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Throwback Thursday: Press Freedom Awards 2019

December 26, 2019 by WendyB

The International Press Freedom Awards dinner took place last month. That’s the annual fundraiser for the Committee to Protect Journalists — an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal. CPJ pressures governments into releasing journalists who have been arrested for…

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Filed Under: Committee to Protect Journalists, designers, dresses, Fashion, hair, homegrown vintage, journalism, mullets, outfit post, pictures of me, repeat offender collage, Throwback Thursday, wear what you want, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: committee to protect journalists, international press freedom awards, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

What Wendy Wore: Squeeee! Anna Sui!

November 20, 2019 by WendyB

Last week, I attended the “Blue” conference held by Initiatives in Art and Culture, which included a talk featuring British designer Zandra Rhodes and American designer Anna Sui. I planned to wear my red and pink Zandra Rhodes chiffon dress to that panel, but at the last minute, I was inspired to go with a…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, dresses, Fashion, Ossie Clark, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, vintage, vintage designers, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: anna sui, initiatives in art and culture, slow fashion, slow fashion movement, zandra rhodes

Throwback Thursday: Final Summer 2019 Lewks

November 14, 2019 by WendyB

Like I said last month, activism has taken a lot out of me and I didn’t blog my relatively few interesting summer looks in a timely fashion. Even in that October post, I only managed two. So here’s the best of the rest from my slow-fashion summer of 2019. On June 12, I was excited…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, awards, designers, dresses, Fashion, favorite brands, flower pinching, homegrown vintage, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, Rising Star Award, Throwback Thursday, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: it's chic to repeat, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

What Wendy Wore: Ceil Chapman at La MaMa

November 1, 2019 by WendyB

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club celebrated the centennial of its founder, Ellen Stewart, at a fundraiser for its 58th season recently. Stewart was a dress designer when she started La MaMa in 1961 — no experience in theater whatsoever — but she became an icon of the performing arts in New York. I feel like…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, dresses, Fashion, outfit post, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, vintage, vintage designers, vintage WendyB photos, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: ceil chapman, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

Throwback Thursday: Slow-Fashion Summer

October 24, 2019 by WendyB

I never got around to blogging a bunch of summer outfits. Honestly, the activism is taking a lot out of me these days, and blogging has definitely suffered. Anyway, here are my two most notable looks for July — both with #slowfashion elements, of course. I was casual for our 18th anniversary dinner on July…

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Filed Under: dresses, Fashion, homegrown vintage, on the town, outfit post, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: patricia field, pucci, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

What Wendy Wore: WD-40 and 2004 Versace

October 23, 2019 by WendyB

It took some effort — a pair of Spanx, a can of WD-40, a shoehorn, and the muscle power of two burly Teamsters — but I squeezed myself into a 2004 Versace dress for the Fourth Estate Award Gala last week. What Wendy Wore Dress: Versace (2004) Shoes: Miu Miu (2010) Clutch: Ostrich clutch from…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, designers, dresses, Fashion, favorite brands, homegrown vintage, outfit post, pictures of me, versace, vintage WendyB photos, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: slow fashion, slow fashion movement

What Wendy Wore: Vintage Madonna

October 16, 2019 by WendyB

Madonna was at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this month with her “Madame X” tour, and of course I was there — twice! I’ve never missed one of her tours, and I do like to catch two performances per tour. You can find out more about my decades of fandom from the YouTube video I…

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Filed Under: 80s style, Arts & Entertainment, Celebrities, Fashion, favorite brands, homegrown vintage, madonna, music, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, t-shirts, vintage WendyB photos, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: madame x tour, madonna tour, slow fashion

Shopping My Closet for the Hot Emmys Color Combo

September 24, 2019 by WendyB

The hot color combination at the Emmys was pink and red, worn by, among others, Marisa Tomei. Embed from Getty Images People have said that I look like Marisa. What do you think? Obviously, I get Liza Minnelli more often. View this post on Instagram Someone asked me yesterday if I’ve ever been told that…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Celebrities, emmys, Fashion, In the News, news, pictures of me, politics, truth-justice-and-the-american-way, vintage, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: 2019 emmys, marisa tomei, nancy pelosi, slow fashion, slow fashion movement, zandra rhodes

What Wendy Wore: Not Autumn Yet

September 19, 2019 by WendyB

I don’t care about Labor Day — it’s still summer until Monday! That’s why I wore a summer dress to my stepdaughter’s 30th birthday dinner last week (I’ve known her since she was eight! Holy shit!) What Wendy Wore Dress: Possible vintage Michael Vollbracht (2005-ish?) Shoes: Prada (2010) Purse Louis Vuitton Cerise (2005) I didn’t realize till…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, favorite brands, homegrown vintage, outfit post, pictures of me, repeat offender collage, Throwback Thursday, vintage, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: louis vuitton cerise, slow fashion, slow fashion movement

What Wendy Wore: Slow-Fashion McQueen

August 27, 2019 by WendyB

I’ve been dressing very casually lately, so I made a point of putting on a dress for MrB’s belated birthday dinner on Sunday. Dress:  Alexander McQueen (2010) Shoes: Prada (2010) This dress by Alexander McQueen is homegrown vintage. I wore it for the first time during a 2010 trip to L.A., for dinner with my…

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