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Wendy Brandes Jewelry X Style Crone, and Fenty Too

May 29, 2019 by WendyB

It looks like Rihanna and I are on the same page! The musician and fashion/beauty mogul introduced Fenty, her new luxury clothing line under the LVMH corporate umbrella, with hand-picked models including 68-year-old JoAni Johnson. What better time to reveal the fourth image in my “Immortal Style” campaign featuring 76-year-old Judith Boyd, aka the Style…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, Jewelry, jewelry designer, my designs, Rihanna, skulls, tiara Tagged With: fenty, immortal style, joani johnson, judith boyd, style after 40, style after 50, style after 60, style crone

Rainy-Day Fashion for Dogs and Wimmins

April 26, 2019 by WendyB

We’ve had heavy rain in New York today. Thunder-phobic Edward the dog was dressed for the occasion in a ThunderShirt that provided both comfort and camouflage … … until the storm unnerved him so badly that he peed on his little outfit. Meanwhile, I’m completely unprepared because I’ve never gone to a thousand-umbrella fashion show….

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Filed Under: accessories, Celebrities, Fashion, Rihanna, weather Tagged With: rainy day fashion, umbrellas

Never Is the Next New Thing™: Skinny Eyebrows

August 13, 2018 by WendyB

My “Never Is the Next New Thing™” fashion rule states that the most provocative/grating/startling looks — the ones that make you say, “I would NEVER wear that!” — are the ones most likely to become trends, big or small. I first pointed this out in 2008, when Katie Holmes wore “pegged jeans” and the fashion-conscious…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, Fashion, fashion trends, music, never is the next new thing, Rihanna Tagged With: eyebrows

Rihanna, Dua Lipa, and Red-Carpet Floof

February 27, 2018 by WendyB

I’ve already credited Rihanna with kicking off the trend for voluminous dresses with the pink Giambattista Valli gown she wore to the 2015 Grammys. A full three years later, as celebrities vie to wear not just the best, but the biggest dress on the red carpet, it’s official: Rihanna’s 2015 choice was a true “Never…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Celebrities, Fashion, Grammys, never is the next new thing, Rihanna Tagged With: brit awards, dua lipa

Let’s Look at RiRi

August 8, 2017 by WendyB

With the nuke-loving Sociopath-In-Chief threatening his fellow crazy autocrat in North Korea with “fire and fury” today, I want to forget about the news and feast my eyes on some beauty. Accordingly, here is Rihanna dressed for the annual Crop Over festival in Barbados. crawpova '17 #AuraForCropOva @aura_experience A post shared by badgalriri (@badgalriri) on…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, Rihanna Tagged With: bad gal riri, festival fashion

Rihanna Gives Me Non-Buyer’s Remorse

July 21, 2017 by WendyB

I don’t suffer buyer’s remorse too often, but I do sometimes get non-buyer’s remorse. Last year, it was these Pucci boots. This year, it’s the poufy, tulle Oscar de la Renta gown I tried on at the Los Angeles store Decades in February. That one has always nagged at me, and I was reminded of…

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Filed Under: dresses, Fashion, mullets, Rihanna, vintage Tagged With: non-buyer's remorse

My Best Dressed at the 2017 Met Gala Is …

May 2, 2017 by WendyB

There’s no sense in burying the lede this time: The obvious winner of my prestigious Best Dressed/Wear What You Want combo award for last night’s Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute ball is Rihanna, who wore a Fall 2016 Comme des Garçons look. It took her an hour to get into those shoes! Embed from Getty…

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Filed Under: Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, Fashion, Met Gala, OMG-worthy, red carpet, Rihanna Tagged With: bella hadid, caroline kennedy, cassie, diddy, michele lamy, migos, tracee ellis ross

“Hold the Door”

May 23, 2016 by WendyB

I was planning to write about the fashion at last night’s Billboard Music Awards, but Game of Thrones is the only thing I can think about. My designing friend Stacy Lomman, who watched the show with me, was doubly traumatized. Not only did we learn that poor Hodor had been unable to voice anything but…

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Filed Under: 80s style, awards shows, Rihanna, TV

Anklets and Chokers. Not Just for Coachella!

April 23, 2016 by WendyB

The choker necklace has gotten so hot so fast this spring — especially at Coachella — that Vogue is ready to declare the style so over in favor of ankle bracelets, aka anklets.   Forget the choker necklace, this is the accessory you need this summer: https://t.co/FEVuX8Liqf — Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) April 20, 2016 When I…

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Filed Under: ankle bracelets, anklets, Celebrities, chokers, concerts, fashion trends, necklaces, Rihanna

Musical Interlude: Andra Day and Rihanna

March 30, 2016 by WendyB

I’d heard of singer Andra Day before, but I didn’t truly HEAR her until she performed with Ellie Goulding at the Grammy Awards last month. While she was still on the Grammy stage, I was checking for tour dates and I had my tickets for her March 25 show at Webster Hall by the time…

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Filed Under: concerts, music, outfit post, pictures of me, Rihanna, What Wendy Wore

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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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