{"id":37470,"date":"2017-08-31T11:51:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T15:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=37470"},"modified":"2017-09-01T00:51:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T04:51:37","slug":"throwback-thursday-stephen-sprouse-skirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/throwback-thursday-stephen-sprouse-skirt\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Stephen Sprouse Skirt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t remember exactly where or when I got my pink <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/woman-crush-wednesday-video-debbie-harry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Sprouse skirt<\/a>, which is from his Hardcore 1988 collection. I think it was in 2006. The first photo I can find of it is from 2007.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37473\" style=\"width: 173px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/what-wendy-wore-madonna-at-madison-square-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37473\" class=\"wp-image-37473 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/stephen-sprouse-mini-2007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/stephen-sprouse-mini-2007.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/stephen-sprouse-mini-2007-153x300.jpg 153w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The only photo I have is tiny!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is how I wore it in 2011, while out on the town with my friend Julie.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37472\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/on-the-town-fashions-night-out-in-new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37472\" class=\"wp-image-37472 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sprouse2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sprouse2011.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sprouse2011-159x300.jpg 159w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sprouse2011-300x564.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I was never satisfied with any of the tops I wore with this skirt until 2012, when my designing friend Stacy Lomman suggested pairing it with a new sweater. I&#8217;ve worn it the exact same way ever since!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37474\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/what-wendy-wore-madonna-at-madison-square-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37474\" class=\"wp-image-37474 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sprouse2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sprouse2012.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sprouse2012-158x300.jpg 158w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sprouse2012-300x568.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The skirt in 2012, as I wore it to a Madonna concert. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If it ain&#8217;t broke, don&#8217;t fix it, right?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37475\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/what-wendy-wore-short-sprouse-skirt-on-a-cold-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37475\" class=\"wp-image-37475 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sprouse2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sprouse2014.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sprouse2014-170x300.jpg 170w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sprouse2014-300x530.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In 2014. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When I did a photo shoot of this skirt to go with <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/woman-crush-wednesday-video-debbie-harry\/\" target=\"_blank\">yesterday&#8217;s Stephen Sprouse\/Debbie Harry-inspired YouTube video<\/a>, I didn&#8217;t change a thing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sprouse2017skirt.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37476\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sprouse2017skirt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sprouse2017skirt.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sprouse2017skirt-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sprouse2017skirt-768x830.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sprouse2017skirt-947x1024.jpg 947w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/sprouse2017skirt-300x324.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><strong>What Wendy Wore<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Sweater:<\/strong> Dsquared (purchased at Chalk, 2012)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Skirt:<\/strong> Vintage Stephen Sprouse (possibly purchased in 2006)<\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Boots:<\/strong> Prada (2008)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Self-Reliance#In_popular_culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/a> wrote, &#8220;A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds &#8230;&#8221; but he didn&#8217;t have this Stephen Sprouse skirt.<\/p>\n<p>If you didn&#8217;t catch yesterday&#8217;s video about Sprouse &#8212; which features my rapping debut &#8212; check it out now.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J_7viLivfiQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCffTpc4r3ru3j5T6MwxsMVQ\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a> so you don&#8217;t miss next week&#8217;s video.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t remember exactly where or when I got my pink Stephen Sprouse skirt, which is from his Hardcore 1988 collection. I think it was in 2006. The first photo I can find of it is from 2007. This is how I wore it in 2011, while out on the town with my friend Julie&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/throwback-thursday-stephen-sprouse-skirt\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37472,"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":[642,669,91,65,1,17,277,41,27,655,31,122,607,40,129,550,600,497],"tags":[545,343],"class_list":{"0":"post-37470","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-80s-style","8":"category-about-wendy","9":"category-boots","10":"category-designers","11":"category-uncategorized","12":"category-favorite-brands","13":"category-outfit-post","14":"category-pictures-of-me","15":"category-prada","16":"category-repeat-offender-collage","17":"category-shoes","18":"category-skirts","19":"category-throwback-thursday","20":"category-vintage","21":"category-vintage-designers","22":"category-vintage-wendyb-photos","23":"category-wardrobe-therapy","24":"category-what-wendy-wore","25":"tag-debbie-harry","26":"tag-stephen-sprouse","27":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37470","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=37470"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37479,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37470\/revisions\/37479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}