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Met Gala Monday: Nothing But ’90s Memories

May 4, 2020 by WendyB

Met Gala Monday: Nothing But ’90s Memories

The Met Gala — more formally known as the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — was scheduled for tonight but, like other events this year, it has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The event would have been the grand opening of the Metropolitan Museum’s “About Time” exhibition, which “shows…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, Fashion, Met Gala, pictures of me, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: andre leon talley, anna wintour, grace mirabella, liz tilberis, princess diana

Throwback Thursday: Leather Painted by Lyko

April 30, 2020 by WendyB

Throwback Thursday: Leather Painted by Lyko

My painted motorcycle jacket has already appeared on the blog numerous times. Artist Andrew Lyko customized it for me last year, and now I like to wear it when I’m going to be arrested. I’m so glad I never purged this jacket from my closet like you’re “supposed to” with clothes you never wear. This jacket…

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Filed Under: 80s style, About Wendy, activism, Fashion, jackets, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: andrew lyko, christina castle, motorcycle jacket, never again action, never again is now, never again para nadie

What Wendy Wore: You Can’t Unsee the Babadook

April 29, 2020 by WendyB

What Wendy Wore: You Can’t Unsee the Babadook

While making final logistical arrangements for yesterday’s protest action with multiple banner drops around the city … … photographer George De Castro Day emailed me, “You know, the world might need a portrait of you with a mask and in that top hat.” For a moment, I was like, “How does George know I have a…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, Fashion, homegrown vintage, jackets, leather, outfit post, pictures of me, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: slow fashion, slow fashion movement, the babadook

Trump Lies All the Time

April 28, 2020 by WendyB

Trump Lies All the Time

Today I left my neighborhood for the first time since Friday, March 13, to join a few of my friends from the Remove Trump collective and We Will Not Be Silent in making a little statement.  Just kidding about the “little” part! This banner is 20′ by 30′ — so it was easy to hold it…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, remove trump, trump lies, we will not be silent

Throwback Thursday: Gangsta Boo in NYC

April 23, 2020 by WendyB

Throwback Thursday: Gangsta Boo in NYC

Shout out to Gangsta Boo, my gorgeous rapper friend, for reminding me that seven years ago today, I was her entourage as she visited The Fader magazine office, followed by the Shade 45 music station. This might have been the visit where the Shade 45 peeps assumed I was in the music business and asked, “So…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, acne jeans, Gangsta Boo, homegrown vintage, music, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: shade 45, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

Throwback Thursday: Coachella and Gorsuch, 2017

April 16, 2020 by WendyB

Throwback Thursday: Coachella and Gorsuch, 2017

Exactly three years ago, I was at Coachella, thinking about right-winger Neil Gorsuch‘s swearing-in to the Supreme Court a few days earlier. In the 1980s, Gorsuch was one year ahead of me at Columbia University. While I didn’t know him personally, I knew who he was, because — in addition to founding a conservative campus paper…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, activism, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday

COVID-19 Hair Styling: At-Home Keratin Treatment

April 15, 2020 by WendyB

COVID-19 Hair Styling: At-Home Keratin Treatment

I like my naturally wavy hair … View this post on Instagram Curly mullet by @keithcarpenterhair #mullethairdontcare #mulletmonday #eventhoughitstuesday #hairinspo #hairdid #thisis50 #almost52actually #nofilter #selfiewithglasses #haircut #redlipstick by @lipslut A post shared by Wendy Brandes (@wendybrandes) on Nov 26, 2019 at 11:44am PST … right up to the moment I hate it. (Anyone who says,…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, hair, pictures of me Tagged With: at-home hair straightening, at-home hair styling, coronavirus hair styling, covid-19 quarantine, hair straightening treatment, keratin treatment, nutree cosmetics

Easter-Egg-Gagement-Versary

April 12, 2020 by WendyB

Easter-Egg-Gagement-Versary

Ten years ago, to celebrate Easter, somebunny named John Muggenborg gave his gorgeous girlfriend Olivia an egg-gagement ring. I love the egg-hunt story, which John shared in a comment on an Instagram post I did last year. Happy egg-gagement-versary, John and Olivia! By the way, this the only time I agreed to do a temporary…

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Filed Under: diamonds, engagement rings, Jewelry, rings, Special Occasions, weddings

Throwback Thursday: Jimmy Carter’s Bunny

April 9, 2020 by WendyB

Throwback Thursday: Jimmy Carter’s Bunny

Thanks to writer Anne Thériault for retweeting this PBS clip of swamp rabbits a-swimming. Swamp rabbits are shy creatures. This is the first time they've ever been filmed swimming. #NaturePBS pic.twitter.com/WZkdNcczlu — Nature on PBS (@PBSNature) April 9, 2020 This clip took me back to August 1979, when Jimmy Carter was two years into his…

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Filed Under: Animals, In the News, newspapers, politics, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: jimmy carter, killer rabbit

Cuomo: Actions Speak Louder Than Words

April 1, 2020 by WendyB

I hope people “crushing” on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo were paying attention to the news today.  The New York state budget is past due — the deadline was midnight — though this afternoon Cuomo said he’d reached a tentative deal with lawmakers. Under that deal, cuts to Medicaid are still on the table. You’re…

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Filed Under: In the News, politics Tagged With: andrew cuomo, coronavirus, COVID-19, cuomo for president

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