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What Wendy Wore: Big Shoulder Pads for New Year’s Eve

January 4, 2016 by WendyB

MrB and I held our New Year’s Eve dinner for friends at Narcissa, the restaurant at the Standard Hotel in the East Village. As planned, I wore a new-to-me, secondhand dress that I got because of its Klaus Nomi-esque shoulder pads and V-shaped sheer panel in the front. What Wendy Wore Dress: Brian Lichtenberg (purchased…

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Filed Under: Britney Spears, gorgeous family, gorgeous friends, outfit post, parties, pictures of me, restaurants, What Wendy Wore

What Wendy Wore: Last Birthday at the Four Seasons

December 23, 2015 by WendyB

New York’s iconic Four Seasons restaurant — which opened in 1959 and for which the term “power lunch” was invented — is being booted from the Seagram Building next year.  I’ve had many birthday dinners there (as well as one dinner with Norman Mailer).  Tonight was the final Four Seasons birthday dinner. We sat in…

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Filed Under: birthdays, outfit post, pictures of me, restaurants, What Wendy Wore

Shoes in Magazines, on TV and on Restaurant Tables

June 3, 2015 by WendyB

Gladiator sandals really are the shoe of the moment. After writing about them in yesterday’s post, I spotted them in today’s New York Observer. This look is going to be wildly overdone this season, but I’m going to take advantage of its pervasiveness and stock up on styles so I have them to wear when…

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Filed Under: 80s style, gorgeous family, restaurants, shoes, TV, vintage WendyB photos

What Wendy Wore: MrB Gets an Award in Tucson

October 27, 2014 by WendyB

MrB and I recently visited Tucson, where he received the John Peter and Anna Catherine Zenger Award from the University of Arizona School of Journalism. The Zenger award honors journalists who “fight for freedom of the press and the people’s right to know.”  The school’s website elaborates: “[The award] is named for a husband and…

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Filed Under: awards, feminism, gorgeous family, journalism, prada, restaurants, shorts, travel, What Wendy Wore

Wanderlust 2014: My First, But Not Last, Trip to Greece

August 13, 2014 by WendyB

While traveling in Europe last month, I did some things that I’d wanted to do for decades. I visited Liverpool, which I first dreamed of doing in 1980. I’m glad Mark Lewisohn, the author of Tune In, the 2013 book about the Beatles that prompted me to finally take the trip, saw that I credited…

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Filed Under: books, cats, Dogs, gorgeous family, gorgeous friends, pictures of me, restaurants, travel

What We Wore: On the Town With Gangsta Boo

July 16, 2012 by WendyB

My gorgeous Atlanta-based rapper friend Lola Mitchell, aka Gangsta Boo, came to New York City this weekend to perform with Mach Five on their Ratchet Shit tour.  (Best name evah for a tour because you can do any gross thing and blame it on the theme.) The show wasn’t until Sunday, so MrB took me,…

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Filed Under: concerts, Eminem, Gangsta Boo, music, my designs, on the town, outfit post, pictures of me, restaurants, skulls, Stacy Lomman, What Wendy Wore

Papa John’s, the “Lady Chinky Eyes” Receipt, Stupid Comments

January 7, 2012 by WendyB

A gorgeous lady named Minhee, who works at MrB’s company here in New York, went to a Papa John’s pizza restaurant last night. Today, she glanced at the receipt and noticed that it called her “lady chinky eyes.” So she did what you do with such things these days. She tweeted it. The Huffington Post…

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Filed Under: rants, restaurants, social networking

What Wendy Wore: New Year’s Eve Photobombing

January 1, 2011 by WendyB

I hope you all had a good time ringing in the new year. I had my traditional New Year’s/belated birthday celebration at Balthazar (check out a decade of New Year’s fashions here).  I finally wore the Zang Toi dress that I first ogled in Zang’s September 2009 show.  It’s a spring dress so I added…

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Filed Under: gorgeous family, gorgeous friends, holidays, outfit post, parties, pictures of me, restaurants, What Wendy Wore, zang toi

What Wendy Wore: Suited Up for a Square Meal

October 2, 2010 by WendyB

Last night, MrB and I went out with his friends Pat and Pattie. Pat and Pattie met when they were juniors in high school in 1958 and have been married for 45 years. They were delightful! We had dinner at Square Meal, which was also delightful. I wore one of the suits I saved from…

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Filed Under: restaurants, suits, What Wendy Wore

What Wendy Wore: Amazing Belzer

July 29, 2010 by WendyB

Last night, our generous friends Barney and Kathryn took us out for a belated anniversary dinner at Ouest. I wanted to wear something I hadn’t worn yet this year and picked a purple Black Halo dress from 2008 (see the blue version on Debra Messing here). I was running late as usual, so by the…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, coco, restaurants, What Wendy Wore

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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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