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Wednesday’s Video: Stephen Burrows Toga Party

April 24, 2019 by WendyB

When it comes to fashion, I’m much more likely to suffer from non-buyer’s remorse than buyer’s remorse. But there’s an exception to every rule. Behold, the gold toga (?!) by Stephen Burrows. For more about this very important designer whose piece did me a bamboozle, check out: His bio at BlackPast.org. His 2014 interview with…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, video, vintage, vintage designers Tagged With: buyer's remorse, non-buyer's remorse, stephen burrows

What Wendy Wore: Double-Vintage Ossie Clark

April 11, 2019 by WendyB

On Tuesday, MrB and I attended the Awards for Excellence dinner for the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York. Dick Tofel, our friend and the president of ProPublica, was among the honorees. Four recent alumni were also recognized and I was absolutely blown away by their work: I…

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Filed Under: Fashion, homegrown vintage, Ossie Clark, outfit post, pictures of me, vintage, vintage designers, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: double vintage, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

What Wendy Didn’t Wear: Patrick Kelly Mini Dress

March 18, 2019 by WendyB

For last week’s video on the late designer Patrick Kelly, I wore a Kelly dress that I’ve never worn out in the real world. Can you guess why this one stays in the closet? What Wendy Didn’t Wear Dress: Vintage Patrick Kelly (probably from eBay, maybe purchased around 2008?) Boots: Prada (2012-ish) If you truly…

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Filed Under: 80s style, About Wendy, dresses, Fashion, outfit post, pictures of me, vintage, vintage designers, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: fashion designer patrick kelly, mini dress

Wednesday’s Video: All About Patrick Kelly

March 13, 2019 by WendyB

I’ve been wanting to do a video about the late fashion designer Patrick Kelly since I started doing YouTube videos in 2017. I  did one about my favorite vintage designer, Ossie Clark, right away, but I postponed Patrick because I felt that the video wouldn’t be perfect without great new photos of every Patrick Kelly…

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Filed Under: 80s style, About Wendy, designers, dresses, Fashion, Street Style, video, video, vintage, vintage designers Tagged With: fashion designer patrick kelly, patrick kelly

Flashback Friday: Konstantin and Ossie

February 22, 2019 by WendyB

Have you watched Killing Eve yet? That’s the BBC show on Hulu that Sandra Oh has been winning awards for recently. Oh stars as Eve Polastri, an intelligence officer who becomes obsessed with stopping a sociopathic assassin known as Villanelle (Jodie Comer). I came to the show a little late — urged on by my…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Celebrities, Fashion, Ossie Clark, pictures of me, TV, vintage designers Tagged With: jodie comer, killing eve, kim bodnia, Ossie Clark, russian doll, sandra oh

Throwback Thursday: Ossie Clark in 2005, 2011, 2019

February 21, 2019 by WendyB

In my tribute to my late friend Al Radley, I posted a photo taken in his house in 2005. The long sweater I’m trying on belonged to him, but I was wearing my own vintage Ossie Clark dress. In 2011, I took a photo that showed the dress clearly. And last Friday, I randomly wore…

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Filed Under: dresses, Fashion, homegrown vintage, Ossie Clark, outfit post, pictures of me, repeat offender collage, Throwback Thursday, vintage designers, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: al radley, slow fashion

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

Year in Review: What Wendy Wore in 2018

December 31, 2018 by WendyB

For 2017, I was proud to be able to do a “What Wendy Wore” year in review post featuring 12 slow-fashion outfits. In 2018 — despite Henry David Thoreau’s famous “… beware of all enterprises that require new clothes” — some of my most notable looks did require something new. I mean, I normally don’t…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, clothes, designers, dresses, Fashion, homegrown vintage, outfit post, parties, pictures of me, travel, vintage, vintage designers, weddings, What Wendy Wore, year in review Tagged With: homegrown vintage, jacques tiffeau, slow fashion, time person of the year party, versace, zang toi

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

What Wendy Wore: Double-Vintage Clovis Ruffin

November 19, 2018 by WendyB

I declare a garment to be “double vintage” when it’s vintage by nature and vintage in terms of how long I’ve owned it.  Here’s the double-vintage Clovis Ruffin dress I wore last week to The Acting Company’s fall gala, which honored my friends Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and Carl Spielvogel. What Wendy Wore Dress: Clovis Ruffin (purchased…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, dresses, Fashion, homegrown vintage, outfit post, pictures of me, vintage, vintage designers, vintage WendyB photos, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: clovis ruffin, double vintage, homegrown vintage, slow fashion, The Acting Co.

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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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