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160 Years Ago Today, A Play Was Ruined

April 14, 2025 by WendyB

You know those exercises where you write a letter to your future self? I should be doing that right now, seeing as I’m typing these words in 2021. Let’s see: Dear 2025 Wendy, I have no expectation that you’ll remember to share this Associated Press report about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on the actual…

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Filed Under: History, In the News Tagged With: abraham lincoln, time travel

My Birthday, and My Friend Nadine

December 23, 2024 by WendyB

I’m postponing my in-real-life birthday celebration until tomorrow, but because my birthdays demand some kind of fashion photo, allow me to re-share my lewk from exactly 40 years ago today. Now that I have your attention, here’s a special birthday request for donations to to help my friend Nadine Seiler start life over in Trinidad…

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Filed Under: Fashion

Blogversary 17

July 23, 2024 by WendyB

Every time I plan to make a big blogging comeback, grief gets in the way. Last year, it was the loss of my gorgeous rapper friend Gangsta Boo. This year, it’s been the horrific genocide of the Palestinian people. If you follow me on Instagram, you’re aware of my sentiments and activism related to Gaza…

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Filed Under: anniversaries, blogversary, Special Occasions

Gangsta Boo Gets Her Grammys Tribute

February 4, 2024 by WendyB

Better late than never: My dear friend and groundbreaking rapper Gangsta Boo was recognized in the “In Memoriam” portion of the Grammys tonight. I guess the Recording Academy became aware of the outrage after she was left out of last year’s February broadcast even though she died on January 1 . Thank you to my…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Celebrities, Gangsta Boo, Grammys, music Tagged With: gangsta boo, lola mitchell, queen of memphis, rip gangsta boo, three 6 mafia

2023 in Review: What Wendy Wore, Part 1

December 31, 2023 by WendyB

I’ve always been interested in the story-telling aspect of fashion — on the societal level as well as the personal one. As I debated whether or not to write one of my old-school “What Wendy Wore” year-in-review posts in the midst of what’s happening in the world, I realized that a lot of what I…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, clothes, designers, dresses, Fashion, homegrown vintage, never is the next new thing, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, shoes, versace, wear what you want, What Wendy Wore, year in review, zang toi Tagged With: abortion rights, activist fashion, night of a thousand stevies, poshmark, prolife is a lie they dont care if people die, slow fashion, slow fashion movement, stevie nicks

A Birthday Wish

December 23, 2023 by WendyB

Today is my birthday. I turned 56. Today was also the birthday of a little girl named Reem Ali Badwan — a birthday she shared with her adoring grandfather, Khaled Nabhan. Reem would have turned four today, but last month, she was killed by an Israeli bomb in southern Gaza. We know her name because…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, age, In the News, politics Tagged With: free palestine, khaled nabhan, reem ali badwan

“SANS FARDS” Strikes Again

October 6, 2023 by WendyB

I’m devastated that Michael K shut down his long-running celebrity-gossip blog Dlisted this June. First, because Dlisted WAS the Internet for me from 2005 to 2010. Second, because he would have covered the hell out of today’s wall-to-wall media coverage of Pamela Anderson’s makeup-free face at Paris Fashion Week. Michael K was on the SANS…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, Celebrities, excuse my beauty, Fashion, feminism, makeup Tagged With: pamela anderson

Thoughts on 9/11

September 11, 2023 by WendyB

Post-Covid, I can’t write or even think about 9/11 as I once did. I see that many people feel the same — these comments were among those that caught my eye: On 9/11 in 2020, I wrote of my horror at this lack of perspective when the Covid death toll passed 200,000. A piece Jon…

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Filed Under: 9/11, In the News Tagged With: 9/11, never forget, twin towers, World Trade Center

What Wendy Wore: Black & White

September 10, 2023 by WendyB

It’s been a long time since I did an outfit post, but glimpsing my all-time favorite supermodel, Linda Evangelista, gave me some fashion-blogging inspiration. Linda was signing copies of Linda Evangelista Photographed by Steven Meisel at Marc Jacobs’s Bookmarc store on Thursday, and the line to see her wrapped around the block. I got there…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, Fashion, homegrown vintage, on the town, outfit post, pictures of me, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: homegrown vintage, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

Happy Birthday, Gangsta Boo

August 7, 2023 by WendyB

My irrepressible and irreplaceable friend Lola Mitchell — aka Gangsta Boo of the trailblazing rap group Three 6 Mafia — would have turned 44 today. But, tragically, Lola died on January 1 in her hometown of Memphis. As I said in my previous blog post, I started writing a tribute to Lola the day I…

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Filed Under: Fashion Tagged With: gangsta boo, rip gangsta boo, three 6 mafia, women of rap

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Award-winning designer of fine jewelry inspired by women's history and pop culture. A former journalist who writes about jewelry, fashion, medieval history, news, feminism, dogs, cats and whatever else is on her mind. Blogging since 2007.
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