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Throwback Thursday: Eight Years of Blogging

July 23, 2015 by WendyB

Here’s something for Throwback Thursday: I started blogging eight years ago today. It’s my blogversary! My first post, published on July 23, 2007, was called “Just a placeholder” because I thought I was going to be too busy to devote any time to blogging. Two days later, I found out that Britney Spears had left…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, blogversary, Britney Spears, Throwback Thursday

Musical Interlude: Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj and Miley Cyrus

July 23, 2015 by WendyB

I’ve been meaning to write about the Taylor Swift concert I attended on July 11, when I had to chaperone a major fangurl all the way to MetLife Stadium in New Jersey … … but I was lazy about getting all my concert photos watermarked. However, there’s no time like the present to get organized,…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, concerts, Miley Cyrus, music, pictures of me

Told You So … You Need Leg Jewelry!

July 20, 2015 by WendyB

Last month, when I officially introduced my 18K gold and platinum barbed wire ankle bracelets, I said it was time for leg jewelry to heat up. I wrote: “While anklets have been around since ancient times and are still a perennial in some cultures, in the U.S. they’ve gone in and out of fashion. I…

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Filed Under: ankle bracelets, anklets, Celebrities, fashion trends, magazines

Musical Interlude: Marina, Bjork and Lana del Rey

June 21, 2015 by WendyB

Because it is Lana del Rey’s 30th birthday (ah, youth!), it’s time for me to post a few photos of her performance at the Governors Ball music festival earlier this month. The three-day, four-stage festival takes place on New York City’s Randall’s Island, and I was there for two days with my concert-going friend Jessie….

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Filed Under: Celebrities, concerts, music

Werq, Caitlyn Jenner!

June 1, 2015 by WendyB

Bruce Jenner has left the building, and Caitlyn Jenner is looking fierce on the cover of Vanity Fair’s July issue. A lot of people pointed out Caitlyn’s resemblance to actress Jessica Lange, who played the hot Supreme Witch on American Horror Story: Coven. Surgeon: “how fierce do you want to look” #CaitlynJenner : “Like a…

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Filed Under: Celebrities

Balmain Vs Nasty Gal; Billboard Music Awards

May 19, 2015 by WendyB

This story is giving me LIFE, as the kids say today! On Sunday, Taylor Swift wore a white, cut-out jumpsuit to the Billboard Music Awards, and retailer Nasty Gal proudly claimed credit for it, as one does when a celebrity wears one’s designs. View image | gettyimages.com Too bad it wasn’t a Nasty Gal piece…

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Filed Under: awards shows, blogs and bloggers, Celebrities, necklaces, red carpet, rip-offs

My Best Dressed at the 2015 Met Gala Is …

May 5, 2015 by WendyB

First, let me ask … … got into people at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala last night? In 2013, when the gala celebrated the opening of the “Punk: Chaos to Couture” exhibit, I was let down by the dearth of crazy, punk-inspired fashion. There were a lot of standard-issue, red-carpet ballgowns that…

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Filed Under: Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, designers, Met Gala, Rihanna

Gorgeous Gong Li at the Met Gala

May 4, 2015 by WendyB

I’m happy to see Chinese actress Gong Li looking stunning as always at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute gala tonight. View image | gettyimages.com She is one of the co-chairs of the event, which marks the opening of the spring fashion exhibit, called “China: Through the Looking Glass.” I love that she combined…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, Met Gala, movies

Bruce Jenner: The Interview

April 24, 2015 by WendyB

At the end of Diane Sawyer’s interview with Bruce Jenner*, Sawyer referred to one of Jenner’s post-Olympian books, in which he wrote that everyone should have a one-sentence mission statement.  Sawyer said Bruce defined his mission statement now as “to provide understanding and tolerance toward people.” Well, Bruce can pat himself on the back because…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, TV

You’ve Cat to Be Kitten Me! Random Thoughts.

April 21, 2015 by WendyB

I can’t believe that I wrote about Ariana Grande’s signature cat-ear headbands AND her breakup with rapper boyfriend Big Sean yesterday without mentioning Sean’s song “Stay Down.” I was so engrossed in using my stud letter earrings to spell the abbreviation for “I Don’t Fuck With You” — Sean’s hostile ode to a previous ex…

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Filed Under: cats, Celebrities, ear jackets, earrings, my designs, stud earrings

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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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