This one isn’t quite as over-the-top as the vintage Versace dress on this morning’s wish list post. The small Pandora bag by Givenchy is gorgeous in person — the photo doesn’t do it justice. Of course, I need another bag like Family Guy‘s Peter Griffin needs a hole in his head. So I’ll admire it…
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Wish List: Versace Couture Dress From 1991
If I had $7,500 to spend on a dress, I would get this Gianni Versace Couture design from 1991. The colors! The print! It’s so Gianni. I love the belled shape of the skirt and the sex-ay back. I’m sure that it’s magic and that if I wore it, I’d look exactly like a 20-something…
Throwback Thursday: December 2001 Hair
This photo was taken on Dec. 2, 2001, at friend’s wedding. My hair was so … precise! It reminds me slightly of designer Mary McFadden‘s signature ‘do.
What We Wore: CPJ International Press Freedom Awards
Every year, the Committee to Protect Journalists presents its International Press Freedom Awards on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. The timing is apt, because the event always reminds me how much freedom of expression we do have in the United States — despite efforts to chip away at it — and how thankful we should be…
Fashion Repeats Itself: Polka Dots and Flowers
Katy Perry wore a polka-dot-and-floral strapless gown on the red carpet at the American Music Awards. I got all excited, hoping she was wearing a 1980s Patrick Kelly … perhaps a ballgown version of the vintage dress currently available at Shrimpton Couture. Nope! Katy’s gown is actually from Oscar de la Renta’s Spring 2014 collection….
What Wendy Wore: Holiday Party, ’20s Style
MrB and I were invited to the Fresh Air Fund’s ’20s-themed fundraising dinner last night, so I got out the beaded ’20s-style vintage dress that I bought in 2007 and first wore in 2009. At the party, big fake pearl strands and feather boas were given out as favors, and I added those to my…
Cowlick, Defined
At one of my old corporate jobs, we wimmins got to talking about hair and I mentioned the super-aggressive cowlick lurking in my bangs. One of my employees then asked me what a cowlick was and why it was called that. I said, “It’s when your hair sticks up like a cow licked ya!” She…
On the Town: Macklemore at the Theater at MSG
After years of taking shiteous concert photos followed by some sporadic but significant improvement (see Eminem, Skylar Grey, Beyonce and Rihanna … but not Depeche Mode), I now go into full-on photojournalist mode at concerts. On one hand, I want to just enjoy the concert. On the other hand, I feel compelled to make up…
The Stylish Sixties (and Way Beyond)
Recently, one of my blogger friends — I can’t remember who! Confess in the comments, if you like! — remarked that as inspiring as the wimmins of the Advanced Style blog are, many of them are over-the-top in a way that is intimidating to the less fashion-involved lady. I took another look at the blog…
It’s Like Inception for Cheap Suits
What if you’re all over someone like a cheap suit while wearing this vintage “cheap suit” by Moschino? Available from House of Liza in London.