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Throwback Thursday: Press Freedom Awards 2019

December 26, 2019 by WendyB

The International Press Freedom Awards dinner took place last month. That’s the annual fundraiser for the Committee to Protect Journalists — an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal. CPJ pressures governments into releasing journalists who have been arrested for…

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Filed Under: Committee to Protect Journalists, designers, dresses, Fashion, hair, homegrown vintage, journalism, mullets, outfit post, pictures of me, repeat offender collage, Throwback Thursday, wear what you want, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: committee to protect journalists, international press freedom awards, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

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

What Wendy Wore: Ceil Chapman at La MaMa

November 1, 2019 by WendyB

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club celebrated the centennial of its founder, Ellen Stewart, at a fundraiser for its 58th season recently. Stewart was a dress designer when she started La MaMa in 1961 — no experience in theater whatsoever — but she became an icon of the performing arts in New York. I feel like…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, dresses, Fashion, outfit post, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, vintage, vintage designers, vintage WendyB photos, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: ceil chapman, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

Throwback Thursday: Purrkoy for Meowloween

October 31, 2019 by WendyB

Happy Halloween! Thank you to Instagrammer and cat-lover Mattie for creating this beautiful pumpkin tribute to the late, great Purrkoy the Kitten. Speaking of pets that have crossed the Rainbow Bridge, Gigi the dog left us exactly two years ago at the impressive age of 16.  As I’ve written before: “The ancient Celts believed that…

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Filed Under: anniversaries, Halloween, holidays, Special Occasions, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: gigi the dog, meowloween, pumpkins, purrkoy the kitten

Throwback Thursday: Slow-Fashion Summer

October 24, 2019 by WendyB

I never got around to blogging a bunch of summer outfits. Honestly, the activism is taking a lot out of me these days, and blogging has definitely suffered. Anyway, here are my two most notable looks for July — both with #slowfashion elements, of course. I was casual for our 18th anniversary dinner on July…

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Filed Under: dresses, Fashion, homegrown vintage, on the town, outfit post, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: patricia field, pucci, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

What Wendy Wore: Not Autumn Yet

September 19, 2019 by WendyB

I don’t care about Labor Day — it’s still summer until Monday! That’s why I wore a summer dress to my stepdaughter’s 30th birthday dinner last week (I’ve known her since she was eight! Holy shit!) What Wendy Wore Dress: Possible vintage Michael Vollbracht (2005-ish?) Shoes: Prada (2010) Purse Louis Vuitton Cerise (2005) I didn’t realize till…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, favorite brands, homegrown vintage, outfit post, pictures of me, repeat offender collage, Throwback Thursday, vintage, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: louis vuitton cerise, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

Throwback Thursday: Guess and Gladiators in 1985

August 29, 2019 by WendyB

In a 2008 post about gladiator sandals, I wrote: “I’ve loved this style since 1985, when I had a pair of flat white gladiators. I felt so chic when I wore them with my Guess ankle-zip jeans and oversize blouse! I’ve been searching for a photo that shows me wearing those shoes for a while…

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Filed Under: 80s style, About Wendy, Fashion, pictures of me, shoes, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: 1980s fashion, gladiator sandals

Throwback Thursday: Five Years of Mullets

August 1, 2019 by WendyB

My “Never Is the Next New Thing™” fashion rule states that the most provocative/grating/startling looks — the ones that make you say, “I would NEVER wear that!” — are the ones most likely to become trends, big or small. A corollary to “Never Is the Next New Thing™” is that after you fall for a…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, hair, mullets, never is the next new thing, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: mullet haircut, mullet monday, mullets

Throwback Thursday: Be Like 1993 WendyB in Mesh

July 18, 2019 by WendyB

I was searching teh Interwebs for a black bodysuit, when I came across one that made me think, “Didn’t I wear that in 1993?” The answer is: Not exactly, but close enough. Bodysuits (or “bodies,” as the great fashion editor Polly Mellon called them) have made a big comeback that is a bit baffling to…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: 1990s style, bodysuits

Throwback Thursday: London Bloggers, 10 Years Ago

July 11, 2019 by WendyB

Ten years ago today, I was in London, drinking Pimm’s with my London blogger friends for FIVE HOURS at Harvey Nicks. via GIPHY This has been my year of feeling nostalgic for the “original gangster” fashion bloggers. My subconscious must have become aware of the 10th anniversary of blogging’s heyday before I ever looked at…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, Fashion, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, travel Tagged With: trudie styler, zac posen

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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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