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Biba Dress and Matching Leggings

February 24, 2008 by WendyB

I kind of like this. Maybe it’s just because I have suits on my mind. It’s a suit in a way, isn’t it? It’s available for 81 pounds, down from 162 pounds, on my-wardrobe.com. After all my suit talk, I decided to wear one of my old ones to a semi-serious event I had last…

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Filed Under: dresses, pictures of me, sales, suits

My New Catchphrase

February 23, 2008 by WendyB

I don’t like to tease anonymous peeps whose photos turn up online, but I have to make an exception for this woman’s mug shot because Dlisted’s item on her made me laugh out loud. The following sentences are all great: It’s strange, because she has office manager hair, but chola eyebrows. It’s like she’s in…

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Filed Under: excuse my beauty, insanity

Going Dotty for Yayoi Kusama

February 23, 2008 by WendyB

Yayoi Kusama Photo source: Click here I am enthralled by a story on 80-year-old artist Yayoi Kusama in the New York Times Style Magazine. Is Kusama a disturbed outsider artist or a cunning Warholesque manipulator preoccupied with her own fame? Who knows? Either way, I’m in love with her tactile, polka-dotted art. Kusama in the…

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Filed Under: art, In the News

A Basic Wardrobe, Part I

February 22, 2008 by WendyB

Gorgeous blogger K-Line tagged me to answer the question: “What is a basic wardrobe to you?” I put off writing my reply for a couple of days because I’m (a) a big procrastinator and (b) unhappy with my basic wardrobe. I am in mourning for my old wardrobe. Since I left the corporate world in…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, gorgeous family, memes, pictures of me, suits, tags

Be Mused

February 22, 2008 by WendyB

Every great designer needs a muse. Alexander McQueen had Isabella Blow. John Galliano had Amanda Harlech. Yves Saint Laurent had Betty Catroux. Moira McLaughlin has me. Yes, I inspired Moira’s “I Eat Your Milkbone” dog t-shirt. This isn’t the first time I’ve be-mused one of Moira’s clan. Her sister Sheila helped me out during my…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, t-shirts

Helping You Spend Your Money

February 22, 2008 by WendyB

You can get an additional 20% off sale items on Vivre with the promotional code “foru20.” If I wore flats, I’d be all over these Oscar de la Renta boots. With the extra discount, they’re $542.40, down from the original price of $1695. And too bad I already have a down jacket AND coat because…

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Filed Under: boots, jackets, sales

One for the Glove Lovahs

February 21, 2008 by WendyB

I recently got a lot of traffic from glove-loving perverts who discovered this old post. I like to keep the perv demographic happy, so I was delighted when Susie Bubble linked to Gloved Up. Get a load of these babies! To be extra-nice, I’ll also give you Spinal Tap’s original Smell the Glove album cover….

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Filed Under: accessories, blogs and bloggers, movies

You Decide

February 21, 2008 by WendyB

Was the WWD headline “Miuccia Plays The Lace Card” offensive? Amusing? Neither? Does it make a difference to you that Prada used its first black runway model in years at the very show that WWD was reviewing? A lacy (not racy) Prada look UPDATED TO ADD GUIDANCE FOR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS: The headline is a play…

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Filed Under: In the News, prada

Great Minds Think Alike About Floral Rings

February 21, 2008 by WendyB

It’s said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Original Diorette ring by Dior. More variations can be seen here. Juicy Couture’s ring via The Glam Guide I hope Juicy doesn’t decide to pay me a compliment like this. Thanks, but no thanks.

Filed Under: great minds think alike, rings

Still Charming After All These Years

February 20, 2008 by WendyB

Back in October, I wrote about the hotness that was ’80s New Romantic icon Adam Ant. Hot! Well! I just got an unusual email from a fellow named Michael on behalf of Mr. Ant saying that Adam is considering doing a limited-edition art book. Before Adam goes ahead and busts his ’80s icon ass, he’d…

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Filed Under: books, music, style icons

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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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