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My Oscar Gown Archives, Part I

March 4, 2018 by WendyB

My Oscar Gown Archives, Part I

The Academy Awards are tonight … and I’m not in Los Angeles! It feels strange. Since 2003, MrB and I have gone to the awards ceremony and/or the Vanity Fair Oscar party almost every year. We had a good long run, that’s for sure, and I loved every minute of it. You know how sometimes…

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Outfit Flashback: Independent Spirit Awards 2007

March 3, 2018 by WendyB

Outfit Flashback: Independent Spirit Awards 2007

The 2018 Independent Spirit Awards have just begun out in California (you can watch them on IFC and on Facebook Watch), jogging my memory about the one time I attended that event. It was Feb. 24, 2007, and Sarah Silverman was the host. The awards took place four months before the first iPhone was released and five months before I started…

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Rihanna, Dua Lipa, and Red-Carpet Floof

February 27, 2018 by WendyB

Rihanna, Dua Lipa, and Red-Carpet Floof

I’ve already credited Rihanna with kicking off the trend for voluminous dresses with the pink Giambattista Valli gown she wore to the 2015 Grammys. A full three years later, as celebrities vie to wear not just the best, but the biggest dress on the red carpet, it’s official: Rihanna’s 2015 choice was a true “Never…

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Music on My Mind: Halftime and the Grammys

February 11, 2018 by WendyB

I’ve been thinking of the truth-in-jest plea, “God, give me the confidence of a mediocre white man,” since Justin Timberlake’s ho-hum Super Bowl halftime performance last Sunday night. There have been many more-spectacular Super Bowl performers, starting with Michael Jackson, whose 1993 appearance permanently changed the halftime show from a snack/drink/bathroom break to a must-see…

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My Best Dressed at the 2018 Grammys Is …

January 30, 2018 by WendyB

My Best Dressed at the 2018 Grammys Is …

While there were many 2018 Grammys fashion statements worthy of honorable mentions, there was one clear winner of my prestigious Best Dressed/Wear What You Want combo award. That winner is not Andra Day, but she came so close in her candy-colored, custom-made Victoria Hayes tuxedo gown. Embed from Getty Images This dress was my personal…

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My “Almost” Best Dressed at the 2018 Grammys Are …

January 29, 2018 by WendyB

My “Almost” Best Dressed at the 2018 Grammys Are …

There’s so much to be said about the 2018 Grammys — who won, who should have won, the way Recording Academy president Neil Portnow said more women would win if they just worked harder (fuck you, Neil, the average woman works twice as hard as a dude like you). I’m going to have to save…

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Best Performance at the 2018 Grammys

January 28, 2018 by WendyB

Best Performance at the 2018 Grammys

There were quite a few great performances at the 2018 Grammys but seeing 68-year-old Patti LuPone sing “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” from Evita 37 years after her first Grammys performance of that Broadway showstopper … well, that took my breath away! Thanks for forgiving composer Andrew Lloyd Webber long enough to bless us with…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, awards shows, Celebrities, Grammys, theater Tagged With: patti lupone

Jewelry for My Imaginary Golden Globes Outfit

January 11, 2018 by WendyB

Jewelry for My Imaginary Golden Globes Outfit

Yesterday, I showed you the two outfits I would have chosen between if I’d had gone to the Golden Globes last Sunday. Here’s a closer look at the jewelry I would have worn with either outfit — all my own designs, of course. (I had to raid the vault for this little photo shoot!) From…

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Wednesday’s Video: The Golden Globes and Your Vote

January 10, 2018 by WendyB

Wednesday’s Video: The Golden Globes and Your Vote

I think I should be invited to all major red-carpet events just to prove that I can shop my closet for every occasion! Like on Sunday, when I was watching the Golden Globes, I thought of two outfits immediately. The dress code called for black, and I’ve been in a pantsuit kind of mood, so…

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My Best Dressed at the 2018 Golden Globes Is …

January 7, 2018 by WendyB

My Best Dressed at the 2018 Golden Globes Is …

There was a blackout at the Golden Globes tonight: The majority of the attendees wore black to promote the newly established Time’s Up campaign against sexual harassment in all industries. Embed from Getty Images The Time’s Up initiative was announced Monday with an open letter signed by 300 prominent women in the entertainment industry. It…

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