Holy Coco’s ass, people! You’ve come to the right place if you want to learn how to dress your Chinese dog like Ian Curtis in Kova & T latex leggings, Kanye West sunglasses, and an Anne Boleyn necklace. However, I cannot confirm whether Kelly Valen wears J. Crew sweaters. *Dedicated to my most popular search…
Jewelry
Jewelry in Black and White
Here are two of the four rings I wore on New Year’s in dramatic black and white. I’m amused because I’m wearing my two-stone Clemence ring with rock crystal and black spinel. Does a black and white ring shot in black and white equal “black and white squared”? Photo by Tana Lee Alves Here’s a…
With This Ring, I Give Thee a Beatdown
This ring is HEAVY. Do not operate heavy jewelry when under the influence. Ring © Wendy Brandes 2007-2008 Photography by SquareMoose
Essence Magazine: You Need It!
Everyone, run out and buy the January issue of Essence. I have several jewelry credits in the “Ageless Beauties Special.” Those are some sex-ay ladies! When I saw them, I thought, “Hell, yeah! I’m going to wear minidresses when I’m 52 too!” My Xenobia ring made it in, but it is very hard to see….
Great Minds Think Alike … About a Leaf
I just noticed that Macy’s seems to have a knockoff of jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer‘s leaf necklace. The original leaf necklace by Jennifer Meyer I thought the Macy’s leaf (below) WAS the Meyer leaf at first, but I think I see subtle differences, plus the price is too low and it’s in 14K, not 18K….
Mythological Creatures
I suddenly realized that my new catalog, like the Abominable Snowman, is spoken of but never seen. If you would like to receive a PDF of the catalog, send an email to wbjewelry at hotmail dot com. The catalog is a much better representation of my recent work than the Gigi Caron site, which has…
Do You Take This to Be Your Postage?
I went to the post office to mail some of my new catalogs and found this delightful stamp. I was very pleased. Who could resist buying from a jewelry catalog that was adorned with such a beautiful stamp? I was so happy that I looked it up online to share it with you peeps, thereby…
Theodoric of York
A while ago, in a comment, gorgeous client Applevenusian mentioned the Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber skit from Saturday Night Live. Thanks to YouTube, you can all enjoy this skit about the medieval barber who treats every ailment with a good blood-letting. This has nearly all of the best SNL players in it, including frequent…
Sold! Part II
I had a great trunk show last night. Thanks to everyone who came! Here are a few of the things that sold: Diana Ring © Wendy Brandes 2007-2008Photo by John Muggenborg Papessa Prayer Locket in rose goldPapessa Locket © Wendy Brandes 2007-2008Photo by SquareMoose Clemence Ring in rock crystal and black spinelClemence Ring © Wendy…
A Few of My Favorite Things
Gorgeous client Shell recently asked me which of my own pieces are my favorites. That’s a tough question! But here are a few things that I like to wear. The Queen of Scots necklace, which you’ve all seen plenty of times (and I haven’t even gotten to my Mary Queen of Scots Book Club post…