Have you seen Crazy Rich Asians yet? I highly recommend it. It’s cute and funny, and a big ring plays an important role, which always pleases me as a jewelry designer. Anyway, my own video this week is about crazy ancient Romans (who aren’t cute and funny, but that’s okay) and one of my poison-ring…
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Wednesday’s Videos: Jewelry That Moves
When I went into the jewelry business, poison rings (aka locket rings) were among my first designs. Then came locket pendants. For a while, so many of my pieces had moving parts that my friends would grab any new jewelry and try to pry it open. However, not all of my mechanical designs have a…
The Force Is Strong in This Window Display
Excited am I that my Agrippina poison ring is part of the Star Wars-themed window display at Steve Quick Jeweler in Chicago! The windows were designed by Melissa Quick’s nine-year-old nephew, Hank, who took great care to ensure that each scene represented a different movie as accurately as possible. “In the few weeks since they…
Wendy Brandes Jewelry at Steve Quick
If you’re a jewelry lover in the Chicago area, hurry over to Steve Quick Jeweler‘s Lincoln Park store because owners Steve and Melissa Quick have a single one of my 18K gold Agrippina poison rings in stock for the holidays! A post shared by Wendy Brandes Jewelry PR (@wendybrandesjewelry) on Dec 18, 2017 at 1:14pm…
Wednesday’s Video: Poison Rings in Action
I normally publish my weekly YouTube video on Wednesdays, but this week’s sneaked out on Monday as part of my amazing post-Thanksgiving shopping deal. The Black Friday/Giving Tuesday sales event is over, but you should still check out the video, in which my right-hand woman Eryn gives you a close-up look at a number of…
Wednesday’s Video: Jewelry With a Prize Inside
In today’s YouTube video, I talk about some of my locket designs and their inspirations, which range from Victorian mourning jewelry to a salty/sweet snack. Seriously! Subscribe to my YouTube channel so that you don’t miss the next video. It’s an extra-special one!
Wendy Brandes Jewelry in The National
A big thank you to the delightful Panna Munyal for interviewing me for an article in The National about secret-compartment jewelry and watches. (The National is the English-language daily newspaper of the United Arab Emirates, so hello to Abu Dhabi!) I told Panna about one of my jewelry inspirations — a ring I first wrote…
I Agree With Pantone: Let’s Do Lapis!
This week, the color experts at Pantone released its picks for the 10 top colors for spring 2017. I’m most excited about Lapis Blue, because lapis lazuli is one of my favorite gems. I’ve loved lapis ever since I went to see the blockbuster King Tut museum exhibition in the 1970s and saw Tut’s solid-gold…
Throwback Thursday: Daisies and Dave Stewart
Erica M. Blumenthal, writing for the New York Times Thursday Styles section, has declared that this is the year of the daisy: “Expect a floral explosion as spring fashion starts to arrive in stores, and no flower is getting more love this season than the daisy. The relentlessly cheerful print, iconic in a grungy way…
Wendy Brandes Jewelry in Vogue Gioiello
Thanks to Vogue Gioiello — an Italian edition of Vogue that’s devoted to fine jewelry — for including my Victoria buckle ring in its December edition! My ring appeared on a page called “Belt Mania.” I got a little emotional seeing this ring in print in light of Henry the dog’s passing last week. This…