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RIP, Vivienne Westwood

December 30, 2022 by WendyB

British fashion designer and outspoken climate- and human-rights activist Vivienne Westwood died at age 81 yesterday. During her 50-year career, Westwood pioneered punk, then pivoted to history-driven high fashion that provoked critics almost as much as her bondage pants did. She never caved to convention. Even in 1992, when Westwood was so established that Queen…

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Filed Under: activism, designers, Fashion, In the News, obits, style icons Tagged With: annie flanders, climate activism, jordan mooney, malcolm mclaren, punk, sex pistols, vivienne westwood

Throwback Thursday: Tiger Morse, Vikki Dougan

April 22, 2021 by WendyB

I’m always fascinated by the life stories of a wide variety of women. 12th-century empress? 20th-century fashionista? They’re equally compelling to me. Today was my lucky day in the 20th-century fashionista category. I’ve been interested in 1960s fashion designer/amphetamine-queen Tiger Morse since reading the Edie Sedgwick biography Edie by Jean Stein in 1986. In December…

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Filed Under: designers, Fashion, In the News, models, Throwback Thursday, vintage, vintage designers Tagged With: edie sedgwick, tiger joan morse, tiger morse, vikki dougan

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

What Wendy Wore: Decade to Decade

January 1, 2020 by WendyB

In the words of Mariah Carey, “Time is not something I acknowledge.” But everyone is posting their “beginning of the decade, end of the decade” photos, so I’ll play along. One of these photos is from New Year’s Eve 2010 and one is from New Year’s Eve 2020. What Wendy Wore Dress: Zang Toi Shoes…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, designers, dresses, Fashion, holidays, homegrown vintage, new year's eve, outfit post, pictures of me, repeat offender collage, Special Occasions, What Wendy Wore, Words of Wisdom, zang toi Tagged With: 10 year challenge, flo kennedy, Mariah Carey, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

Throwback Thursday: Press Freedom Awards 2019

December 26, 2019 by WendyB

The International Press Freedom Awards dinner took place last month. That’s the annual fundraiser for the Committee to Protect Journalists — an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal. CPJ pressures governments into releasing journalists who have been arrested for…

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Filed Under: Committee to Protect Journalists, designers, dresses, Fashion, hair, homegrown vintage, journalism, mullets, outfit post, pictures of me, repeat offender collage, Throwback Thursday, wear what you want, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: committee to protect journalists, international press freedom awards, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

Throwback Thursday: Final Summer 2019 Lewks

November 14, 2019 by WendyB

Like I said last month, activism has taken a lot out of me and I didn’t blog my relatively few interesting summer looks in a timely fashion. Even in that October post, I only managed two. So here’s the best of the rest from my slow-fashion summer of 2019. On June 12, I was excited…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, awards, designers, dresses, Fashion, favorite brands, flower pinching, homegrown vintage, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, Rising Star Award, Throwback Thursday, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: it's chic to repeat, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

What Wendy Wore: WD-40 and 2004 Versace

October 23, 2019 by WendyB

It took some effort — a pair of Spanx, a can of WD-40, a shoehorn, and the muscle power of two burly Teamsters — but I squeezed myself into a 2004 Versace dress for the Fourth Estate Award Gala last week. What Wendy Wore Dress: Versace (2004) Shoes: Miu Miu (2010) Clutch: Ostrich clutch from…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, designers, dresses, Fashion, favorite brands, homegrown vintage, outfit post, pictures of me, versace, vintage WendyB photos, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: slow fashion, slow fashion movement

Throwback Thursday: July 4, Past and Present

July 4, 2019 by WendyB

I love an excuse for a themed outfit. Accordingly, on many 4th of July holidays, I’ve worn the Castelbajac sailor outfit I got in 2010. This year, I don’t feel costume-y. Instead, I’ve acknowledged the day by texting the word RESIST to 50409 and using Resistbot to tell Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and New York senators…

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Filed Under: Castelbajac, Fashion, holidays, homegrown vintage, pictures of me, Special Occasions, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: 4th of july, ashish, freedom for all, join my coven, slow fashion, slow fashion movement, witches unite

What Wendy Wore: Ossie Clark at the Loebs Again

June 27, 2019 by WendyB

MrB almost always attends the annual Gerald Loeb Awards for business and financial journalism. He got the Loeb lifetime achievement award himlsef in 2002, and I don’t think a year’s gone by when someone hasn’t thanked him in an acceptance speech. I often go to the Loebs with him to catch up with people I’ve…

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Filed Under: designers, dresses, Fashion, homegrown vintage, Ossie Clark, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, repeat offender collage, Throwback Thursday, vintage, vintage designers, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: celia birtwell, loeb awards, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

I Need to Put Ossie Clark on My Calendar

June 10, 2019 by WendyB

Thanks to vintage goddess “Timeless Vixen” for pointing out that yesterday, June 9, was the late designer Ossie Clark‘s birthday. He would have been 77. View this post on Instagram Happy Birthday🎂to the late, great Ossie Clark🎉 Having over 100 designs of his in my personal collection, it’s safe to say he is one of…

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Filed Under: designers, Fashion, Ossie Clark, vintage, vintage designers Tagged With: timeless vixen

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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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