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A Met Gala In Memoriam: André Leon Talley

May 2, 2022 by WendyB

The Gilded-Age-themed 2022 Met Gala is tonight, not quite eight months after the 2021 Met Gala, which COVID-19 delayed to September from May. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute and Vogue’s editor-in-chief Anna Wintour — the gala’s chair since 1999 — worked with the pandemic-skewed calendar by creating a two-part exhibition. Tonight’s gala celebrates…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, Fashion, Met Gala, obits, style icons Tagged With: amy odell, andre leon talley, anna wintour

My Worst Dressed at the 2022 Grammys Is …

April 5, 2022 by WendyB

I started my blog in 2007 with the motto “Wear What You Want” and, accordingly, I’ve avoided naming “worst-dressed” people. I’ve decided to draw the line on someone’s look just a few times, and this is one of those moments: My worst-dressed at the 2022 Grammy Awards is the Recording Academy itself, which covered itself…

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Filed Under: activism, Arts & Entertainment, awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, drawing the line, Fashion, Grammys, lady gaga, music, racism, rants Tagged With: louis ck, recording academy

My Best Dressed at the 2022 Grammys Is …

April 4, 2022 by WendyB

It seemed like the producers of the Grammys show learned something from the debacle at the Oscars a week earlier. In contrast to that train wreck, the show was generally upbeat and smooth, and the In Memoriam section struck the right tone. Ukrainian president Zelenskyy addressed the viewers in a pre-recorded segment, after being rejected…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, Fashion, Grammys, lady gaga, music Tagged With: 2022 grammys, best dressed grammys, tinashe

My Best Dressed at the 2022 Oscars Is …

March 28, 2022 by WendyB

Well, this year’s Oscars were kind of … a lot. Early on, I was checking out the red-carpet fashion and wondering if I even had the energy to bestow my prestigious Best Dressed/Wear What You Want combo award this year. On one hand, we had Megan Thee Stallion looking like a goddess. On the other hand, I…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, lady gaga, oscars

What Wendy Wore: Met Gala Fashion Statement

September 13, 2021 by WendyB

I haven’t dressed up since New Year’s Eve 2020, so it felt great to squeeze into a vintage Arnold Scaasi dress and go to tonight’s celebrity-packed Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Okay, I wasn’t actually inside the Met Gala, but protesting in front of the Met with the tireless activists of…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, dresses, Fashion, Met Gala, pictures of me Tagged With: carolyn maloney, met gala 2021, tax the rich

My Best Dressed at the 2021 Oscars Is …

April 25, 2021 by WendyB

I’ve written before my lifelong love for DayGlo colors. Photos prove that I favor neon-pink for special occasions, like the first day of my last year of high school. Seriously! Check out my 1984 first-day-of-school top by Guess, peeking out from under my popped-collar denim jacket. Twenty-nine years later, I wore a fancy version of…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, Fashion, never is the next new thing, oscars, pictures of me, red carpet, versace, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: dayglo, neon colors, oscars 2021

My Best Dressed at the 2021 SAG Awards Is …

April 5, 2021 by WendyB

I didn’t tune in to the Screen Actors Guild Awards last night because this year’s virtual ceremony — a pre-recorded, hour-long Zoom — wasn’t particularly appealing, but I’m glad I checked out the fashion after the fact. Leslie Odom Jr.’s suit and matching turtleneck by Berluti deserve my prestigious Best Dressed/Wear What You Want combo…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, Fashion, fashion trends, red carpet Tagged With: chic menswear, leslie odom jr., sag awards 2021

My Best Dressed at the 2021 Grammys Is …

March 15, 2021 by WendyB

The winner of my Best Dressed/Wear What You Want award for the 2020 Grammys is Billy Porter and his fabulous mechanical hat! Yeah, I said 2020. I know the 2021 Grammys ceremony was on last night, and I’ll get to that eventually, but I’m a wee bit behind! There was a lot going on when…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, dresses, Fashion, feminism, Grammys, In the News, music, OMG-worthy, politics, racism Tagged With: beyonce, grammys 2021, megan thee stallion, neil portnow, the weeknd

Met Gala Monday: Nothing But ’90s Memories

May 4, 2020 by WendyB

The Met Gala — more formally known as the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — was scheduled for tonight but, like other events this year, it has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The event would have been the grand opening of the Metropolitan Museum’s “About Time” exhibition, which “shows…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, Fashion, Met Gala, pictures of me, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: andre leon talley, anna wintour, grace mirabella, liz tilberis, princess diana

My Best Dressed at the 2020 Oscars Is …

February 9, 2020 by WendyB

I’ve fallen behind on blogging awards-season fashion because of … stuff. View this post on Instagram Shout-out to Tricia Cooke for finding the photo of my arrest as part of the #rotunda10 … my leather and denim jackets had so many pockets in them that everyone else was searched and in police vans by the…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, Fashion, oscars Tagged With: janelle monae, sandra oh

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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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