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Throwback Thursday: Final Summer 2019 Lewks

November 14, 2019 by WendyB

Like I said last month, activism has taken a lot out of me and I didn’t blog my relatively few interesting summer looks in a timely fashion. Even in that October post, I only managed two. So here’s the best of the rest from my slow-fashion summer of 2019. On June 12, I was excited…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, awards, designers, dresses, Fashion, favorite brands, flower pinching, homegrown vintage, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, Rising Star Award, Throwback Thursday, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: it's chic to repeat, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

Flashback Friday: Bonn, Vienna, Empress Sisi

September 15, 2017 by WendyB

After a few days in Paris in June, MrB and I went to Bonn, Germany, where MrB was taking part in the Global Media Forum. I attended a panel he did about Trump and the media, and live-tweeted it; check out his description of the way in which Trump differs from Nixon. Then we went to…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, anne boleyn, Fashion, flower pinching, History, pictures of me, queens, travel Tagged With: empress sisi

Just When I Thought I Was Out …

June 5, 2012 by WendyB

… they pull me back in. I truly believed I had quit flower pinching for good. I hadn’t pinched a flower since 2011. But I could not resist these peonies. Send me back to Flower-Pinchers Anonymous!

Filed Under: flower pinching, pictures of me

More Adventures in California

August 28, 2009 by WendyB

I’ve moved on from L.A. to Napa Valley. On the way, I stopped in San Francisco and had dinner with four gorgeous bloggers at NOPA. From left to right: Catie of Cuffington, Annie of Poetic & Chic, Mai of Fashioni.st, Patti of CuteMess and me in my Francis sailor dress. In Napa Valley, I helped…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, Castelbajac, dresses, flower pinching, food, pictures of me, restaurants, travel Tagged With: NOPA

London, Day 4: The Wallace Collection

July 12, 2008 by WendyB

Thank you to Times of Glory for recommending that we check out the Wallace Collection. We loved it. Hertford House The museum at Hertford House displays the art collected by Marquesses of Hertford. Sir Richard Wallace, after whom the collection is named, was the son of the 4th Marquess. The collection is known for its…

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Filed Under: flower pinching, gorgeous family, pictures of me, travel, versace

Flower Molestation: Versailles Edition

April 22, 2008 by WendyB

I can’t help myself! Previous crimes here and here.

Filed Under: flower pinching, pictures of me, travel

This Is Tragic

December 11, 2007 by WendyB

More flower molestation! Hey, that outfit was the shizz in 1992! Don’t judge! UPDATED TO ADD: Check it out! Special spam haiku in my honor! Nadine T. Bartley is going to love this! UPDATED AGAIN: Damn! Who is the bitch who failed to invite me to the I Am Legend premiere last night? Identify yourself!…

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Filed Under: flower pinching, Murdock, pictures of me

Recidivism

October 18, 2007 by WendyB

When I recently confessed to pinching a flower, I didn’t realize I had a long history of floral molestation. However, incriminating photographic evidence has emerged. Assaulting a flower in Oslo, 2007 Harassing a flower in Washington, D.C., in 1992. Don’t tell my parole officer!

Filed Under: flower pinching, hair, insanity, pictures of me, travel, vintage WendyB photos

Thursday Book Club: Kristin Lavransdatter

August 30, 2007 by WendyB

I had intended to continue with the wives of Henry VIII today, but I wanted to re-read a book about Catherine of Aragon. So, instead, I present to you Kristin Lavrandatter by Nobel prize-winning Norwegian author Sigrid Undset, a master of historical fiction. I visited Norway in July. I’d been pining for the fjords for…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, book club, flower pinching, travel

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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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