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2022 in Review: What Wendy Wore, Part II

December 31, 2022 by WendyB

Missed Part I of my personal fashion year in review? Here it is! Now I’ll pick up where I left off, which was August 2022, for which I have … nothing. Somehow I celebrated MrB’s 80th birthday with family and came away with no outfit photo or blog post. At least we took a weird…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, favorite brands, gorgeous friends, Halloween, homegrown vintage, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, versace, What Wendy Wore, year in review Tagged With: homegrown vintage, slow fashion, slow fashion movement, thierry mugler

2022 in Review: What Wendy Wore, Part I

December 31, 2022 by WendyB

This week, I decided to look up my 2021 “year in review” posts and was shocked — not Casablanca-style fake SHOCKED but genuinely SHOOK — to discover I didn’t write any for the first time since 2011. No year-end Jewel of the Month wrap-up, even though I had conscientiously featured one of my designs each…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, Fashion, homegrown vintage, outfit post, pictures of me, vintage, What Wendy Wore, year in review Tagged With: COVID-19, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

Slow-Fashion Sunday: Shoes That Last

September 4, 2022 by WendyB

I’ve had slow-fashion shoes on my mind for about a month now — ever since I took a long-delayed trip to Cobbler Concierge for some shoe repairs. I used to take shoes in need of TLC to “the guy around the corner.” (There’s always a guy around the corner in New York City.) But I’ve…

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Filed Under: 80s style, boots, Fashion, favorite brands, golden girls gang, homegrown vintage, prada, shoes, sneakers Tagged With: puma sneakers, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

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

Throwback Thursday: Cold-Shoulder Top Has Its Moment

March 25, 2021 by WendyB

Ten years ago, I wore an outfit that made me look like Blanche Devereaux if she were trying to dress like a New Yorker. On casual day. That cold-shoulder turtleneck was already “old” to me at the time. I had gotten it on eBay years earlier, thinking it was going to look more punk, only…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, golden girls gang, homegrown vintage, In the News, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: cold-shoulder sweater, cold-shoulder top, covid vaccine, COVID-19, slow fashion, slow fashion movement, vaccine top

Throwback Thursday: Another Round of Neon

March 11, 2021 by WendyB

I walked by Macy’s the other day and was so happy to see neon colors in the window that I took a picture. DayGlo is a longtime favorite of mine. I really liked the cropped blue jacket with the long pink dress. Eventually, I figured out why the combination appealed to me so much: I…

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Filed Under: 80s style, blogs and bloggers, clothes, clothing, Fashion, Fashion Repeats Itself, fashion trends, great minds think alike, homegrown vintage, journalism, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: dayglo, huffington post, huffpost, neon colors, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

Throwback Thursday: 32 But Looking Brand-New

March 4, 2021 by WendyB

I’ve been neglecting the laundry so, yesterday, I was forced to dig into the “things I never wear” layer of my dresser. When I say I never wear something, I’m not kidding, because this 32-year-old sweatshirt from my graduation from Columbia University looks brand-new! I’ve never been a fan of gray sweatshirts. They’re too drab…

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Filed Under: 80s style, About Wendy, activism, Fashion, feminism, homegrown vintage, pictures of me, politics, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: columbia college, columbia university, slow fashion, vintage sweatshirts

What Wendy Wore: New Year’s Eves Through 2021

January 2, 2021 by WendyB

A lot of people say that New Year’s Eve is no fun, they never have anything to do, they’re never invited anywhere, yada yada yada. But why are y’all leaving things to chance? One thing I’ve learned in life is that if you want to have a party, your best bet is to throw your…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, golden girls gang, homegrown vintage, new year's eve, outfit post, pictures of me, Special Occasions, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: balthazar nyc, corsets, homegrown vintage, new year's eve, slow fashion movement

Year in Review: What Wendy Wore in 2020, Part 1

December 30, 2020 by WendyB

For the Year in Review post for my What Wendy Wore blog category, I was going to write “Nothing noteworthy” and be like … Hahaha Thats All Folks GIF from Hahaha GIFs But, looking back, there was more style in this hell-fire year than I remembered — and every bit of it reflects political, social,…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, accessories, activism, clothes, dresses, Fashion, hats, homegrown vintage, jackets, leader of the pack, leather, outfit post, repeat offender collage, versace, What Wendy Wore, year in review, zang toi Tagged With: covid deaths, slow fashion, slow fashion movement, times square, top hat

What Wendy Wore: Not a Protest T-Shirt

November 20, 2020 by WendyB

Thanks to beautiful, spring-like, holy-shit-climate-change-is-here weather and a reserved ticket to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I wore a real shirt today. I’ve rarely worn anything except activism-related t-shirts since I first stepped out of quarantine in April. Actually, I felt a little uncomfortable until I realized my Justice mask from Black Lives Matter would still…

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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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