Our gorgeous friend Jolie Hunt invited me and MrB to the launch party for her marketing and communications firm, Hunt & Gather, earlier this week. (Is that a great company name, or what?) The event was on a former Navy ship named the Baylander, which was docked at Pier 5 in Brooklyn for the night. This gave us a beautiful view of downtown Manhattan.
I wore an early ’70s Marie France dress that I got from lovely Liz of Vintage-a-Peel.
What Wendy Wore
Dress: Marie France (vintage, probably purchased in 2005 or 2006)
Shoes: Jil Sander (2008)
Clutch: Sequoia, from Galeries Lafayette (2011)
Necklaces: Same selection worn here.
I didn’t particularly care for those shoes with the dress, but I was running so late that I decided not to change them, especially because wedges are always a safety-conscious choice for boat parties. But one of the many arguments in favor of punctuality is “better shoe decisions.” I have to keep that in mind next time I am dawdling.
The only other photos I have of this dress are from 2006, when we went to a Cinema Society screening and party for the movie The Night Listener. I previously posted a photo from that night of me with wonderful actress Toni Collette, but here’s another for Throwback Thursday.
Photo by Patrick McMullan. 2006.
I don’t remember what made us so giggly, but I’m glad we had such a good time! It seems like I laughed like that all night, judging from this photo that was in the New York Sun. I think I would have laughed myself to death if I had seen Toni jump into the pool, fully dressed, later that night, but I must have wandered off to the beach at that point. The party was held at the Hamptons house of the legendary advertising executive Jerry Della Femina. He’s one of the inspirations for Mad Men.
Jerry, me and MrB. Photo by Patrick McMullan.
MrB and I didn’t deliberately coordinate our outfits that night — it just happened, I swear. And look at the difference in my hair between the first photo with Toni and the second photo with Jerry. The humidity gave me a whole new look. One more style note: That dress takes a lot of Hollywood Fashion Tape to stay in place. Every time I wear it, I find tape on me for days after!
How did you like The Night Listener film? I’m teaching that novel in the fall . . . 🙂
I enjoyed it, but I have an unusual fascination with literary hoaxes. I can’t believe the things people fall for!
I actually really like your Jil Sander wedges with this red-patterned dress, dear Wendy…their chunkiness offsets the floaty frock (!) just perfectly!!
Why, thank you! That makes me feel better!
Haha–my whole seminar is on literary hoaxes. We should discuss! I was thrilled when JT Leroy once emailed me . . .
I’m obsessed with the JT Leroy story. I mean, that happened after there were SO many other incidences, yet people were thrilled to believe in this mysterious, be-wigged character!