*UPDATED MARCH 2010: THIS POST HAS BEEN REWRITTEN BECAUSE THE FRANCIS BLOG THAT IS MENTIONED IN THE FIRST SENTENCE IS NOW DEFUNCT. Drop everything you’re doing and run to my other blog to check out the Francis Spring 2010 look book! As I said yesterday, gorgeous blogger Jennine from The Coveted was part of the…
Archives for October 2009
The Coveted’s Candid Camera
Gorgeous blogger Jennine of The Coveted and I are recovering from a whirlwind New York City weekend. Jennine flew out from Chicago and stayed at my apartment while she did a photography job for my designing friend Christian Francis Roth, who was working on the look book for the Spring 2010 collection of his Francis…
Hayden Panettiere Wears WendyB
Hayden Panettiere from the television show Heroes wore my 18K gold and diamond Borgia poison ring on the Jimmy Kimmel show October 1. She picked up the ring at Broken English. Here she is in action. Check out Heroes on Hulu.
NieNie on Oprah and Thoughts About Gender Roles
I have a memory like a sieve when it comes to important things — unless you’ve offended me, in which case I have a memory like an elephant. So even though several gorgeous bloggers told me that NieNie, the blogger who was severely burned in a plane crash last year, was going to be on…
Champagne Wishes, Caviar Dreams
Lily Bollinger of the Bollinger Champagne house said of bubbly: “I drink it when I’m happy and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I’m not hungry and I drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it,…
Look, Ma, No Teeth! (Don’t Forget to Vote)
I’m amazed that gorgeous blogger Vyque of Fasshonaburu got a picture of us at the Independent Fashion Bloggers Dress Up Soiree in which I’m smiling but not showing teeth. I’m sure I haven’t taken a picture like that in 20 years. Hmmm. My memory is going. Have I mentioned that Independent Fashion Bloggers is having…
Tavi’s WendyB Polyvore Sets
I don’t know how I persuaded petite fashion dynamo Tavi of Style Rookie to use my jewelry in two beautiful Polyvore sets quite some time ago. An even bigger mystery is why I never shared them here. Better late than never, I always say, especially when I’m very late. Here they are. wendy b! by…
Molly Will Be Missed
In this week’s post about my 2001 wedding, I didn’t mention my two canine guests, though I’d previously done so. I’m sad to tell you that the second of the two dog participants has gone to the great doggy bed in the sky. My Pekingese, Mr. Chubbs, died in 2006. This Wednesday, my parents’ Pekingese,…