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What Wendy Wore: American Bloggers in Paris

July 19, 2010 by WendyB

One good thing about the French scaring me half to death with their traditional Bastille Day flyover was discovering gorgeous blogger Claire from The Fashion Bomb via Twitter, where she, like me, was bitching about having a 9/11-type fright. Turns out Claire is a Hotlanta-native-turned-New-Yorker who is finishing up a two-year stint in Paris. We arranged to meet at Cafe Etincelle.

Before getting together with Claire, I checked out her blog (motto: “All urban fashion … all the time”). One of her regular features is Fashion Bombshell of the Day. Readers send in their pictures, Claire puts them up, and the commenters go all Hot or Not on a bitch’s ass. They don’t hold back. Here’s a sample comment from MrsBliss about Ivory of Los Angeles: “I’m sorry but her looks are geechi at best and all the same (repeat offender!). The chinese store plastics and greasy hair & skin is a DON’T …” Holy crap! I guess I was too focused on Ivory’s great smile, hair and attitude to notice all of that.

I wasn’t dressed to impress MrsBliss the day I met Claire so I had to ban her from posting a picture of me on her blog. But that doesn’t stop me from sharing a photo here. Check out Claire’s Grace Jones t-shirt.

Claire and WendyB having a twins moment with shorts and sunglasses.

What Wendy Wore
T-shirt: Splendid
Shorts: Sanctuary
Sunglasses: Prada (2010)
Bag: Sonia Rykiel (2009)
Shoes: Vera Wang Lavender (2010)

I didn’t realize until I saw the picture that I had gold studs on my shorts and silver studs on my purse. It’s starting to look like I have a stud obsession. But I got those shorts because they were the only black shorts in my size in a particular store when it was 103 degrees out and I NEEDED to get out of the jeans I was wearing. I barely noticed the studs. Honest!

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  1. deja pseu says

    July 19, 2010 at 6:30 pm

    Hey, you keep telling me it’s OK to mix your metals, so go with it! ;-p Seriously, you look fabulous there, as does Claire. I’ll bet the young French guys are all coveting that Grace tee…

    • WendyB says

      July 19, 2010 at 6:33 pm

      Mixing metals doesn’t bother me (I’ve got two platinum rings, one silver and one yellow gold on now) but I need to chill out on the studs or people will mistake me for Kate Lanphear and we wouldn’t want that! http://wendybrandes.com/blog/2008/10/seriously-fashion-bloggers/

  2. K-Line says

    July 19, 2010 at 6:41 pm

    I LOVE the glasses. The two of you are adorable.

  3. hanako66 says

    July 19, 2010 at 6:43 pm

    you guys both look fabulous!

  4. stacy says

    July 19, 2010 at 6:45 pm

    Claire seems nice… like the kind of person who would give you the shirt off her back. Ask her because I WANT that Grace Jones tee!

    xo

  5. hiyaluv says

    July 19, 2010 at 7:21 pm

    i didn’t notice the studs and last time i checked your blog community didn’t judge like that-or if they did they didn’t leave comments saying as such?

    you look dahling as always.
    smiles,
    gina

  6. Ms. Smart says

    July 19, 2010 at 8:32 pm

    you are resolved of your dueling stud collision. just as long as you don’t pull any geechi shit, it’s all cool. that’s what happens living life in the spotlight.

  7. Jemina says

    July 19, 2010 at 8:38 pm

    Both of you look HAWT!!! xoxo

  8. bravegrrl says

    July 19, 2010 at 9:38 pm

    by the looks of your smiles you had a blast 🙂

    i really love your sunnies!

  9. AsianCajuns (Cath) says

    July 19, 2010 at 10:19 pm

    Vive le studs! I love those shorts.

  10. Vyque says

    July 19, 2010 at 10:42 pm

    oo, great site, you guys looks super cute

  11. Sheila says

    July 19, 2010 at 11:22 pm

    Eh, the studs are fine – don’t worry about ’em. You look fabulous in purple! Wow!

  12. La:Dolce:Vita Fashion Fix says

    July 20, 2010 at 12:46 am

    Awww I love it! You two look great. I love the Fashion Bomb, it’s one of my favorite blogs.

  13. apparellel says

    July 20, 2010 at 2:26 am

    loving your bag and your shoes!

    xxx
    t

  14. The Owl's Closet says

    July 20, 2010 at 3:10 am

    ooo how fun! u both look great! nothing wrong with mixing metals;) love those shoes, wendy!

    TheOwlsCloset.blogspot.com

  15. fashion butter says

    July 20, 2010 at 4:59 am

    Your studded ass needs to take a detour to Greece!

  16. Make Do Style says

    July 20, 2010 at 5:58 am

    Still loving the glasses – didn’t notice the studs on shorts ’til ya mentioned them!!

  17. Emma at Daily Clothes Fix says

    July 20, 2010 at 7:38 am

    Loving the studs. And guess what, my anti-spam word is “attitude”. That says it all.

  18. That's Not My Age says

    July 20, 2010 at 9:00 am

    yeah lovin’ the glasses – I’ll be in NY in August do you want to meet up?

  19. marian says

    July 20, 2010 at 9:55 am

    You both looked super summery in your shorts! Love your shoes Wendy and adore Claire’s hair.
    How cute do you both look? LOVE!
    xoxo
    Marian.

  20. Maddy says

    July 20, 2010 at 10:12 am

    You guys look awesome for a quick afternoon lunch! How you girls manage to stay so consistently fabulous, I don’t know!

  21. isquisofrenia says

    July 20, 2010 at 12:09 pm

    thank you for your comment
    awesome blog!

  22. Sally says

    July 20, 2010 at 12:25 pm

    I’m in favor of an ongoing stud obsession. Never enough studs!

  23. janettaylor says

    July 20, 2010 at 3:55 pm

    Gorgeous sunnies, WendyB. They look so yummy! 🙂

    ♥

  24. I. Grace says

    July 20, 2010 at 5:54 pm

    I followed the link and saw MrsBliss’ actual comment, lol. I don’t think my frail self-confidence can take that, I hope she never lurks around my little blog, lol!

    You on the other hand, will get MrsBliss’ approval quite easily with this outfit. Love the purple/black combo!

  25. enc says

    July 23, 2010 at 10:30 am

    Mixed color studs in one outfit is the next.big.thing.! I saw it here first!

    You two look fab!

  26. Chandler says

    July 24, 2010 at 8:49 pm

    Love the sunglasses!

    xox
    Chandler
    http://www.chandlersfreshstart.com

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