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Vanity Fair

February 23, 2009 by WendyB

I wore the beautiful Zang Toi gown from my last post to Graydon Carter’s fabulous Vanity Fair Oscar party. Here are a few more photos. Front of the gown. Some of my jewels. The flowers on the backless back of the dress. Oh, and ALL the stars came out for Graydon’s party. We saw Jennifer…

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Filed Under: bracelets, dresses, my designs, parties, pictures of me, rings, zang toi

Happy Oscar Night

February 22, 2009 by WendyB

Hope you’re having fun! Dress by Zang Toi

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Congrats to Zang Toi, CFR and … Me!

February 9, 2009 by WendyB

My designing friend Zang Toi was honored by the American Cancer Society last week for being the #1 fundraiser for Livestrong, the Lance Armstrong Foundation. In addition to holding fundraising events and sales, Zang rode in the Livestrong Challenge. That’s dedication! Zang and Lance Armstrong Naturally, I wore one of my many Zang Toi dresses…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, charity, christian francis roth, designers, pictures of me, Press, zang toi

Somewhere, a Peacock Curses Me

January 18, 2009 by WendyB

As you saw in my previous post, I packed up my feathery shawl and went to D.C. for the evening to attend an inaugural party thrown by The Root. The green gown is by my designing friend Zang Toi. He made two peacock accessories to go with it: the shawl and a fan. I wore…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, designers, gorgeous family, pictures of me, travel, zang toi

Have Shawl, Will Travel

January 18, 2009 by WendyB

I’m on my way to D.C. for the evening. I’m bringing this with me. Beaded and befeathered shawl by Zang Toi

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Eyes on the Prizes

December 8, 2008 by WendyB

My peeps, take a moment to visit Grant Miller Media and vote for me in the Drysdale Awards. What are the Drysdale Awards, you ask? Well, they’re like the Oscars for bloggers, meaning that the winners will accept their awards while wearing sweatpants and t-shirts with week-old tomato-sauce stains on them rather than gowns and…

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Filed Under: gorgeous clients, pictures of me, red lipstick, swearing, zang toi

Three Textures, New Ring

November 22, 2008 by WendyB

You can’t see much in this picture [glaring at photographer], so you’ll just have to believe me when I tell you that I’m wearing three textures of black in this photograph from Friday night. If you click on the photo, you can enlarge it a tad. Dolce & Gabbana jacket (previously seen here)Velvet Zang Toi…

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Filed Under: boots, christian francis roth, jackets, my designs, pants, pictures of me, rings, shoes, skirts, tops, zang toi

Zang Toi Lunches With Housewives

September 9, 2008 by WendyB

Last week, designer Zang Toi invited me to a wonderful lunch and fashion show at his showroom. The guest of honor was … Jill Zarin, otherwise known as the redhead from The Real Housewives of New York. Seriously, y’all! Zang knows everyone from brides and grooms to Housewives. Zang and Jill I think other Housewives…

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Filed Under: designers, dresses, gorgeous friends, my designs, rings, TV, zang toi

Fashion Moments in France

September 2, 2008 by WendyB

As I mentioned, we took a quick trip (arrived Friday, left Monday) to St. Tropez to celebrate the marriage of our gorgeous friends Scott and Isabelle. Here I am, blowin’ in the wind in my several-years-old Versace dress, at the beautiful chateau where Scott and Isabelle hosted us. Later, that dog woke up and ate…

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Have Dust Ruffle, Will Travel

May 8, 2008 by WendyB

Last week, our friend David Ng, the executive editor of the New York Daily News, received an award from the Asian American Federation. I wore a dress by Zang Toi to the celebratory dinner. Isn’t it a little like couch upholstery, complete with dust ruffle? But in a nice way. David told a touching story…

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Filed Under: designers, earrings, faux-ny tail, gorgeous friends, my designs, pictures of me, zang toi

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