on the tulle dress at Decades in favor of another Oscar de la Renta. I was in love with the colors of this one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/decades5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"766\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/decades5.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/decades5-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/decades5-300x461.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That dress was cut so narrowly that, before buying it, I required an emergency consultation with <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/ive-seen-ghost-tailor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jean from Ghost Tailor<\/a> about whether there was any possibility of alterations. Unfortunately, Jean said it couldn&#8217;t be done, and when a miracle worker like Jean says no, that is the final answer. <\/p>\n<p>Now I keep thinking wistfully of the tulle, and more so this week. But the sane side of my brain keeps reminding me that no amount of tulle will make me look like Rihanna, so I&#8217;ll just move on. I do have my poufy Giambattista Valli jacket as consolation!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37013\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/what-wendy-wore-giambattista-valli-puffy-jacket\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37013\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/puffy1resize.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"747\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/puffy1resize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/puffy1resize-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/puffy1resize-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I spoke about buying that jacket (at a bargain price) in a YouTube video I posted last month. If you missed that one, check it out now.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tV47T2OvAuQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCffTpc4r3ru3j5T6MwxsMVQ\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe to my YouTube channel<\/a> so that you don&#8217;t miss my next video. I usually post them on Wednesday, but this weekend I have a special one planned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t suffer buyer&#8217;s remorse too often, but I do sometimes get non-buyer&#8217;s remorse. Last year, it was these Pucci boots. This year, it&#8217;s the poufy, tulle Oscar de la Renta gown I tried on at the Los Angeles store Decades in February. That one has always nagged at me, and I was reminded of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/rihanna-gives-me-non-buyers-remorse\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37011,"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":[61,1,570,583,40],"tags":[1023],"class_list":{"0":"post-37010","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dresses","8":"category-uncategorized","9":"category-mullets","10":"category-rihanna","11":"category-vintage","12":"tag-non-buyers-remorse","13":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37010","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=37010"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37021,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37010\/revisions\/37021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}