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2022 in Review: What Wendy Wore, Part II

December 31, 2022 by WendyB

Missed Part I of my personal fashion year in review? Here it is! Now I’ll pick up where I left off, which was August 2022, for which I have … nothing. Somehow I celebrated MrB’s 80th birthday with family and came away with no outfit photo or blog post. At least we took a weird…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, favorite brands, gorgeous friends, Halloween, homegrown vintage, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, versace, What Wendy Wore, year in review Tagged With: homegrown vintage, slow fashion, slow fashion movement, thierry mugler

2022 in Review: What Wendy Wore, Part I

December 31, 2022 by WendyB

This week, I decided to look up my 2021 “year in review” posts and was shocked — not Casablanca-style fake SHOCKED but genuinely SHOOK — to discover I didn’t write any for the first time since 2011. No year-end Jewel of the Month wrap-up, even though I had conscientiously featured one of my designs each…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, Fashion, homegrown vintage, outfit post, pictures of me, vintage, What Wendy Wore, year in review Tagged With: COVID-19, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

A Festivus (and Activist) Birthday

December 23, 2022 by WendyB

It was only a few years ago that I realized there was a firm date for Festivus — the anti-holiday holiday popularized by Seinfeld in 1997. Previously, I thought Festivus floated around the Gregorian calendar, Hanukkah style, occasionally landing on my birthday, which is December 23 (today!). Checking the official Festivus website right now, I…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, age, birthdays, pictures of me, Special Occasions Tagged With: festivus, festivus for the rest of us, grievances, pole dancing

Montreal Memories, Part I

December 16, 2022 by WendyB

After publishing my last post, I felt weird about it being Fled Cruz that made me want to flee the country this year. I thought for a second, “Oh no, am I as bad as Fled? Running away when the going gets tough?” Then I remembered that I am not a Texan senator who flew…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, pictures of me, travel

Buy Keith Richards a Birthday Card

December 13, 2022 by WendyB

I was sorting some laundry today and the date on the back of a t-shirt jumped out at me. I thought, “OMG! Did I see the Rolling Stones exactly 10 years ago today?!” I quickly turned to my #1 source for personal memories — this blog — only to discover that I went to the…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, age, concerts, music, pictures of me Tagged With: rolling stones

Jewel of the Month: Empress Wu for Earth Day

April 22, 2022 by WendyB

Today is Earth Day, marking the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. I do love a theme, so let’s contemplate my Empress Wu dragon ring with its spinning lapis lazuli globe. I created the Empress Wu ring as a symbol of a powerful woman, as I explained in this old…

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Filed Under: activism, featured jewel, Good Causes, In the News, jewel of the month, Jewelry, pictures of me, rings Tagged With: climate activism, climate change, extinction rebellion, nyc protests, red rebel brigade

Throwback Thursday: Looking Like Liza

April 7, 2022 by WendyB

Liza Minnelli’s appearance at the Oscars last month reminded me that I have a personal “Never Is the Next New Thing™” situation to report. I usually apply “Never Is the Next New Thing™” to fashion trends, having long observed that the most provocative/grating/startling looks — the ones that make you say, “I would NEVER wear…

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Filed Under: Fashion, Halloween, holidays, never is the next new thing, outfit post, pictures of me, Special Occasions, Throwback Thursday, twins?, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: cabaret, celebrity lookalikes, liza minnelli

Flashback: The Best Day of 2020

November 8, 2021 by WendyB

One year ago today, I posed at the fence that the former guy had built around the White House to keep protestors at a distance. I was still feeling the pure joy of the previous day, when the 2020 presidential election was called for Joe Biden. At the moment that news broke on Nov. 7,…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, In the News, pictures of me, politics Tagged With: #trumprat, bravinlee programs, trump rat, trump rat balloon

What Wendy Wore: Met Gala Fashion Statement

September 13, 2021 by WendyB

I haven’t dressed up since New Year’s Eve 2020, so it felt great to squeeze into a vintage Arnold Scaasi dress and go to tonight’s celebrity-packed Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Okay, I wasn’t actually inside the Met Gala, but protesting in front of the Met with the tireless activists of…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, dresses, Fashion, Met Gala, pictures of me Tagged With: carolyn maloney, met gala 2021, tax the rich

Jewel of the Month: Stars on Your Ears

July 21, 2021 by WendyB

When I like a style, I like it … Joan Jett released “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” in 1981, and I’m wearing a version of her haircut FORTY YEARS LATER. Designer Stephen Sprouse put DayGlo colors on the runway in 1984, and I’m still obsessed. And I’ve wanted Freddie Mercury’s cool star sunglasses since Queen’s…

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Filed Under: 80s style, earrings, featured jewel, gold, jewel of the month, Jewelry, jewelry designer, my designs, pictures of me, stud earrings Tagged With: anthony lent, star earrings

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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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