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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: International Press Freedom Awards ’18

November 20, 2018 by WendyB

Two outfit posts in a row — it’s like the glory days of fashion blogging! Here’s what I wore to tonight’s International Press Freedom Awards dinner, a fundraiser for the Committee to Protect Journalists. What Wendy Wore Dress: Vintage Scaasi (my final purchase from Allan & Suzi in 2017) Unseen shoes: Prada (possibly 2004, previously…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Committee to Protect Journalists, Fashion, Good Causes, journalism, outfit post, pictures of me, vintage, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: international press freedom awards, ootd, prada shoes, wiw

What Wendy Wore: Shiny, Happy Homegrown Vintage

October 29, 2018 by WendyB

I almost got through all of October without doing a single outfit post! The upcoming election has taken up all my bandwidth. Luckily, I took a single photo early in the month that featured some silvery homegrown vintage. What Wendy Wore Jacket: Stacy Lomman (2011) T-shirt: Some old thing! Jeans: Madewell (2016) Shoes: Hogan (2009)…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, clothes, Fashion, homegrown vintage, jackets, outfit post, pictures of me, shoes, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: casual outfit, homegrown vintage, ootd, outfit of the day, outfit of the month, slow fashion, wiw

What Wendy Wore: Temple Fancy, Square Casual

August 31, 2018 by WendyB

When I mentioned last week that I’d been admiring the Egyptian jewelry in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I held back on what brought me to the museum.  This was not your ordinary cultural outing, but the fantastic wedding reception of Ben Cotton and Abigail Fisch, which was held in the museum’s Temple of Dendur….

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, outfit post, pictures of me, shorts, t-shirts, vintage, vintage designers, weddings, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: ootd, what i wore

Wednesday’s Video: Introduction to Ossie Clark

May 31, 2017 by WendyB

My new YouTube video about my favorite vintage designer, Ossie Clark, is live now! In the video, I share several pieces from my Ossie Clark collection, including the orange dress from yesterday’s blog post. Another Ossie that appears in the video is one of my most treasured ones: The snakeskin jacket I bought directly from…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, Jewelry, Ossie Clark, outfit post, pictures of me, rings, video, vintage designers, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: ootd, snake jewelry, snakeskin jacket

Throwback Thursday: What Wendy Wore in January

March 16, 2017 by WendyB

For Throwback Thursday, I’m going to catch up on some of the outfits I wore in January. I’ve been too distracted by political activity to do my usual outfit posts! I joined a local Indivisible group, which I highly recommend. Indivisible aims to bring Tea Party-inspired, grass-roots activism to progressive causes, and it’s a good…

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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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