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2022 in Review: What Wendy Wore, Part I

December 31, 2022 by WendyB

This week, I decided to look up my 2021 “year in review” posts and was shocked — not Casablanca-style fake SHOCKED but genuinely SHOOK — to discover I didn’t write any for the first time since 2011. No year-end Jewel of the Month wrap-up, even though I had conscientiously featured one of my designs each…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, Fashion, homegrown vintage, outfit post, pictures of me, vintage, What Wendy Wore, year in review Tagged With: COVID-19, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

Throwback Thursday: Tiger Morse, Vikki Dougan

April 22, 2021 by WendyB

I’m always fascinated by the life stories of a wide variety of women. 12th-century empress? 20th-century fashionista? They’re equally compelling to me. Today was my lucky day in the 20th-century fashionista category. I’ve been interested in 1960s fashion designer/amphetamine-queen Tiger Morse since reading the Edie Sedgwick biography Edie by Jean Stein in 1986. In December…

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Filed Under: designers, Fashion, In the News, models, Throwback Thursday, vintage, vintage designers Tagged With: edie sedgwick, tiger joan morse, tiger morse, vikki dougan

My Fashion Mood for 2020

January 21, 2020 by WendyB

I want to walk into every room in THIS MOOD for the next 11 months. View this post on Instagram When you arrive at the party… 💃 1958 Arnold Scaasi evening dress, worn by Arlene Francis, white and metallic with rhinestones, interior corset and ruby red satin coat. @mfaboston According to a designer biography provided…

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Filed Under: dresses, Fashion, OMG-worthy, vintage, vintage designers, wishful thinking Tagged With: arlene francis, arnold scaasi, power suit

Year in Review: What Wendy Wore in 2019

December 29, 2019 by WendyB

I started out 2019 with a fashion choice that was simultaneously rare for me … yet typical. What was rare that I wore a dress that I’d never worn before. What was typical for me is that I’d owned the dress for four years before wearing it once.  And this wasn’t even the longest I’ve…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, homegrown vintage, Ossie Clark, outfit post, pictures of me, vintage, vintage designers, wear what you want, What Wendy Wore, year in review Tagged With: elizabeth warren, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

What Wendy Wore: Nan Kempner Style

December 27, 2019 by WendyB

I always attend the conferences organized by Initiatives in Art and Culture. At last month’s New York Fashion + Design Conference, I met designers Anna Sui and Zandra Rhodes — and Anna admired my vintage Ossie Clark dress, so I was on cloud nine. CLICK TO SEE ANNA, ZANDRA, AND THE DRESS. I wore a different…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, homegrown vintage, Ossie Clark, outfit post, pictures of me, vintage, vintage designers, wear what you want, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: it's chic to repeat, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

What Wendy Wore: Glittering for Tina Turner

December 24, 2019 by WendyB

I love molten-metal looks in clothes and accessories and even manicures — which makes sense for a jewelry designer, right? — so last month, I was transfixed by this Instagram post from vintage store Baba Yaga. I had to have this platinum look! View this post on Instagram Dripping in silver. 80s St.John Lamé top…

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Filed Under: birthdays, clothing, Fashion, Gangsta Boo, outfit post, pictures of me, Shopping, Special Occasions, vintage, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: december birthdays, ootd, skinny jeans, vintage store, wiw

What Wendy Wore: Squeeee! Anna Sui!

November 20, 2019 by WendyB

Last week, I attended the “Blue” conference held by Initiatives in Art and Culture, which included a talk featuring British designer Zandra Rhodes and American designer Anna Sui. I planned to wear my red and pink Zandra Rhodes chiffon dress to that panel, but at the last minute, I was inspired to go with a…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, dresses, Fashion, Ossie Clark, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, vintage, vintage designers, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: anna sui, initiatives in art and culture, slow fashion, slow fashion movement, zandra rhodes

What Wendy Wore: Ceil Chapman at La MaMa

November 1, 2019 by WendyB

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club celebrated the centennial of its founder, Ellen Stewart, at a fundraiser for its 58th season recently. Stewart was a dress designer when she started La MaMa in 1961 — no experience in theater whatsoever — but she became an icon of the performing arts in New York. I feel like…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, dresses, Fashion, outfit post, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, vintage, vintage designers, vintage WendyB photos, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: ceil chapman, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

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

Shopping My Closet for the Hot Emmys Color Combo

September 24, 2019 by WendyB

The hot color combination at the Emmys was pink and red, worn by, among others, Marisa Tomei. Embed from Getty Images People have said that I look like Marisa. What do you think? Obviously, I get Liza Minnelli more often. View this post on Instagram Someone asked me yesterday if I’ve ever been told that…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Celebrities, emmys, Fashion, In the News, news, pictures of me, politics, truth-justice-and-the-american-way, vintage, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: 2019 emmys, marisa tomei, nancy pelosi, slow fashion, slow fashion movement, zandra rhodes

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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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