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I Am the Queen of This Met Gala Theme

October 9, 2018 by WendyB

I Am the Queen of This Met Gala Theme

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that next year’s spring Costume Institute exhibition will be themed “Camp: Notes on Fashion,” aka “Wendy’s Special Occasion Wardrobe.” I know that tickets to the exhibit’s opening gala cost big bucks … … but someone should still invite me as his or her guest, because I’m clearly a VIP…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, designers, dresses, Fashion, Met Gala, pictures of me, vintage Tagged With: camp notes on fashion, met gala, moschino, susan sontag

2018 Met Gala: The Best of the Rest

May 8, 2018 by WendyB

I feel like I should do one of those “Previously on …” intros that new television episodes start with. Read this to yourself in an announcer-type voice: Previously, on this blog, Wendy Brandes bestowed her Best Dressed/Wear What You Want combo award for the 2018 Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art —…

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Filed Under: Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, Fashion, Met Gala, museums, parties, versace Tagged With: 2018 met gala, met gala, tiara

My Best Dressed at the 2018 Met Gala Is …

May 7, 2018 by WendyB

My Best Dressed at the 2018 Met Gala Is …

Damn it! Catholicism is going to force me to write up a storm this week. via GIPHY I confess that I half-hoped the attendees of tonight’s Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum would be flummoxed by the theme of “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.” Then I could get away with writing a…

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Filed Under: Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, dresses, Fashion, madonna, Met Gala Tagged With: met gala, met gala 2018

The Week in Review

May 6, 2018 by WendyB

The Week in Review

In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Tuesday, May 1:  Snakeskin is back, and I have to dig up a photo of my shiny snake-pattern pants from the late 1990s. Wednesday, May 2: In this week’s YouTube video, I talked about how I changed my career and what you…

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Filed Under: Fashion, favorite brands, gold, Jewelry, lockets, maneater collection, Met Gala, my designs, necklaces, prada, week in review Tagged With: costume institute, met gala, tiara

The Week in Review

May 7, 2017 by WendyB

In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Monday, May 1: What I would have worn to the Met Gala. Tuesday, May 2: Rihanna was the best-dressed guest at the Met Gala but there were a surprising number of runners-up. Wednesday, May 3: The official introduction to my new YouTube…

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Filed Under: Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, Met Gala, week in review Tagged With: celine dion, met gala, met gala 2017

Fashion Repeats Itself: Trench Gowns

May 4, 2017 by WendyB

Fashion Repeats Itself: Trench Gowns

I’m still not over Monday’s Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute ball! There are so many interesting looks that didn’t make it onto my Best Dressed/Wear What You Want awards list.  One of those is Priyanka Chopra’s trenchcoat gown by Ralph Lauren. Embed from Getty Images I kept coming back to this one, thinking, “I…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, Fashion, Fashion Repeats Itself, great minds think alike, Met Gala, zang toi Tagged With: met gala, met gala 2017, priyanka chopra, zang toi

My Best Dressed at the 2017 Met Gala Is …

May 2, 2017 by WendyB

There’s no sense in burying the lede this time: The obvious winner of my prestigious Best Dressed/Wear What You Want combo award for last night’s Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute ball is Rihanna, who wore a Fall 2016 Comme des Garçons look. It took her an hour to get into those shoes! Embed from Getty…

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Filed Under: Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, Fashion, Met Gala, OMG-worthy, red carpet, Rihanna Tagged With: bella hadid, caroline kennedy, cassie, diddy, michele lamy, migos, tracee ellis ross

What Wendy Would Have Worn: Met Gala 2017

May 1, 2017 by WendyB

What Wendy Would Have Worn: Met Gala 2017

I am normally confident that I already own the right ensemble for most occasions — even the occasions to which I’m not invited! While we regular people don’t get to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute benefit like we used to, that’s the outing I fantasize about the most because it’s an…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, designers, Fashion, jackets, makeup, Met Gala, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: comme de garcons, met gala 2017, Rei Kawakubo, steve j & yoni p

Best of the Rest From the 2016 Met Gala

May 4, 2016 by WendyB

Best of the Rest From the 2016 Met Gala

I named my Best Dressed/Wear What You Want award winners for the Metropolitan of Art Costume Institute gala in yesterday’s post, but I need to shout out some other favorite looks. Will.i.am’s floral-sleeved Gucci suit was gorgeous and his V. Stiviano-worthy visor was an unexpected, funny-but-cool accessory. He also had his own AneedA “device-agnostic virtual…

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My Best Dressed at the 2016 Met Gala Is …

May 3, 2016 by WendyB

My Best Dressed at the 2016 Met Gala Is …

I didn’t expect the last night’s red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute gala to be an emotional roller coaster, but it was! And that made it a challenge to determine the most worthy recipient of my coveted Best Dressed/Wear What You Want combo award. The exhibit, “Manus X Machina: Fashion in…

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