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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

Throwback Thursday: Anna Nicole Smith and “Fame”

July 8, 2021 by WendyB

Back in the day, random folks like me were able to publish on the Huffington Post. We didn’t get any money for this, just exposure. Seeing as it’s hard to pay the phone bill with “exposure” it’s probably best that the arrangement came to an end. But every so often, I remember I have a…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, music, Press, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: amy gerhartz, anna nicole smith, huffington post, huffpost

Throwback Thursday: Britney Spears and This Blog

June 24, 2021 by WendyB

I started writing this blog close to 14 years ago because of Britney Spears. Seriously. I had set up a free account on Blogspot on July 23, 2007, but that was just a placeholder. I published one post that said I would start blogging “soon” but not quite yet. Two days later, I learned that…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Britney Spears, Celebrities, music, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: free britney

Throwback Thursday: 2005 Hair, Dog, and Dress

May 27, 2021 by WendyB

While searching for some old jewelry photos, I came across this May 25, 2005, photo of me and the late, great Gigi the dog. My first reaction was, “OMG! She looks so young and beautiful!” I mean, I look okay, but Gigi was ravishing. Clearly, she had just been groomed, because she hadn’t gotten one…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Animals, Dogs, Fashion, hair, homegrown vintage, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: pandemic weight gain, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

Same Time, Last Year: Braving the Outdoors

April 28, 2021 by WendyB

One year ago today, I ventured out of my neighborhood for the first time in six weeks. New York City had locked down for COVID-19, but I decided activism couldn’t wait any longer; I didn’t want the former guy to become a lifetime dictator with the help of a pandemic. I met up with activist…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, health, In the News, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: COVID-19, face mask, vaccines

Throwback Thursday: Tiger Morse, Vikki Dougan

April 22, 2021 by WendyB

I’m always fascinated by the life stories of a wide variety of women. 12th-century empress? 20th-century fashionista? They’re equally compelling to me. Today was my lucky day in the 20th-century fashionista category. I’ve been interested in 1960s fashion designer/amphetamine-queen Tiger Morse since reading the Edie Sedgwick biography Edie by Jean Stein in 1986. In December…

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Filed Under: designers, Fashion, In the News, models, Throwback Thursday, vintage, vintage designers Tagged With: edie sedgwick, tiger joan morse, tiger morse, vikki dougan

Throwback Thursday: Cold-Shoulder Top Has Its Moment

March 25, 2021 by WendyB

Ten years ago, I wore an outfit that made me look like Blanche Devereaux if she were trying to dress like a New Yorker. On casual day. That cold-shoulder turtleneck was already “old” to me at the time. I had gotten it on eBay years earlier, thinking it was going to look more punk, only…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, golden girls gang, homegrown vintage, In the News, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: cold-shoulder sweater, cold-shoulder top, covid vaccine, COVID-19, slow fashion, slow fashion movement, vaccine top

Throwback Thursday: Another Round of Neon

March 11, 2021 by WendyB

I walked by Macy’s the other day and was so happy to see neon colors in the window that I took a picture. DayGlo is a longtime favorite of mine. I really liked the cropped blue jacket with the long pink dress. Eventually, I figured out why the combination appealed to me so much: I…

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Filed Under: 80s style, blogs and bloggers, clothes, clothing, Fashion, Fashion Repeats Itself, fashion trends, great minds think alike, homegrown vintage, journalism, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: dayglo, huffington post, huffpost, neon colors, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

Throwback Thursday: 32 But Looking Brand-New

March 4, 2021 by WendyB

I’ve been neglecting the laundry so, yesterday, I was forced to dig into the “things I never wear” layer of my dresser. When I say I never wear something, I’m not kidding, because this 32-year-old sweatshirt from my graduation from Columbia University looks brand-new! I’ve never been a fan of gray sweatshirts. They’re too drab…

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Filed Under: 80s style, About Wendy, activism, Fashion, feminism, homegrown vintage, pictures of me, politics, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: columbia college, columbia university, slow fashion, vintage sweatshirts

Throwback Thursday: Women’s March 2017

January 21, 2021 by WendyB

When I got out my “This Pussy Grabs Back” sign yesterday to celebrate Trump’s eviction from the White House, I didn’t realize we were just a day away from the fourth anniversary of the 2017 Women’s March on Washington D.C.   That was the event the sign was originally made for. It was designed by my…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: arrest trump, fuck trump, this pussy grabs back, women's march

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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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