{"id":4694,"date":"2010-03-16T23:16:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T04:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=4694"},"modified":"2011-01-25T13:13:55","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T18:13:55","slug":"fall-into-a-texas-tuxedo-at-the-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/fall-into-a-texas-tuxedo-at-the-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Into a Texas Tuxedo at the Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just goes to show you should never say never &#8212; because never is the next new thing! The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=texas+tuxedo\" target=\"_blank\">Texas tuxedo<\/a> is in fashion thanks to Chloe, Ralph Lauren and D&amp;G, who all showed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theswellelife.com\/swelle_life\/2009\/09\/head-to-toe-denim-can-it-be-done-.html\" target=\"_blank\">head-to-toe denim last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4643\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.style.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4643\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4643\" title=\"chloedenim\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/chloedenim.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/chloedenim.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/chloedenim-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chloe&#39;s Texas tux. From style.com.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Gap is promoting its versions of the Chloe look. I keep admiring the ads in various magazines while wondering, &#8220;Does this look great because it&#8217;s really great? Or just because it&#8217;s worn by great-looking people?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4653\" style=\"width: 153px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coutorture.com\/Gap-Gets-Inspired-Chlo-Spring-2010-Advertising-Campaign-7788548\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4653\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4653\" title=\"gapad\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/gapad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/gapad.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/gapad-129x300.jpg 129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isabeli Fontana for the Gap, via Coutorture.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you think you&#8217;re sex-ay enough to carry off head-to-toe denim, two of the jackets really appeal to me. Not the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gap.com\/browse\/product.do?cid=5739&amp;vid=1&amp;pid=691284\" target=\"_blank\">motorcycle-style jacket<\/a>. Personally, I have enough of the motorcycle look: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/outfit-post-a-stitch-in-time\/\" target=\"_blank\">jacket<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/the-coveted.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/22\/getting-ready-for-spring\/\" target=\"_blank\">jacket<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/hair-raising-times-with-the-shoe-gir\/\" target=\"_blank\">dress<\/a>. But I love the blazer &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4654\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gap.com\/browse\/product.do?cid=51452&amp;vid=1&amp;pid=705578\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4654\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4654\" title=\"gap blazer\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/gap-blazer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/gap-blazer.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/gap-blazer-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gap blazer. Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230; and the utility jacket.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4655\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gap.com\/browse\/product.do?cid=5739&amp;vid=1&amp;pid=705574\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4655\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4655\" title=\"gap jacket 2\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/gap-jacket-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/gap-jacket-2.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/gap-jacket-2-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gap utility jacket. Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The traditional accessory for a Texas tuxedo is a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bolo_tie\" target=\"_blank\">bolo tie<\/a>. I should look around and see if I still have the one I wore in the early &#8217;80s. Yep, we all had them. Don&#8217;t laugh. You&#8217;ll probably be desperate for one any day now. Like I said, never say never &#8230; and <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/more-rolled-up-jeans\/\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;ve been right before<\/a>, bitches!<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED TO ADD: The Shoe Girl is way ahead of y&#8217;all with the bolo tie. You better catch up!<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_4697\" style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theshoegirl.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/bolod-over.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4697\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4697\" title=\"shoegirl\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/shoegirl-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/shoegirl-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/shoegirl.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shoe Girl sexing up the bolo in 2009. Click her!<\/p><\/div> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just goes to show you should never say never &#8212; because never is the next new thing! The Texas tuxedo is in fashion thanks to Chloe, Ralph Lauren and D&amp;G, who all showed head-to-toe denim last year. The Gap is promoting its versions of the Chloe look. I keep admiring the ads in various magazines&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/fall-into-a-texas-tuxedo-at-the-gap\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[458,23,71,19,479],"tags":[443,441],"class_list":{"0":"post-4694","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-double-denim","8":"category-fashion-trends","9":"category-jackets","10":"category-jeans","11":"category-never-is-the-next-new-thing","12":"tag-head-to-toe-denim","13":"tag-the-gap","14":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4694"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9331,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4694\/revisions\/9331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}