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My Best Dressed at the 2018 Oscars Is …

March 5, 2018 by WendyB

Last night’s Academy Awards — the 90th such ceremony but the first of the #TimesUp, post-Harvey Weinstein era —  had its highs and lows, both off the red carpet and on it. And there’s no getting to the red carpet without dealing with everything else first. On the bright side, Jordan Peele was nominated for…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, designers, dresses, Fashion, homegrown vintage, movies, oscars, parties, Special Occasions, vanity fair oscar party, vintage Tagged With: homegrown vintage, slow fashion

My Oscar Gown Archives, Part III

March 4, 2018 by WendyB

My Oscar Gown Archives, Part III

If you’re just tuning in to today’s flurry of blog posts, I’m going through my Oscar and Oscar party looks from 2003 though 2017. Part I: 2003 – 2005 in vintage, plus a compliment from Renee Zellweger. Part II: 2006 – 2009, with a cameo from George Clooney and all kinds of butt adornments. Lo…

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Filed Under: awards, awards shows, Celebrities, Fashion, mullets, oscars, parties, pictures of me, vanity fair oscar party, zang toi Tagged With: oscar fashion, vanity fair oscar party

My Oscar Gown Archives, Part II

March 4, 2018 by WendyB

My Oscar Gown Archives, Part II

To celebrate tonight’s Academy Awards — and console myself for not being there this year — I’m reminiscing about my personal Oscar fashion archive. Picking up where I left off in Part I, Part II begins in 2006. Beauty-wise, I skipped the faux-ny tail again and, thankfully, opted for straight hair. I had enough going…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, awards shows, boob and butt bows, Celebrities, dresses, Fashion, faux-ny tail, hair, lolwendy, oscars, outfit post, parties, red carpet, Special Occasions, vanity fair oscar party, vintage, vintage designers, vintage WendyB photos, What Wendy Wore, Who wore it best, zang toi Tagged With: academy awards, vanity fair oscar party

What Wendy Wore: Slow Fashion for Valentine’s Week

February 19, 2018 by WendyB

What Wendy Wore: Slow Fashion for Valentine’s Week

MrB and I went to Blue Water Grill for a Valentine’s Day dinner last week. I considered taking the holiday theme to the extreme by wearing my vintage Moschino heart dress, but I ultimately opted for Valentine’s-red boots instead. Much to my delight, the next day, Elle declared that red boots are the new white…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, columbia daily spectator, Fashion, on the town, outfit post, pictures of me, repeat offender collage, The WendyB Pose, What Wendy Wore, zang toi Tagged With: homgrown vintage, slow fashion

My “Almost” Best Dressed at the 2018 Grammys Are …

January 29, 2018 by WendyB

My “Almost” Best Dressed at the 2018 Grammys Are …

There’s so much to be said about the 2018 Grammys — who won, who should have won, the way Recording Academy president Neil Portnow said more women would win if they just worked harder (fuck you, Neil, the average woman works twice as hard as a dude like you). I’m going to have to save…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, designers, Fashion, Grammys, music Tagged With: cardi b, rihanna

Throwback Thursday: CPJ Outfits From 2007-2017

November 16, 2017 by WendyB

Throwback Thursday: CPJ Outfits From 2007-2017

Last night, MrB and I went to the annual International Press Freedom Awards dinner held by the Committee to Protect Journalists. CPJ is a cause near and dear to our hearts — so dear, in fact, that MrB served as chairman for six years. The organization is an independent nonprofit that promotes press freedom worldwide…

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Filed Under: Committee to Protect Journalists, Fashion, journalism, outfit post, parties, pictures of me, repeat offender collage, Special Occasions, Throwback Thursday, vanity fair oscar party, vintage, vintage WendyB photos, wear what you want, What Wendy Wore, zang toi Tagged With: homegrown vintage, slow fashion

What Wendy Wore: Poynter’s Bowtie Ball

November 6, 2017 by WendyB

What Wendy Wore: Poynter’s Bowtie Ball

This weekend, MrB and I went to Tampa, Fla., for the Poynter Institute’s Bowtie Ball. The Poynter Institute is a top resource on journalism for working journalists, people who teach journalism, students, and consumers. As the Poynter website says, “We teach leadership, ethical decision-making and fact-checking; we teach editing, writing, reporting and digital media skills;…

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Filed Under: designers, Fashion, MrB stories, outfit post, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: journalism, slow fashion

Wednesday’s Video: Designer Todd Oldham

October 4, 2017 by WendyB

Wednesday’s Video: Designer Todd Oldham

This week’s YouTube video is about one of my favorite New York-based designers of the 1990s: Todd Oldham. It gives you some history about Todd as well as a tour of my little collection of Todd Oldham pieces. In the video, I’m wearing a Spring 1996 Todd Oldham dress that I got on eBay. Here’s…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, designers, dresses, Fashion, video, vintage, vintage designers Tagged With: todd oldham

Greetings From the Portland Jewelry Symposium

October 2, 2017 by WendyB

Greetings From the Portland Jewelry Symposium

Thanks to jewelry-industry guru Peggy Jo Donahue, I’m out in Portland, Ore., to participate in a panel at the Portland Jewelry Symposium. This is my second Peggy Jo panel in a week. Last Tuesday, I was in New York talking about using social media as part of a design business at a 7:30 a.m. breakfast….

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What Wendy Wore: Musical Patrick Kelly

September 5, 2017 by WendyB

What Wendy Wore: Musical Patrick Kelly

Remember how Eryn and I went to a jewelry-industry breakfast in July and got caught giving the stink-eye to a totally innocent designer? We took an outfit photo on our way out. What Wendy Wore Jacket: Vintage Patrick Kelly (purchased on eBay in 2010) T-shirt: MaxMara (pre-2005) Jeans: Madewell (2016) Shoes: Onex (2015) Purse: Louis…

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