{"id":37999,"date":"2017-11-15T13:49:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T18:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=37999"},"modified":"2017-11-15T14:00:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T19:00:47","slug":"wednesdays-video-slow-fashion-purse-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/wednesdays-video-slow-fashion-purse-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday&#8217;s Video: Slow Fashion, Purse Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/another-slow-fashion-fan-tami-roman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this week&#8217;s posts about slow fashion<\/a>, my new YouTube video stars a few purses that &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/how-tiffany-haddish-got-one-woman-on-inside-edition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One Woman<\/a>&#8221; has used for 10 or more years.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hK-Gj7EZEdc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had to dig around for photos of a couple of the pre-2007\/pre-blog purses featured. At first, I was puzzled by the fact that my rainbow monogram Louis Vuitton &#8212; from the first Takashi Murakami collaboration with Vuitton &#8212; could only be found in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2004\/04\/04\/style\/view-when-a-man-is-left-holding-the-bag.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a photo of MrB patiently holding it for me in Paris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38000\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/g27307\/12-heroic-celeb-boyfriends-toting-their-girlfriends-purses\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38000\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/resizelouis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"664\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/resizelouis.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/resizelouis-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/resizelouis-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for photos of celeb dudes holding their S.O.&#8217;s purses.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then I remembered that before outfit posts for the Internet were a thing, I&#8217;d always hand off my bag to someone for a photo. Like &#8230; why should I be holding a purse to get my picture taken? My, how times have changed.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the history of my pink Balenciaga bag requires a correction. I was right about having purchased it at Decades in Los Angeles, but that happened in 2004, not 2003 as I said in the video. You can see I was pleased with my acquisition.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38001\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38001\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/balenciaga2004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"664\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/balenciaga2004.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/balenciaga2004-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/balenciaga2004-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-38001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I got the sheer vintage top I&#8217;m wearing in this 2004 at the same time I got the purse.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to have to do another purse video because I left out my oldest bag &#8212; a Prada from the late 1990s &#8212; and one of my treasured Louis Vuitton Murakami bags. While I included my <a href=\"https:\/\/pufflesandhoneyadventures.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/01\/the-cherry-world-of-takashi-murakami\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2005<\/a> Murakami Cerise bag with the smiling cherries on it, I omitted its close relative, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highsnobiety.com\/2015\/07\/17\/louis-vuitton-murakami-pieces\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cherry Blossom bag,<\/a> just because I was too lazy to climb up to the high shelf the latter lives on.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Murakami, the artist has proven he can still move a lot of product, even though Vuitton <a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/market\/louis-vuitton-cancels-takashi-murakami-collection-318273\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ended its collaboration with him in 2015<\/a>.  WWD has a story about an exhibit of his work at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where <a href=\"http:\/\/wwd.com\/fashion-news\/fashion-scoops\/takashi-murakami-museum-of-fine-arts-in-boston-helps-spark-sellout-sales-11047659\/amp\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the museum shop is doing big business<\/a>. The article says Flower-shaped cushions and plush toys are popular, making me wonder which category my happy flower plush falls into.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/flower2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"556\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/flower2.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/flower2-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/flower2-300x335.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The flower is still happy but a little sleepy on the flip side.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/flower.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"595\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/flower.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/flower-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/flower-300x358.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I got the cushion\/toy at an event I attended, the details of which are lost to my memory. I&#8217;m going to guess that it happened before the initial Vuitton collaboration because I think riots would have broken out if someone handed out free Murakami toys in 2003!<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to subscribe to my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCffTpc4r3ru3j5T6MwxsMVQ\/videos\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a> so you don&#8217;t miss my next video!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing this week&#8217;s posts about slow fashion, my new YouTube video stars a few purses that &#8220;One Woman&#8221; has used for 10 or more years. I&#8217;ve had to dig around for photos of a couple of the pre-2007\/pre-blog purses featured. At first, I was puzzled by the fact that my rainbow monogram Louis Vuitton &#8212;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/wednesdays-video-slow-fashion-purse-edition\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38001,"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":[669,34,1,26,663,1291,550],"tags":[1306,1455,1305],"class_list":{"0":"post-37999","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-about-wendy","8":"category-accessories","9":"category-uncategorized","10":"category-handbags","11":"category-purses","12":"category-video-about-wendy","13":"category-vintage-wendyb-photos","14":"tag-homegrown-vintage","15":"tag-louis-vuitton","16":"tag-slow-fashion","17":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37999","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=37999"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38005,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37999\/revisions\/38005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}