{"id":564,"date":"2008-05-06T07:16:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-06T14:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=564"},"modified":"2019-06-13T11:21:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T15:21:18","slug":"anna-call-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/anna-call-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna, Call Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What happened at the superhero-themed <a href=\"http:\/\/fabsugar.com\/tags\/2008+Costume+Institute+Gala\">Costume Institute Ball<\/a> last night? Everyone interpreted &#8220;superhero&#8221; to mean &#8220;pretty strapless dress.&#8221; Boring! The only ones who dressed to impress me were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jossip.com\/anna-wintour-controls-the-weather-20080506\/\">Anna Wintour<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/fabsugar.com\/1606211\">Amber Valletta<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/justjared.buzznet.com\/2008\/05\/05\/bilson-christensen-2008-met-costume-gala\/\">Rachel Bilson<\/a> and Christina Ricci.<\/p>\n<p><center><a id='jfyCSkiiQNlAJGJp0Z-TNQ' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/80995223' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'jfyCSkiiQNlAJGJp0Z-TNQ',sig:'bmyZ5Y_MPbCgD5226vrUw1bkqE3svmooH14z6fM2HBg=',w:'406px',h:'594px',items:'80995223',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Where were the leggings, the masks, the vintage Mugler? And while I&#8217;m asking questions, why is Rachel Bilson considered worthy of attention? I&#8217;m sure she&#8217;s a delightful young lady, but her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1377375\/\">resume is thinner<\/a> than an Estonian model.<\/p>\n<p>Anna should invite me next year. I love a theme party; at least I&#8217;d make an effort.<\/p>\n<p>This reminds me how disappointed I am that I <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/snipe-dammit.html\">sniped<\/a> too low to win this crazy, bat-winged jacket on eBay.  It definitely has a superhero thing going on.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;rd=1&amp;item=130212911834&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEDW:IT&amp;ih=003\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SCB4jp5A6uI\/AAAAAAAADDM\/yocQGJ9YssI\/s320\/stripedjacket.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197286523921296098\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>And are these superhero shades or what?!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/PATRICK-KELLY-PIRATE-22-VINTAGE-SUNGLASSES-UNWORN_W0QQitemZ380019116415QQihZ025QQcategoryZ48559QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SCB7q55A6vI\/AAAAAAAADDU\/36Gm8Zd9fBw\/s320\/patrickkellyglasses.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197289947010231026\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">These are<a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/PATRICK-KELLY-PIRATE-22-VINTAGE-SUNGLASSES-UNWORN_W0QQitemZ380019116415QQihZ025QQcategoryZ48559QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247\"> still available<\/a> on eBay<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happened at the superhero-themed Costume Institute Ball last night? Everyone interpreted &#8220;superhero&#8221; to mean &#8220;pretty strapless dress.&#8221; Boring! The only ones who dressed to impress me were Anna Wintour, Amber Valletta, Rachel Bilson and Christina Ricci. Embed from Getty Images Where were the leggings, the masks, the vintage Mugler? And while I&#8217;m asking questions,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/anna-call-me\/\">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":[34,10,61,49,40],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-accessories","7":"category-celebrities","8":"category-dresses","9":"category-in-the-news","10":"category-vintage","11":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564","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=564"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42971,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions\/42971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}