My industrious friend Victoria — who serves on the executive committee of my Indivisible resistance chapter with me — made three different signs for today’s massive anti-gun-violence March for Our Lives. I got a big kick out of this tribute to Parkland shooting survivor and outspoken activist Emma González. We marched in New York City,…
Vote for My Rings (Because Safety First!)
In the early days of blogging, I had fun campaigning for online contests, but this time I’m conflicted. It’s been eight years since the vast reach and power of Poodle made that tech company my personal Voldemort. I never imagined that the social-media company that I will now refer to as Spacenook would become even…
Throwback Thursday: Viv Albertine and the Slits
Actor/director/artiste Vincent Gallo — the self-proclaimed “Donald Trump of Cannes” — wrote an “open letter” for Another Man Magazine that inspired this remark on Twitter: Vincent Gallo is what would happen if Axe Body Spray manifested itself into human form. — Ken Simon (@KenSimonSays) March 22, 2018 That’s a good description of an essay that…
Wednesday’s Video: Jewelry Design Playlist
It can be a challenge for still photography to do justice to ultra-luxe jewelry, no matter how talented the photographer is (and, trust me, I work with incredibly talented photographers). That’s because limited-edition, wearable-art designs — the type of jewelry I make for my Wendy Brandes Gold collection — are more than pretty accessories meant…
The Week in Review
In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Monday, March 12: Wendy Brandes Jewelry is committed to activism. Wednesday, March 14: My latest YouTube video is about my Moschino pieces, but I left out some major ones! It must have been all the talk about nipples that distracted me. Friday,…
Sheila D. Minor: A “Hidden Figure,” Found on Twitter
If you didn’t already see the movie Hidden Figures about the black female mathematicians who helped the U.S. win the space race, I highly recommend that you catch up with it now. It’s based on the best-selling book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly. I saw it with MrB and my designing friend…
Wednesday’s Video: My Moschino Collection
This week’s video is about my homegrown-vintage Moschino … and nipple piercings. Enjoy! You can tell my videos aren’t overly scripted because I started out saying that most of my Moschino is pre-2005, and then I realized, “Um, not really.” In fact, the safety-pin t-shirt is from 2013, which is practically yesterday when it comes…
I Put My Money Where My Mouth Is
Check out this Instagram post by my right-hand woman Eryn. #flashbackfriday to last year’s company field trip. Since then this small company has made time for making changes in real life: from being active in local legislation for @Indivisible to taking time off to canvass for Doug Jones. #WomensHistoryMonth #fbf ⠀ -⠀ -⠀ -⠀ #nasty…
The Weeks in Review: Unbought and Unbossed
In case you missed it, here’s what’s been on the blog recently. Monday, Feb. 26: Treat me like a rattlesnake. Tuesday, Feb. 27: Rihanna kicked off the big-dress trend, and Dua Lipa dove in. Wednesday, Feb. 28: My website got a redesign. Thursday, March 1: Adventures with Poodle. Saturday, March 3: Flashback to the 2007…
International Women’s Day: The Women That Didn’t Fit
I’ve been thinking about canceling my longtime New York Times print subscription for months. With the exception of reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey — who broke the devastating and culturally significant Harvey Weinstein sex-abuse story — I’m disappointed in the newspaper I grew up with. For a start, the Times stumbled when confronted with its…