Clik here to view.
Throwback Thursday: Ossie Clark in 2005, 2011, 2019
In my tribute to my late friend Al Radley, I posted a photo taken in his house in 2005. The long sweater I'm trying on belonged to him, but I was wearing my own vintage Ossie Clark dress. [caption...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Wendy Didn’t Wear: Patrick Kelly Mini Dress
For last week's video on the late designer Patrick Kelly, I wore a Kelly dress that I've never worn out in the real world. Can you guess why this one stays in the closet? What Wendy Didn't Wear Dress:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Wendy Wore: Double-Vintage Ossie Clark
On Tuesday, MrB and I attended the Awards for Excellence dinner for the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York. Dick Tofel, our friend and the president of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Coachella 2019: What Wendy Wore. Again.
For a lot of people, Coachella is a high-fashion moment -- a runway in the desert. Then there's me, wearing the same thing three years in a row. [caption id="attachment_42351" align="aligncenter"...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Going Wide With Frame Jeans and Diane Keaton
I need to do a YouTube video about my whole history with jeans. I've realized that since my teenage years, I've always been searching for a style that's not readily available. Over the past decade,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Wendy Wore: Columbia Spectator Slow Fashion
The Columbia Daily Spectator -- the undergraduate news organization of Columbia University in New York -- had its annual fundraiser last Friday. This was a pleasant change, because the dinner has been...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Wendy Wore: Ossie Clark at the Loebs Again
MrB almost always attends the annual Gerald Loeb Awards for business and financial journalism. He got the Loeb lifetime achievement award himlsef in 2002, and I don't think a year's gone by when...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Wendy Wore: Slow-Fashion McQueen
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Wendy Wore: Not Autumn Yet
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!)...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Wendy Wore: Vintage Madonna
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Wendy Wore: WD-40 and 2004 Versace
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Throwback Thursday: Slow-Fashion Summer
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Wendy Wore: Ceil Chapman at La MaMa
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 --...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Throwback Thursday: Final Summer 2019 Lewks
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Wendy Wore: Squeeee! Anna Sui!
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Wendy Wore: Glittering for Tina Turner
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Throwback Thursday: Press Freedom Awards 2019
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Wendy Wore: Nan Kempner Style
I always attend the conferences organized by Initiatives in Art and Culture. At last month's New York Fashion + Design Conference, I met designers Anna Sui and Zandra Rhodes -- and Anna admired my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Year in Review: What Wendy Wore in 2019
I started out 2019 with a fashion choice that was simultaneously rare for me ... yet typical. What was rare that I wore a dress that I'd never worn before. What was typical for me is that I'd owned the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Wendy Wore: Decade to Decade
In the words of Mariah Carey, "Time is not something I acknowledge." But everyone is posting their "beginning of the decade, end of the decade" photos, so I'll play along. One of these photos is from...
View Article