{"id":496,"date":"2008-04-03T21:19:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-04T04:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=496"},"modified":"2008-04-03T21:19:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-04T04:19:00","slug":"old-shooz-and-final-la-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/old-shooz-and-final-la-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Shooz and Final L.A. Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I was agonizing over what to do with my nu shooz from L.A. (see the second update at the end of this <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/nu-shooz.html\">post<\/a>), I was reminded that I&#8217;ve been meaning to share a photo of a favorite pair of old shooz. These Patrick Cox shoes were my first pair of wedges. I think I got them in the mid &#8217;90s. I don&#8217;t wear them that often, but a couple of times a year I take them out and show them off.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickcox.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R_WovxNsbgI\/AAAAAAAACm8\/Bj6xEsSU5pw\/s320\/20080404_0142.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185236084605087234\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">My skin isn&#8217;t really THAT pale. That&#8217;s from the flash.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>After reading <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/encore-presentation.html\">this post<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/cheapskatechic.blogspot.com\/\">Miss Woo<\/a> commented on my tiger-striped top, which is in reality a tiger-striped dress. I wear this dress to death but never seem to get a full-length picture of it. It&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/query.nytimes.com\/gst\/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE4DF163FF93AA35757C0A964958260\">Clovis Ruffin<\/a> I won on eBay. Originally it was floor length, but I gave it the chop. I meant to wear it with black tights in L.A., but when I got there I realized I&#8217;d packed leggings (not latex leggings) instead of tights. I tried it on to see how it would look and didn&#8217;t like it, but at least you can see the full dress in this picture.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R_J4mxNsbOI\/AAAAAAAACk0\/7AlX2UKr8KQ\/s320\/20080329_0128.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184338728497999074\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>On the last night of the trip, our fabulous friends Bruce and Michele took us to dinner at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dantanasrestaurant.com\/\">Dan Tana&#8217;s<\/a>, which was a laugh and a half. Quite a few of our fellow diners looked like this guy. But meaner.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hbo.com\/sopranos\/cast\/character\/phil_leotardo.shtml\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R_Wq4xNsbhI\/AAAAAAAACnE\/LnFgibxslHw\/s320\/frankvincentcar200.gif\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185238438247165458\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Somehow, I felt too shy to corral Michele and Bruce into taking a photo for the blog. Instead, Paul took one of me back at the hotel. I am wearing the Black Halo top I got in Miami. It gives me a Studio 54 vibe. I&#8217;m wearing it with my usual Acne jeans and Lagerfeld shoes I got at the 1994  going-out-of-business sale at the New York branch of Galeries Lafayette.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R_J4QBNsbNI\/AAAAAAAACks\/TrdLeY3VZyM\/s1600-h\/20080329_0122.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R_J4QBNsbNI\/AAAAAAAACks\/TrdLeY3VZyM\/s320\/20080329_0122.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184338337655975122\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>I can barely remember my home phone number most of the time, but I can remember when and where I bought those shoes. Go figure! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I was agonizing over what to do with my nu shooz from L.A. (see the second update at the end of this post), I was reminded that I&#8217;ve been meaning to share a photo of a favorite pair of old shooz. These Patrick Cox shoes were my first pair of wedges. I think I&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/old-shooz-and-final-la-photos\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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":[20,41,31,40],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-496","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-acne-jeans","7":"category-pictures-of-me","8":"category-shoes","9":"category-vintage","10":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496","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=496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}