When I was writing my post about Madonna’s ’80s lace-up booties, I had to do a lot of digging because every scrap of Madonna shoe information seemed to be about her pink Fluevogs in Truth or Dare. Despite all those references, I couldn’t find a photo. Then came Lady Miss Kier to the rescue! The…
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Red Lipstick #3: MAC’s Prolong
It’s been two years since my last red lipstick post. I’m still devoted to MAC’s Pro Longwear Lipcolor in Lasting Lust. I rarely want to wear another red because I love Lasting Lust’s color and the endurance so much. For me, the product works just like MAC’s website promises: it is smudge-, run-, transfer- and…
Oh, Give Me a Home Where the Buffalo Plaid Roams
I still love some of the fashions I wore in the early ’80s: Day-Glo Stephen Sprouse Clogs Skinny jeans Pistol belts Gladiator sandals Anything from Trash & Vaudeville or Fiorucci Lace-up boots Motorcycle jackets But I have no desire for jazz shoes. I’m also over buffalo-plaid shirts, despite my 1983-1984 enthusiasm for one blue and…
What Wendy Wore: Back in Business With Bloggers
I suffered a relapse of my cold after the big Food & Wine shoot on Saturday, so it was back to bed for me until Tuesday, when gorgeous blogger Tricia of Fashion Herald coaxed me out for the fashion-show launch of MNG by Mango for JCPenney. I will do anything for Tricia! As a bonus,…
Iconic Image: Rachel Williams for Absolut
Back in the ’80s, Absolut Vodka did ads that were so fabulous that we used to rip them out of magazines and tape them to our college-dorm walls. In 1985, Andy Warhol participated in an art-themed series of ads. Absolut launched a fashion series in 1988 with a custom-designed dress by David Cameron. I know…
What Wendy Wore: Sick Woman Walking
I dragged myself out of my sickbed on Saturday to go to a Food & Wine Magazine photo shoot at my designing friend Zang Toi‘s beautiful apartment. The shoot was a big production involving hordes of people and I didn’t want to let them down by being a no-show. After all, someone had to be…
Great Minds Think Alike … Moschino and Castelbajac
Oversize Argyle Whimsical Sweaters
Bear-y Strange Fashion Memory and Related Thoughts
My post about panda dresses reminded me of a fashion fad from my childhood: clip-on koalas. For a year or so, it was de rigueur to walk around with a small, stuffed koala toy clipped to one’s shirt or jacket. They came in gray and tan. Eventually there was a clip-on panda too. I was…
Great Minds Think Alike … About Sequin Pandas
You can get a jump on Louis Vuitton’s panda look for next spring thanks to Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, who has done pandas in the past. The Castelbajac dress is much funnier. It’s available in red, for those days when you want to look like a sunburned panda. And who doesn’t have days like that? Also,…
Lazy Sick Day eBay Picks
I’m so sick I can’t follow a Law & Order plot, so I whiled away a couple of hours staring at vintage clothes on eBay. Here are my favorites. Click the pictures to go to the auctions. Click to see my Patrick Kelly dress! Click to see the black jacket from 2008. And I keep…