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No, Really, You Want ME

January 5, 2009 by WendyB

My peeps, you must make buttons and bumper stickers and signs and get the vote out for me for Best Fashion Blog. Why am I the best? Because I represent hope! Just look at my motto: “Wear What You Want.” It’s positive, not negative. I wrote about the meaning of my motto last January:

I added “Wear What You Want” to the header because I am irritated by self-appointed “Fashion Police” who persecute anyone who shows a little creativity. Obviously, “Wear What You Want” doesn’t apply to every situation. You shouldn’t wear a boob belt dress to a funeral. Nor should you wear a skin-tight, backless white halter dress to your first day of work as an intern at CNN. I didn’t do that! Someone else did. I’m still traumatized ten years later. “Wear What You Want” applies to your “you” time: casual time, fun time, party time, private time.

It’s easy to sit at home and complain about the world’s fashion choices: This one is too crazy, this one is too dull, this one wears too much makeup, this one should wear some lipstick. Please! You can find something wrong with everyone if you try hard enough. Okay, once in a while I can’t resist teasing someone about her armgina, but that’s an awesome word that needs to be used whenever possible and the opportunities don’t come around too often. What matters more is that I am willing to wear a sausage-casing-tight leopard dress and stride right onto the Disaster Area page myself. I ain’t scared!


So, I’m open-minded about fashion (don’t I always encourage the wardrobe experiments of you other fashion bloggers?). I already listed many of my other fine qualities in my first campaign speech. Now, a scientific survey of one person (thanks, ENC) proves that I have meaningful experience in the following important fashion-blogging areas:

  • Giving the finger
  • Calling out idiots
  • Finding superb vintage buys
  • Debunking stupid notions
  • Bringing bloggers together for blind dates
  • Showing my rack
  • Kicking ass at Scrabble (you’ll just have to believe ENC).

And most important of all, I have fish feet.

Click here to vote for fish feet!

The fish feet prove beyond any doubt that this is the best fashion blog. Go vote. (This means you, lurkers!)

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Comments

  1. Alicia/InstantVintage says

    January 5, 2009 at 10:38 pm

    yes ma’am!

  2. Cakespy says

    January 5, 2009 at 10:42 pm

    Your wish is my command!

  3. kokostiletto says

    January 5, 2009 at 11:22 pm

    those shoes are awesome!! of course you have my vote!

  4. The Clothes Horse says

    January 6, 2009 at 12:10 am

    You won my vote. You ought to campaign for political office.

  5. Sharon Rose says

    January 6, 2009 at 12:51 am

    Hi there-I’ve just voted, best of luck!!

  6. pretty face says

    January 6, 2009 at 1:49 am

    You got the feet! Coolio.
    Theclotheshorse tped me off about you having a red lipstick application tips post, I don’t know how I missed that! Would you mind pointing me in the right direction? You know you’d then have my vote πŸ˜‰ xx

  7. Swell Vintage - Frankie says

    January 6, 2009 at 2:13 am

    DONE!

    By the way – after seeing that leopard print photo, you are literally my hero

    x

  8. Skye says

    January 6, 2009 at 2:48 am

    Excellent campaign speech, you’ve got me all fired up!

  9. Little Lj says

    January 6, 2009 at 6:17 am

    I voted I voted! And I just want to point out that you can vote once every 24 hours… so everyone should not only vote, but KEEP VOTING!!!

  10. Make Do Style says

    January 6, 2009 at 6:18 am

    What can we do to increase your votes those go fug yourself lot are stealing a march and the sat is just pipping you – I couldn’t vote again they know I did before damn these proper webmasters!

  11. ~Tessa~Scoffs says

    January 6, 2009 at 6:22 am

    Will do. Once a day. Every day.

  12. Make Do Style says

    January 6, 2009 at 6:22 am

    PS have now given you an advert to boost your votes!

  13. petite and dynamite says

    January 6, 2009 at 7:50 am

    can you all put it on your facebook and send out some emails – asking for your friends to vote for Wendy’s blog — since it will just annoying the heck out of us – that some other fashionista — that doesn;t “GIVE” what wendy gives — 100% is ahead of us right now.. !!! yikes…

  14. Esther says

    January 6, 2009 at 8:05 am

    I VOTED! For you, obviously.

  15. enc says

    January 6, 2009 at 8:19 am

    If I can figure out how to vote more than once, I will!

    I think the fish feet are very important to the campaign. However, I also believe your stance on Flower Feet is integral to your platform, and I hope you will go into some detail on this matter.

  16. Iheartfashion says

    January 6, 2009 at 8:34 am

    You’re up against some tough competition, Wendy B, but you have my vote! The fish feet sealed it.

