People say that every boxing movie has the same plot and maybe that’s true (except for Million Dollar Baby, because the hero normally doesn’t get killed by adrenaline injection), but it doesn’t mean a movie can’t excel within that range. I was blown away by the Southpaw premiere last night, as was everyone around me…
Fashion
Told You So … You Need Leg Jewelry!
Last month, when I officially introduced my 18K gold and platinum barbed wire ankle bracelets, I said it was time for leg jewelry to heat up. I wrote: “While anklets have been around since ancient times and are still a perennial in some cultures, in the U.S. they’ve gone in and out of fashion. I…
Throwback Thursday: 4th of July Outfit
I’m not going back very far for Throwback Thursday: just to this July 4. I had expected my Independence Day celebrations to be limited to a July 3 outing with friends, when I wore this patriotic outfit, which I’ll post again for the hell of it. But my designing friend Stacy Lomman decided that we…
What Wendy Wore: Amanda’s Wedding
On Friday, I went to the wedding of my friends Amanda Forro and Mike Roche. I wanted to look super-festive for the happy occasion, so I wore a recently eBay-ed Todd Oldham dress. What Wendy Wore Dress: Todd Oldham, Spring 1996 (acquired in 2015) Purse: Prada (2007) Shoes: Giuseppe Zanotti (2014) Jewelry: My own designs…
Throwback Thursday: Blonde Bangs in 1983
I’ve discovered yet more photos from my 1983 school trip to Hailsham, England. Here’s a good before-and-after pairing. The photo on the left was taken before our departure. It looks like I’ve got on the same head-to-toe outfit I wore here: hot pink Izod shirt, pleated jeans and those appalling Capezio jazz shoes. The photo…
Read All About Me on The Gem Therapist
Thank you to gorgeous Arielle Klein for interviewing me for her new blog, The Gem Therapist. I’m officially one of her “Women Who Gem“! I was as honest as ever when Arielle asked me about the biggest challenge in my business. I also credited a woman who died in 1536 as the person who inspired…
What Wendy Wore: That 4th of July Outfit Again
I got my Independence Day look on one day early, for last night’s outing to the rooftop lounge at Ink48. I highly recommend the view there. I wore my Castelbajac sailor outfit, which I like to get out on or around July 4. I mean, when else can you wear something like this? What Wendy…
What Wendy Wore: Head-to-Toe Zang Toi
I was in Chicago over the weekend to visit family and attend the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Ill. The festival’s website says Ravinia (named for the Ravinia Park grounds where it is held) is the oldest outdoor music festival in North America. Who knew?! Ravinia isn’t a stand-all-day-to-see-Eminem, Lollapalooza-like event. It’s very civilized. You…
Throwback Thursday: Those Capezio Jazz Shoes
I am STILL looking for that photo of me and Roger Daltrey in England in 1983. I keep finding more photos from that trip, but no Roger yet. WTF. I must have put the picture in a “safe place.” I wish I’d stop putting things there, because the “safe place” and the “Bermuda Triangle” are…
What Wendy Wore: Versace to the Loeb Awards
MrB and I went last night’s Gerald Loeb Awards, which, as the Loebs website explains, “honor excellence in business and financial journalism that both informs and protects the private investor and the general public.” I wrote about the Loeb Awards in 2010 when my gorgeous friend Alix Freedman — formerly of the Wall Street Journal,…