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RIP, Al Radley

February 18, 2019 by WendyB

My friend Al Radley died at age 94 on Valentine’s Day, and London won’t be the same for me without a visit with him. I first met Al at his home there in March 2005, following an introduction by our mutual friend Cameron Silver, the founder of the Los Angeles vintage store Decades. Cameron knew…

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Filed Under: Fashion, In the News, obits, Ossie Clark, pictures of me, topshop, vintage designers Tagged With: al radley

Another Miley VMAs Controversy: Discount Universe

September 3, 2015 by WendyB

Nicki Minaj isn’t the only one with a beef after Miley Cyrus’s MTV Video Music Awards hosting gig. When Miley ended Sunday’s show with a performance of her new song, “Dooo It!,” I got all excited about the costumes. View image | gettyimages.com I was positive the big eyes and sequins were the distinctive work…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Celebrities, Fashion Repeats Itself, great minds think alike, Miley Cyrus, MTV VMAs, rip-offs

Balmain Vs Nasty Gal; Billboard Music Awards

May 19, 2015 by WendyB

This story is giving me LIFE, as the kids say today! On Sunday, Taylor Swift wore a white, cut-out jumpsuit to the Billboard Music Awards, and retailer Nasty Gal proudly claimed credit for it, as one does when a celebrity wears one’s designs. View image | gettyimages.com Too bad it wasn’t a Nasty Gal piece…

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Filed Under: awards shows, blogs and bloggers, Celebrities, necklaces, red carpet, rip-offs

Thank You to the Peeps at Nasty Gal

February 26, 2014 by WendyB

Good news for the alert customers/readers who recently tipped me off to some knockoffs of my swear rings! The peeps at e-commerce retailer Nasty Gal have followed in the footsteps of Patricia Field and pulled a copy of my swear rings from their website.  It seemed to be the same product Patricia Field got from…

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Filed Under: rip-offs, swear rings

My Word-Necklace Style Is Catching On!

February 12, 2014 by WendyB

Gorgeous blogger and concerned citizen Kate of Twisted Skirt tweeted me a clip from the magazine Grazia, showing a word necklace by DKNY. I was intrigued to see that the style of word necklace I added to my line in 2012 is catching on in the big leagues. I started with this necklace in June…

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Filed Under: fashion trends, my designs, necklaces, never is the next new thing, pictures of me, swear rings, topshop

I Love My Peeps

October 5, 2013 by WendyB

I’m trying to clean up my computer desktop, which is almost as messy as my real desktop, and that’s saying a lot. I just like to keep files there (on the computer) for easy access. Screencaps are among the things that pile up. I laughed out loud when I saw this screencapped tweet from gorgeous…

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Filed Under: humor, rip-offs, social media

Rihanna, River Island and Topshop

August 13, 2013 by WendyB

Rihanna announced her second collection for high-street retailer River Island yesterday. It features lots of camouflage in both traditional green/khaki and black/gray/white. (I hope Valerie Steele, the director and chief curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, sees this. Steele and I were recently talking about the lifespan of the camo-print trend.)…

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Filed Under: Rihanna, rip-offs, topshop

WWD Updates the Rihanna v. Topshop Story

May 20, 2013 by WendyB

Today’s WWD has an update on last week’s reports that Rihanna is suing a Topshop supplier for using her image on a t-shirt without permission. Topshop and Rihanna’s lawyers declined to comment, as did River Island, the Topshop competitor with whom Rihanna is officially collaborating. The article does say that even though the U.K. has…

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Filed Under: In the News, Rihanna, topshop

Forever 21 and Topshop Are Amusing

May 17, 2013 by WendyB

Fast-fashion retailer Forever 21 has been widely accused of selling knockoffs of other designers’ work and blaming its suppliers for the copying. In a 2011 Bloomberg Businessweek story called “Forever 21’s Fast (and Loose) Fashion Empire,” Susan Berfield wrote: “Starting in about 2004, the Changs decided to create different brands to appeal to slightly more…

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Filed Under: Eminem, my designs, Rihanna, rip-offs, topshop

Beyoncé, Kerli, Inspiration and Imitation

May 2, 2013 by WendyB

I first saw the singer Kerli at Lollapalooza in 2011, and I was very taken by her sound and her alien/anime/Lolita look. I downloaded her music that night and I’ve kept an eye on her ever since so I was very interested when, this Monday, she posted two photos on Facebook. One was Beyoncé striking…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, music, rip-offs

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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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