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Throwback Thursday: Jil Sander Boots From 2002

April 26, 2018 by WendyB

Throwback Thursday: Jil Sander Boots From 2002

Since I started this blog in 2007, it’s been easy to keep track of when I’ve purchased clothes or accessories, but anything pre-2007 can require a bit of guesswork because I wasn’t taking deliberate “outfit photos” back then. For instance, I knew I got these Jil Sander boots before I left the corporate world in…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, boots, Fashion, pictures of me, shoes, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: jil sander, lace-up boots

Throwback Thursday: Pink Sweater and a Black Dog

April 5, 2018 by WendyB

Throwback Thursday: Pink Sweater and a Black Dog

For Throwback Thursday, I present a photo from almost exactly 17 years ago. I still have those 18K gold hoop earrings, but the colorblocked pink turtleneck is long gone. Alas, so is Molly, my parents’ black Pekingese. She lived to a ripe old age and then departed for the big doggy bed in the sky…

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Filed Under: Animals, Dogs, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: colorblocking, pekingese, throwback thursday, turtleneck

Throwback Thursday: Tiffeau Dress Through the Years

March 29, 2018 by WendyB

Throwback Thursday: Tiffeau Dress Through the Years

I wore this vintage Jacques Tiffeau dress to a cocktail party two weeks ago. What Wendy Wore Dress: Jacques Tiffeau (acquired in 2009) Boots: Prada (2008, probably first seen here) In a post about Moschino that I wrote a couple of days before that party, I defined the “double-vintage” category of “slow fashion” as clothes…

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Filed Under: clothes, Fashion, homegrown vintage, pictures of me, repeat offender collage, style icons, Throwback Thursday, video, vintage, vintage designers Tagged With: double vintage, edie sedgwick, jacques tiffeau, slow fashion

Throwback Thursday: Viv Albertine and the Slits

March 22, 2018 by WendyB

Throwback Thursday: Viv Albertine and the Slits

Actor/director/artiste Vincent Gallo — the self-proclaimed “Donald Trump of Cannes” — wrote an “open letter” for Another Man Magazine that inspired this remark on Twitter: Vincent Gallo is what would happen if Axe Body Spray manifested itself into human form. — Ken Simon (@KenSimonSays) March 22, 2018 That’s a good description of an essay that…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, music, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: british punk, punk, punk rock, the slits

Throwback Thursday: Partying Like It’s 1998

February 15, 2018 by WendyB

Throwback Thursday: Partying Like It’s 1998

MrB and I are celebrating our 20th date-a-versary today. That means that on this day in 1998, he and I started … um … “going steady”? “Became an item”? I’m not sure how to word it in a way that doesn’t make y’all feel like … Phoebe Buffay GIF from Phoebe GIFs It wasn’t our…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, anniversaries, Dogs, pictures of me, Special Occasions, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: date-a-versary

Throwback Thursday: On (and In) the Ice in Iceland

February 1, 2018 by WendyB

Throwback Thursday: On (and In) the Ice in Iceland

My gorgeous friend Tina sent me some more photos from my birthday trip to Iceland, and this is my favorite one. Yep, that’s really me climbing up an ice cave on a glacier. It’s not like I was using a big axe and ropes or anything … there were steps! But I still felt pretty…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, travel Tagged With: iceland

Throwback Thursday: Eryn Wearing Something Borrowed

December 28, 2017 by WendyB

Throwback Thursday: Eryn Wearing Something Borrowed

My right-hand woman Eryn got engaged in this February and married in September. I previously mentioned that Eryn had her eyes on my opal lariat necklace for her big “something borrowed” jewelry, but wound up selecting a different design. Here’s a belated photo of her mom helping her with my one-of-a-kind Selene moonstone necklace. When…

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Filed Under: Custom work, earrings, engagement rings, Eryn Patton, gems, Jewelry, my designs, necklaces, rings, Special Occasions, stud earrings, Throwback Thursday, wedding bands, weddings Tagged With: nontraditional wedding jewelry

Throwback Thursday: 2017 CPJ Press Freedom Awards

November 30, 2017 by WendyB

Throwback Thursday: 2017 CPJ Press Freedom Awards

I already posted the dress I wore to the International Press Freedom Awards dinner held by the Committee to Protect Journalists on November 15. In case you missed that “meh” fashion moment, here it is again. I’ve been wondering if getting rid of those cap sleeves will make the dress look less like a sad, raisin-colored…

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Filed Under: pictures of me, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: committee to protect journalists, meryl streep

Throwback Thursday: 10 Years of Thanksgiving Posts

November 23, 2017 by WendyB

Throwback Thursday: 10 Years of Thanksgiving Posts

My blog turned 10 years old earlier this year, and I suddenly became curious about what — if anything — I’d published on Thanksgiving over the years. So here’s a look back at those posts. Nov. 22, 2007: I decided to look ahead to New Year’s Eve dresses. Why? I’m not sure. This was back…

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Filed Under: Committee to Protect Journalists, holidays, journalism, pictures of me, Special Occasions, Throwback Thursday, travel, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: thanksgiving

Throwback Thursday: CPJ Outfits From 2007-2017

November 16, 2017 by WendyB

Throwback Thursday: CPJ Outfits From 2007-2017

Last night, MrB and I went to the annual International Press Freedom Awards dinner held by the Committee to Protect Journalists. CPJ is a cause near and dear to our hearts — so dear, in fact, that MrB served as chairman for six years. The organization is an independent nonprofit that promotes press freedom worldwide…

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Filed Under: Committee to Protect Journalists, Fashion, journalism, outfit post, parties, pictures of me, repeat offender collage, Special Occasions, Throwback Thursday, vanity fair oscar party, vintage, vintage WendyB photos, wear what you want, What Wendy Wore, zang toi Tagged With: homegrown vintage, slow fashion

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