{"id":40052,"date":"2018-05-01T23:56:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T03:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=40052"},"modified":"2018-05-02T01:20:45","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T05:20:45","slug":"fashion-repeats-itself-its-snake-time-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/fashion-repeats-itself-its-snake-time-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashion Repeats Itself: It’s Snake Time Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was pleased to see Fashionista.com report that snakeskin looks are hot for spring<\/a>. In 2011, I wrote a piece for the Huffington Post<\/a> that included snakeskin<\/a> as a hot trend for fall. Basically, snakeskin is good all year round! And for more than one season or year, as I noted at the time.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s well-suited to classic accessories such as shoes and purses and worth investing in because the look comes back every few years, most recently in 2007<\/a> and 2009<\/a>. (I promise the fashion police won\u2019t ticket you if you carry a beautiful snakeskin or snake-print bag in the \u201coff\u201d years.)”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I ended that article by saying, “Fashion repeats itself. Shop accordingly!” Of course, I still have the three snakeskin\/snake-print items I photographed in 2011.<\/p>\n

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1990s boots, Ossie Clark jacket, Etro top.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

These days, I also have my one-of-a-kind, solid-gold snake tiara<\/a>. It’s available on 1stdibs.com.<\/p>\n

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Now on 1stdibs.com.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

I’ve always wanted to design museum-worthy pieces, and I feel like I succeeded with this tiara.<\/p>\n

But back to 2011: I got sentimental reading the blog post<\/a> that pointed readers to my Huffington Post article, because it includes a list of bloggers who contributed their pictures to a HuffPost slideshow.<\/a> That might have been a peak fashion-blogging year, complete with a massive Independent Fashion Bloggers conference<\/a> run by my gorgeous friend Jennine Jacob, who started blogging in 2006 under the name The Coveted<\/a>. Jennine is the one who encouraged me to start my own blog in 2007 because of the way-too-long comments I was leaving on hers! Since the zenith of fashion blogging, so many blogs have disappeared into the ether, which makes me a little melancholy because it was an interesting time. On the bright side, some ex-bloggers are still producing great content — they just have new outlets, including Instagram<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, and other social media. Jennine, for instance, sold the fashion-blogger conference and now shares her love for ceramics on her Glaze Magazine website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Then there’s me. While I’ve added Instagram<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, Twitter,<\/a> Facebook<\/a>, and Pinterest<\/a>, my heart still belongs to blogging. I celebrated my 10th blogversary last year<\/a>! Because I’m multi-social-media now, I did a YouTube video to celebrate while wearing the same sweater and necklace that I wore in the first photo I posted of myself on July 27, 2007<\/a>.<\/p>\n