{"id":668,"date":"2008-06-30T21:05:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-01T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=668"},"modified":"2008-06-30T21:05:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-01T04:05:00","slug":"getting-hitched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/getting-hitched\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Hitched?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think this vintage gown would be a fabulous wedding dress.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/1960-Mr-Blackwell-Custom-Gown-Dress-Beaded-Silk-size-6_W0QQitemZ230265235945QQihZ013QQcategoryZ48868QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SGmCIent8bI\/AAAAAAAADkQ\/td1glHWDNuI\/s320\/mrblackwell.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217844725455647154\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/1960-Mr-Blackwell-Custom-Gown-Dress-Beaded-Silk-size-6_W0QQitemZ230265235945QQihZ013QQcategoryZ48868QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Mr. Blackwell vintage gown on eBay<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>It is eye-catching AND it has an interesting story &#8212; my two requirements for any special-occasion apparel. First of all, the dress is by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netglimse.com\/celebs\/pages\/mr._blackwell\/index.shtml\">Mr. Blackwell<\/a>. Yep, the guy who does the annoying, rhymed &#8220;Worst Dressed List&#8221; used to be a designer. In addition, the seller reports that the dress was a custom gown created by Mr. Blackwell for an attendee at John F. Kennedy&#8217;s Inaugural Ball in 1961 and only worn that once! (The fact that there&#8217;s no documentation to prove this doesn&#8217;t detract in any way from the awesomeness of the story.) The dress comes with matching gloves and evening bag.  The armholes are cut so they won&#8217;t gape while the wearer is dancing.<\/p>\n<p>The auction ends tonight. One of you (petite) Bridezillas needs to move fast. Think of how pretty you&#8217;ll look dancing to &#8220;Sunrise, Sunset&#8221; with your daddy while wearing a one-of-a-kind Mr. Blackwell! Everyone will be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=verklempt\">verklempt<\/a>. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think this vintage gown would be a fabulous wedding dress. Mr. Blackwell vintage gown on eBay It is eye-catching AND it has an interesting story &#8212; my two requirements for any special-occasion apparel. First of all, the dress is by Mr. Blackwell. Yep, the guy who does the annoying, rhymed &#8220;Worst Dressed List&#8221; used&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/getting-hitched\/\">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":[61,126,40,118],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-668","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-dresses","7":"category-ebay","8":"category-vintage","9":"category-weddings","10":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668","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=668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}