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What Wendy Wore: “Windowpane” Ossie Clark Dress

June 13, 2017 by WendyB

I time-traveled to 2008 while getting dressed for a friend’s cocktail party last month. What Wendy Wore Dress: Ossie Clark (purchased from eBay in 2008, first seen here) Boots: Prada (2008, probably first seen here) I didn’t realize that I had acquired my entire outfit — the vintage Ossie Clark dress and the Prada boots…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, dresses, Eminem, Fashion, Ossie Clark, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: slow fashion, vintage dresses

The Week in Review

June 4, 2017 by WendyB

In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Monday, May 29: Obama read 10 letters from ordinary Americans every day. He did it to understand citizens’ concerns.  Now, Hillary Clinton’s staff is busy answering each of the 100,000 messages she’s received since the election. Can you imagine Trump doing anything…

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Filed Under: Fashion, models, Ossie Clark, vintage designers, week in review Tagged With: Ossie Clark, vintage dresses

Year in Review: What Wendy Wore in 2016

December 28, 2016 by WendyB

Here’s a “What Wendy Wore” outfit for ALMOST every month of 2016. Click the photos for the original posts. In January, I wore a vintage Lemington Ridley dress to Jewelers of America’s GEM Awards (the Oscars of the jewelry industry).  I hadn’t worn this dress in 10 years, and before that, I only wore it…

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Filed Under: Fashion, What Wendy Wore, year in review Tagged With: patricia field, versace, vintage dresses, zac posen

The eBay Pick of the Day Is Ossie

June 24, 2009 by WendyB

I found an amazing vintage Ossie Clark dress on eBay. Well, it’s really the dress’s background story that I loved, though the dress is great too! The seller (who has 100% positive feedback) says she bought the dress from the Quorum boutique and wore it on her wedding day in 1973. She says, “My best…

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Filed Under: dresses, ebay, Ossie Clark Tagged With: ebay, Ossie Clark, vintage dresses

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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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