Last night, I watched one of my favorite movies, Cabaret, for the first time in years. I was thrilled to realize that Liza Minnelli was wearing the blouse version of an Ossie Clark dress that I own. Liza wearing Ossie in Cabaret My Ossie dress I still love the choreography for “Mein Herr.” Mein Herr
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Book Club: Empress Matilda, Part III
Pretend you’re hearing that TV announcer voice: “Previously, on Wendy Brandes Jewelry….” Now go read these: Book Club: Empress Matilda, Part I Book Club: Empress Matilda, Part II You’re finally ready for the last episode of the Empress Matilda chronicles. As I’ve said, Matilda was a real fighter. That’s why the necklace I designed for…
Attention NYC-Area Duran Duran Fans!
I’ve got two tickets to see Duran Duran in Central Park on May 31. I can’t use them. You blog roll bitches should use the comments to tell me how much you like Duran Duran and why. The person who writes the comment that pleases/amuses/moves me most gets the tickets for free.* You have 24…
Kaleidoscope Eyes
Want to go psychedelic like me? For those who don’t “do” vintage, See by Chloe’s trippy dress is on sale at Neiman Marcus. $338, down from $520 Don’t wear it with those shoes, though. Speaking of vintage style, the New York Times (registration may be required) has a great story on Suze Rotolo, the cutie…
Patrick Nagel
While I was working on my ‘80s flashback post on Nena, I remembered Kingdom of Style’s post on artist Patrick Nagel. Like any ’80s teenager, I remember Nagel primarily for his Duran Duran album cover art. I used to ponder this cover while listening to my beloved John Taylor on vinyl. What I didn’t remember…
Having an ’80s Flashback
Oh, how I pity you bloggers who weren’t even born in 1983. Sure, you have nice skin and your whole life in front of you and a bunch of other crap like that, but can you remember watching German pop singer Nena‘s 99 Luftballons video on brand-spanking-new MTV whenever the network wasn’t playing that clip…
Book Club: Empress Matilda, Part II
Time to get back to my 12th century friend, Empress Matilda. As I explained in my first post on Matilda, she was the rightful heir to her father, Henry I of England, but upon her father’s death in 1135, Matilda’s throne was usurped by her less-competent cousin Stephen. The obstreperous English barons rallied to Stephen’s…
Speaking of Shelly Duvall*
I loved the hairstyle on the woman towards the center of this photo. Seen on Fifth Avenue earlier this week. It reminded me of Shelly Duvall’s Olive Oyl hairstyle in Popeye. If you want to look like Shelly/Olive but don’t have the hair for it, you can buy some of Shelly’s movie costumes here. Olive…
Book Club: Empress Matilda, Part I
Greetings from Paris! Did you think Thursday Book Club was gone forever? Au contraire, mes freres! I haven’t been slacking; I’ve been working like a chien to bring you a good post. Yep, I’ve been working this hard. I previously mentioned the English Civil War of the 1600s. If you search online for English Civil…
My Fellow Americans….
…did not let me down. Heather Mills was booed at the Miss USA pageant. In less-thrilling news, Miss Texas won. Miss USA Crystle Stewart prays that Heather stays far away.She’s also asking God why her parents couldn’t spell her name correctly.