  17. K says

    January 6, 2009 at 9:26 am

    as a peon in the broadcast news industry, “Nor should you wear a skin-tight, backless white halter dress to your first day of work as an intern at CNN” comment made me laugh my ass off because seriously, INTERNS DO THIS. SEMESTER after SEMESTER after SEMESTER.

  18. Couture Carrie says

    January 6, 2009 at 10:19 am

    Love this post – will vote now!

    xoxox,
    CC

  19. jayne says

    January 6, 2009 at 10:37 am

    you rock Wendy, those shoes are amazing!

  20. Miss Janey says

    January 6, 2009 at 10:59 am

    “Armgina”! How did Miss J miss that the first time around???? WendyB gets a vote just for that!

  21. mymilkglassheart says

    January 6, 2009 at 11:11 am

    I voted I voted!

    Still can’t believe you got called out for that awesome leopard dress. That thing is demure and still flaming hot!

  22. Dana says

    January 6, 2009 at 11:37 am

    Aaaaaaawesome! I’m sooo voting for you (every 24h, but don’t tell anyone) πŸ™‚

  23. TheSundayBest says

    January 6, 2009 at 11:44 am

    Just calling out the fools and haters is reason enough to vote WendyB, 2009!

  24. lisa says

    January 6, 2009 at 12:17 pm

    I voted, you great speechmaker you. Good luck!

  25. jewelrywhore says

    January 6, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    I voted! I don’t wanna be no lurker, yo!

  26. mymilkglassheart says

    January 6, 2009 at 12:34 pm

    oh… I want the Cleves ring to be my wedding/engagement/something romantic ring… I’m telling the boy… πŸ˜‰

    It would NEVER come off then!

  27. Kira Fashion says

    January 6, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    Hi Wendy!

    Happy New Year!
    My best wishes for you!!!

    I love this fish shoe, its pretty fun!

    a kiss and hug,
    Kira

  28. katrocket says

    January 6, 2009 at 12:50 pm

    You had my vote at “boob belt dress”. I’ll help spread the word, too.

  29. LJ says

    January 6, 2009 at 2:59 pm

    Disaster?! Tsk..what do they know?! fucking amateurs. You looked stunning in that dress my dear.

    Congrats on the nomination!
    xx-LJ from SOS!

  30. Jill says

    January 6, 2009 at 3:22 pm

    That was a good pitch, but the clincher was definitely the fish feet.

    P.S.
    A haiku in response to your comment. Hopefully this will suffice:

    Wendy B gives me
    Warm and fuzzy feelings true
    Check out her bling bling

  31. Rollergirl says

    January 6, 2009 at 3:31 pm

    Go Wendy, you know you can do it. These others are mere amateurs! (Now, to clarify, are we really allowed to vote once a day?)

  32. fashion herald says

    January 6, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    Voted! damn fug girls, you and your fish feet totally deserve it.

  33. Rhiannon says

    January 6, 2009 at 4:48 pm

    I’m so happy you’re on the list, if only for these campaign speeches!!!

  34. KD says

    January 6, 2009 at 5:54 pm

    Those fish feet are AMAZING!!!!!! Are you going to the sample shoe sale for some more fish feet? I’m going tomorrow – its on 1356 Broadway near 36th.

  35. AsianCajuns says

    January 6, 2009 at 5:59 pm

    You’ve got our vote, WendyB, leopard print uni and all!

  36. Annie says

    January 6, 2009 at 8:30 pm

    I hope you win! I’ll consider myself a winner if I come in somewhere in the middle. Have any votes to spare? haha ;D

  37. Prunella Jones says

    January 6, 2009 at 9:01 pm

    Okay-dokey.

  38. Renaissance Woman says

    January 6, 2009 at 9:05 pm

    You have my vote!

  39. caroline says

    January 6, 2009 at 9:39 pm

    you’ve got my vote!

  40. Practically Perfect In Every Way says

    January 6, 2009 at 9:41 pm

    thank goodness I checked in tonight, I might have missed the most important vote of our lifetime! I voted, but we are going to need some more lurkers!

  41. Songy says

    January 7, 2009 at 1:25 am

    Praise the lord for WendyB. I don’t know how I lived without you until last year!

  42. RenΓ©e Sturme says

    January 7, 2009 at 1:04 pm

    We love you in that hot dress!

  43. ebayfashionaddict says

    January 9, 2009 at 8:11 pm

    I VOTED for you!

  44. Olga says

    January 12, 2009 at 12:41 pm

    I demand more fish feet photos!!!

    PS: you need a matching bag that would devour your hand or shoulder or something.

  45. WendyB says

    January 12, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    Olga, that sounds like something you should design for me.

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