{"id":7854,"date":"2011-01-09T01:46:38","date_gmt":"2011-01-09T06:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=7854"},"modified":"2011-01-09T15:51:38","modified_gmt":"2011-01-09T20:51:38","slug":"anti-minimalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/anti-minimalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Minimalism"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of months ago, I wrote down a quote that supposedly came from Wallis Simpson<\/a>: “Choose a rainbow, not a uniform.” It seemed very appropriate because, at the time, \u00a0I was admiring these cheerful Swedish Hasbeen boots.<\/p>\n

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These make me so happy. Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n

Now there are Swedish Hasbeen boots that are even more rainbow-y.<\/p>\n

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Honestly? These are so crazy I might need them. Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n

I felt like the rainbow quote was the perfect antidote to “capsule wardrobes” and other ultra-controlled and, in my opinion, pleasure-denying clothing ideologies<\/a>.\u00a0I wanted to check the quote’s authenticity, but can’t find any evidence online that Wallis actually said that. I still love it. To me, sobbing rainbow ecstasy seems a lot more fun than self-denial.<\/p>\n

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Rest assured that even if I’m wearing a black t-shirt and jeans<\/a>, there is a rainbow in my heart!<\/p>\n

UPDATED TO ADD: If anyone is daring enough to taste the shoe rainbow, the boots are on Amazon at a discount<\/a>. They only come in full sizes, of course, and I’m a 6.5!<\/p>\n

UPDATED AGAIN TO ADD: This vintage Jean Varon dress is a rainbow with MAY-JAH sleeve action. (It was sold before I saw it. Otherwise I might have been tempted!) I feel like a recent designer did something very like this. Was it McQueen?<\/p>\n

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Sold by Rare Vintage. Click for source.<\/p><\/div> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple of months ago, I wrote down a quote that supposedly came from Wallis Simpson: “Choose a rainbow, not a uniform.” It seemed very appropriate because, at the time, \u00a0I was admiring these cheerful Swedish Hasbeen boots. Now there are Swedish Hasbeen boots that are even more rainbow-y. I felt like the rainbow quote…<\/p>\n

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