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Be Like (and Vote for) WendyB in Patrick Kelly

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Want to be like WendyB? A vintage Patrick Kelly leopard print gown just like mine is available for $725 on 1stdibs.* (Thanks to gorgeous blogger Cherie of Shrimpton Couture for pointing this out to me.)

Click to shop.

Click to shop.

I’ve written a lot about my dress because it’s my single greatest claim to fame, having last year won me a spot on WWD’s Disaster Area page with the caption “Mee-ouch.” I love how the page helpfully explained that, “…this flock really laid a fashion egg” just in case you didn’t get the point of “Disaster Area.”

disaster

I wore the dress again earlier this month to the fabulous Independent Fashion Bloggers Dress-Up Soiree. I had a hella good time wearing a dress that was slammed by WWD among all the fashion-savvy bloggers.

Photo by the Heights of Fashion ladies.

Photo by the Heights of Fashion ladies. Don't I look like Fran Drescher?

Given this history, I nearly fell over when I noticed that the 1stdibs listing described the piece as “Patrick Kelly Leopard Print Dress featured in W Magazine 10/09.” W, of course, is a sister publication of WWD, and I thought it would be hilarious if W contradicted WWD and declared this dress to be the epitome of hotness that we all know it is. Unfortunately, the mention wasn’t quite THAT good. The Patrick Kelly was just shown with several other dresses in an item on 1stdibs. But, hey, at least it was featured. Mee-wow!

The dress in the October 2009 W.

The dress in the October 2009 W. Oops. I ripped the corner of the page off!

Speaking of the Independent Fashion Bloggers event, please vote for my picture from the evening as your favorite. All you have to do is click here and give my photo a five-heart rating.

Vote for this one!

Click me to vote! (Photo by Dustin Fenstermacher)

All the other party attendees look great, of course. But I’m pretty sure no one else was wearing a dress that had already been ticketed by the Fashion Police, so vote for me for my bravery if nothing else. (Those Mardi Gras beads I’m wearing were explained in my earlier post on the event.)

You have until October 2 to vote. Vote soon and tell all your friends so that I’m not forced to make a series of campaign speeches, or, rather, conduct a “beg-a-thon” as someone once bitched about one of my earlier campaigns. Don’t think I won’t do it! Read my previous campaign speeches to see what you could be in for. Then VOTE.

And, what the hell, here’s one of my old acceptance speeches.

*I got my dress for $300 on eBay, so $725 is a reasonable retail price.

UPDATED TO ADD: Gorgeous commenter Kaye points out that there’s an off-the-shoulder version of the Patrick Kelly dress on eBay now.

The off-the-shoulder version on eBay.

The off-the-shoulder version on eBay.

Clearly this dress is ready to take the fashion world by storm! Click here to see the listing. If you’re going to bid, don’t forget to snipe.

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Comments

  1. Will you do a series of campaign speeches even if we do vote? Or how about if we just tell you we didn’t vote even though we really did?

    Cause that would be hella awesome.

  9. I was tricked in to voting for you this morning, but that’s okay, it’s part of my civic duty as a fashion blogger (and you’re probably who I would have voted for anyhow).

  12. bwhahahhaha! boy am I glad no one has a single clue who I am and I live in a city whose motto is “Keep Austin Weird.” there’s no telling what kind of comments people would make about some of my outfits. and then they’d probably tease me for shopping at Walmart and Target! >:O

    i’m totally voting for you and giving you 5 stars. TOTALLY.

  18. I want to be like you but I have no occasion for a floor length satin dress (‘tho plenty of occasion for leopard print). I may just have to get some WendyB jewellery so as to be somewhat like you!

  20. I love that dress on you. And I’ve voted too. Thanks for popping over by the way, I feel very blessed. And also excited to have discovered your site so I shall be back!

  22. We went and voted before we came back to do our comment, we just want to say you looked faaaaaaabulous Miss Wendy. It is too funny the dress is being sold with the WWD mention as a selling point, that’s creative marketing!

    Grins & Giggles,
    tp

  25. I’m panicking….Something is wrong….nothing happens when I click on the hearts? what is wrong? I MUST vote for YOU!

  27. Oo no that WWD feature is way off You looked AMAZING!! seriously I love how you added those red beads from IFB it gave it a extra nice touch.

    Hope all is well pretty lady with the red lips =)

  30. haha, that’s aweosme you got featured on WWD!! think its a sassy dress, but they picked a bad picture that helped their ‘disaster’ cause. You looked so fab for the Soiree!

  32. Honestly, WendyB, you look gorgeous in this gown (I’m particularly in favor of the mardi gras beads- being part cajun and all ;)- You know what you’re doing and WWD… well sometimes they are just wrong, wrong, wrong.

  35. If only I had some event at which I might wear a leopard print gown! You, of course, show us how it’s done. I must go vote for you now.

  37. you are awesome! you have some serious fashion power to rock that dress, esp after WWD- but who the heck are they. they got boring taste. keep at it! leopard print 4eva!

  40. Warning: dangerous curves ahead. LOL. No way I could pull off skintight AND leopard in one dress. But kudos to you and the future owner of those dresses 🙂

  42. You are basically my idol, Wendy. I am so voting! And I heard you had theeee best time with Kristin! I am so jealous! Next time you are in Cali…you better tell me! I think we have lots in common haha PLUS you are just too fabulous for words… 🙂

    Do I sound effing creepy? Jesus.

  46. wendy, i think you look FANTASTIC in that dress!! nobody but you with your confidence and pizazz can carry this outfit.

    I VOTED FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂

  49. You will win by such a landslide that WWD will have to do a story admitting how wrong they were and how you in fact looked fantastic and that they were just really jealous of how gorgeous you look in the dress.