{"id":9849,"date":"2011-03-01T02:01:16","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T07:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=9849"},"modified":"2011-02-28T20:21:53","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T01:21:53","slug":"great-minds-think-alike-the-birds-of-rochas-and-perris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/great-minds-think-alike-the-birds-of-rochas-and-perris\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Minds Think Alike: Birds by Rochas, Perris, Hitchcock"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m always looking for pieces that remind me of this gloomy\/gorgeous Fall 2006 bird gown by Olivier Theyskens for Rochas.<\/p>\n

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Oh, how I want this dress. Photo from Style.com.<\/p><\/div>\n

This bodysuit-and-pants ensemble by Bernard Perris, spotted on 1stdibs.com, immediately brought the Rochas to mind.<\/p>\n

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$1,250 on 1stdibs.com. Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n

I prefer seeing birds on clothes to birds on jungle gyms. Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds<\/a> has been on television quite a few times recently and it’s just as scary as I remembered it.<\/p>\n

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An ominous sight in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.<\/p><\/div>\n

I had my own “The Birds” experience several years ago in one of those well-off coastal California cities where drug addicts congregate, taking advantage of good weather and lenient local laws regarding living on the street. I was in the city to visit a jewelry “gallery” — you know it’s fancy when it’s called a gallery instead of a store! I was lugging around a big bag full of samples. After my appointment, with a lot of time to kill before leaving for the airport, I trudged up and down Main Street, looking for a place to hang out. Every Internet cafe and Starbucks was packed with guys between 20 and 40 years old, nodding out and scratching their arms. Their faces looked like a health warning<\/a> and they stank to high heaven. At one point, as I dragged my bag through a parking lot, I passed a bird’s nest. An angry little bird flew out to squawk at me.\u00a0 I thought, “Calm down, little bird, I’m just walking by” and picked up my pace. But a moment later, a flock of little birds came out behind the scout and attacked me, beating me with their tiny wings! Itty-bitty feathers were flying! I ran for my life. Once I got out of their range, I stopped for breath, looked up … and there was a junkie, sitting on a stoop, who had seen the whole thing. As soon as he had my attention, he pointed at me and laughed, “HA HA!” exactly like Nelson on the Simpsons.<\/p>\n

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After all that, the gallery never bought any of my jewelry.<\/p>\n

Despite my bird trauma, I am amused by this doll depicting The Birds star Tippi Hedren.<\/p>\n

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Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n

And this Tippi Hedren look might be the best Halloween costume evah.<\/p>\n

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Fabulous Laura Moncur as Tippi Hedren for Halloween. Click for her original post.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The real Tippi in the movie, with the scary playground in the background.<\/p><\/div>\n

I could do my own version of Tippi in my green Jacques Tiffeau dress<\/a>, don’t you think? But instead of gulls or crows, I need sparrows on my head in recognition of my personal avian attack. And maybe someone needs to follow me around yelling, “HA HA!” for that extra bit of authenticity. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m always looking for pieces that remind me of this gloomy\/gorgeous Fall 2006 bird gown by Olivier Theyskens for Rochas. This bodysuit-and-pants ensemble by Bernard Perris, spotted on 1stdibs.com, immediately brought the Rochas to mind. I prefer seeing birds on clothes to birds on jungle gyms. Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds has been on television quite…<\/p>\n

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