{"id":40122,"date":"2018-05-15T23:56:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T03:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=40122"},"modified":"2018-05-16T00:04:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T04:04:34","slug":"fashion-repeats-itself-money-stays-in-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/fashion-repeats-itself-money-stays-in-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashion Repeats Itself: Money Stays in Style"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dollar prints on clothes and accessories are trendy again<\/a>. Balenciaga is doing them.<\/p>\n

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Balenciaga scarf. Click to purchase on 24 Sevres.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

So is Margiela.<\/p>\n

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Margiela high-top. Click to purchase at Bergdorf Goodman.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

Whenever currency is au courant<\/em> in fashion<\/span>, I can shop my closet for my vintage Christian Francis Roth dollar dress.<\/p>\n

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The dress in 2013. Click for more photos.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

The dress was created in 1991 …<\/p>\n

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1991 cover shot. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

… but I bought it on eBay in 2009.<\/p>\n

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With my blogging friend Pamela in 2010.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

I’ve worn this dress many times, including Fashion’s Night Out <\/a>in 2010, when I bought a pair of sex-ay, over-the-knee Tommy Hilfiger duck boots. Of course, I had to take a photo of that bizarre dress and boot combination just for laughs.<\/p>\n

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I didn’t wear this combo all night, obvi. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

Now I feel as if Demna Gvasalia, the creative director of Balenciaga, stumbled across my picture and said, “That dress does need a pair of appropriate over-the-knee boots.” Because … look!<\/p>\n

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Balenciaga boots. Click to purchase at Matches.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

I’m looking at those like …<\/p>\n

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I can’t justify buying these boots, but my birthday is in December, and if you like to get your shopping done in advance, I’m a size 36.5. Just sayin’!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dollar prints on clothes and accessories are trendy again. Balenciaga is doing them. So is Margiela. Whenever currency is au courant in fashion, I can shop my closet for my vintage Christian Francis Roth dollar dress. The dress was created in 1991 … … but I bought it on eBay in 2009. I’ve worn this…<\/p>\n

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