It’s my birthday today and I do declare that the vintage Jacques Tiffeau dress I wore to dinner at the Four Seasons tonight might be as old as I am. I haven’t owned it my whole life, of course. I bought it in 2009 — from eBay, I think. What Wendy Wore Dress: Vintage Jacques…
Special Occasions
Throwback Thanksgiving Thursday: AIDS Dance-a-Thon 1994
Exactly twenty years and one day ago today, I was at the five-hour-long GMHC AIDS Dance-a-Thon at the Javits Center in New York. It was my second year at the Dance-a-Thon and I was extremely serious about my fundraising. I was one of those people who went around the office terrorizing people till they donated….
What Wendy Wore: Embarrassed With Bill Clinton
The New Republic magazine celebrated its 100th birthday with a big dinner in Washington, D.C., last night and MrB and I were invited. Bill Clinton was the keynote speaker and, during the cocktail hour, Bill popped up a few feet away from us. He was immediately besieged by hand-shakers and photo-takers. As the party organizers…
What Wendy Wore: Halloween With the Damned
My gorgeous friend Stacy Lomman got us tickets to see iconic punk band the Damned perform at Irving Plaza on Halloween, so I wasn’t sure what costume I should wear or if I should wear one at all. I mean, what if I decided to wade into the mosh pit and do some crowd surfing?…
A Halloween Doodle
I’ve recently become obsessed with the Diamond Doodles account on Instagram after seeing it on the Gem Gossip blog. Gorgeous and funny Hannah Becker works in the jewelry biz and creates clever doodles around both loose gems and finished jewelry designs. Some of my recent favorites are: “My, what big teeth you have!” Frankenstein (look…
Have a Spooktacular Day!
Throwback Thursday: The Halloween Rap-O-Lantern
Because this Throwback Thursday is also the day before Halloween, allow me to present — again — one of my all-time favorite pumpkin carvings: 2011’s Rick Ross Rap-O-Lantern. As a jewelry designer, I had mad love for rapper Rick Ross’s diamond depictions of his own face, so I flipped out when I saw the pumpkin…
Halloween Earrings on the Loose!
Have you downloaded the cool new shopping app called Spring? Just search for “Spring shopping” on your iPhone (Android is coming!) and you’ll find it in your app store. It looks a lot like Instagram except you get to tap on pictures of jewelry (and shoes, clothes, etc.) that you like and buy them! You…
Feeling Like I Read Eminem’s Mind
Time for me to apply for a job at the Psychic Hotline! I’m feeling wonderfully prescient after Eminem took to Instagram to reveal the album art for November’s Shady XV album. Loading Back to basics! Here's the cover for #SHADYXV out 11/24. View on Instagram A hockey mask and chainsaws! Just like the hockey mask…
Happy Birthday, BarbaraB!
It’s my gorgeous mother BarbaraB’s birthday today, and I’ll celebrate by sharing this great photo of her. I believe this is from the mid-1980s. I know I remember that green shirt! Mom has always been a style icon.