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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

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 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

Throwback Thursday: OG Bloggers and Leopard Week

March 21, 2019 by WendyB

I’m so thankful that a few other “original gangster” fashion bloggers are still blogging away, just like me. I share a decade-long history with people like Judith from Style Crone and Sheila from Ephemera. Those mutual memories are treasures, as illustrated by Sheila after she watched my recent video about designer Patrick Kelly The video…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, blogs and bloggers, Celebrities, dresses, Fashion, independent fashion bloggers, leopard print, oscars, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: designer patrick kelly

About That Oscars Jewelry …

March 4, 2019 by WendyB

This is my last post on this year’s Oscars, or at least I hope so. I didn’t mean to make this into a series that goes on too long, like The Walking Dead. In case you missed my other Academy Awards-related posts, here they are: Pre-Oscar video: Celebrities, free outfits, and complaints. My Best Dressed/Wear…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Celebrities, diamonds, Jewelry, lady gaga, music, oscars Tagged With: black panther, hannah beachler, ruth carter, tiffany diamond

Olivia Colman’s Dress; Week in Review

March 3, 2019 by WendyB

Before I get to the blog week in review, I need to share Elizabeth Paton’s New York Times story about how Best Actress winner Olivia Colman got her custom-made Prada gown for the ceremony — even though she is 45 and not a size zero. This story answers nearly all of the questions I asked…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, awards shows, Celebrities, Fashion, favorite brands, movies, oscars, prada, video Tagged With: olivia colman

Never Is the Next New Thing™: Oscar’s Pink Floof

February 25, 2019 by WendyB

Many fashion critics — both professional and amateur — spent last night asking, “How?” “Why?” and “Is that a bath sponge?” about the plethora of pink floof at the Oscars. But I’m confident that you, my readers, merely nodded wisely, because you already knew that pink floof has been building up to this moment since…

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Filed Under: Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, designers, dresses, Fashion, Fashion Repeats Itself, fashion trends, never is the next new thing, oscars Tagged With: angela bassett, gemma chan, helen mirren, Linda Cardellini, oscars, oscars best dressed, pink dresses at the oscars, pink floof, rihanna, sarah paulson, schiaparelli

My Best Dressed at the 2019 Oscars Is …

February 25, 2019 by WendyB

Why are celebrities making things so easy for me lately? At the Grammys earlier this month, it was instantly obvious that Cardi B was the winner of my prestigious Best Dressed/Wear What You Want combo award. At least she took a while to make her appearance, though! At last night’s Oscars, one of the first…

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My Best Dressed at the 2018 Oscars Is …

March 5, 2018 by WendyB

Last night’s Academy Awards — the 90th such ceremony but the first of the #TimesUp, post-Harvey Weinstein era —  had its highs and lows, both off the red carpet and on it. And there’s no getting to the red carpet without dealing with everything else first. On the bright side, Jordan Peele was nominated for…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, designers, dresses, Fashion, homegrown vintage, movies, oscars, parties, Special Occasions, vanity fair oscar party, vintage Tagged With: homegrown vintage, slow fashion

My Oscar Gown Archives, Part IV

March 4, 2018 by WendyB

Time to wrap up my look back through my own Oscar fashions. If you missed my earlier posts, catch up on them now. Part I: 2003 – 2005 in vintage, plus a compliment from Renee Zellweger. Part II: 2006 – 2009, with a cameo from George Clooney and all kinds of butt adornments. Part III:…

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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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