Singer Maluca sashays down the street with curlers in her hair in her El Tigeraso video, but the style statement that really caught my eye was her orange-red-floral-on-black jacket. The color and print reminds me of the ’80s shirt that I wore in October. Next time I wear that shirt, I’ll pop in some curlers…
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The Multiple Meanings of Lipstick and Language
Because I’m known for my love of red lipstick, many gorgeous friends emailed me in a congratulatory fashion after scientists at Manchester University announced that men (or at least the 50 men in their study) like to stare at women’s lipsticked mouths, with red lipstick holding their attention the longest. But staring isn’t the same…
What the Bride Wore: Sequins and a Big Smile
Our friends Dick and Janice got married Sunday in a lovely ceremony. They read Rumi and Shakespeare to each other, causing me to jab MrB in his side and hiss, “You didn’t read any poetry to me.” Janice looked so glamorous. I was amazed to learn she was wearing J. Crew from head to toe: a…
What Wendy Wore: The Purple Jacket Takes Los Angeles
I sneaked off to Los Angeles for the weekend: MrB and I both had business to attend to, and family to see. The one drawback was that I was too booked to have one of my L.A. blogger fiestas.A Next time, peeps! As you might guess if you read my post on casual outfits, I…
What Wendy Wore: Casual for Thanksgiving in Florida
I spent Thanksgiving weekend at my sister’s house in Florida, wearing my usual black-top-and-jeans combo. Even before my now-two-year-old nephew, Sebastian Berry, was born, I didn’t dress up to hang out with the family at home. Now that Sebastian has joined us, I spend a lot of time sitting on the floor playing, so casual…
WendyB in January’s Food & Wine Magazine
In October, I went to a Food & Wine Magazine “New Year’s Eve dinner party” shoot at my designing friend Zang Toi’s house. The other guests were White House executive pastry chef Bill Yosses; models Deborah Fenker and Ling Tan; and the lovely Cecilia who, like me, is neither a model nor a famous chef….
Vintage Skirt Styles: Hobbling and Hitching
In the early ’80s, there was a brief fad for vintage-style hobble skirts, which are so narrow that one can only take tiny steps. The term “hobble skirt” was first used in the early 1900s to describe designs by Paul Poiret. (Nowadays, we’d say we were dressing “steampunk.”) I remembered the hobble skirts last Tuesday…
What Wendy Wore: Committee to Protect Journalists Awards
An event that is near and dear to my heart took place last Tuesday: the annual International Press Freedom Awards Dinner for the Committee to Protect Journalists. The dinner honors journalists from around the world who risk their lives to report from war zones and in defiance of brutal regimes. MrB is coming to the…
What Wendy Wore: Double-Vintage Feather Dress
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: closet purges are overrated. My interest in vintage clothes led me to the anti-purge epiphany. If I am willing to pay a pretty penny to buy clothes that are 40 years old from a vintage dealer, why should I banish pieces that are a mere five,…
What Wendy Wore: Smells Like Teen Spirit
I’ve been listening to Nirvana’s Nevermind album recently. When it came out in 1991, I got it on cassette after work and ran home to listen to it even though I had the beginnings of a headache. In fact, I listened to it over and over on full blast until my headache developed into a…