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What Wendy Wore: Stacy Lomman Vest & Arm Warmers

April 9, 2012 by WendyB

The best way to predict the next big fashion trend is to remember my catchphrase: “Never is the next new thing™.” The styles that are most hated at first — the ones that make people say, “Never!” — are the ones that are hottest once our eyes adjust. Since I figured this out, whenever I…

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Filed Under: accessories, gorgeous friends, jackets, madonna, never is the next new thing, outfit post, pictures of me, vests, What Wendy Wore

Musings on Music, Reality TV and Thierry Mugler

April 2, 2012 by WendyB

I like to watch music videos while I’m at the gym. Isn’t that quaint? MTV doesn’t play many music videos these days. I remember when it did. The first video the network aired when it debuted right after midnight on August 1, 1981, was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles. The Buggles need…

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Filed Under: etsy, Fashion Repeats Itself, fashion trends, jackets, lady gaga, models, never is the next new thing, suits, vintage, vintage designers

Prowling for Peplums; Bloggers on Huffington Post

December 12, 2011 by WendyB

It took a while, but my Huffington Post Stylelist piece on bloggers wearing peplums is live. Check out the slideshow and leave a nice comment for the participants! CLICK HERE TO READ THE STORY ON HUFFINGTON POST While I was working on the post, I browsed the Internets for eye-catching peplums. These are a few…

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Never Is the Next New Thing™: Animal-Toe Shoes

November 30, 2011 by WendyB

My “Never Is the Next New Thing™” fashion theory 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. I had my own “Never Is the Next New Thing™ fashion moment in July when, three…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, never is the next new thing, shoes

Nicholas Kirkwood Should Read My Blog

November 14, 2011 by WendyB

Demure is back for fall and spring, declared Christina Binkley in “The Real Housewives,” the lead story in the Off Duty section of the weekend’s Wall Street Journal. “The most startling thing about women’s fashion right right now is how perfectly not-startling it is,” Binkley wrote. “June Cleaver would approve: skirts swish about the shins,…

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Filed Under: fashion shows, In the News, never is the next new thing, shoes, TV

What Wendy Wore: A Mullet Comes Out of the Closet

August 4, 2011 by WendyB

A couple of years ago, I bought a 1980s Patrick Kelly dress on eBay. When it arrived, I was surprised that it was a knit. A big, formless knit. I brought the dress to Jean at Ghost Tailor for alterations, then stuck it in my closet until I felt I could cope with a disappointing…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, Fashion Repeats Itself, fashion trends, mullets, never is the next new thing, outfit post, pictures of me, vintage, What Wendy Wore

My Very Own “Never Is the Next New Thing™”: Toe Shoes

July 14, 2011 by WendyB

This is a big week for my Never Is the Next New Thing™ fashion theory: I’ve posted on high/low hemlines (aka mullets), gold teeth, and now toe shoes. In 2008, I looked askance at “cameltoe” shoes by Martin Margiela. I thought that I’d never wear anything so ugly. Within a couple of weeks, I felt…

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Wimmins Wearing WendyB-Approved Fashions

July 13, 2011 by WendyB

Be warned! If you tell me that you’re wearing a style that’s on my radar, I’m going to demand pictures, as I did with two gorgeous friends recently. Former blogger ENC read my Huffington Post piece on high/low hemlines, aka mullets, and volunteered that she had a mullet sweater. I was very excited to see…

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Filed Under: fashion trends, gorgeous friends, mullets, never is the next new thing, sweaters

Never Is the Next New Thing™: High/Low Hems, aka Mullet Dresses

June 30, 2011 by WendyB

Before stylists and goddess gowns took over, there were a lot of eye-popping fashions at the Oscars. One dress that regularly turns up on everyone’s all-time worst-dressed list is Geena Davis’s 1992 short-in-the-front, long-in-the-back “mullet” dress. After that, mullet dresses were stamped with a big “NEVER!” in my mind, and if you’ve been reading my…

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Filed Under: dresses, fashion trends, mullets, never is the next new thing, skirts, zang toi

Never Is the Next New Thing™: Maxi Skirts

May 26, 2011 by WendyB

How many times have I heard women moan that they can’t wear maxi dresses or skirts? Too many. If you can wear a floor-length wedding, prom or evening gown — and anyone can, no matter what her height — that means you can wear floor-length, period. It just has to be the right cut to…

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Filed Under: Huffington Post, never is the next new thing, skirts

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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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