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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

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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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, Fashion, favorite brands, homegrown vintage, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: metropolitan museum of art, slow fashion

What Wendy Wore: Art by These Pink Lips, Part 2

October 22, 2020 by WendyB

In September, which was either last month or a thousand years ago, I introduced you to Iris Barbee Bonner, who creates wearable art — the best kind of art! — under the name These Pink Lips. You’ve seen Iris’s custom work on Cardi B … and me. View this post on Instagram Here’s a solo…

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Filed Under: 80s style, About Wendy, activism, art, Arts & Entertainment, clothes, clothing, Fashion, homegrown vintage, jackets, outfit post, pictures of me, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: iris barbee bonner, lady pink, slow fashion, slow fashion movement, these pink lips

Throwback Thursday: Open That Bottle Night 2020

May 7, 2020 by WendyB

Journalists Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher invented “Open That Bottle Night” in 1999, when they were writing about wine for the Wall Street Journal, and MrB was the managing editor of the newspaper. Dottie and John proclaimed that the last Saturday in February should be the day that everyone opens the special wine that…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, dresses, Fashion, homegrown vintage, pictures of me, skirts, Throwback Thursday, versace, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: open that bottle night, slow fashion, slow fashion movement, todd oldham

What Wendy Wore: You Can’t Unsee the Babadook

April 29, 2020 by WendyB

While making final logistical arrangements for yesterday’s protest action with multiple banner drops around the city … … photographer George De Castro Day emailed me, “You know, the world might need a portrait of you with a mask and in that top hat.” For a moment, I was like, “How does George know I have a…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, Fashion, homegrown vintage, jackets, leather, outfit post, pictures of me, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: slow fashion, slow fashion movement, the babadook

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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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