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Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award

My Best Dressed at the SAG Awards … Plus Armgina!

January 18, 2014 by WendyB

There was no contest. My Best Dressed/Wear What You Want combo award for the Screen Actors Guild awards goes to Kerry Washington. Remember, to get this prestigious award, a beautiful outfit doesn’t suffice. Your look has to be eye-catching — even controversial. Pregnant Kerry scored with a Prada crop top and skirt, because a crop…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities

So ’80s! Single Earrings Catch On at the Golden Globes

January 14, 2014 by WendyB

Okay, here’s one more Golden Globes-related post because I’m so pleased to see Vogue recognizing the single-earring trend on the red carpet. Emma Watson, Amber Heard and Adèle Exarchopoulos of Blue Is the Warmest Color were all representing. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know I was a huge fan of…

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Filed Under: 80s style, awards shows, Celebrities, earrings, emoji, fashion trends, single earrings, stud earrings, vintage WendyB photos

Celebrate Breaking Bad’s Golden Globes With Heisenberg’s Hat!

January 13, 2014 by WendyB

I was pleased when Breaking Bad won twice at the Golden Globes last night. The show took the Globe for Best Television Series – Drama, and its star, Bryan Cranston, won Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama, for his performance as chemistry-teacher-turned-meth-kingpin Walter White. (I thought Aaron Paul should have won for supporting…

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Filed Under: awards shows, earrings, TV

My Best Dressed at the Golden Globes: Emma Watson

January 12, 2014 by WendyB

In 2012, I invented my Best Dressed/Wear What You Want combo award and bestowed it upon Piper Perabo and her sheer ballgown at the Golden Globes. You can’t just wear a pretty dress to win this prestigious award! Your look has to be interesting too. Being controversial is a big plus. I enjoy a red-carpet…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, designers, wear what you want

Fashion Repeats Itself: Polka Dots and Flowers

November 26, 2013 by WendyB

Katy Perry wore a polka-dot-and-floral strapless gown on the red carpet at the American Music Awards. I got all excited, hoping she was wearing a 1980s Patrick Kelly … perhaps a ballgown version of the vintage dress currently available at Shrimpton Couture. Nope! Katy’s gown is actually from Oscar de la Renta’s Spring 2014 collection….

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Filed Under: awards shows, Celebrities, dresses, Fashion Repeats Itself, vintage designers

My Best Dressed at the Emmys: Ummm …

September 23, 2013 by WendyB

I didn’t watch last night’s Emmys live, because I was at a concert. I sure didn’t miss anything fashion-wise. I thought last year’s Emmys were uninspiring from a style perspective, but this year was even worse. There was exactly one gown that I would want to wear myself: Downton Abbey actress Michelle Dockery’s red-and-burgundy Prada….

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Filed Under: awards shows, concerts, emmys, great minds think alike, red carpet, vintage WendyB photos

The Unofficial Twitter Policy. And Miley Cyrus.

August 27, 2013 by WendyB

I came across this description of social-media attitudes on MetaFilter recently, and I thought it was high!larious! “OTHER PEOPLE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENJOY THINGS THAT I DO NOT ENJOY.” That line sums up a vast number of conversations on Twitter. I’m always amazed that people have the time and energy to aggressively tell strangers…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Celebrities, madonna, Miley Cyrus, rants, social media

MTV VMA Flashback: Gifts From 2002 and 2003

August 25, 2013 by WendyB

I wish I were going to MTV’s Video Music Awards tonight! But I can’t complain (too much) because I went from 1999 through 2003. That’s a pretty good run, and those were some good shows. I was there when Diana Ross gave Lil Kim’s bare boob a jiggle; drag queens paid tribute to Madonna; Eminem…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Celebrities, Eminem, madonna, TV, vintage WendyB photos

My Met Gala Winners Are Miley Cyrus and Linda Fargo

May 6, 2013 by WendyB

As I expected, many of the guests at tonight’s Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art wore beautiful evening gowns, rather than anything related to the “Punk: Chaos to Couture” exhibit that is being celebrated. Some of the gowns are very striking, but they’d be suitable for practically any red-carpet occasion. Actress Hailee…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, Met Gala, Miley Cyrus, museums, parties Tagged With: #metgala, met gala, punk

What Wendy Would Have Worn to the Met Gala: W.O.W. Style

May 6, 2013 by WendyB

Every year, my invitation to the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art gets lost in the mail. It’s such a shame, because I would wear a real costume to match the party theme, instead of one of the generically pretty designer dresses that so many guests fall back on. Remember the superhero-themed…

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Filed Under: inspiration, Met Gala, museums, music, parties, pictures of me Tagged With: #metgala, costume institute, met gala, punk

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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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