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2022 in Review: What Wendy Wore, Part II

December 31, 2022 by WendyB

Missed Part I of my personal fashion year in review? Here it is! Now I’ll pick up where I left off, which was August 2022, for which I have … nothing. Somehow I celebrated MrB’s 80th birthday with family and came away with no outfit photo or blog post. At least we took a weird…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, favorite brands, gorgeous friends, Halloween, homegrown vintage, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, versace, What Wendy Wore, year in review Tagged With: homegrown vintage, slow fashion, slow fashion movement, thierry mugler

Wednesday’s Video: The Gold Lamé Toga Met Its Match

July 10, 2019 by WendyB

My newest YouTube video is a sequel. Part I came out in April, when I confessed that a vintage gold lamé toga by designer Stephen Burrows was a fashion mistake. I don’t make too many of those with vintage, but when I do, it’s a disco doozy. OG blogger Sheila from Ephemera — an expert…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, blogger fashion round-ups, blogs and bloggers, Fashion, golden girls gang, gorgeous friends, video, vintage, vintage designers, vintage WendyB photos, wardrobe therapy, wear what you want, Who wore it best Tagged With: fashion faux pas, fashion mistake, youtube fashion

What Wendy Wore: Abigail & Max Got Married

May 25, 2018 by WendyB

It’s fun when I get to make the engagement ring and wedding bands for a couple and then attend the wedding. That’s happened a few times. (Whenever you hear someone stage-whisper, “THANK GOD!” when a wedding band smoothly goes on a finger, you know there’s a jewelry designer among the guests.) Last weekend, I had…

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Filed Under: customer of the day, diamonds, engagement rings, Fashion, favorite brands, gorgeous clients, gorgeous friends, Jewelry, my designs, outfit post, skirts, wedding bands, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: wedding, wedding dress

Here Comes the Bride!

August 4, 2017 by WendyB

Woot! We’ve got the official photos of our beautiful bride, Alyssa Brownell, wearing my 18K gold snake tiara as her “something borrowed” at her wedding last month in Manhattan. These were taken by my own wedding photographer, Bill Fredericks, for Heathwood Photography. In addition to the tiara, Alyssa wore my Cleves swan earrings in 18K…

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Filed Under: dresses, gold, gorgeous friends, hair, Jewelry, my designs, Special Occasions, weddings Tagged With: tiara, vera wang, wedding gown

Throwback Thursday: Vegas Gems

June 15, 2017 by WendyB

I skipped last week’s big jewelry trade shows in Las Vegas because I have a new plan for working with retailers — one that I will reveal soon. The decision made sense from a business perspective, but personally, I missed seeing the group of jewelry-industry women known as the Vegas Gems. Click the photos to…

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Filed Under: gorgeous friends, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: couture, jck las vegas, jck luxury

What Wendy Wore: WJA Awards of Excellence

July 27, 2016 by WendyB

“It’s an honor just to be nominated” is an awards-ceremony cliche, but it’s true! There are a lot of female jewelry designers, but I was one of only five nominated for a Women’s Jewelry Association Award of Excellence at the WJA’s gala dinner on Monday, and I am truly grateful for that. Of course, it…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, awards, gorgeous family, gorgeous friends, outfit post, pictures of me, repeat offender collage, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: ankle bracelets, anklets, jewelry awards, womens jewelry association

What Wendy Wore in the Rain: Paul Simon, July 4th

July 5, 2016 by WendyB

I swear that there was one New York summer in the 1990s during which we had rain every weekend. Something like 13 weekends in a row. (I’m trying to Poodle this, but I don’t want to spend all day on mid-1990s weather research, so just go with me here.) Even so, I don’t think I…

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Filed Under: concerts, gorgeous friends, holidays, music, outfit post, pictures of me, What Wendy Wore

What Wendy Wore: Big Shoulder Pads for New Year’s Eve

January 4, 2016 by WendyB

MrB and I held our New Year’s Eve dinner for friends at Narcissa, the restaurant at the Standard Hotel in the East Village. As planned, I wore a new-to-me, secondhand dress that I got because of its Klaus Nomi-esque shoulder pads and V-shaped sheer panel in the front. What Wendy Wore Dress: Brian Lichtenberg (purchased…

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Filed Under: Britney Spears, gorgeous family, gorgeous friends, outfit post, parties, pictures of me, restaurants, What Wendy Wore

What Wendy Wore: Style Forever by Alyson Walsh

November 17, 2015 by WendyB

My gorgeous British friend Alyson Walsh came to New York to celebrate the U.S. publication of her book Style Forever. We toasted her with Moet & Chandon Champagne at the Michele Varian shop in Soho. The subtitle of Aly’s book is “The Grown-Up Guide to Looking Fabulous,” and the guests lived up to it! I…

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What Wendy Wore: Halloween With Ringo Starr

November 2, 2015 by WendyB

I like to catch Ringo Starr‘s show whenever he’s in town, so I got tickets for his October 31 concert at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn. I figured I’d dress the part of a Beatles fan in the “Mod girl” outfit I’d worn once before for Halloween. It wasn’t until last week that I realized I’d…

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Filed Under: Beatles, concerts, magazines, makeup, music, on the town, Ossie Clark, outfit post, pictures of me, Stacy Lomman, vintage, What Wendy Wore

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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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