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My Best Dressed at the SAG Awards Is …

January 30, 2017 by WendyB

Because I’m a jewelry designer, you might think my eyes would be on awards-show jewelry to the exclusion of everything else fashion-related, right? You’d be wrong! While I admire the big-time red-carpet jewelry, it doesn’t often surprise me. We all know Harry Winston can provide a breathtaking diamond necklace. Big juicy emeralds are bound to…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, movies, red carpet Tagged With: danielle brooks, hidden figures, mahershala ali, octavia spencer, viola davis

My Best Dressed at the 2016 Emmy Awards Is …

September 18, 2016 by WendyB

The television folks at the Emmy Awards don’t always give great red carpet, but tonight’s 2016 event impressed me. First of all, Kristen Bell’s Zuhair Murad was one of the most beautiful gowns I’ve seen in a long time. Embed from Getty Images I would wear that in a hot second! Like Bell, Sarah Paulson…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, emmys, Fashion, movies Tagged With: angela bassett, best dressed, best dressed/wear what you want award, emmys, emmys 2016, judith light, kristen bell, sarah paulson, the revenant

Throwback Thursday: Weiner and McQueen

May 19, 2016 by WendyB

Here’s a political throwback: Anthony Weiner, the former New York Congressman and failed mayoral candidate who was brought down by sexting scandals. He’s the subject of the new documentary Weiner, by Elyse Steinberg and Josh Kriegman, who were given extensive access because they were there to shoot a political comeback. Instead, they were flies on…

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Filed Under: movies, outfit post, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, What Wendy Wore

Recommended Reading: “Last Men Standing”

April 15, 2016 by WendyB

George Michael’s quote in yesterday’s post about “the years when HIV was a killer” reminded me that I’ve been meaning to share the San Francisco Chronicle’s “Last Men Standing” project. The Chronicle described its package of print and digital stories and film this way: “They outlived an epidemic, but San Francisco’s AIDS survivors are still…

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Filed Under: History, In the News, movies, news, newspapers

Slay Like Beyoncé With My New SLAY Studs

March 28, 2016 by WendyB

Do you follow me on Instagram? If not, you should, because that’s where you might get a chance to pre-order my newest designs or get an early shot at a sale. For instance, I gave a sneak peek of my new SLAY stud earrings on IG last month … … and the first order has…

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Filed Under: earrings, movies, music, my designs, stud earrings

What Wendy Wore: The 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party

February 29, 2016 by WendyB

If you heard a piercing scream when Spotlight won Best Picture at last night’s Oscars … that was me. I had practically given up hope because MrB kept saying, “Oh, The Revenant is going to win.” I was also jumping up and down over Mad Max‘s six awards (I thought it deserved Best Director too). …

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Filed Under: awards, awards shows, Celebrities, movies, oscars, outfit post, parties, pictures of me, vanity fair oscar party, vintage, vintage designers, What Wendy Wore

What Wendy Wore: Spotlight’s Marty Baron at Spectator

February 28, 2016 by WendyB

I’m watching the Oscars now, hoping that Spotlight will win all six of its categories, including Best Picture. Not only was it an excellent movie about investigative journalism, but one of the real-life people portrayed in the movie is someone I’ve known for a long time! That person is Marty Baron, who was played very…

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Filed Under: columbia daily spectator, journalism, movies, oscars, outfit post, pictures of me, What Wendy Wore

Throwback Thursday: King Kong’s 2005 Times Square Premiere

December 10, 2015 by WendyB

Ten years and five days ago, MrB and I attended the big Times Square premiere of the latest King Kong remake. That’s the one that starred Jack Black, Naomi Watts and Adrien Brody. The invitation called for festive attire, so I chose a vintage Ossie Clark dress with a Celia Birtwell print. In my first…

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Filed Under: movies, Ossie Clark, Throwback Thursday, vintage designers

Thinking of Blazing Saddles at Bergdorf Goodman

October 21, 2015 by WendyB

I visited a friend who works at Bergdorf Goodman (one of my favorite stores!) and had some time to kill while she finished up a dress fitting. Libertine designer Johnson Hartig had been in the store last week for a trunk show and the clothes were still there.  I’ve always been interested in the line,…

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Filed Under: Bergdorf Goodman, designers, movies, pictures of me

Arabian Prince on the Huffington Post

September 8, 2015 by WendyB

Straight Outta Compton, the authorized biopic of the rap group N.W.A, was the unexpected hit movie of the summer. It tells the story of the five guys — Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren and DJ Yella — who shocked the country with songs like “Fuck tha Police.” Five guys. But wait! Look at…

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Filed Under: Huffington Post, movies, music

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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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