{"id":42874,"date":"2019-06-06T22:12:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T02:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=42874"},"modified":"2019-06-06T22:14:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T02:14:57","slug":"throwback-thursday-sheila-has-a-toga-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/throwback-thursday-sheila-has-a-toga-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Sheila Has a Vintage Toga Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In April, I did a video about a vintage Stephen Burrows toga-type garment that I had never worn. I didn&#8217;t want to give it up because Burrows is an important designer, and whenever I considered selling the piece online or at a consignment store, I imagined it eventually landing on a thrift-store rack, forlorn and unappreciated. I couldn&#8217;t let that happen, so the gold lam\u00e9 toga stayed in my closet.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qq8_uhyroaY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>My sister OG blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/sheilaephemera.blogspot.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sheila of Ephemera<\/a>, who excels at mixing and matching separates, came upon the video and left her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/wednesdays-video-stephen-burrows-toga-party\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">styling suggestions<\/a>. I was inspired, but maybe not as she expected, because I was inspired to send the toga to Sheila! After all, last year, Sheila had thoughtfully sent me a floofy H&#038;M jacket that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/the-war-of-the-roses-moncler-vs-hm\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;d written about way back in 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_42875\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/what-wendy-wore-valentines-day-2019\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/vday2019blogsize.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"1068\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/vday2019blogsize.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/vday2019blogsize-140x300.jpg 140w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/vday2019blogsize-477x1024.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/vday2019blogsize-300x643.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wearing the jacket Sheila sent me on Valentine&#8217;s Day.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I realized that I didn&#8217;t want to hoard the Burrows; I just wanted to know it went to a good home. So I asked and Sheila accepted. Click the photo below of Sheila trying on the gold lam\u00e9 toga with black leather pants so you can read about her highlarious safety-pin discovery. Seriously, after all these years I didn&#8217;t know there was a safety pin in this garment?<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_42877\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sheilaephemera.blogspot.com\/2019\/05\/teal-and-plaid-plus-retro-surprises.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sheila1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"499\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sheila1-1.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sheila1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sheila1-1-300x301.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sheila1-1-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheila&#8217;s wearing my toga!<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>In this photo of Sheila standing, you get a better look at how well this combination works. I instantly thought &#8220;Debbie Harry&#8221;  &#8230; and it turns out that Sheila was indeed feeling very Debbie Harry at the moment.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_42878\" style=\"width: 283px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sheilaephemera.blogspot.com\/2019\/06\/monday-pajamas-and-hiding-kitty.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sheila2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sheila2.jpg 273w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sheila2-128x300.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for Sheila&#8217;s post.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Sheila deserves a chef&#8217;s kiss for this!<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/2UHdzeId3j54IcIeC1\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" frameBorder=\"0\" class=\"giphy-embed\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/bublywater-2UHdzeId3j54IcIeC1\">via GIPHY<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>When I sent the toga to Sheila, I sneaked in a jumpsuit as a surprise. This jumpsuit meant a lot to me because I got it from one of my favorite vintage-clothing dealers, Cherie of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shrimptoncouture.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shrimpton Couture<\/a>, 10 years ago. <\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_42880\" style=\"width: 463px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/gorgeous-blogger-overload\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/jumpsuit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"604\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/jumpsuit.jpg 453w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/jumpsuit-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/jumpsuit-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The jumpsuit in 2009 at a fashion-blogger event. I&#8217;m with Vyque, another OG blogger.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>That said, I&#8217;ve yet to feel 100% comfortable in any jumpsuit. I can put one on, look in a mirror, and think, &#8220;Objectively, this looks good,&#8221; but I still don&#8217;t feel great (probably because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/still-life-with-fibroids\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a>) so this jumpsuit never got the wear it deserved. I had faith that Sheila would do better, and was immediately rewarded when she inspected it carefully enough to find <a href=\"https:\/\/sheilaephemera.blogspot.com\/2019\/05\/teal-and-plaid-plus-retro-surprises.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a brand name on it<\/a> that I&#8217;d never noticed. And she already had the perfect belt to wear.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_42881\" style=\"width: 428px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sheilaephemera.blogspot.com\/2019\/06\/monday-pajamas-and-hiding-kitty.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42881\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sheilajumpsuit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sheilajumpsuit.jpg 418w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sheilajumpsuit-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sheilajumpsuit-300x459.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for Sheila&#8217;s full post.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The toga and the jumpsuit were among the three options that Sheila considered wearing for a birthday party on Saturday and she made a wise decision: Costume changes! As she wrote in her post, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/sheilaephemera.blogspot.com\/2019\/06\/bigass-weekend-wrap-up-jersey-girls.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Life is short! Wear them all!<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Words to live &#8212; and dress &#8212; by!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In April, I did a video about a vintage Stephen Burrows toga-type garment that I had never worn. 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