I was mildly disappointed with myself last night for being sartorially lazy on Valentine’s Day. You know I love theme dressing, yet I didn’t wear my vintage Moschino heart dress … … or my vintage Gemma Kahng heart vest. But I decided to forgive myself for not dressing to code because I did have an…
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Wednesday’s Video: Get Inspired for New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve is next Monday. If you haven’t decided what you’re going to wear, I suggest you hop on one of my favorite looks and go big: Big, puffy, and ruffled, to be exact. Again, shout-out to my blogging friend Sheila from Ephemera for remembering that I wrote about an H&M jacket in 2010…
A Big Blogversary: I’m Turning 10!
Can you believe it? It’s my 10th blogversary! Since July 23, 2007, I’ve published almost 3,500 posts. To those of you who have reading me from the beginning — thank you for sticking around! And a thank you also to the newer people for joining in, whenever you joined in! In this special blogversary video,…
What Wendy Wore: Steve J & Yoni P, Just for Show
Believe it or not, this blog will turn 10 years old this summer! I started blogging alongside an early wave of fashion bloggers, though I was not among the very first. The first blogs popped up in 2006, and I enthusiastically read and commented on them. In fact, I commented so much that Jennine of…
Fond Memories of Manolo the Shoeblogger
In the glory days of fashion blogging (2005 – 2009, in my opinion), I was addicted to one of the first of the genre: Manolo the Shoeblogger. Manolo the Shoeblogger — who was NOT Manolo Blahnik the shoe designer — did have great taste in shoes, but it was his whimsical writing style (he called…
Other Blogs … and Angelina Jolie
Thanks to Barbara Palumbo of Adornmentality for including my Screw You earrings in her highlarious holiday gift guide, “From Lovers to Your Landlord: Holiday Gifts For Every Man in Your Life.” (Last year’s guide was “From Mom to the Mistress: Christmas Jewels for Every Woman in Your Life.”) And Alyson Walsh of That’s Not My…
What Wendy Wore: Style Forever by Alyson Walsh
My gorgeous British friend Alyson Walsh came to New York to celebrate the U.S. publication of her book Style Forever. We toasted her with Moet & Chandon Champagne at the Michele Varian shop in Soho. The subtitle of Aly’s book is “The Grown-Up Guide to Looking Fabulous,” and the guests lived up to it! I…
Throwback Thursday: Guess Who’s Back? Again!
I wasn’t able to update my blog for a few days this week due to some technical problems. It reminded me of the time in 2008 when I was on Blogger and wrongly tagged as spam. I was locked out of my blog for 12 days. I was Frozen Caveman Blogger. CLICK HERE TO READ…
Thanks for the Love
Thanks to Beyond 4Cs for including me on its list of “Top 60 Diamond Blogs That Rock The Web.” It’s good to be rocking! Beyond 4Cs wrote, “A journalist-turned-fine jewelry designer, Wendy blogs passionately about her work and everyday life. Her posts are intelligently written and pack a load of fun to read.” Cool. It’s…
Throwback Thursday: Vegas Memories From Adornmentality
I feel like the big jewelry trade shows in Las Vegas were just yesterday, but they were the end of May/beginning of June. I always have a great time with my Vegas Gems — a group of female jewelry professionals who bonded through social media. Gorgeous jewelry designer/blogger Shamila Jiwa is our organizer, and gorgeous…