{"id":7691,"date":"2010-10-16T01:40:23","date_gmt":"2010-10-16T05:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=7691"},"modified":"2013-12-18T22:20:19","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T03:20:19","slug":"oh-give-me-a-home-where-the-buffalo-plaid-roams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/oh-give-me-a-home-where-the-buffalo-plaid-roams\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh, Give Me a Home Where the Buffalo Plaid Roams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I still love some of the fashions I wore in the early &#8217;80s:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/happy-feet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Day-Glo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/sprouse-is-back-back-again\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Sprouse<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/outfit-post-all-clogged-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">Clogs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/beatles-in-skinny-jeans-in-hamburg\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skinny jeans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Camouflage-Pistol-Belt-Military-Canvas\/dp\/B00022QF3M\" target=\"_blank\">Pistol belts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/gladiator-strikes-back\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gladiator sandals<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Anything from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nycgoth.com\/shops\/trashnvaudeville\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trash &amp; Vaudeville<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiorucci.it\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiorucci<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/lace-up-like-vintage-madonna-and-wendyb\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lace-up boots<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Motorcycle jackets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_7694\" style=\"width: 414px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/hair-raising-times-with-the-shoe-gir\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7694\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7694 \" title=\"wendymotorcycle\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/wendymotorcycle.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"819\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this picture from last year, I&#8217;m wearing the motorcycle jacket I got in 1984.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But I have no desire for jazz shoes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7693\" style=\"width: 323px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/gladiator-strikes-back\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7693\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7693\" title=\"1983photo\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/1983photo.jpg\" width=\"313\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/1983photo.jpg 313w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/1983photo-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From 1983. I&#8217;m the one wearing white Capezio jazz shoes with pleated jeans and a LeSportsac bag.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m also over buffalo-plaid shirts, despite my 1983-1984 enthusiasm for one blue and black buffalo-plaid shirt that I wore with a black pistol belt from Canal Jean Co. (I hope I didn&#8217;t wear jazz shoes with that top; I feel sure I carried my gray plaid LeSportsac.) But, if I were given a choice of <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/cake-or-death-ill-have-the-chicken\/\" target=\"_blank\">buffalo plaid or death<\/a>, I would pick this sequined shirt by Ashish.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7695\" style=\"width: 307px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.net-a-porter.com\/product\/100845\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7695\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7695\" title=\"ashish\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/ashish.jpg\" width=\"297\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/ashish.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/ashish-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">$1,450 at Net-a-Porter. Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A lot of shiny would be some consolation for the lack of sex-ay. But not much consolation. I&#8217;d rather have <a href=\"http:\/\/imagesofheaven.blogspot.com\/2010\/08\/borderline-by-madonna-1984.html\" target=\"_blank\">the Keith Haring skirt and neon socks and heels<\/a> that Madonna wore in her Borderline video.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7696\" style=\"width: 303px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rSaC-YbSDpo&amp;ob=av2e\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7696\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7696\" title=\"madonna\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/madonna.jpg\" width=\"293\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/madonna.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/madonna-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7696\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click screen cap to watch the whole video.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I would happily wear that whole outfit today. The hair, too! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I still love some of the fashions I wore in the early &#8217;80s: Day-Glo Stephen Sprouse Clogs Skinny jeans Pistol belts Gladiator sandals Anything from Trash &amp; Vaudeville or Fiorucci Lace-up boots Motorcycle jackets But I have no desire for jazz shoes. I&#8217;m also over buffalo-plaid shirts, despite my 1983-1984 enthusiasm for one blue and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/oh-give-me-a-home-where-the-buffalo-plaid-roams\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[642,54,41,550],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7691","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-80s-style","8":"category-madonna","9":"category-pictures-of-me","10":"category-vintage-wendyb-photos","11":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7691","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=7691"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23514,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7691\/revisions\/23514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}