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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: Decade to Decade

January 1, 2020 by WendyB

In the words of Mariah Carey, “Time is not something I acknowledge.” But everyone is posting their “beginning of the decade, end of the decade” photos, so I’ll play along. One of these photos is from New Year’s Eve 2010 and one is from New Year’s Eve 2020. What Wendy Wore Dress: Zang Toi Shoes…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, designers, dresses, Fashion, holidays, homegrown vintage, new year's eve, outfit post, pictures of me, repeat offender collage, Special Occasions, What Wendy Wore, Words of Wisdom, zang toi Tagged With: 10 year challenge, flo kennedy, Mariah Carey, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

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

What Wendy Wore: Not Autumn Yet

September 19, 2019 by WendyB

I don’t care about Labor Day — it’s still summer until Monday! That’s why I wore a summer dress to my stepdaughter’s 30th birthday dinner last week (I’ve known her since she was eight! Holy shit!) What Wendy Wore Dress: Possible vintage Michael Vollbracht (2005-ish?) Shoes: Prada (2010) Purse Louis Vuitton Cerise (2005) I didn’t realize till…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, favorite brands, homegrown vintage, outfit post, pictures of me, repeat offender collage, Throwback Thursday, vintage, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: louis vuitton cerise, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

What Wendy Wore: Slow-Fashion McQueen

August 27, 2019 by WendyB

I’ve been dressing very casually lately, so I made a point of putting on a dress for MrB’s belated birthday dinner on Sunday. Dress:  Alexander McQueen (2010) Shoes: Prada (2010) This dress by Alexander McQueen is homegrown vintage. I wore it for the first time during a 2010 trip to L.A., for dinner with my…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, dresses, Fashion, homegrown vintage, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, repeat offender collage, vintage WendyB photos, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: alexander mcqueen, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

What Wendy Wore: Ossie Clark at the Loebs Again

June 27, 2019 by WendyB

MrB almost always attends the annual Gerald Loeb Awards for business and financial journalism. He got the Loeb lifetime achievement award himlsef in 2002, and I don’t think a year’s gone by when someone hasn’t thanked him in an acceptance speech. I often go to the Loebs with him to catch up with people I’ve…

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Filed Under: designers, dresses, Fashion, homegrown vintage, Ossie Clark, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, repeat offender collage, Throwback Thursday, vintage, vintage designers, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: celia birtwell, loeb awards, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

Throwback Thursday: Ossie Clark in 2005, 2011, 2019

February 21, 2019 by WendyB

In my tribute to my late friend Al Radley, I posted a photo taken in his house in 2005. The long sweater I’m trying on belonged to him, but I was wearing my own vintage Ossie Clark dress. In 2011, I took a photo that showed the dress clearly. And last Friday, I randomly wore…

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Throwback Thursday: Tiffeau Dress Through the Years

March 29, 2018 by WendyB

I wore this vintage Jacques Tiffeau dress to a cocktail party two weeks ago. What Wendy Wore Dress: Jacques Tiffeau (acquired in 2009) Boots: Prada (2008, probably first seen here) In a post about Moschino that I wrote a couple of days before that party, I defined the “double-vintage” category of “slow fashion” as clothes…

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Filed Under: clothes, Fashion, homegrown vintage, pictures of me, repeat offender collage, style icons, Throwback Thursday, video, vintage, vintage designers Tagged With: double vintage, edie sedgwick, jacques tiffeau, slow fashion

What Wendy Wore: Slow Fashion for Valentine’s Week

February 19, 2018 by WendyB

MrB and I went to Blue Water Grill for a Valentine’s Day dinner last week. I considered taking the holiday theme to the extreme by wearing my vintage Moschino heart dress, but I ultimately opted for Valentine’s-red boots instead. Much to my delight, the next day, Elle declared that red boots are the new white…

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Wednesday’s Video: The Golden Globes and Your Vote

January 10, 2018 by WendyB

I think I should be invited to all major red-carpet events just to prove that I can shop my closet for every occasion! Like on Sunday, when I was watching the Golden Globes, I thought of two outfits immediately. The dress code called for black, and I’ve been in a pantsuit kind of mood, so…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, accessories, awards shows, Celebrities, Fashion, Golden Globes, hats, In the News, outfit post, pictures of me, politics, prada, repeat offender collage, video, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: voting

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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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