I still love some of the fashions I wore in the early ’80s: Day-Glo Stephen Sprouse Clogs Skinny jeans Pistol belts Gladiator sandals Anything from Trash & Vaudeville or Fiorucci Lace-up boots Motorcycle jackets But I have no desire for jazz shoes. I’m also over buffalo-plaid shirts, despite my 1983-1984 enthusiasm for one blue and…
Wendy 4’s Amazing Bosom
Thanks to Poodle Analytics and Feedjit, I know that I’ve gotten quite a bit of traffic from people searching for “Wendy 4 purple dress.” I imagined that “Wendy 4 Purple” was the name of an inexpensive, teen-oriented clothing line and, because I’ve seen plenty of that schlock, I didn’t investigate further. A few days ago,…
What Wendy Wore: Back in Business With Bloggers
I suffered a relapse of my cold after the big Food & Wine shoot on Saturday, so it was back to bed for me until Tuesday, when gorgeous blogger Tricia of Fashion Herald coaxed me out for the fashion-show launch of MNG by Mango for JCPenney. I will do anything for Tricia! As a bonus,…
Iconic Image: Rachel Williams for Absolut
Back in the ’80s, Absolut Vodka did ads that were so fabulous that we used to rip them out of magazines and tape them to our college-dorm walls. In 1985, Andy Warhol participated in an art-themed series of ads. Absolut launched a fashion series in 1988 with a custom-designed dress by David Cameron. I know…
What Wendy Wore: Sick Woman Walking
I dragged myself out of my sickbed on Saturday to go to a Food & Wine Magazine photo shoot at my designing friend Zang Toi‘s beautiful apartment. The shoot was a big production involving hordes of people and I didn’t want to let them down by being a no-show. After all, someone had to be…
I Get Around and Say Happy Birthday to BarbaraB
I’m getting around at other blogs/websites. Turn up the volume on the Beach Boys while you read my interviews at … Poetic & Chic, where I use the word “stark” two times too many and tell you what trend I like the least. The Agenda, where I sum up my style in three words and…
Great Minds Think Alike … Moschino and Castelbajac
Oversize Argyle Whimsical Sweaters
Bear-y Strange Fashion Memory and Related Thoughts
My post about panda dresses reminded me of a fashion fad from my childhood: clip-on koalas. For a year or so, it was de rigueur to walk around with a small, stuffed koala toy clipped to one’s shirt or jacket. They came in gray and tan. Eventually there was a clip-on panda too. I was…
Musings on John Lennon’s Birthday
Well, well, well. John Lennon would have been 70 today. It’s strange to think that it’s been almost 30 years since he was murdered. I remember getting up for school that morning. My mother, who was in the kitchen surprisingly early, told me, “John Lennon was killed,” and I said, “WHO?!” because I was so…
Great Minds Think Alike … About Sequin Pandas
You can get a jump on Louis Vuitton’s panda look for next spring thanks to Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, who has done pandas in the past. The Castelbajac dress is much funnier. It’s available in red, for those days when you want to look like a sunburned panda. And who doesn’t have days like that? Also,…