{"id":595,"date":"2008-05-19T21:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-20T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=595"},"modified":"2008-05-19T21:01:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-20T04:01:00","slug":"shadows-and-dust-leather-and-ruffles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/shadows-and-dust-leather-and-ruffles\/","title":{"rendered":"Shadows and Dust, Leather and Ruffles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, I was infatuated with the ruffled leather jacket by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowsanddust.com.au\/\">Shadows and Dust<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/altamiranyc.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/new-york-street-fashion-amanda-de.html\">Craig&#8217;s photo of Amanda de Simone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/altamiranyc.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/new-york-street-fashion-amanda-de.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SDIp1NqqRtI\/AAAAAAAADNQ\/FW3jvgzbYng\/s320\/amanda.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202266513744742098\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Photo from <\/span><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/altamiranyc.blogspot.com\/\">Altamira NYC<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I contacted Shadows and Dust and they referred me right back to Amanda, who happens to be their rep here in New York.  Sadly, I didn&#8217;t rock the jacket like she did.<\/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:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SDIo5NqqRqI\/AAAAAAAADM4\/oBIyDpX4_IU\/s320\/20080423_0242.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202265482952591010\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>The workmanship was exquisite, as was the ultra-soft leather. While I was there, I tried on a sleeveless leather jacket\/tunic.<\/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:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SDIpFNqqRrI\/AAAAAAAADNA\/s1toVj77TM8\/s320\/20080423_0240.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202265689111021234\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>That one was also beautiful. Amanda says she&#8217;s worn it on the beach! If you&#8217;re interested in either piece, contact Shadows and Dust at shadows.a.dust@gmail.com.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fashionmefabulous.blogspot.com\/\">Fashion Me Fabulous<\/a> also has a thing for <a href=\"http:\/\/fashionmefabulous.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/leather-ruffle-jackets.html\">ruffled jackets<\/a>. She pointed out two at wildly different pricepoints.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.net-a-porter.com\/am\/product\/30327?cm_mmc=LinkshareUS-_-ProductFeed-_-Aminaka+Wilmont-_-Coats&amp;siteID=Hy3bqNL2jtQ-9DECcT0fpUDtTohBk8Nvdw\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SDIqWNqqRvI\/AAAAAAAADNg\/-18cDv5h30E\/s320\/rufflejacket1.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202267080680425202\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Aminaka Wilmont jacket<\/span><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.net-a-porter.com\/am\/product\/30327?cm_mmc=LinkshareUS-_-ProductFeed-_-Aminaka+Wilmont-_-Coats&amp;siteID=Hy3bqNL2jtQ-9DECcT0fpUDtTohBk8Nvdw\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">$2,095 on Net-a-Porter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www2.victoriassecret.com\/commerce\/application\/prodDisplay\/?namespace=productDisplay&amp;origin=onlineProductDisplay.jsp&amp;event=display&amp;prnbr=8P-213655&amp;page=1&amp;cgname=OSCLOJACZZZ&amp;rfnbr=2250\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SDIqQdqqRuI\/AAAAAAAADNY\/2h8XtDOhtUU\/s320\/rufflejacket2.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202266981896177378\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.victoriassecret.com\/commerce\/application\/prodDisplay\/?namespace=productDisplay&amp;origin=onlineProductDisplay.jsp&amp;event=display&amp;prnbr=8P-213655&amp;page=1&amp;cgname=OSCLOJACZZZ&amp;rfnbr=2250\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">$168 at Victoria&#8217;s Secret<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The Shadows and Dust pieces fall in between those two extremes. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, I was infatuated with the ruffled leather jacket by Shadows and Dust in Craig&#8217;s photo of Amanda de Simone. Photo from Altamira NYC I contacted Shadows and Dust and they referred me right back to Amanda, who happens to be their rep here in New York. Sadly, I didn&#8217;t rock the jacket like&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/shadows-and-dust-leather-and-ruffles\/\">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":[71,72,41],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-595","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-jackets","7":"category-leather","8":"category-pictures-of-me","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595","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=595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}