{"id":8537,"date":"2010-12-01T22:19:07","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T03:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=8537"},"modified":"2010-12-01T22:19:07","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T03:19:07","slug":"what-wendy-wore-a-collection-of-casual-looks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/what-wendy-wore-a-collection-of-casual-looks\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wendy Wore: A Collection of Casual Looks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, when I wrote about wearing a vintage feather-trimmed gown for the first time since 1995<\/a>, gorgeous blogger Lexie of Little Boat<\/a> said,<\/p>\n

“… you often write about formal dresses \u2014 which makes me wonder \u2014 how do you dress ‘everyday’? While I know you could definitely rock that dress while grocery shopping, do you? What brands do you rely on for everyday work wear and casual dress?”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I understand your confusion, Lexie. I don’t do daily outfit posts so it’s easy to forget that I long ago confessed to a daily wardrobe of jeans and black tops<\/a> with the occasional interesting jacket to shake things up. When I started blogging in 2007, I figured writing about fashion every single day — let alone my personal fashion — would be too limiting for me, leading to boredom, leading to the burnout I’d already observed on so many blogs. (Clicking “Manage subscriptions”\u00a0 in my Google Reader leads to a graveyard of abandoned blogs. As Shakespeare might write: “Alas, poor bloggers! I knew them, Lexie, fellows of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.”) If I had a flair for wardrobe remixing<\/a> or photography — or lived in an inspiring environment with ghostly woodsy areas or glistening ocean views — perhaps I would dress up even when there was no one to see me, then trot outside with a tripod to record my style statement for posterity. But I put all my visual creativity into my jewelry<\/a>. Here, I’m more of a story teller. I prefer to do outfit photos when I have a good tale to tell.<\/p>\n

My best fashion stories involve clothes with history. But I don’t shun the occasional jeans-and-t-shirt post. Here’s a collection of past casual-day photos in honor of Lexie. Click the photos to see the original posts.<\/p>\n

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October 2008.<\/p><\/div>\n

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November 2009.<\/p><\/div>\n

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April 2010. Photo by Tina Anderson.<\/p><\/div>\n

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April 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

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July 2010.<\/p><\/div>\n

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October 2010.<\/p><\/div>\n

Do you feel like Evil Willow in Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/a>? I do! Without the flaying.<\/p>\n

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Last month, when I wrote about wearing a vintage feather-trimmed gown for the first time since 1995, gorgeous blogger Lexie of Little Boat said, “… you often write about formal dresses \u2014 which makes me wonder \u2014 how do you dress ‘everyday’? While I know you could definitely rock that dress while grocery shopping, do…<\/p>\n

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