Seeing singer Katy Perry in Friday’s issue of WWD wearing a “custom-made latex dress festooned with musical notes” … … inspired my outfit for dinner on Monday. What Wendy Wore Jacket: Vintage Patrick Kelly (purchased on eBay in 2010) Tank top: Splendid Pants: Tark 1 (probably purchased between 1998 – 2000) Shoes: Lagerfeld (1994) Purse:…
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Souvenir From London
One thing I love about U.K. magazines is that they occasionally give me presents. My keychain is a light-blue heart from Aspinal of London that I got with an issue of Tatler a while back. This month, while in London, I picked up an issue of Elle that came with a Paul & Joe Sister…
A Portrait of the Jeweler as a Tudor Queen
My designing friend Zang Toi has two white-gold paintings of Marie Antoinette that were love at first sight for me. You know how I feel about queens! I once bid on a small, pink version of Marie in an auction but lost. I was very upset. When Zang finally introduced me to the gorgeous artist,…
Wishful Thinking: Compact Disk
I’ve developed a passion for sprucing up the interior of my purses. It started with a purple wallet in 2008.A Since then I’ve added a blue business card case, a red datebook and a yellow iPhone case. My next goal is to find a nice compact with a mirror to replace the Hello Kitty mirror…
What Wendy Wore: La Vie en Rose
MrB and I went out to dinner tonight to celebrate our ninth wedding anniversary (a day late). Because gorgeous blogger Jennifer S. of Laptop Confessional wrote a sweet post today that mentioned my love of Versace, I pulled out an electrifying pink Versace suit that I last wore at a friend’s wedding in 2003. This…
Sneakers O’Brandes
I haven’t worn sneakers anywhere except the gym (with one hot-air-ballooning exception) for more than 20 years. Even when clambering around castle ruins, I prefer wearing cork wedges. Gym sneakers that look cute with bike shorts on the elliptical machine don’t work with my red lipstick and regular clothes. So I’ve been on the lookout…
What Wendy Wore: Christopher Cross & a Cougar
Remember how I asked you to guess whether or not I got the Jean-Charles de Castelbajac sailor outfit? It was a trick question! I got a navy blue version of the white pants I was wearing in the picture and a different nautical-themed top. So, yes, I got a head-to-toe outfit, but it wasn’t the…
What Wendy Wore: American Bloggers in Paris
One good thing about the French scaring me half to death with their traditional Bastille Day flyover was discovering gorgeous blogger Claire from The Fashion Bomb via Twitter, where she, like me, was bitching about having a 9/11-type fright. Turns out Claire is a Hotlanta-native-turned-New-Yorker who is finishing up a two-year stint in Paris. We…
Feathers, Water, Looking Glass and an Imaginary Pig
When I was in first grade, I read Alice Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll and was confused by the passage where Alice was rowing a boat with a sheep in it. I wasn’t disturbed by the fact that she was in the boat with the sheep, or that the sheep spoke and knitted….
Still Life With Studs
Bag: Sonia Rykiel (2009) Shoes: Miu Miu (2010)