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What Wendy Wore: Valentine’s Day

February 18, 2017 by WendyB

On Valentine’s Day, I wore my 1990s leather vest by Gemma Kahng. I’ve worn it before for Valentine’s Day and anniversaries. It’s got heart buttons too. My Diana heart ring went well with the vest. You know I love theme dressing! MrB and I went to Aquagrill. They have a great oysters there. MrB likes…

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Filed Under: Fashion, holidays, Jewelry, my designs, rings, Special Occasions, Valentine's Day, vests, vintage, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: gemma kahng, heart jewelry, shrek, valentine's day

Fashion Repeats Itself: Faux Ostrich Feathers

October 7, 2015 by WendyB

Last week, I visited family near Chicago. During the trip, I gave my gorgeous mother, BarbaraB, her redesigned engagement ring. I also built this fabulous brick city. It was chilly outside the Windy City, so I wore my faux-ostrich feather jacket by Stacy Lomman. I didn’t take a new outfit photo with it, so here…

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Filed Under: Fashion Repeats Itself, jackets, pictures of me, Stacy Lomman, vests

What Wendy Wore: Stacy Lomman Vest & Arm Warmers

April 9, 2012 by WendyB

The best way to predict the next big fashion trend is to remember my catchphrase: “Never is the next new thing™.” The styles that are most hated at first — the ones that make people say, “Never!” — are the ones that are hottest once our eyes adjust. Since I figured this out, whenever I…

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Filed Under: accessories, gorgeous friends, jackets, madonna, never is the next new thing, outfit post, pictures of me, vests, What Wendy Wore

What Wendy Wore: Valentine’s Day Flashback

March 4, 2012 by WendyB

NOTE TO YELAWOLF FANS: Scroll to the bottom for the Yelawolf health news. Then scroll up a bit for a cute picture of Gangsta Boo and Speakerfoxxx. I was so busy with my Valentine’s Day jewelry countdown that I never got to post about Valentine’s Day itself!  I think it’s worth doing belatedly because I…

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Filed Under: Eminem, Gangsta Boo, holidays, on the town, outfit post, pictures of me, Valentine's Day, vests, WENDYB by Wendy Brandes, What Wendy Wore

Single White Female X 2

March 26, 2010 by WendyB

The title of the 1992 thriller Single White Female always bothered me due to its lack of realism. In the movie, an attractive New York chick played by Bridget Fonda needs a roommate, so she places this ad. A less attractive chick played by Jennifer Jason Leigh moves in and starts copying Bridget’s entire life,…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, movies, pictures of me, stores, sunglasses, twins?, vests, vintage Tagged With: single white female

Meet Byron Lars

March 11, 2010 by WendyB

Last month, I told you how my treasured Byron Lars baseball vest inspired me to track down Byron himself. As I said in that post, Byron was one of the precocious New York-based male designers who won great acclaim in the late ’80s and early ’90s, only to go out of business before the ’90s…

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Filed Under: designers, interview, pictures of me, vests, vintage Tagged With: byron lars

My Hearts Will Go On

February 24, 2010 by WendyB

I didn’t get to a lot of shows during New York Fashion Week because I had a big non-fashion-related event on Saturday, February 13, followed by the all-day Independent Fashion Bloggers Evolving Influence conference on Monday, February 15. The Saturday event caused me to miss my designing friend Zang Toi‘s show for the first time…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, gorgeous friends, pictures of me, t-shirts, vests, vintage, zang toi Tagged With: alexander mcqueen shoes, queen michelle

Grow Your Own Vintage by Breaking the Rules

February 8, 2010 by WendyB

This might come as a shock to some of you no one, but I like to break the rules. That’s because a lot of rules are not hard-and-fast rules at all, but misinterpreted suggestions or theories. One of those is the need for eight glasses of water a day. Not true. Feel free to go…

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Filed Under: etsy, pictures of me, vests, vintage, vintage designers, zang toi Tagged With: byron lars

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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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