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Recommended Reading and the Week in Review

April 13, 2014 by WendyB

The New York Times Magazine this weekend has a fascinating story on one man’s search for information on two female blues singers of the 1930s: Elvie Thomas and Geeshie Wiley.  There are fewer than 10 surviving copies of their three known record releases and you can hear one of the songs on the New York…

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Filed Under: newspapers, week in review

The High Price of Oscar Jewelry

February 28, 2014 by WendyB

In my paean to Elizabeth Taylor’s relationship with jewelry, written after the star’s death in 2011, I mentioned that celebrities today are sometimes paid to wear jewelry, unlike Dame Elizabeth, who owned her own diamonds. March’s Vanity Fair — the Hollywood issue — has more information on the price of red-carpet representation. Here is a…

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Filed Under: Business, Celebrities, jewelry designer, magazines, newspapers, oscars

What Wendy Wore: Katie Couric at Columbia Spectator Dinner

February 24, 2014 by WendyB

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m the chairman of the board of alumni trustees of the Columbia Daily Spectator, Columbia University’s student newspaper. Every February, the Spectator has a big awards dinner. We always have high-profile keynote speakers. Recent ones have included Arianna Huffington (Joan Didion presented an award at that dinner as well); Julius Genachowski,…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, columbia daily spectator, Good Causes, newspapers, on the town, outfit post, pictures of me, vintage designers, What Wendy Wore

Recommended Reading: Newspaper Series

December 16, 2013 by WendyB

Some days it is challenging to read the newspaper around here … … but I usually prevail after scooping up FitzRoy and depositing him in another room.  Those of you with more recalcitrant cats can catch up with the good stuff online. For instance, last week, the Wall Street Journal ran an interesting series called “The…

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Filed Under: cats, In the News, newspapers, swearing

MrB, Photographed by Bill Cunningham. Plus, a Casting Call.

November 30, 2013 by WendyB

The original street-style photographer, Bill Cunningham of the New York Times, also shoots big social events. He was at the Committee to Protect Journalists International Press Freedom Awards on Tuesday, where he photographed MrB, the other awardees and guests. You can see the pictures in tomorrow’s New York Times Sunday Styles section … and here….

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Filed Under: Committee to Protect Journalists, gorgeous family, Huffington Post, newspapers

Good Reading for Aspiring Rocket Scientists (and Other Wimmins)

October 8, 2013 by WendyB

A fascinating article by Eileen Pollack in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine asks, “Why Are There Still So Few Women in Science?” It’s worthwhile reading for all wimmins, even those not interested in science, and I’m going to get to why that is … just as soon as I tell you about the science part….

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Filed Under: feminism, In the News, newspapers

Recommended Reading, Copy of the Day, Week in Review

April 28, 2013 by WendyB

There was some enlightening reading in the New York Times this weekend. If you missed it, check out the cover story of the New York Times Magazine: “Our Feel-Good War on Breast Cancer,” by Peggy Orenstein, about how “awareness” (including mammograms and all kinds of pink shit sold in October) hasn’t decreased breast-cancer deaths. I’ve…

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Filed Under: newspapers, rip-offs, week in review

“Covert Luxury”: Jewelry With Secrets in the Wall Street Journal

March 23, 2013 by WendyB

The Wall Street Journal today ran an article by Jenni Avins called “Falling for the Flip Side” about jewelry with secret details. I so wish I had been included in this story because the first paragraph captures my design philosophy so well: “To the casual observer, jewelry is all about catching the eye—how a stone…

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Filed Under: earrings, fashion trends, lockets, my designs, necklaces, newspapers, rings

What Wendy Wore: Leopard-Print DVF From 2002

March 18, 2013 by WendyB

While reading this weekend’s Wall Street Journal, I laughed a little over a story called, “The One That Got Away,” about shopping for past-season, but not-officially-vintage fashion on Yoox, eBay, and a number of recently launched pre-owned clothing sites. In particular, these two sentences amused me: “Buying clothes in this way, however, requires a change…

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Filed Under: In the News, leopard print, newspapers, Ossie Clark, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, vintage, vintage WendyB photos, What Wendy Wore

Fall 2013’s Fur-Skirt Mini-Trend; Plus, Phind Me on Pheed!

March 7, 2013 by WendyB

The Fall 2013 fashion shows have wrapped up and Eric Wilson of The New York Times, who observed a lot of mini-trends on the runways, picked one that stood out to him: “… most intriguing, both in its pervasiveness and its silliness,” he wrote, “is the fur skirt.” But, Wilson wondered, why does the fur…

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Filed Under: fashion trends, Huffington Post, newspapers, pheed, pictures of me, social media, Stacy Lomman, swear rings

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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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