{"id":46762,"date":"2021-12-24T23:58:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T04:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=46762"},"modified":"2021-12-25T00:14:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T05:14:37","slug":"what-wendy-wore-zoom-birthday-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/what-wendy-wore-zoom-birthday-party\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wendy Wore: Zoom Birthday Party"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My birthday was yesterday, and I wound up celebrating on Zoom, thanks to Omicron<\/a>. I did make an effort to dress festively, but only from the waist up. It made it easy to take an outfit photo. I didn’t even have to get off the couch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What Wendy Wore<\/strong>
Glasses:<\/strong> 2011 Prada frames (purchased in 2021<\/em>)
Top:<\/strong> MaxMara (pre-2005 purchase)<\/em>
Lipstick:<\/strong> Combination of MAC shades too old to admit to<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

If those new-to-me pink-and-orange Prada glasses from 2011 look familiar, it’s because I’ve famously<\/a> worn the dress<\/a> they go with many times over the past 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click for 2012 and 2013 photos.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

My jaw dropped when I stumbled across the matching sunglasses on Poshmark. All I could think about was how hilarious it would be to wear them with the dress. I had to have them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is how the glasses originally looked.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

However, I am too practical to buy these just<\/em> to wear them on the infrequent occasions where I would need sunglasses while wearing one particular dress — not when I need ever-stronger prescription glasses for everyday reading anyway. I brought the shades to Visionary Optics<\/a> and had the lenses replaced with prescription transition lenses. Voil\u00e0! Now I can wear these as much as I want, and I still get the sunglass-effect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was inspired to think pink for my birthday Zoom my friend Abigail. She was perusing Cup of Jo’s “Gift Guide #8: Your Adoring Wife Who Loves Everything About You (Except, Maybe, Just Sometimes, Loud Sneezes)<\/a>” and discovered the suggestion of “a monthly donation in her name to\u00a0Planned Parenthood<\/a>,\u00a0Sister Song<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Indigenous Women Rising<\/a>” was illustrated by this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo by Brigette Supernova\/Alamy.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Abigail sent me a screen shot, and I was like, “Dafuq<\/a>? How does Cup of Jo have a photo of me from a May 2018 Planned Parenthood protest?” So, I did a reverse image search and found out that Planned Parenthood has used this image quite a number of times. I especially enjoyed seeing myself selling merch in their Action Boutique. Hey, at least it’s for a good cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click to shop Planned Parenthood merch.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The sign is covering me, but I’m sure I was wearing the pink Planned Parenthood t-shirt I got at the 2017 Women’s March. I wore that to several protests <\/a>in 2018. Inspired, I originally planned to put that shirt on for the Zoom call, but once I put on the glasses, I decided to let them take the starring role. They’ll have enough competition from the dress next summer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of good causes for reproductive rights, my SpaceNook<\/a> birthday fundraiser is for the National Network of Abortion Funds.<\/a> If you want to chip in to help women who need abortions, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My birthday was yesterday, and I wound up celebrating on Zoom, thanks to Omicron. I did make an effort to dress festively, but only from the waist up. It made it easy to take an outfit photo. I didn’t even have to get off the couch. If those new-to-me pink-and-orange Prada glasses from 2011 look…<\/p>\n

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