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Never Is the Next New Thing™: Oscar’s Pink Floof

February 25, 2019 by WendyB

Many fashion critics — both professional and amateur — spent last night asking, “How?” “Why?” and “Is that a bath sponge?” about the plethora of pink floof at the Oscars. But I’m confident that you, my readers, merely nodded wisely, because you already knew that pink floof has been building up to this moment since…

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Filed Under: Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, designers, dresses, Fashion, Fashion Repeats Itself, fashion trends, never is the next new thing, oscars Tagged With: angela bassett, gemma chan, helen mirren, Linda Cardellini, oscars, oscars best dressed, pink dresses at the oscars, pink floof, rihanna, sarah paulson, schiaparelli

Never Is the Next New Thing™: Skinny Eyebrows

August 13, 2018 by WendyB

My “Never Is the Next New Thing™” fashion rule states that the most provocative/grating/startling looks — the ones that make you say, “I would NEVER wear that!” — are the ones most likely to become trends, big or small. I first pointed this out in 2008, when Katie Holmes wore “pegged jeans” and the fashion-conscious…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, Fashion, fashion trends, music, never is the next new thing, Rihanna Tagged With: eyebrows

Never Is the Next New Thing™: My Bio and Columbia Spectator

April 29, 2014 by WendyB

If you’ve read my blog for a while — or simply looked at my header — you know that my personal (trademarked!) adage is “Never Is the Next New Thing™.” It started out as a 2010 observation about fashion trends. I wrote: “I used to say, ‘Never say never’ when it comes to fashion, but…

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Filed Under: columbia daily spectator, journalism, never is the next new thing, newspapers, Press, wendy's bio

Never Is the Next New Thing™: Miniskirts and Mourning Victoria

April 21, 2014 by WendyB

Everywhere I look, I find examples of my “Never is the next new thing™” observation. People switch from “loathe” to “love” so quickly! Last Thursday, the Wall Street Journal had a story on the latest comeback of the miniskirt, citing its representation in the fall collections of Hedi Slimane for Saint Laurent; Giambattista Valli; Raf…

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Filed Under: fashion trends, museums, never is the next new thing, skirts

Never Is the Next New Thing™: Animal-Toe Shoes

November 30, 2011 by WendyB

My “Never Is the Next New Thing™” fashion theory states that the most provocative/grating/startling looks — the ones that make you say, “I would NEVER wear that!” — are the ones most likely to become trends, big or small. I had my own “Never Is the Next New Thing™ fashion moment in July when, three…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, never is the next new thing, shoes

My Very Own “Never Is the Next New Thing™”: Toe Shoes

July 14, 2011 by WendyB

This is a big week for my Never Is the Next New Thing™ fashion theory: I’ve posted on high/low hemlines (aka mullets), gold teeth, and now toe shoes. In 2008, I looked askance at “cameltoe” shoes by Martin Margiela. I thought that I’d never wear anything so ugly. Within a couple of weeks, I felt…

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Never Is the Next New Thing™: High/Low Hems, aka Mullet Dresses

June 30, 2011 by WendyB

Before stylists and goddess gowns took over, there were a lot of eye-popping fashions at the Oscars. One dress that regularly turns up on everyone’s all-time worst-dressed list is Geena Davis’s 1992 short-in-the-front, long-in-the-back “mullet” dress. After that, mullet dresses were stamped with a big “NEVER!” in my mind, and if you’ve been reading my…

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Filed Under: dresses, fashion trends, mullets, never is the next new thing, skirts, zang toi

Never Is the Next New Thing™: Maxi Skirts

May 26, 2011 by WendyB

How many times have I heard women moan that they can’t wear maxi dresses or skirts? Too many. If you can wear a floor-length wedding, prom or evening gown — and anyone can, no matter what her height — that means you can wear floor-length, period. It just has to be the right cut to…

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Filed Under: Huffington Post, never is the next new thing, skirts

Never Is the Next New Thing™: Knickers Update II

February 9, 2011 by WendyB

Ever since knickers showed up on my Never is the Next New Thing™ radar, I’ve been keeping an eye out for more examples. I already found a very wearable pair by J Brand. More recently, I noticed these Dolce & Gabbana pants from The Outnet. At first, I found the military details to be over…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, never is the next new thing, pants, shopping suggestions

Never Is the Next New Thing™: Knickers Update

January 25, 2011 by WendyB

My “Never Is the Next New Thing™”* fashion theory proposes that the most provocative/grating/startling looks — the ones that make you say, “I would NEVER wear that!” — are the ones most likely to become trends, big or small. We need to be jolted out of our fashion complacency before we move in a new…

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Filed Under: never is the next new thing, pants, pictures of me, shopping suggestions

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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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