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Shopping My Closet for the Hot Emmys Color Combo

The hot color combination at the Emmys was pink and red, worn by, among others, Marisa Tomei. Embed from Getty Images People have said that I look like Marisa. What do you think? Obviously, I get Liza...

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Came Through Drippin’

I have searched high and low for this rare vintage Moschino "dripping chocolate" bag for over a decade ... and I recently found it on Poshmark. [caption id="attachment_43748" align="aligncenter"...

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What Wendy Wore: Ceil Chapman at La MaMa

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club celebrated the centennial of its founder, Ellen Stewart, at a fundraiser for its 58th season recently. Stewart was a dress designer when she started La MaMa in 1961 --...

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What Wendy Wore: Squeeee! Anna Sui!

Last week, I attended the "Blue" conference held by Initiatives in Art and Culture, which included a talk featuring British designer Zandra Rhodes and American designer Anna Sui. I planned to wear my...

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What Wendy Wore: Glittering for Tina Turner

I love molten-metal looks in clothes and accessories and even manicures -- which makes sense for a jewelry designer, right? -- so last month, I was transfixed by this Instagram post from vintage store...

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What Wendy Wore: Nan Kempner Style

I always attend the conferences organized by Initiatives in Art and Culture. At last month's New York Fashion + Design Conference, I met designers Anna Sui and Zandra Rhodes -- and Anna admired my...

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Year in Review: What Wendy Wore in 2019

I started out 2019 with a fashion choice that was simultaneously rare for me ... yet typical. What was rare that I wore a dress that I'd never worn before. What was typical for me is that I'd owned the...

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My Fashion Mood for 2020

I want to walk into every room in THIS MOOD for the next 11 months. View this post on Instagram When you arrive at the party… 💃 1958 Arnold Scaasi evening dress, worn by Arlene Francis, white and...

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Throwback Thursday: Tiger Morse, Vikki Dougan

I’m always fascinated by the life stories of a wide variety of women. 12th-century empress? 20th-century fashionista? They’re equally compelling to me. Today was my lucky day in the 20th-century...

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2022 in Review: What Wendy Wore, Part I

This week, I decided to look up my 2021 "year in review" posts and was shocked -- not Casablanca-style fake SHOCKED but genuinely SHOOK -- to discover I didn't write any for the first time since 2011....

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