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I’m a Pretty Girl (So Vote for Me)

January 8, 2009 by WendyB

My gorgeous mother, BarbaraB, took me to see Patti Lupone in the musical Gypsy this week. I’d seen the play last March, but after a ceiling vent fell on an audience member, I couldn’t really focus on Patti’s big finale. I wanted to experience an accident-free performance before the play closes on January 11. I…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, dresses, gorgeous family, pictures of me, theater, vintage

No, Really, You Want ME

January 5, 2009 by WendyB

My peeps, you must make buttons and bumper stickers and signs and get the vote out for me for Best Fashion Blog. Why am I the best? Because I represent hope! Just look at my motto: “Wear What You Want.” It’s positive, not negative. I wrote about the meaning of my motto last January: I…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, fish feet, pictures of me, shoes, wear what you want

Going Back to Cali

January 2, 2009 by WendyB

This is what I wore when I went out with the gorgeous bloggers of L.A. last month: head-to-ankle black. Kate Moss for Topshop fringed jacket. My only Topshop acquisition ever. Only my Hogan shoes broke up the black. I found these shoes marked way down but almost didn’t get them. Luckily, MrB insisted because I’ve…

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Filed Under: music, pictures of me, shoes

New Year’s Outfits

January 1, 2009 by WendyB

For my traditional New Year’s Eve/birthday combination celebration last night, I wore a Clovis Ruffin dress from Shrimpton Couture, my faux-ny tail and earrings of my own design. Gigi the dog wore her own fur coat, accessorized with a giant tongue and a bitchy attitude. UPDATED TO ADD: I’m wearing also the Lagerfeld shoes I…

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Filed Under: birthdays, Dogs, faux-ny tail, holidays, pictures of me

It Was an Honor Just to Be Nominated…

December 26, 2008 by WendyB

… but it’s even better to win both my categories in the “prestigious” Drysdale Awards for blogging! First, I’d like to thank the little people. So, thank you, Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman! Danny and Rhea Also, thanks to all the blogging and non-blogging bitches who voted for me, albeit under duress. I will treasure…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, pictures of me, swearing

Donald Brooks Dress Debut

December 23, 2008 by WendyB

Earlier this month, I mentioned that I got this vintage Donald Brooks dress on eBay. The dress in its original form. Photos by eBay seller. After having the wonderful Jean of Ghost Tailor make some serious alterations, I wore it to my birthday dinner with MrB last night. In this picture, I’m wearing the dress…

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Filed Under: birthdays, ebay, my designs, necklaces, pictures of me, vintage designers

Hey, Hey Charla

December 22, 2008 by WendyB

I’d like to dedicate this craptacular photo of myself — inching into my 41st year in a too-short skirt and red lipstick — to my pink-lipglossed nemesis, How Not to Look Old author Charla Krupp. I’m wearing a vintage Christian Francis Roth jacket for my 41st birthday, which is today.Yeah, I’m old, sluts!Deal with it….

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Filed Under: birthdays, christian francis roth, music, pictures of me, swearing

Taking the Opportunity to Be Lazy

December 22, 2008 by WendyB

Gorgeous blogger Mademoiselle Robot posted an interview with me today, and I lazily thought, “Hey, that could be my post for the day.” Go check it out! I’m happy that Miss Robot used a picture of me wearing my faux-ny tail. I love the faux-ny tail. Having a faux-ny moment with my gorgeous friend Alix…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, faux-ny tail, gorgeous friends, pictures of me

Room With a Sunset View

December 15, 2008 by WendyB

Los Angeles

Filed Under: travel

Same Old, Same Old

December 14, 2008 by WendyB

Here I am a couple of days ago, in my Black Halo top, Acne jeans and Karl Lagerfeld shoes from 1994. My Prada Gaufre bag is on the table. I’m standing in a hotel lobby. And here I am in March 2008, in my Black Halo top, Acne jeans and 1994 Karl Lagerfeld shoes. My…

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Filed Under: acne jeans, earrings, my designs, pictures of me, prada, red lipstick

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MEET WENDY BRANDES

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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