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Zang With a Z

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Tonight my husband and I saw Zang Toi‘s spring line at a fundraiser Zang held for the Lance Armstrong Foundation. We saw both singer Patti LaBelle and DJ drag queen Lady Bunny there. Who is the greater diva? I would have liked to see them wrestle for the title. Maybe next season! The theme for the collection was “Chinoiserie Garden.” I must apologize, because the photo below has no Chinoiserie in it at all and doesn’t particularly illustrate anything beyond what I wore to the party.

I wish I could borrow Kristoffer from Style Bytes and Trashion to do my photography! I need an upgrade.

I got that relatively subdued, pinstriped Zang a little while ago. It looks much more fabulous in person than in this lying photograph … I swear! Most of Zang’s clothes are more dramatic than this dress. He’s all into the glamour. We like that! I wore this light blue Zang last December. Too bad you can’t see the kicky hemline in this picture:

I wore this pinkish-lavender Zang (below) last New Year’s Eve:


Here’s another picture from New Year’s just to prove that I do occasionally leave the dingy hallway that serves as my photo studio:

That’s me with my gorgeous client Brooke

But my all-time favorite Zang was this green gown with matching fan:

That’s my husband on the left. People often ask if I’m his daughter. He loves that.

Last season, I did some gold-plated sterling silver jewelry for Zang’s runway show. (All runway photos are courtesy of Zang Toi.) A cuff:


A choker:

Some big rings and a giant belt buckle:


But my all-time fondest memory of Zang is the first time my husband met him. I’m pretty sure it was also the first time my husband ever shook hands with a man who was wearing a mini kilt but my husband carried it off with aplomb. And … nice legs, Zang! All the ladies are jealous, I’m telling you.

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  1. Hi Wendy
    I think you guys make a great,hot couple.I like the salt and pepper look.Have been waiting for hubbys hair to change…he has the Italian gene so it may take a while.
    WOW!I love the designs especially the light blue one.It is beautiful and you do it justice.
    Love your jewelry

  2. Ha ha! I read your comment to my husband and he was very pleased. Also, I sent the link to this post to Zang and I’m sure he’ll be pleased you like the blue dress. He made me a long version of it in brown with bronze decoration. You’ll see a pic of that later this fall.

  5. I wish I lived in your hallway. You just keep coming out in all these pretty dresses for us to see. It’s kind of a magical place like Narnia.

  6. Hey Wendy,
    Thanks for the link to my site!
    I’m still building my links list, but I’ll also add you as soon as I upload it.
    Wow, those dresses are beyond fabulous! Especially, loved the light blue!
    And the runway jewelry was exquisite and perfect for the clothes.
    Haha, I enjoyed the anecdote about your husband’s comments to Zang’s legs. You two look like a great couple. 🙂

  7. I’m partial to the lavender myself; it’s got a very vintagevibe to it. The color of the green satin dress is gorgeous and the peackock feather? Well: sigh.
    You guys look like a fun couple. I can picture you chatting up everyone in the room, and your husband making witty under the breath remarks.

  8. The light blue dress is delicious! So, you like those pradas? They scare me! I could do an all black, but something about the beakish looking heel is freaking me out. I’m sure you would wear them well though 🙂

    I bought a pair of shoes that I thing you’d love! From Te Casan in Soho, the designer is Gaetano Perrone and he was just poached by Dior. I will blog about them later tonight, but I did a quick piece on my other blog at Honey Magazine(http://honeymag.com/modules/stylechile/).

    Enjoy! They’re now on sale for $187.00.

  9. Ooh…one of my friends has been raving about Te Casan for ages but I have yet to check it out. I will definitely look for the shoe post!

  13. The green looks fabulou on your complexion, and i particulary love the pink one you wore to New Years Eve, very flattering!

  14. @ Shaz, normally I wouldn’t have gone for a color like the pink one but Zang insisted and he was right!

  15. OMG! Patti is my all-time favorite singer, no one can hit notes like her. Did you get any pics of her or anything? I need to live in NY for-real.