{"id":660,"date":"2008-06-25T21:06:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-26T04:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=660"},"modified":"2008-06-25T21:06:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-26T04:06:00","slug":"christian-francis-roth-strikes-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/christian-francis-roth-strikes-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Francis Roth Strikes Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been dying to share this news for months. Finally, it&#8217;s official so I can blab! Fashion designer Christian Francis Roth is back in business. Read about it in the <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB121444826355906043.html\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/wwd.com\/issue\/article\/126042\">WWD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for examples of Christian&#8217;s previous work, you&#8217;ve come to the right place. I believe I have the most extensive photo collection of his work online, courtesy of Christian himself. Here are the links.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/from-archives-of-christian-francis-roth.html\">Christian Francis Roth Archives, Part I<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/christian-francis-roth-archives-part-ii.html\">Christian Francis Roth Archives, Part II<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/christian-francis-roth-archives-part.html\">Christian Francis Roth Archives, Part III<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/best-wishes-to-soon-to-be-bride.html\">Christian Francis Roth wedding dresses<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For ALL the posts that have mentioned Christian, including the archive posts, click <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/christian%20francis%20roth\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/hanging-out-with-christian-francis-roth.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SGMDlhlCZZI\/AAAAAAAADjQ\/kKl-KZPxvyI\/s320\/cfrwendy.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216016736628925842\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Christian and WendyB this April<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen sketches of the new collection and I&#8217;ve already picked out the pieces I&#8217;m getting.  I just wish I didn&#8217;t have to wait.<\/p>\n<p>(Feel free to use the archive photos on your blogs, if you wish, but please link back to me!)<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED TO ADD: Speaking of early &#8217;90s designers, there was <a href=\"http:\/\/query.nytimes.com\/gst\/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEED7123CF936A35756C0A967958260\">a lot of buzz<\/a> around <a href=\"http:\/\/www.answers.com\/topic\/gemma-kahng?cat=biz-fin\">Gemma Kahng<\/a> back in the day, but now? Nada. She&#8217;s still in business, though. Check out her latest collections <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gemmakahng.com\/index.htm\">here<\/a>. There&#8217;s also an exquisite black jacket for sale on eBay. That bitch won&#8217;t let me save its picture, but it&#8217;s still <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/GEMMA-KAHNG-Dress-Jacket-CHIC-SLIM-Blk-Suit-Blazer-4_W0QQitemZ350073547690QQihZ022QQcategoryZ63860QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem\">worth a look<\/a>. And Dorothea&#8217;s Closet Vintage has a leather jacket by Kahng. You&#8217;ll notice that Kahng has a real passion for distinctive buttons.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dorotheasclosetvintage.com\/80sGEMMA.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SGQANnLAHcI\/AAAAAAAADjg\/PjXnqKc0QyM\/s320\/gemma+kahng.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216294502255304130\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">$215 at Dorothea&#8217;s Closet Vintage<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been dying to share this news for months. Finally, it&#8217;s official so I can blab! Fashion designer Christian Francis Roth is back in business. Read about it in the Wall Street Journal and WWD. If you&#8217;re looking for examples of Christian&#8217;s previous work, you&#8217;ve come to the right place. I believe I have the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/christian-francis-roth-strikes-back\/\">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":[81,65],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-660","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-christian-francis-roth","7":"category-designers","8":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660","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=660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}