I haven’t gotten a Minx manicure since May (Minx is a film that’s applied with heat to the nails for a completely opaque look). The last Minx manicure that appeared on this blog was #6 in April. I did have a manicure in May that was technically #7 but it wasn’t suitable for a photograph…
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Sharon Rose Has the Magic (Thrifting) Touch
Yesterday’s post on buying high-quality clothes elicited this comment from gorgeous U.K. blogger Sharon Rose: ” … as you know I mainly thrift items and since I’ve been blogging I’ve managed to buy good quality designer and vintage for such low amounts, it really is investment dressing for the future to look at goodwill, charity…
What Wendy Wore: Double-Vintage Feather Dress
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: closet purges are overrated. My interest in vintage clothes led me to the anti-purge epiphany. If I am willing to pay a pretty penny to buy clothes that are 40 years old from a vintage dealer, why should I banish pieces that are a mere five,…
Holiday Jewelry Sale Today, Tomorrow and Friday
As advertised, today is my big virtual sale. Go to my website to see the discount codes. CLICK HERE TO SHOP! If you’re in New York and prefer to see my pieces in person, you can join me Thursday and Friday at the BoConcept furniture store at 220 East 57th Street. There will be other…
What Wendy Wore: Smells Like Teen Spirit
I’ve been listening to Nirvana’s Nevermind album recently. When it came out in 1991, I got it on cassette after work and ran home to listen to it even though I had the beginnings of a headache. In fact, I listened to it over and over on full blast until my headache developed into a…
What Zang Toi Wore: WendyB’s Dragon Cufflinks
My designing friend Zang Toi was honored by a local chapter of the Organization of Chinese Americans on Saturday. When he first found out he was going to receive OCA’s Dynamic Achiever award, he set about trying to organize his friends to attend the awards dinner in Tarrytown, N.Y. But getting 30 or more Manhattanites…
Foot Fetish: Hi-Wedge Sneakers
I’ve wanted a pair of high-wedge sneakers for a long time. Last year, I tried on these happy-looking See by Chloe sneakers, but they didn’t fit. I noticed this pair by Ash on Saks.com last weekend. They don’t make my heart sing so much that I want to order them, but if I wandered by…
I Spy My Yigal Azrouël on Law & Order
I’m hard at work on changes to my website that I hope will be implemented later this month. As always, the computer is on my lap and Law & Order reruns are on the TV. I looked up just in time to recognize a brightly colored dress on a character who was being questioned by…
Do Fashion Bloggers Read Newspapers?
They should, but that’s a post for another day. In the meantime, I wanted to let the newsprint-averse know that the New York Times has a big article about all of your magazine-related idols: Anna Dello Russo, Kate Lanphear, Carine Roitfeld and Giovanna Battaglia. (Maybe you can read it on your iPads!) I wonder if…
What Wendy Wore: Alleviating Non-Buyer’s Remorse
I rarely suffer from buyer’s remorse. In the past five years, there have been two inexpensive vintage dresses from eBay that even the talented Jean of Ghost Tailor couldn’t get to fit right. Then there was one unflattering dress — Oscar de la Renta, I believe — that a vintage-store owner with whom I’d had…