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It’s Election Day, Betches!

November 3, 2020 by WendyB

Finally! It’s Election Day, betches! This is your last chance to vote! Do you need help finding your poll site and its hours, or need a peek at your ballot before you head out? Here’s your source for everything! VOTE411.ORG It bears repeating that if you are in line at the poll site by the…

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Filed Under: activism, Eminem, In the News, politics Tagged With: biden harris 2020, defeat fascism, election day, election day 2020, get out the vote, triple the vote, vote blue

Throwback Thursday: Madonna’s Leather Haring Jacket

May 14, 2020 by WendyB

Madonna needs to let me rummage around in her closet because I’ve been blogging about her pieces by artist Keith Haring — one by one — for 10 years. I need to take a complete inventory, because this is getting ridiculous. In 2010, I reminisced about the covetable Keith Haring skirt Madonna wore in her…

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Filed Under: 80s style, Celebrities, Fashion, fashion trends, jackets, madonna, music, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: kehlani, keith haring, motorcycle jacket, paradise garage

Throwback Thursday: Gangsta Boo in NYC

April 23, 2020 by WendyB

Shout out to Gangsta Boo, my gorgeous rapper friend, for reminding me that seven years ago today, I was her entourage as she visited The Fader magazine office, followed by the Shade 45 music station. This might have been the visit where the Shade 45 peeps assumed I was in the music business and asked, “So…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, acne jeans, Gangsta Boo, homegrown vintage, music, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: shade 45, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

Throwback Thursday: Red Alert

January 16, 2020 by WendyB

I decided to watch some classic music videos while at the gym the other day. I went from 1983’s “Sweet Dreams” by Eurythmics … … to 1990’s “Groove Is in the Heart” by Deee-Lite … … to 1995’s “Only Happy When It Rains” by Garbage. Then I spent some time wondering how I would look…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, music, music hum, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: annie lennox, deee-lite, eurythmics, garbage, lady miss kier, shirley manson

What Wendy Wore: Glittering for Tina Turner

December 24, 2019 by WendyB

I love molten-metal looks in clothes and accessories and even manicures — which makes sense for a jewelry designer, right? — so last month, I was transfixed by this Instagram post from vintage store Baba Yaga. I had to have this platinum look! View this post on Instagram Dripping in silver. 80s St.John Lamé top…

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Filed Under: birthdays, clothing, Fashion, Gangsta Boo, outfit post, pictures of me, Shopping, Special Occasions, vintage, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: december birthdays, ootd, skinny jeans, vintage store, wiw

Random Musical Interlude: Stevie Nicks in 1981

October 28, 2019 by WendyB

I am not sure what drew me to this video of Stevie Nicks performing “Edge of Seventeen” during her 1981 White Winged Dove tour, but now I can’t stop watching it. Love those high kicks. Enjoy! I didn’t get to go to that ’81 tour, but I watched the full concert film over and over…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, music Tagged With: edge of seventeen, fleetwood mac, stevie nicks

Flashback From HuffPost: Kept Outta “Compton”

October 18, 2019 by WendyB

I’ve been republishing all my old Huffington Post pieces on this blog, because they could vanish at any moment from HuffPost. You never know about archives these days. This story is from four years ago, after the N.W.A. movie Straight Outta Compton came out. The movie depicted five group members — Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Huffington Post, journalism, movies, music Tagged With: arabian prince, n.w.a., straight outta compton

What Wendy Wore: Vintage Madonna

October 16, 2019 by WendyB

Madonna was at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this month with her “Madame X” tour, and of course I was there — twice! I’ve never missed one of her tours, and I do like to catch two performances per tour. You can find out more about my decades of fandom from the YouTube video I…

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Filed Under: 80s style, Arts & Entertainment, Celebrities, Fashion, favorite brands, homegrown vintage, madonna, music, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, t-shirts, vintage WendyB photos, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: madame x tour, madonna tour, slow fashion

The Final Friday the 13th Earrings!

September 13, 2019 by WendyB

Friday the 13th is always my excuse to post this gif of my silver hockey mask and chainsaw earrings, created by the once-hyped shopping app Spring. Alas, Spring is no more … and my earrings will be gone as well once my last four pairs are sold. Whether you’re a horror-movie fan, an Eminem fan,…

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Filed Under: earrings, Eminem, emoji, Jewelry, movies, music, stud earrings Tagged With: chainsaw, friday the 13th earrings, halloween earrings, halloween jewelry, jason hockey mask, jason voorhees

Kurt Cobain, Walmart, and Guns

September 3, 2019 by WendyB

In 1993, Walmart and Kmart refused to stock Nirvana’s In Utero CD due to depictions of fetuses in a collage on the back cover and the title of the song “Rape Me.”  Geffen, the band’s label, initially declined to make any changes, but with discount stores responsible for nearly a quarter of all record sales,…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, music Tagged With: kurt cobain, nirvana, sheryl crow

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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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