I found a 1999 photo of the Tark 1 pants that I’ve worn a couple of times this summer. This was taken at the Delano Hotel in Miami, either right before or after a Ricky Martin concert. That was the year of Ricky’s #1 hit, “Livin’ la Vida Loca,” and he was a hot ticket….
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The Unofficial Twitter Policy. And Miley Cyrus.
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…
Fashion Repeats Itself: Black & White Camo, Backwards Heels
Designer Stephen Sprouse did camouflage-print designs based on screenprints by Andy Warhol in 1987 and 1988. Sprouse was famous for his use of Day-Glo colors, so if I were going to get a vintage Sprouse camo print, I’d probably go for something like this skirt. But, last week, this ’80s Sprouse on 1stdibs.com caught my…
New York Style Icon: Nightclub Legend Haoui Montaug
Every so often, I wind up scouring the Internet for information on the New York City club people whom I worshiped from afar in the 1970s and 1980s — people like Anya Phillips, Sally Randall, Dianne Brill and Dean Johnson of Dean and the Weenies. Recently, I stumbled across the name Haoui “Howie” Montaug. It’s…
What Wendy Wore: Coney Island Adventure
Gorgeous designer Stacy Lomman and I have talked about going back to Coney Island since our last visit in 2010. Yesterday, we finally did it! We spent a couple of hours on the beach. Stacy worked on her tan and I worked on maintaining my pallor. Then we went to the boardwalk so I could…
Dark and Dangerous Jewelry for Fall
You know how the fashion press declares red lipstick to be in style again every few years? The same thing seems to happen with black gems. I’m pretty sure I’ve already sent out “black gems” selections to editors and store buyers twice since starting my business in 2005. It’s clearly time for a third mailing…
Try Wearing Just One Earring … Made by Wendy Brandes
The Cut fashion blog is excited by the single, large earrings seen on Christian Dior’s Fall 2013 runway. I’m with The Cut on this because I’ve adored that look since the ’80s, when I often wore one big earring to go with my big hair. I photographed a lot of my original ’80s earrings last…
What Wendy Wore: Business Algorithms and Birthday Math
I was reading music magazine The Fader’s cover story on rapper Mac Miller and the first anecdote resonated with me. The story starts with Miller hunting for copies of his second album, Watching Movies with the Sound Off, in Target, the day after the album’s release. The store nearest his home in Los Angeles had…
Rihanna, River Island and Topshop
Rihanna announced her second collection for high-street retailer River Island yesterday. It features lots of camouflage in both traditional green/khaki and black/gray/white. (I hope Valerie Steele, the director and chief curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, sees this. Steele and I were recently talking about the lifespan of the camo-print trend.)…
What Wendy Wore: Ossie Clark for Dinner With Friends
Last week, MrB and I went to dinner with friends at a not-very-special restaurant. I decided to wear a special outfit anyway — one that was put together during last year’s wardrobe therapy with Stacy Lomman. Stacy wanted to find a way to show off an Ossie Clark piece that I bought in London in…