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Throwback Thursday: OG Bloggers and Leopard Week

March 21, 2019 by WendyB

I’m so thankful that a few other “original gangster” fashion bloggers are still blogging away, just like me. I share a decade-long history with people like Judith from Style Crone and Sheila from Ephemera. Those mutual memories are treasures, as illustrated by Sheila after she watched my recent video about designer Patrick Kelly The video…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, blogs and bloggers, Celebrities, dresses, Fashion, independent fashion bloggers, leopard print, oscars, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: designer patrick kelly

What Wendy Didn’t Wear: Patrick Kelly Mini Dress

March 18, 2019 by WendyB

For last week’s video on the late designer Patrick Kelly, I wore a Kelly dress that I’ve never worn out in the real world. Can you guess why this one stays in the closet? What Wendy Didn’t Wear Dress: Vintage Patrick Kelly (probably from eBay, maybe purchased around 2008?) Boots: Prada (2012-ish) If you truly…

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Filed Under: 80s style, About Wendy, dresses, Fashion, outfit post, pictures of me, vintage, vintage designers, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: fashion designer patrick kelly, mini dress

Throwback Thursday: Anne Boleyn’s Necklace

March 7, 2019 by WendyB

Here’s the first photo of myself that I shared on this blog, from the second of three brief posts I published on July 27, 2007. In it, I’m wearing my Anne Boleyn-inspired necklace, while posing outside Anne Boleyn’s childhood home, Hever Castle. My desire for a bold initial pendant had been with me since I…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, anne boleyn, History, pictures of me, queens, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: anne boleyn necklace

Fashion Repeats Itself: Saint Laurent Lights Up

March 1, 2019 by WendyB

The 1980s were a decade of DayGlo, and I’ve never lost my love for neon colors. Those hot ’80s hues were inspired by 1960s fashions. I spoke about that with some experts when I wrote about neon for the Huffington Post in 2012: “Ingrid Johnson, professor of textile development and marketing at the Fashion Institute…

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Filed Under: 80s style, clothing, designers, Dogs, Fashion, Fashion Repeats Itself, fashion shows, fashion trends, pictures of me, vintage WendyB photos, wear what you want Tagged With: dayglo, diana dew, neon, saint laurent, stephen sprouse

Throwback Thursday: Ossie Clark in 2005, 2011, 2019

February 21, 2019 by WendyB

In my tribute to my late friend Al Radley, I posted a photo taken in his house in 2005. The long sweater I’m trying on belonged to him, but I was wearing my own vintage Ossie Clark dress. In 2011, I took a photo that showed the dress clearly. And last Friday, I randomly wore…

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Filed Under: dresses, Fashion, homegrown vintage, Ossie Clark, outfit post, pictures of me, repeat offender collage, Throwback Thursday, vintage designers, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: al radley, slow fashion

Wednesday’s Video: Career Advice for Disruptive Times

January 9, 2019 by WendyB

My latest YouTube video is a continuation of my series of job and business tips. This time, I’m sharing what I’ve learned from the my own surprising career path, which took me from journalism to jewelry design. Today I reveal the faulty logic behind two bits of conventional wisdom: That NOT having a Plan B…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Business, education, get smart, The Bitchtastic Guide to Business™, video, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: aol, business advice, career advice, entrepreneurs, people magazine, time magazine

What Wendy Wore: Double-Vintage Clovis Ruffin

November 19, 2018 by WendyB

I declare a garment to be “double vintage” when it’s vintage by nature and vintage in terms of how long I’ve owned it.  Here’s the double-vintage Clovis Ruffin dress I wore last week to The Acting Company’s fall gala, which honored my friends Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and Carl Spielvogel. What Wendy Wore Dress: Clovis Ruffin (purchased…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, dresses, Fashion, homegrown vintage, outfit post, pictures of me, vintage, vintage designers, vintage WendyB photos, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: clovis ruffin, double vintage, homegrown vintage, slow fashion, The Acting Co.

Throwback Thursday and Ring Giveaway!

October 25, 2018 by WendyB

Check out the big NYC rings I’m wearing in this photo from 2012! Now you can WIN your own sterling-silver NYC set! Here are the rules: Follow me on Instagram. Like THIS photo. TAG three friends in the comments here who would rock these statement rings.⠀ The giveaway is open to U.S. and Canadian residents…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: instagram jewelry giveaway, jewelry giveaway, jewelry prize

Throwback Thursday: Singapore Sling in 2002

August 23, 2018 by WendyB

While looking through some photos I took in Singapore in 2002, I found this one of me drinking a Singapore Sling at Raffles Hotel, where the cocktail was invented. I can’t for the life of me remember what one of those tastes like! I’m going to have to order one next time I’m at a…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, video, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: hong kong, singapore, tokyo

Throwback Thursday: Bastille Day Memories and Jewelry

July 19, 2018 by WendyB

Bastille Day was last Saturday, but I was home in New York, much to my chagrin. MrB and I spent the holiday in Paris in 2009, 2010, and 2011, and I still feel like Paris is where I’m supposed to be on Le Quatorze Juillet. For Throwback Thursday, here’s what I wore on my three…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, Jewelry, my designs, necklaces, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, travel, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: 1stdibs

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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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