I wore a houndstooth Versace dress, purchased before 2005, to a wedding in this December. I had previously shown it on the blog in 2010 and 2008, but I just found a photo from 2006 that I’d forgotten about. This isn’t a full-length picture, but it gives you a good look at the mesh cutouts…
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Happy New Year! With Throwbacks to 1994 and 2004.
On Dec. 31, 1994 — 20 years ago today! — I rang in the new year with my gorgeous sister and friends at the re-opened Studio 54. I have never been a big fan of crop tops, but I made an exception for a cropped, silver twinset by Cynthia Rowley. I might have gotten it…
What Wendy Wore: Squeezing In Two December Looks
I feel like I shouldn’t drag any December outfit posts into the new year, so here we go! After posing with a giant W in November, I posed with a giant V on December 11. What Wendy Wore to Pose with a Giant V Jacket: Stacy Lomman Fall 2012 collection (acquired 2013) Top: Random J….
Year in Review: What Wendy Wore in 2014
Here’s a “What Wendy Wore” outfit for each month of 2014. Click the photos for the original posts. I love vintage clothes, so I wore a Spring 1992 Versace dress to my New Year’s party. I last wore it to ring in the year 2008. A few weeks ago, I discovered this little photo of…
What Wendy Wore: CNBC Next Gala at Lincoln Center
In April, MrB helped CNBC celebrate its 25th anniversary. Last week, there was a dinner called the “Next 25” Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center. There were mini-panels with one featuring Mickey Drexler of J. Crew and Kevin Plank of Under Armour … … and one for Martha Stewart and Barry Diller. As a jewelry…
What Wendy Wore: Shawn Love’s Play, BarbaraB’s Birthday
At the beginning of this month, I went to my friend Shawn Love’s one-woman play, My Private Revolution. Shawn describes her work as “a rhythmical and powerful journey addressing social issues and celebrating the power of individual choice. It’s about overcoming abuse and finding healing and forgiveness. A thought-provoking, transformational and heart-wrenching play filled with…
What Wendy Wore: A Favorite Versace Dress in 2008 and 2014
When I was hanging out with my designing friend Zang Toi on July 4th, I showed him some old pictures of us together. One of the photos was in this post from 2008 and, as I looked at it, I decided another picture in the same post captured one of my favorite fashion moments evah….
Throwback Thursday: One Dress in 2002, 2010 and Today
After I did yesterday’s post on “dresses through the years,” I did a collage of the oldest dress — a Versace — for Facebook. Here it is. Click to enlarge! That inspired me to do another collage for Throwback Thursday with an even older dress. This leopard-print Diane von Furstenberg has been on the blog…
What Wendy Wore: Dresses Through the Years
When I graduated from college and entered the working world — a long time ago — I bought into the notion that it was good to stock a wardrobe with basic black. Supposedly, if everything you had looked the same, no one would know how many or how few clothes you had, how often you…
Throwback Thursday: Wearing Vintage in Dublin in 1997
I recently dug up this photo of me in Dublin in September or October 1997. I’m wearing a vintage Lillie Rubin coat that I got at Allan & Suzi on the Upper West Side. Check out the red-jacket-wearing photobomber in this one, staring at me as if he’d never seen a woman in a great…