{"id":39109,"date":"2018-02-19T23:57:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T04:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=39109"},"modified":"2018-02-20T00:20:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T05:20:15","slug":"what-wendy-wore-slow-fashion-for-valentines-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/what-wendy-wore-slow-fashion-for-valentines-week\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wendy Wore: Slow Fashion for Valentine’s Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

MrB and I went to Blue Water Grill<\/a> for a Valentine’s Day dinner last week. I considered taking the holiday theme to the extreme by wearing my vintage Moschino heart dress,<\/a> but I ultimately opted for Valentine’s-red boots instead. Much to my delight, the next day, Elle declared that red boots are the new white boots<\/a>. Not only do I have the red boots from 2008 … I also have white boots from 2012<\/a>. Ha! If white boots are the new red boots next year, I’m totally prepared.<\/p>\n

\"\"What Wendy Wore<\/strong><\/em>
\nSweater:<\/strong> Alexander McQueen (pre-2005, previously seen in 2006<\/a>)<\/em>
\nBelt:<\/strong> Random thing I bought online (2016, previously seen in 2016<\/a>)
\nSkirt:<\/strong> Moschino (2005\/2006, previously seen in 2011<\/a>)<\/em>
\nSuede boots:<\/strong> From Yoox.com<\/a> (2008, previously seen in 2012<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Moschino skirt has matching flecks of red in it. Here’s the same skirt in 2011. My whole Valentine’s Day outfit was homegrown vintage<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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On February 16, I went to the annual awards dinner for the Columbia Daily Spectator<\/a>. Spec is the undergraduate news organization at Columbia University, and I’m still a member of the board of trustees, even though I retired from the chairman role<\/a>. We had an amazing keynote speaker: Jodi Kantor of the New York Times, who, with her colleague Megan Twohey<\/a>, last October broke the Harvey Weinstein story<\/a> that led to the whole #MeToo movement against sexual abuse.<\/p>\n

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Jodi Kantor at Spectator.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

I decided to stick with the theme of red homegrown vintage for the Spectator dinner.<\/p>\n

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What Wendy Wore<\/strong><\/em>
\nDress:<\/strong> Zang Toi (2009<\/a>)<\/em>
\nOver-the-knee boots:<\/strong> Manolo Blahnik (best guess: 2003<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

Check out how hard I hit the Wendy Brandes pose<\/a> last week! Sometimes I switch up the arm placement and angle a bit more, but this time, I’m so consistent I’m like an oversize paper doll. I guess it’s a kind of talent, right? Anyway, the plaid Zang Toi dress comes with a striped turtleneck.\u00a0 I first wore the sweater-and-dress combo in 2009, and I believe I most recently wore it in 2016. Look at that pose: Seriously, can’t I get some kind of lucrative paper-doll model gig for this?<\/p>\n

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2016. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n

I contemplated wearing the sweater last week, but it requires repair again from getting snagged on the dress, so I went without. I’ve worn the dress sans<\/em> sweater plenty of times, starting in 2009.<\/p>\n

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2009. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

Extra-great thing about that dress: It has pockets<\/a>! I didn’t put anything in them and I’m sure all they’d be good for is a lipstick or business cards, but I enjoy knowing they’re there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MrB and I went to Blue Water Grill for a Valentine’s Day dinner last week. I considered taking the holiday theme to the extreme by wearing my vintage Moschino heart dress, but I ultimately opted for Valentine’s-red boots instead. Much to my delight, the next day, Elle declared that red boots are the new white…<\/p>\n

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