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Throwback Thursday: 2005 Hair, Dog, and Dress

May 27, 2021 by WendyB

While searching for some old jewelry photos, I came across this May 25, 2005, photo of me and the late, great Gigi the dog. My first reaction was, “OMG! She looks so young and beautiful!” I mean, I look okay, but Gigi was ravishing. Clearly, she had just been groomed, because she hadn’t gotten one…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Animals, Dogs, Fashion, hair, homegrown vintage, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: pandemic weight gain, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

COVID-19 Hair Styling: At-Home Keratin Treatment

April 15, 2020 by WendyB

I like my naturally wavy hair … View this post on Instagram Curly mullet by @keithcarpenterhair #mullethairdontcare #mulletmonday #eventhoughitstuesday #hairinspo #hairdid #thisis50 #almost52actually #nofilter #selfiewithglasses #haircut #redlipstick by @lipslut A post shared by Wendy Brandes (@wendybrandes) on Nov 26, 2019 at 11:44am PST … right up to the moment I hate it. (Anyone who says,…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, hair, pictures of me Tagged With: at-home hair straightening, at-home hair styling, coronavirus hair styling, covid-19 quarantine, hair straightening treatment, keratin treatment, nutree cosmetics

Role Model: Representative Ayanna Pressley

January 17, 2020 by WendyB

Rep. Ayanna Pressley is a groundbreaker: She’s the first woman of color to represent Massachusetts in Congress. Her election — which occurred during the “Blue Wave” of November 2018 that flipped the House to a Democratic majority — came nine years after she was voted in as the first woman of color to serve on…

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Filed Under: hair, In the News, news, politics, racism Tagged With: ayanna pressley

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

A New Hair Icon for Me?

October 2, 2019 by WendyB

As I’ve said many times, Joan Jett has been a hair icon for me for over 30 years. Embed from Getty Images Four years ago, Yolandi Vi$$er and her extreme mullet were added to my list of hair muses. Embed from Getty Images I don’t think I’m ready to give up my own mullet hairstyle,…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, hair Tagged With: joan jett, lynn yeager, mullet monday, mullets, yolandi visser

Throwback Thursday: Five Years of Mullets

August 1, 2019 by WendyB

My “Never Is the Next New Thing™” fashion rule states that the most provocative/grating/startling looks — the ones that make you say, “I would NEVER wear that!” — are the ones most likely to become trends, big or small. A corollary to “Never Is the Next New Thing™” is that after you fall for a…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, hair, mullets, never is the next new thing, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: mullet haircut, mullet monday, mullets

Throwback Thursday: Henri Bendel Memories

September 20, 2018 by WendyB

Henri Bendel — the New York department store with the instantly recognizable brown-and-white striped packaging — is closing after 123 years in business. Bendel’s was one of the four chic “B” stores in New York along with Bloomingdale’s, Barneys, and Bergdorf Goodman.  For a long time, the store was near and dear to my heart,…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, hair, ihog, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: bendel's

Wednesday’s Video: Pixied, Permed, and Mulleted Hair

July 11, 2018 by WendyB

I’m going to see my longtime hair guru, Keith Carpenter, tomorrow, so it’s a good time to talk about all my different ‘dos. In this week’s YouTube video, I’m mostly focused on my beloved mullet, but you’ll get glimpses of my pixie and perm, as well as my hair inspirations. Subscribe to my YouTube channel…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, hair, video, vintage WendyB photos

My Oscar Gown Archives, Part II

March 4, 2018 by WendyB

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

My Oscar Gown Archives, Part I

March 4, 2018 by WendyB

The Academy Awards are tonight … and I’m not in Los Angeles! It feels strange. Since 2003, MrB and I have gone to the awards ceremony and/or the Vanity Fair Oscar party almost every year. We had a good long run, that’s for sure, and I loved every minute of it. You know how sometimes…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Celebrities, dresses, Fashion, hair, oscars, Ossie Clark, versace, vintage Tagged With: oscar dresses, oscar gowns

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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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