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Wednesday’s Video: The Golden Globes and Your Vote

January 10, 2018 by WendyB

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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Filed Under: About Wendy, accessories, awards shows, Celebrities, Fashion, Golden Globes, hats, In the News, outfit post, pictures of me, politics, prada, repeat offender collage, video, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: voting

My Best Dressed at the 2018 Golden Globes Is …

January 7, 2018 by WendyB

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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Filed Under: awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, earrings, Fashion, feminism, gems, Golden Globes, In the News, Jewelry, red carpet Tagged With: best dressed, best dressed/wear what you want award, golden globes jewelry

My Best Dressed at the 2017 Emmys Is …

September 18, 2017 by WendyB

I’m disgusted that the 2017 Emmy Awards gave Sean Spicer the opportunity to play all cutesy and “in on the joke” during the broadcast last night. For a time, Spicer was the No. 1 liar for the white-supremacist president who is trying to tear apart our democracy. This freaky eater of gum doesn’t deserve a…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, emmys Tagged With: jane fonda, rupaul

Blonde Machination: Taylor, Miley, Game of Thrones

August 27, 2017 by WendyB

I’m glad I managed to publish Thursday’s blog post a couple of hours before Taylor Swift’s new single was released.  I stand by my praise of Swift’s matter-of-fact testimony against a sexual harasser who had the nerve to sue her for complaining about his bad behavior.  It’s too bad that she didn’t set those statements…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Celebrities, Miley Cyrus, MTV VMAs, music Tagged With: game of thrones, taylor swift

Wednesday’s Videos: I’m a WJA Winner!

July 26, 2017 by WendyB

A huge, huge thank you to the Women’s Jewelry Association for honoring me with an Award for Excellence for design Monday night! I was nominated for this award last year but didn’t win, and I sincerely expected the same result this year. The award recognizes a body of work, rather than a single design, and…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, awards, awards shows, Jewelry, video Tagged With: award winner, womens jewelry association

Hathor Swivel Earrings on a Designing Woman

June 9, 2017 by WendyB

One of my earlier designs has become au courant in 2017! My Hathor swivel earrings — named after an Egyptian goddess — were worn by actress Margaret Anne Florence in March. This week, they were the accessory of choice for someone who really appreciates accessories: costume designer Melissa Toth (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,…

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Filed Under: awards shows, earrings, Jewelry, my designs Tagged With: mechanical jewelry, turquoise jewelry

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

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

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

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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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