{"id":5670,"date":"2010-06-04T22:33:37","date_gmt":"2010-06-05T02:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=5670"},"modified":"2010-06-05T03:04:30","modified_gmt":"2010-06-05T07:04:30","slug":"sex-and-the-international-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/sex-and-the-international-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Sex and the International Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love that gorgeous bloggers around the world are taking pictures of Samantha (Kim Cattrall) wearing my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/jewels-of-the-month-cleopatra-earrings-and-necklace\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cleopatra earrings on screen during Sex and the City 2<\/a>! That said, I discourage you from doing this without permission because people are very uptight about movie piracy. If someone thinks you&#8217;re recording the whole movie,\u00a0 your ass can land in jail. I don&#8217;t really have the budget to travel around the world bailing y&#8217;all out.<\/p>\n<p>It started with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fashionherald.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fashion Herald<\/a> in New York, who sneaked a picture on the movie&#8217;s opening day but wasn&#8217;t arrested, to my great relief.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5671\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/on-the-town-celebrating-sex-and-the-city-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5671\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5671\" title=\"satc\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/satc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/satc.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/satc-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click Fashion Herald&#39;s picture to read about the night she took it.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t realize this was going to be an international fad until<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/swear-rings-in-russia-earrings-on-perez\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Julia<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/sothankfulproject.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Thank You Project<\/a> surprised me with a photo from SATC2&#8217;s Moscow premiere.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5672\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/samantha_russia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5672\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5672 \" title=\"samantha_russia\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/samantha_russia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/samantha_russia.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/samantha_russia-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Russia, with love from Julia. Samantha in a coy moment.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Then the Philippines chimed in. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebaghagdiaries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Bag Hag<\/a> got permission to take photos at a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebaghagdiaries.com\/2010\/06\/sex-and-city-2-take-2-hehe-was-shown-at.html\" target=\"_blank\">private screening sponsored by Mercedes Benz<\/a>, so she went wild. Here are two cute shots of Samantha and the Cleopatras.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/wb1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5673\" title=\"wb1\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/wb1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/wb1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/wb1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/wb2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5674\" title=\"wb2\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/wb2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/wb2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/wb2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here&#8217;s a cropped close-up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/wb6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5680\" title=\"wb6\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/wb6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/wb6.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/wb6-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But this one is my favorite because it&#8217;s taken just after Samantha says her &#8220;Lawrence of my labia&#8221; line. All the critics hated that line but most of the people I&#8217;ve spoken to about the movie loved it. My theater was definitely screaming with laughter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/wb4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5675\" title=\"wb4\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/wb4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/wb4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/wb4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Thank you, ladies! It&#8217;s very touching to know that people are thinking of me in such far-flung places.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">UPDATED TO ADD: <a href=\"http:\/\/thefashionlovingstylist.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/satc-2-gold-class.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lenya of The Fashion Loving Stylist<\/a> didn&#8217;t get a picture but she did elicit a gasp for me in Australia. Wow! When I did <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trenddelacreme.com\/2008\/02\/lovable-wendy-brandes-jewelry-designer.html\" target=\"_blank\">this interview in 2008<\/a>, I said my plan was world domination. I feel like it&#8217;s finally coming true. Mwah ha ha ha. MWAH HA HA HA!<\/p>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love that gorgeous bloggers around the world are taking pictures of Samantha (Kim Cattrall) wearing my Cleopatra earrings on screen during Sex and the City 2! That said, I discourage you from doing this without permission because people are very uptight about movie piracy. If someone thinks you&#8217;re recording the whole movie,\u00a0 your ass&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/sex-and-the-international-cities\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5671,"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":[12,60,470],"tags":[495],"class_list":{"0":"post-5670","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blogs-and-bloggers","8":"category-earrings","9":"category-sex-and-the-city-2","10":"tag-kim-cattrall","11":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5670","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=5670"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5678,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5670\/revisions\/5678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}