{"id":38281,"date":"2017-12-31T08:30:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T13:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=38281"},"modified":"2017-12-29T20:11:59","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T01:11:59","slug":"slow-fashion-year-in-review-what-wendy-wore-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/slow-fashion-year-in-review-what-wendy-wore-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow-Fashion Year in Review: What Wendy Wore in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

To bring 2017 to a close, I’m taking a look back at 12 “What Wendy Wore<\/a>” highlights, with an emphasis on slow fashion<\/a>. Click the photos for the original posts.<\/p>\n

January<\/strong> began with all gold everything, as I rang in 2017 in a gold gown first worn in 2004. This time, I added a crown.<\/p>\n

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Jan. 1, 2017. This dress was vintage when I got it 13 years ago.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a>Vintage was my choice for the Vanity Fair Oscar party in February.<\/strong> Vanity Fair’s longtime editor and party host extraordinaire, Graydon Carter<\/a>, stepped down this month, so it was his last party … and maybe mine too! I’m glad I got to go as many times as I did. It was always like stepping into a fantasy world, where everyone was a celebrity except me. In case this was my grand finale, I’m glad that I dared myself to wear one of my craziest dresses. I’d worn my 1991 Christian Francis Roth dress before, but not to a next-level event like Vanity Fair.<\/p>\n

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Feb. 26, 2017. Hey, remember the “Cash me ousside” girl?<\/p><\/div>\n

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I use the term “homegrown vintage<\/a>” for clothes that I buy new in their original retail season and then keep for 10 years or more. The Dolce & Gabbana sweater I wore for a March<\/strong> pop-up shop is homegrown vintage. I got it between 2000 and 2005.<\/p>\n

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March 2017. I got the leather skirt by YSL at a consignment store.<\/p><\/div>\n

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2009 photo by GeorgeB.<\/p><\/div>\n

Once in a while, someone asks me if I ever wear anything but gowns! In reality, I spend most days in jeans and a black t-shirt. If it’s hot, I switch the jeans to my Current\/Elliott denim shorts, like I did at Coachella in April<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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April 2017. Photo by my music-loving friend Jessie.<\/p><\/div>\n

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2014. These shorts aren’t very old, but they’ve gotten a lot of wear.<\/p><\/div>\n

MrB received an award from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press at the organization\u2019s annual dinner in May<\/strong>. I wore a vintage Ossie Clark dress.<\/p>\n

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May 2017. The late Ossie Clark is one of my all-time favorite designers.<\/p><\/div>\n

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May 2006. This style was originally a maxi dress. Click to see how it looked before it was hemmed.<\/p><\/div>\n

This June<\/strong>, I wore a 2015 G-Lish top from Patricia Field with 2013 Castelbajac shorts and 2011 Prada shoes while I was in Paris. <\/p>\n

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June 2017.<\/p><\/div>\n

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August 2015. Different Prada shoes are from 2010.<\/p><\/div>\n

In July<\/strong>, I attended the Women’s Jewelry Association Awards for Excellence gala. I was nominated for the design award, so I wore an old dress to ensure I felt comfortable in case I was called upon to give an acceptance speech. (And I was both called upon<\/a> and comfortable!)<\/p>\n

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July 2017. What a thrilling night!<\/p><\/div>\n

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In 2009, the late, great Gigi the dog thought I looked delicious!<\/p><\/div>\n

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November 2013. Accessorized with party favors.<\/p><\/div>\n

I find it hard to believe I wore this Stephen Sprouse jacket with jeans and boots in August<\/strong> in New York, but the photo claims that is the correct date, plus we did have some cooler days<\/a> that month. I also “rapped” for a YouTube video<\/a> in which I talked about Sprouse so I suppose it was a month full of weird happenings.<\/p>\n

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August 2017? Really? I guess so!<\/p><\/div>\n

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The jacket didn’t fade! I’ve just had some crazy lighting issues.<\/p><\/div>\n

In September<\/strong>, I donned my trusty Patricia Field maxi dress for my right-hand woman Eryn’s wedding.<\/p>\n

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September 2017.<\/p><\/div>\n

I got the dress in 2015<\/a>, when I learned that the iconic Pat Field store was closing. I got several other pieces at the same time, all of which I was more excited for, and wouldn’t you know it? I’ve worn this dress far more than anything else I got that day.<\/p>\n

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I’m always happy to shop my closet for Halloween, which is how a pre-2005 Alexander McQueen skirt became part of my Nirvana cheerleader outfit this October<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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October 2017.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Both photos from 2012. The boots on the left didn’t work with the rest of the look!<\/p><\/div>\n

MrB was honored at the Poynter Institute\u2019s Bowtie Ball in Tampa, Fla., in November<\/strong>, so I had a chance to wear this Castelbajac dress from 2013.<\/p>\n

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November 2017. I didn’t get to wear this dress this summer, so it was nice to have the opportunity.<\/p><\/div>\n

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But the zenith of my slow-fashion year fell on December 23<\/strong>, my 50th birthday<\/a>. First, I had an early, casual dinner suitable for my parents, niece, and nephew. For that, I wore a top that I think<\/em> is from the late 1990s. I used to wear it under suit jackets during my pre-2005 corporate days, and I haven’t worn it much since. In fact, I thought of getting rid of it multiple time, but it suddenly feels brand-new to me.<\/p>\n

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This isn’t the kind of thing I would have taken photos of back in the pre-blogging days.<\/p><\/div>\n

After that, I gathered up my late-night peeps and went to Le Poisson Rouge for a midnight show by ’80s cover band Jessie’s Girl<\/a>. The Versace dress I wore is double vintage<\/a>. It is from a 1990s collection, and I bought it in 2007. The motorcycle jacket is homegrown vintage<\/a>. I got it in the 1980s, while I was in high school.<\/p>\n

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What Wendy Wore on Dec. 23, 2017<\/strong>
\nDress<\/strong>: Versace (purchased from Decades in 2007)
\nJacket<\/strong>: Original 1980s acquisition from Bloomingdale’s, if I remember correctly.
\nDancing shoes<\/strong>: Opening Ceremony (2014<\/a>)
\nEarrings<\/strong>: From Barney’s, pre-2005
\nPurse:<\/strong>: Prada (from a few years ago)
\nBlush<\/strong>: ’80s strong!<\/center><\/em><\/p>\n

I was so glad I could still stuff myself into that dress, because I wore it for my last big birthday (which I celebrated on New Year’s Eve that year). You know I love to do those “10 years later” outfit posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Dec. 31, 2007. Accessorized with a faux-ny tail.<\/p><\/div>\n

I also wore the dress for my birthday\/New Year’s Eve party in 2014.<\/p>\n

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Dec. 31, 2014.<\/p><\/div>\n

This dress is exceptionally well-documented because I have a photo of me trying it on at Decades in Los Angeles in 2007. That’s the handsome Cameron Silver of Decades<\/a> holding onto the dress in the back to show me how it would look once it was taken in!<\/p>\n

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Believe it or not, I almost didn’t buy this dress in 2007 because I thought it was “too young” for me then<\/em>. If you started reading me in 2007 — the year I started this blog — you might remember that my original blog motto was “Wear What You Want<\/a>.” At least I’m still taking my own advice, right? <\/p>\n

Whatever you do tonight (and whatever you wear), I wish you all a happy and healthy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To bring 2017 to a close, I’m taking a look back at 12 “What Wendy Wore” highlights, with an emphasis on slow fashion. Click the photos for the original posts. January began with all gold everything, as I rang in 2017 in a gold gown first worn in 2004. This time, I added a crown….<\/p>\n

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