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Celebrity News: Rihanna’s Green Lipstick, Clooney’s Bio

May 3, 2014 by WendyB

Thanks to gorgeous blogger Vyque of Fasshonaburu for directing my attention to Rihanna’s dark green lipstick at the iHeartRadio Music Awards on Thursday. Vyque knows about my recent passion for crazy-colored lipstick. I loved Rihanna’s look from head to toe. I haven’t read anything yet about what brand the lipstick was, but if you want…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Celebrities, Huffington Post, lipstick, makeup, necklaces, Rihanna

Lupita Wins My “Dress I Want Award” for the MTV Movie Awards

April 15, 2014 by WendyB

I watched Game of Thrones Sunday night (OMG, right?!!) then switched to the MTV Movie Awards right on time to see Eminem and Rihanna perform “The Monster.” Having seen the only part of the awards I was interested in, I then turned the television off and went out for some non-poisonous wine. I definitely didn’t…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Celebrities, dresses, Eminem, Rihanna

“It’s a Bit Nipply Out”

January 8, 2014 by WendyB

New York isn’t quite as cold today as it was yesterday, but it’s still “a bit nipply out,” as the dad played by Chevy Chase said to Nicolette Scorsese’s sex-ay saleswoman in the 1989 movie National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. A Bit Nipply Out What better day to buy one of my Mud Flap Jill necklaces…

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Filed Under: movies, my designs, necklaces, Rihanna, sale

Year in Review: Concert Photos From 2013

December 27, 2013 by WendyB

Someone said to me recently, “You go to SOOOO many concerts,” but I don’t think I’ve seen all THAT many this year. I’m not going to shows every week or checking out every up-and-coming performer. I know people who do that. That said, I do attend more concerts now than I did in my early…

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Filed Under: concerts, Eminem, music, Rihanna, Skylar Grey, year in review

Fashion Repeats Itself: Black & White Camo, Backwards Heels

August 26, 2013 by WendyB

Designer Stephen Sprouse did camouflage-print designs based on screenprints by Andy Warhol in 1987 and 1988. Sprouse was famous for his use of Day-Glo colors, so if I were going to get a vintage Sprouse camo print, I’d probably go for something like this skirt. But, last week, this ’80s Sprouse on 1stdibs.com caught my…

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Filed Under: Fashion Repeats Itself, fashion trends, Rihanna, shoes, skirts

The Week in Review

August 18, 2013 by WendyB

Ten days ago, the Internet was in an uproar after BeyoncĂ© Instagrammed a picture of herself sporting a 1980s-perky-news-anchor pixie cut. Everyone was all excited, debating whether she’d taken out her weave or cut her real hair. I was skeptical, though. Having lived through Kim Kardashian’s short hairdo Instagram in 2012 (actually a wig for…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, Rihanna, week in review

Rihanna, River Island and Topshop

August 13, 2013 by WendyB

Rihanna announced her second collection for high-street retailer River Island yesterday. It features lots of camouflage in both traditional green/khaki and black/gray/white. (I hope Valerie Steele, the director and chief curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, sees this. Steele and I were recently talking about the lifespan of the camo-print trend.)…

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Filed Under: Rihanna, rip-offs, topshop

WWD Updates the Rihanna v. Topshop Story

May 20, 2013 by WendyB

Today’s WWD has an update on last week’s reports that Rihanna is suing a Topshop supplier for using her image on a t-shirt without permission. Topshop and Rihanna’s lawyers declined to comment, as did River Island, the Topshop competitor with whom Rihanna is officially collaborating. The article does say that even though the U.K. has…

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Filed Under: In the News, Rihanna, topshop

Forever 21 and Topshop Are Amusing

May 17, 2013 by WendyB

Fast-fashion retailer Forever 21 has been widely accused of selling knockoffs of other designers’ work and blaming its suppliers for the copying. In a 2011 Bloomberg Businessweek story called “Forever 21’s Fast (and Loose) Fashion Empire,” Susan Berfield wrote: “Starting in about 2004, the Changs decided to create different brands to appeal to slightly more…

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Filed Under: Eminem, my designs, Rihanna, rip-offs, topshop

What Wendy Wore: Lady Pink Jacket at the Rihanna Concert

May 14, 2013 by WendyB

I went to see Rihanna at Barclays Center on May 5 and took one of my best-ever concert photos! When Bad Gal RiRi first came out in this costume, it took me a moment to realize what the print was. Then I thought, “Bitch stole my style again!” First, she ran off with a leopard…

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Filed Under: concerts, music, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, red lipstick, Rihanna Tagged With: riri woo

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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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