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What Wendy Wore: Zoom Birthday Party

December 24, 2021 by WendyB

My birthday was yesterday, and I wound up celebrating on Zoom, thanks to Omicron. I did make an effort to dress festively, but only from the waist up. It made it easy to take an outfit photo. I didn’t even have to get off the couch. If those new-to-me pink-and-orange Prada glasses from 2011 look…

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Filed Under: accessories, Fashion, outfit post, sunglasses, What Wendy Wore

Year in Review: What Wendy Wore in 2020, Part 1

December 30, 2020 by WendyB

For the Year in Review post for my What Wendy Wore blog category, I was going to write “Nothing noteworthy” and be like … Hahaha Thats All Folks GIF from Hahaha GIFs But, looking back, there was more style in this hell-fire year than I remembered — and every bit of it reflects political, social,…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, accessories, activism, clothes, dresses, Fashion, hats, homegrown vintage, jackets, leader of the pack, leather, outfit post, repeat offender collage, versace, What Wendy Wore, year in review, zang toi Tagged With: covid deaths, slow fashion, slow fashion movement, times square, top hat

Rainy-Day Fashion for Dogs and Wimmins

April 26, 2019 by WendyB

We’ve had heavy rain in New York today. Thunder-phobic Edward the dog was dressed for the occasion in a ThunderShirt that provided both comfort and camouflage … … until the storm unnerved him so badly that he peed on his little outfit. Meanwhile, I’m completely unprepared because I’ve never gone to a thousand-umbrella fashion show….

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Filed Under: accessories, Celebrities, Fashion, Rihanna, weather Tagged With: rainy day fashion, umbrellas

No Giant Glove, No Love

April 1, 2019 by WendyB

I’ve never forgotten the ultra-long gloves my designing friend Stacy Lomman and I saw at Brioni in 2010. At first I found them to be highlarious. Stacy thought they would be good for an elephant costume. But then she slowly and patiently put one on and it looked fabulous! I swear, I’ve been waiting for…

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Filed Under: accessories, Cute/Funny/Weird, Fashion Tagged With: gloves

Wednesday’s Video: Get the FACTS

January 17, 2018 by WendyB

I collect a lot of things — vintage clothes, squish-faced animals, dust — but baseball caps are not on the list. I’m not very sporty, to say the least. In fact, I can’t remember ever noticing a baseball cap until late last year, when I saw a guy wearing a snapback embroidered with the word…

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Filed Under: accessories, Committee to Protect Journalists, Fashion, hats, In the News, journalism Tagged With: propublica, the trace

Wednesday’s Video: The Golden Globes and Your Vote

January 10, 2018 by WendyB

I think I should be invited to all major red-carpet events just to prove that I can shop my closet for every occasion! Like on Sunday, when I was watching the Golden Globes, I thought of two outfits immediately. The dress code called for black, and I’ve been in a pantsuit kind of mood, so…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, accessories, awards shows, Celebrities, Fashion, Golden Globes, hats, In the News, outfit post, pictures of me, politics, prada, repeat offender collage, video, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: voting

Wednesday’s Video: Slow Fashion, Purse Edition

November 15, 2017 by WendyB

Continuing this week’s posts about slow fashion, my new YouTube video stars a few purses that “One Woman” has used for 10 or more years. I’ve had to dig around for photos of a couple of the pre-2007/pre-blog purses featured. At first, I was puzzled by the fact that my rainbow monogram Louis Vuitton —…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, accessories, Fashion, handbags, purses, video, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: homegrown vintage, louis vuitton, slow fashion

Wednesday’s Video: The Drop of a Hat

September 27, 2017 by WendyB

This week’s YouTube video is about my small collection of (non-knit) hats, and it includes a tip of the hat to gorgeous blogger/Instagrammer/millinery connoisseur Style Crone. After I shot this video, I realized I dropped the ball on my best hat … … just because my top hat’s box is too big to fit onto…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, accessories, Celebrities, Fashion, hats, video Tagged With: philip treacy, top hat

What Wendy Wore: New Year’s Eve Masquerade

January 27, 2017 by WendyB

It’s “Flashback Friday,” meaning it’s a good day to get around to my New Year’s Eve outfit post. If I procrastinate on this one any longer, I’ll wind up being sucked into a long-term procrastination spiral, at the bottom of which will be the 2018 New Year’s post! To ring in 2017, my peeps and…

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Filed Under: accessories, Fashion, new year's eve, outfit post, parties, pictures of me, Special Occasions, vintage, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: mckittrick hotel, Sleep No More

What Wendy Wore: Zang Toi and a Big Day for Ears

March 16, 2016 by WendyB

My designing friend Zang Toi showed his fall 2016 collection on February 13 and I’m just now getting around to writing about it! It was bitterly cold that night and I was thinking, “What could I possibly wear that will keep me warm?” Luckily I was able to squeeze myself into a sweater/dress combination from…

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Filed Under: earrings, hats, outfit post, pictures of me, stud earrings, zang toi

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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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