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Tonight’s Must-See TV: The Blacklist

May 7, 2021 by WendyB

Tonight! 8 p.m. (ET)! NBC! You need to watch The Blacklist, starring James Spader. One of my jewelry designs is making a guest appearance in Season 8, Episode 16. I’m not giving anything away the jewel’s identity yet … and neither is the trailer. My jewelry shot its scenes last month, so I was surprised…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Celebrities, Jewelry, my designs Tagged With: james spader, television, the blacklist, tv

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

Throwback Thursday: Madonna’s Leather Haring Jacket

May 14, 2020 by WendyB

Madonna needs to let me rummage around in her closet because I’ve been blogging about her pieces by artist Keith Haring — one by one — for 10 years. I need to take a complete inventory, because this is getting ridiculous. In 2010, I reminisced about the covetable Keith Haring skirt Madonna wore in her…

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Filed Under: 80s style, Celebrities, Fashion, fashion trends, jackets, madonna, music, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: kehlani, keith haring, motorcycle jacket, paradise garage

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

Super Halftime: The Shakira & J. Lo Show

February 4, 2020 by WendyB

The Shakira and Jennifer Lopez Super Concert on Sunday was so much more meaningful than I expected! I’m told there was some kind of big sports event before and after their performance, and — if that’s correct — I just hope both sides had fun. More importantly, we had two Latinx women headlining the show…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, Celebrities, In the News, news, politics, racism, sports Tagged With: j. lo, jennifer lopez, shakira, super bowl

My Best Dressed at the 2020 Golden Globes Is …

January 6, 2020 by WendyB

A confession: The title of this post is misleading, because I am not interested in what most people consider “best dressed” at a celebrity-heavy event such as last night’s Golden Globes. Years ago, I decided the world needed a Best Dressed/Wear What You Want combo award, which I bestow upon an attendee who dares to…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, boob and butt bows, Celebrities, Fashion, Golden Globes, pictures of me, wear what you want Tagged With: billy porter, golden globes 2020, jennifer lopez, jodie comer

Year in Review: 2019’s Top Fashion Slays

December 31, 2019 by WendyB

Cardi B and her stylist, Kollin Carter, slayed alllll year, from a vintage Thierry Mugler dress at the Grammys in February … Embed from Getty Images … to a Thom Browne extravaganza at the Met Gala in May … Embed from Getty Images … to the outrageous feathered coat by Saulo Villela for Adrienne Landau that she…

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Filed Under: Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, Fashion, wear what you want, Wear What You Want icon, year in review Tagged With: cardi b, celine dion, indya moore, jennifer lopez, kollin carter, versace

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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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