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Slow-Fashion Sunday: Shoes That Last

September 4, 2022 by WendyB

I’ve had slow-fashion shoes on my mind for about a month now — ever since I took a long-delayed trip to Cobbler Concierge for some shoe repairs. I used to take shoes in need of TLC to “the guy around the corner.” (There’s always a guy around the corner in New York City.) But I’ve…

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Filed Under: 80s style, boots, Fashion, favorite brands, golden girls gang, homegrown vintage, prada, shoes, sneakers Tagged With: puma sneakers, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

Make L.L. Bean Your Valentine in 2022

February 19, 2021 by WendyB

Put a note in your calendar now, because you’re going to want to get L.L. Bean’s Valentine’s-Day-red boots when the limited run becomes available again early in 2022. I stumbled upon them this year and I was unable to resist. Behold the cuteness! Unfortunately, the boots are now sold out online; the product page isn’t…

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Filed Under: boots, Fashion, holidays, never is the next new thing, pictures of me, shoes, Special Occasions, Valentine's Day Tagged With: l.l. bean, l.l. bean duck boots

Year in Review: What Wendy Wore in 2020, Part 3

December 31, 2020 by WendyB

Let’s see if I can get Part 3 of this 2020 Year in Review post done before it’s 2021. I’m racing the clock here! But I had to take a little break after writing about George Floyd and the history of white violence in this country in Part 2. Catch up here: Year in Review:…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, boots, Fashion, fashion trends, outfit post, What Wendy Wore, year in review Tagged With: chiara d'agostino, face masks, protest jewelry, protest signs

Year in Review: Remembrances

December 31, 2019 by WendyB

I’ve had a hanging shoe rack inside my closet door for a long time. Since last month, the bottom few racks keep collapsing for no clear reason — they’ve done it even when there are no shoes on them. Towards the end of November, the bottom four racks fell down with a big bang, sending…

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Filed Under: Fashion, obits, shoes, year in review

Came Through Drippin’

October 8, 2019 by WendyB

I have searched high and low for this rare vintage Moschino “dripping chocolate” bag for over a decade … and I recently found it on Poshmark. My first thought was that I certainly should not buy a very expensive novelty bag. My second thought was that money should be no object when it comes to…

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Filed Under: Fashion, fish feet, purses, vintage Tagged With: cardi b, moschino, moschino purse

Throwback Thursday: Guess and Gladiators in 1985

August 29, 2019 by WendyB

In a 2008 post about gladiator sandals, I wrote: “I’ve loved this style since 1985, when I had a pair of flat white gladiators. I felt so chic when I wore them with my Guess ankle-zip jeans and oversize blouse! I’ve been searching for a photo that shows me wearing those shoes for a while…

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Filed Under: 80s style, About Wendy, Fashion, pictures of me, shoes, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: 1980s fashion, gladiator sandals

Foot Fetish: 1980s Booties and Boot Styles

April 27, 2019 by WendyB

There hasn’t been a shoe that’s interested me in quite a while, but this Dior caught my eye because it reminds me of a Peter Fox style I had in the 1980s. You can just barely make out those Peter Fox shoes against my crazy striped tights in this poorly lit photo from 1986. Madonna…

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Filed Under: 80s style, boots, Fashion, foot fetish, shoes, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: anne klein couture, christian dior shoes

Fashion Repeats Itself: High-Heel Flip Flops

April 8, 2019 by WendyB

Emilia Petrarca, fashion writer for New York Magazine’s The Cut blog, recently alerted Twitter to two pairs of high-heel flip flops. Heeled flip-flops are coming pic.twitter.com/3xqOvLN3Kx — Emilia Petrarca (@EmiliaPetrarca) April 2, 2019 Both pairs are made out of leather, so it’s probably more accurate to call them “thong sandals” than “high-heel flip flops,” which…

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Filed Under: Business, Fashion, Fashion Repeats Itself, fashion trends, get smart, shoes, Words of Wisdom Tagged With: glossier, into the gloss, julep, sigerson morrison, tavi gevinson

Year in Review: 2018’s Top Fashion Slays, Worst Nays

December 31, 2018 by WendyB

Despite the fact that this year was all about politics for me, I didn’t expect my two favorite fashion moments to emerge from the political arena. But earlier this month, Michelle Obama came to slayyyyyyyyy in thigh-high, glittery Balenciaga boots and my eyes nearly fell out of my head. Embed from Getty Images Obama was…

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Filed Under: boots, coats, Fashion, feminism, homegrown vintage, In the News, leader of the pack, OMG-worthy, politics, shoes, truth-justice-and-the-american-way, year in review Tagged With: balenciaga boots, fuck trump, max mara coat, michelle obama, nancy pelosi

MrB Is the Cat’s Pyjamas, Plus What Wendy Wore

December 24, 2018 by WendyB

MrB had been asking me for a while what I wanted for my birthday — which was yesterday — as well as the holidays. I kept saying nothing, and that was before we tried to save Purrkoy the kitten’s life last week. After that, I wasn’t in a particularly celebratory mood, and I figured those…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, age, boots, dresses, Fashion, homegrown vintage, outfit post, vintage, vintage designers, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: cats, fitzroy the cat, grace coddington, louis vuitton, louis vuitton x grace coddington, purrkoy the kitten, slow fashion

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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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