{"id":9888,"date":"2011-02-27T03:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T08:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=9888"},"modified":"2011-02-27T03:55:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-27T08:55:00","slug":"on-the-town-pre-oscar-party-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/on-the-town-pre-oscar-party-in-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Town: Pre-Oscar Party in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MrB and I are on a whirlwind trip to Los Angeles. Last night, we went to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weinsteinco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Weinstein Co. <\/a>pre-Oscar party, where we discreetly ogled the dashing actor Colin Firth, who is sure to win an Oscar for his work in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingsspeech.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The King&#8217;s Speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I continued my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/outfit-post-hogans-heroes\/\" target=\"_blank\">non-wardrobe-remixing tradition<\/a> by wearing nearly the exact same ensemble I wore to the <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/what-wendy-wore-new-york-fashion-week\/\" target=\"_blank\">Independent Fashion Bloggers Evolving Influence Conference two weeks ago<\/a>. What can I say? MrB loves the &#8220;VIP&#8221; dress, and I aim to please.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9889\" title=\"weinstein2011\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/weinstein2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/weinstein2011.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/weinstein2011-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><strong>What Wendy Wore<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Dress:<\/strong> Vintage Moschino Couture from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katykane.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">KatyKane.com<\/a> (2011)<br \/>\n<strong>Tights: <\/strong>Fogal<br \/>\n<strong>Shoes:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/prada\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prada<\/a> (2010)<br \/>\n<strong>Ring: <\/strong>My own<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Onyx-Skull-Ring\" target=\"_blank\"> onyx skull design<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Unseen Earrings:<\/strong> My own<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Hathor-Swivel-Earrings\" target=\"_blank\"> Hathor design<\/a>, carnelian side out<br \/>\n<strong>Lipstick:<\/strong> What else? <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/red-lipstick-1-macs-lasting-lust\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lasting Lust by MAC<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Makeup:<\/strong> By the wonderful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephaniedaniel.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stephanie Daniel<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harvey_Weinstein\" target=\"_blank\">Harvey Weinstein<\/a> himself exclaimed, &#8220;How do you walk in those shoes?&#8221; as I was coming down a staircase while he was coming up. &#8220;I do many things well,&#8221; I assured him, pretending to clasp his hand warmly while secretly holding onto him for dear life.<\/p>\n<p>In this shot, the careful observer might note that I look <em>slightly<\/em> different than I did in my last outing in this dress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9890\" title=\"weinsteinparty2011\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/weinsteinparty2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/weinsteinparty2011.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/weinsteinparty2011-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ahem! That, my friends, is thanks to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fashion-Forms-U-plunge-bra\/dp\/B000ETMBLI\" target=\"_blank\">Fashion Forms U bra<\/a>, a scary-looking but highly recommended foundation garment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">MrB also wore something new, but in his case, it was a Kiton tie. Look how nicely it matches the floral arrangements in our hotel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9891\" title=\"mrbweinstein2011\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/mrbweinstein2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/mrbweinstein2011.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/mrbweinstein2011-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Gotta love a guy who complements the centerpieces.<\/p>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MrB and I are on a whirlwind trip to Los Angeles. Last night, we went to The Weinstein Co. pre-Oscar party, where we discreetly ogled the dashing actor Colin Firth, who is sure to win an Oscar for his work in The King&#8217;s Speech. I continued my non-wardrobe-remixing tradition by wearing nearly the exact same&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/on-the-town-pre-oscar-party-in-los-angeles\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9889,"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":[15,86,496,277,41,497],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9888","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gorgeous-family","8":"category-movies","9":"category-on-the-town","10":"category-outfit-post","11":"category-pictures-of-me","12":"category-what-wendy-wore","13":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9888","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=9888"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9896,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9888\/revisions\/9896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}