Throwback Thursday: What Wendy Wore in January

For Throwback Thursday, I’m going to catch up on some of the outfits I wore in January. I’ve been too distracted by political activity to do my usual outfit posts! I joined a local Indivisible group, which I highly recommend. Indivisible aims to bring Tea Party-inspired, grass-roots activism to progressive causes, and it’s a good way to work with people in your neighborhood.

With politics in mind, I’ll start with an outfit that I wore in D.C. for dinner (in a mall), the night before the Women’s March on Washington.

What Wendy Wore
Hat: Hand-knit “Hillary” hat, in charcoal and purple (a gift from my mother, 2016)
T-shirt: A birthday gift from my right-hand woman Eryn (2016)
Denim jacket: Vintage Kikit (bought from eBay in 2015, previously seen here)
Coat: Pucci (not sure what year, previously mentioned in 2013)
Jeans: Madewell (2016)
Boots: Opening Ceremony (some discount website, 2016)
Bag: Tumi (2017)
Unseen necklace: My own NASTY design

I did have a “pussy” hat for the march itself …

Eryn designed our signs with Purrkoy on them.

… but, as you can see, mine is gray, not pink. I got it before the election, simply because I wanted a hat with ears! It had no political meaning back then.

About a week before the march, I was looking much more glamorous at the Jewelers of America GEM Awards. Those are the Oscars of the jewelry industry. I wore a no-name vintage dress that I’ve had since at least 2005. Possibly 2004. Here’s how it looked this year (click the photo to enlarge).

What Wendy Wore
Vintage dress: Unlabeled (possibly from eBay, definitely purchased in 2005 or earlier)
Shoes: Prada (2010, seen here and many other times)
Earrings: My own Cleopatra design
Hair: By Julie Matos of Warren-Tricomi

My hair stylist friend Julie Matos made the back of my hair interesting — with the help of a colorful hairpiece — to match the interesting back of the dress.

Here is the same dress in 2005 …

… and again in 2011.

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My favorite picture of it was one taken by the late, great Bill Cunningham at the 2011 event.

I’m in the lower right corner. Click to enlarge.

I almost wore this one to the Vanity Fair Oscars party in February, but I decided on the “cash me ousside” dress instead.

Also in January, we celebrated the Chinese New Year with friends who took us to a fun New Jersey restaurant called Shanghai Jazz. It’s not every day — or even every Chinese New Year — that you get to enjoy jazz and a lion dance during the same dinner. I wore a Shanghai-inspired qipao dress by Zang Toi.

What Wendy Wore
Dress: Zang Toi (Fall 2014 collection, purchased in 2015. Previously seen here.)
Shoes: Prada (2010)
Purse: Louis Vuitton (2001)
Necklace: My own chicken in egg locket, for the Year of the Rooster

I have one more big January event to cover, but that deserves its own post. Stay tuned!