{"id":41332,"date":"2018-11-19T21:28:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T02:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=41332"},"modified":"2018-11-19T21:28:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T02:28:55","slug":"what-wendy-wore-double-vintage-clovis-ruffin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/what-wendy-wore-double-vintage-clovis-ruffin\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wendy Wore: Double-Vintage Clovis Ruffin"},"content":{"rendered":"

I declare a garment to be “double vintage” when it’s vintage by nature and<\/em> vintage in terms of how long I\u2019ve owned it.\u00a0 Here’s the double-vintage Clovis Ruffin dress I wore last week to The Acting Company’s fall gala, which honored my friends Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and Carl Spielvogel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"What Wendy Wore<\/strong>
\nDress:<\/strong> Clovis Ruffin (purchased from eBay in 2005, probably)<\/em>
\nUnseen shoes:<\/strong> Prada (2010)<\/em>
\nPurse:<\/strong> Louis Vuitton (2016)<\/em>
\nShawl:<\/strong> Zang Toi (seen here in 2012<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

Designer Clovis Ruffin launched his company in 1972. He died of AIDS at age 46 in 1992<\/a>, so any clothes with his label are obviously vintage by nature. As for how long I’ve owned this dress — here it is on Dec. 31, 2005, when I accessorized it with some extra hair.<\/p>\n

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Ringing in 2006.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

In the pre-blogging days, I didn’t take a lot of head-to-shoe photos. I would have thought that was very odd! But you can see a bit more of the dress in a tiny photo in this post from 2007<\/a> (I can’t find the original right now). You can see other Clovis Ruffin dresses I own in these posts<\/a>. It makes me very happy to share some information about Clovis. To me, the best thing about what I call “slow fashion” isn’t the sustainability — it’s the story, whether that’s your story or someone else’s or both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I declare a garment to be “double vintage” when it’s vintage by nature and vintage in terms of how long I\u2019ve owned it.\u00a0 Here’s the double-vintage Clovis Ruffin dress I wore last week to The Acting Company’s fall gala, which honored my friends Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and Carl Spielvogel. What Wendy Wore Dress: Clovis Ruffin (purchased…<\/p>\n

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