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Wishlist: Dress With Hood by Pauline Trigere

September 23, 2019 by WendyB

I’ve always loved a hooded dress! Check out this 1960s Pauline Trigere I found on 1stdibs.com It’s actually two pieces. Here’s the plain dress, which is nothing too exciting. Add the hood and it’s a whole new story. I especially like that it’s not just a head piece, but something that goes over the shoulders…

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Filed Under: 1stdibs, Fashion, Shopping, shopping suggestions, stores, vintage, vintage designers Tagged With: hooded dresses, pauline trigere

The Force Is Strong in This Window Display

January 23, 2018 by WendyB

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…

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Filed Under: Jewelry, my designs, poison rings, Shopping, shopping suggestions, stores Tagged With: steve quick jeweler

Wendy Brandes Jewelry in the Press

December 22, 2017 by WendyB

Thank you to the people and publications who mentioned my work in the past few weeks. Amy Elliott of JCK included me in her “Jewelry Holiday Gift Guide, Naughty Edition,” declaring that my NSFW necklace in sterling silver is perfect for the friend who sends filthy emails. InStore Magazine’s December issue said that my pearl-and-tsavorite…

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Filed Under: In the News, Jewelry, Press, Shopping, shopping suggestions, stores Tagged With: wendy brandes jewelry concierge service

Wendy Brandes Jewelry at Steve Quick

December 18, 2017 by WendyB

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…

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Filed Under: gift ideas, holiday gift ideas, Jewelry, lockets, poison rings, rings, Shopping, shopping suggestions, stores

Fly Over to Hummingbird Jewelers in Rhinebeck!

December 8, 2017 by WendyB

I’ve been selling exclusively online for over a year now so I’m super-excited to announce a rare opportunity for jewelry lovers to try on some of my best-known 18K gold designs at Hummingbird Jewelers in Rhinebeck, N.Y. Thank you to Bruce and Peggy and the rest of the Hummingbird team for putting together this gorgeous display…

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Filed Under: gift ideas, holiday gift ideas, Shopping, shopping suggestions, stores Tagged With: hummingbird jewelers

Throwback Thursday: Save Allan & Suzi!

April 27, 2017 by WendyB

I’m distressed by this Vice story about skyrocketing rent leading to the possible shuttering of Allan & Suzi’s consignment/vintage boutique. My relationship with Allan & Suzi goes back more than 20 years. In April 1995, I wrote a Wall Street Journal story about the owners’ local-cable shopping show. (As Vice notes, Golden Globe-winner Tracee Ellis…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, Shopping, shopping suggestions, stores, Throwback Thursday, vintage, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: allan & suzi, great stores in new york

Wendy Brandes Jewelry at JCK LUXURY

May 24, 2016 by WendyB

If you’re a jewelry professional attending the big Las Vegas trade shows next week, come visit me during my debut at JCK’s LUXURY show! I’ll be at booth LUXEE 28, part of the INTERVISION experience in the Elite Enclave Ballroom at Mandalay Bay. You’ll be able to see my Maneater rings in person. You’ll also…

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Filed Under: my designs, stores

Bye, Kitson!

December 14, 2015 by WendyB

In 2010, I wrote about a Wall Street Journal story by Christina Binkley called “The Problem With Being a Trendsetter.” It was about how small designers’ products get ripped off by companies that can afford to mass-manufacture cheap versions of signature designs. (Two years later, this would happen to me with Topshop.) Binkley’s story mentioned Elle…

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The End of an Era for Patricia Field

December 8, 2015 by WendyB

I’m sad to see that Patricia Field is closing her eponymous store. I used to browse there when I was in high school; I couldn’t afford to buy anything, but I liked to look. Back then, the store was located on East 8th Street. My most memorable visit was on July 31, 1984, when my…

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Filed Under: pictures of me, stores

Bonus Points for Topless Iggy Pop

September 15, 2015 by WendyB

I’m not a big fan of fast fashion, but I do like this H&M ad. It does strike me as a bit odd that this was done to promote H&M’s clothes-recycling program. Companies like H&M popularized disposable fashion in the first place and now they’re trying to look noble by offering a quasi-solution to the…

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Filed Under: stores, style icons

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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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