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Jewels of the Month: The Maneater Collection, Revisited

August 22, 2019 by WendyB

Throwback Thursday is a good time for me to wish a belated happy anniversary to JCK, the bible of the jewelry trade, which has been celebrating its 150th year in business throughout 2019. Yes, you read that number right! It’s been 150 years since the American Horological Journal — the watch-oriented progenitor of today’s sleek…

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Filed Under: art, Arts & Entertainment, Jewelry, maneater collection, museums, my designs Tagged With: art jewelry, high jewelry, jewelry as art, wearable art

My Best Dressed at the 2019 Met Gala Is …

May 6, 2019 by WendyB

I’ve had an eagle eye on the attendees of tonight’s Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Só Observando GIF from Robertdeniro GIFs As I wrote earlier, I wasn’t convinced that the celebrity guests were going to live up to the theme of the exhibition the Met Gala is promoting, which is “Camp:…

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Filed Under: Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, Fashion, Met Gala, museums Tagged With: camp, camp notes on fashion, janelle monae, susan sontag

2018 Met Gala: The Best of the Rest

May 8, 2018 by WendyB

I feel like I should do one of those “Previously on …” intros that new television episodes start with. Read this to yourself in an announcer-type voice: Previously, on this blog, Wendy Brandes bestowed her Best Dressed/Wear What You Want combo award for the 2018 Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art —…

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Filed Under: Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, Fashion, Met Gala, museums, parties, versace Tagged With: 2018 met gala, met gala, tiara

Throwback Thursday: Paris in June

September 14, 2017 by WendyB

In June, MrB and I visited three cities in Europe. MrB was giving speeches and/or participating in panels everywhere, and I went along for the ride! Paris was first. When MrB wasn’t busy, we walked around by the Eiffel Tower, because I can never take too many pictures of that. On our way there, we…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Brooches, Jewelry, museums, Throwback Thursday, travel Tagged With: museum exhibits

China at the Costume Institute, Zang Toi at NYFW

September 18, 2015 by WendyB

Earlier this month, I squeezed in a visit to the record-setting “China: Through the Looking Glass” exhibit just before the end of its run at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. What Wendy Wore to the Museum Dress: James Perse (purchased between 1998-2002; previously seen here) Shoes: Dolce & Gabbana (2015) Purse: Yves Saint…

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Filed Under: models, museums, outfit post, pictures of me, What Wendy Wore, zang toi

Wanderlust 2015: What Wendy Wore in Paris

August 13, 2015 by WendyB

We left London for Paris on Monday, August 3. Paris empties out in August because so many Parisians take a nice long holiday. (Several of our Parisian friends were in New York while we were in their city.) I think everyone who was left in the city was sitting along the Seine that night. Whenever…

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Filed Under: art, blogs and bloggers, gorgeous friends, museums, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, travel, What Wendy Wore, zang toi

Wanderlust 2015: London, Bath and Alexander McQueen

August 12, 2015 by WendyB

I’m in need of a vacation … from the vacation I just took. MrB and I like to spend our off-time in other cities, especially London and Paris. We wind up dashing from dinners with friends to the theater, from the theater to concerts, from concerts to museums. Last year, we got in some relaxation…

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Filed Under: designers, museums, outfit post, pictures of me, theater, travel, What Wendy Wore

Thoughts on Holocaust Memorial Day and Auschwitz

January 27, 2015 by WendyB

Today is the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and I’ve been thinking about a decorative-arts museum: the Musée Nissim de Camondo in Paris. That’s not as strange as it might seem, because that museum has a tragic history that has been on my mind for months. I visited the museum in 2010. It’s…

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Filed Under: anniversaries, History, museums, travel

Mourning at the Metropolitan Museum

August 10, 2014 by WendyB

If you missed the great Charles James exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute, at least you won’t have to wait till next spring for a new fashion-related show. For the first time in seven years, the Costume Institute will do a fall show: “Death Becomes Her: A Century of Mourning Attire,” will run from…

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Filed Under: lockets, mourning jewelry, museums, my designs, poison rings

Last Chance for Charles James at the Costume Institute

August 9, 2014 by WendyB

Tomorrow is the last day to see the Charles James exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, and if you can squeeze it in, it’s definitely worthwhile. I went today and realized that photos of James’s uniquely structured ballgowns do not the work justice. That didn’t stop me from taking my own iPhone…

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Filed Under: museums, never is the next new thing, vintage designers

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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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