A strappy, cut-out one-piece bathing suit by Agent Provocateur has been hot for a while. Modern Family actress Sofia Vergara looked great in it! Kim Kardashian has worn the bikini version. That two-piece look was popular enough that another company produced something similar, causing Agent Provocateur to sue. Knowing that, I thought I had fallen…
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Breaking Bad, Worthy Anti-Heroes and the Heisenberg Hat
I started watching Breaking Bad last month and caught up on all the past seasons in time to watch last week’s penultimate series episode when it first aired. Phew! Now I’m good to go for this Sunday’s finale, even though I’m not fully recovered from the week of nightmares I had after seeing “Ozymandias.” I…
What Wendy Wore: Castelbajac Lego Dress to a Movie
Tonight, I went to a screening of Inequality for All, a documentary in which former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains the causes and effects of the widening income gap in the U.S. Reich is an excellent speaker, so the movie is entertaining as well as educational. I like that vibe. In fact, I strive…
My Best Dressed at the Emmys: Ummm …
I didn’t watch last night’s Emmys live, because I was at a concert. I sure didn’t miss anything fashion-wise. I thought last year’s Emmys were uninspiring from a style perspective, but this year was even worse. There was exactly one gown that I would want to wear myself: Downton Abbey actress Michelle Dockery’s red-and-burgundy Prada….
Throwback Thursday: My Parachute Vest From 1986
With ’80s designer clothing on my mind after yesterday’s post, I figured this was a good day to share a photo from the July 4th holiday in 1986, during which the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty was celebrated. As I recall, my family’s initial reaction to the plans for the huge celebration was…
Browsing Vintage Stephen Sprouse
If I had a zillion dollars, I’d add these two pieces to my Stephen Sprouse collection. I love neon, leopard and Sprouse, so a neon leopard coat by Sprouse blows my mind. And I’ve always pined for the original Keith Haring skirt that Madonna wore in her “Borderline” video, but I guess I would settle…
What Wendy Wore: End of Summer Dressing
My designing friend Zang Toi showed his Spring 2014 “Ballet Babe” collection at Lincoln Center last week. A real ballet babe — American Ballet Theatre principal Cory Stearns — got the show started. Here’s the final walk of the show, followed by Zang’s bow. (You can hear the couple sitting to my left discussing which…
Boots for Fall: Daisies and Spikes
I got a pair of short, low-heeled boots in Paris this summer — a “Never Is the Next New Thing™” purchase for me — and now there are more decorated versions of the style catching my eye. These $650 daisy-adorned boots by Red Valentino in the Bergdorf Goodman catalog are tough but sweet. I’m amused…
What Wendy Wore: Mermaid Style by Zang Toi
My designing friend Zang Toi moved into a gorgeous new showroom space in New York City and he had a post-New York Fashion Week party to celebrate. Earlier in the summer, Zang had convinced me to try on an emerald-green, paillette-covered, high/low mermaid skirt that he had saved from his Spring 2004 collection. I was…
What Wendy Wore: Depeche Mode and a False Memory
After I used the refund from Neil Young’s canceled show to buy tickets to Depeche Mode‘s concert at Barclays Center on Friday, I was thinking about the last time I saw the band. I was positive it was at Radio City Music Hall in the summer of 1983, the day that I returned from a…