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Pinkies in Business for Themselves

August 2, 2019 by WendyB

When people take a photo of my rings — a regular occurrence for a jewelry designer — they tend to scowl at my proffered hand and say, “Hold your fingers naturally.” I’ve been puzzled by that instruction because my hand position feels natural to me, but I let folks move my fingers into what they…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Cute/Funny/Weird, excuse my beauty, pictures of me Tagged With: family guy, steve buscemi

No Giant Glove, No Love

April 1, 2019 by WendyB

I’ve never forgotten the ultra-long gloves my designing friend Stacy Lomman and I saw at Brioni in 2010. At first I found them to be highlarious. Stacy thought they would be good for an elephant costume. But then she slowly and patiently put one on and it looked fabulous! I swear, I’ve been waiting for…

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Filed Under: accessories, Cute/Funny/Weird, Fashion Tagged With: gloves

This Is Fine

March 12, 2019 by WendyB

So how was your day today? View this post on Instagram I think I have a few friends who can relate. Reposting from my cousin @nellhenry_ who is a super-hero among jewelers and recently opened her own store @solderandstonejewelryco. #jewelrylife #jewelrydesigner #whereisthefire A post shared by Andrea Hansen/LuxeIntelligence (@andreahansen92) on Dec 26, 2018 at 5:49pm…

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Filed Under: Cute/Funny/Weird, insanity

A Little Duck With a Dream

January 22, 2019 by WendyB

This touching Disneyland Paris ad went all around the Internet at the end of December. To paraphrase an infamous 1980s audience-testimonial commercial for a Broadway show, I laughed, I cried, I watched it again and again. And again! And then again! Seriously, for days, I couldn’t stop watching the ad starring a little duck who…

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Filed Under: Cute/Funny/Weird, In the News Tagged With: disneyland paris, disneyland paris ad, donald duck, great ads, john lewis christmas adverts, the little duck

Throwback Thursday: Stalking the Opurra Star

December 20, 2018 by WendyB

As I said in Tuesday’s post about the unexpected death of my beloved Purrkoy the kitten, PK was a famous Instagram “opurra” star despite his strange reluctance to purrform on video. Just six days ago, I wised up and got my best-ever audio recording of him because I didn’t turn the lights on in the…

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Filed Under: Animals, cats, Cute/Funny/Weird, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: catstagram, opurra star, purrkoy the kitten, rip purrkoy

Remembering Gigi the Dog

October 31, 2018 by WendyB

Gigi the dog left us a year ago today at the grand old age of 16. As I wrote then, “The ancient Celts believed that the boundaries between our world and the spirit world were more easily crossed on the festival day now known as Halloween. That’s why I chose this date to help Gigi…

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Filed Under: Animals, Cute/Funny/Weird, Dogs Tagged With: gigi the dog, pekingese, rescue dog, tibetan spaniel

Samuel L. Jackson Is Here to Make Your Day Better

September 28, 2018 by WendyB

This Pulp Fiction/Brett Kavanaugh mashup work of genius, starring Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield, aka everyone’s mood. View this post on Instagram CHECK OUT THE BIG BRAIN ON BRETT A post shared by Elara (@elarapictures) on Sep 28, 2018 at 1:43am PDT The icing on the cake? Jackson’s response to the mashup. Funny as…

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Filed Under: Cute/Funny/Weird, humor, In the News, news, politics Tagged With: brett kavanaugh lies, lindsey graham is evil, pulp fiction, samuel jackson, supreme court

Throwback Thursday: Henri Bendel Memories

September 20, 2018 by WendyB

Henri Bendel — the New York department store with the instantly recognizable brown-and-white striped packaging — is closing after 123 years in business. Bendel’s was one of the four chic “B” stores in New York along with Bloomingdale’s, Barneys, and Bergdorf Goodman.  For a long time, the store was near and dear to my heart,…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, hair, ihog, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: bendel's

Spacenook and Versace

June 25, 2018 by WendyB

At the end of last week, I finally felt I’d had enough of Spacenook, the social-media giant that seems intent on ending democracy here and around the world. I was all set to delete my personal account until I realized I needed it for my business and political pages. As if it had felt my…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, age, dumb shit on Facebook, evil empire, Fashion, versace, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: homegrown vintage, poodle, slow fashion, spacenook

“Do Not Be So Presumptuous”: A Note From Richard Kimball

April 3, 2018 by WendyB

In my last post, I redacted the name of a jeweler who publicly criticized my ANZA PURE x Wendy Brandes collaboration because I didn’t want to create undue trouble for him even though I was like … I figured it was one thing for me to write about his mean-boy comment, but another thing for…

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Filed Under: dumb shit on Facebook, feminism, Jewelry, social networking Tagged With: anza gems, anza pure x wendy brandes

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