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Time to Start Thinking of New Year’s

November 22, 2007 by WendyB

Wouldn’t it be fabulous to wear one of these on New Year’s Eve? These are clearly not for the H&M crowd, but feel free to lick the screen, then shop for budget lookalikes. Yellow for your black tie eventDolce & Gabbana, $5995, at Bergdorf Goodman(It doesn’t ship till Dec. 27! That’s cutting it close.) Classic…

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Filed Under: dresses, NaBloPoMo, pictures of me, shopping suggestions, vintage, zang toi

Sold!

November 15, 2007 by WendyB

I would have loved to get my hands on this ’50s Helen Barbieri gown, but someone else snatched it up from Vintageous. And I pondered this Bill Blass coat on Poshvintage.com but felt guilty about having so many coats already. I was relieved when someone else bought it and saved me from myself. Separately, why…

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Filed Under: coats, dresses, NaBloPoMo, vintage

I Am Not a Puritan

October 25, 2007 by WendyB

As I mentioned in this post, I am not now nor have I ever been a Puritan, despite my appearance in this 1994 photo (short hair, no-dancing policy). I am a Sex-ay Pilgrim! I call this vintage Donald Brooks gown the Sex-ay Pilgrim Dress because of the combination of severely tailored black wool and plunging…

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Filed Under: dresses, pictures of me, vintage

Send in the Fabulous Clowns

October 22, 2007 by WendyB

I’m madly in love with this over-the-top vintage Clovis Ruffin sweater, available for $275 on eBay. This is one of those pieces where I thought, “Oh my God! No!” swiftly followed by “I love it, I need it, I want to marry it!” So Isabella Blow-meets-Minnie Mouse! If you can rock this, you have achieved…

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Filed Under: dresses, Ossie Clark, pictures of me, shopping suggestions, sweaters, vintage

Bright Ideas

September 10, 2007 by WendyB

Silk jersey dress (above), $195 from Midcenturychic.com $395 from Vintageous 495 kr from Mint & Vintage YSL two-piece, $895, from Vintage Couture ’60s Jean Varon, $325, from Frock UPDATED TO ADD: Sold! The Jean Varon dress has been sold by Frock … a day after I posted this. Coincidence? I think not. Kidding, Evan!

Filed Under: dresses, shopping suggestions, vintage

Great Minds Think Alike … About Rosette Dresses

August 30, 2007 by WendyB

I felt like I’d seen this before…. I just got an email from ShopBop showing an Alice + Olivia dress (above) that looked like a Marchesa dress worn by Sienna Miller earlier this year. As I was looking for photos of the latter for a side-by-side comparison, I found Catwalk Queen had already nailed this…

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Filed Under: dresses, great minds think alike

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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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