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Birthday Celebration at Wendy Brandes Jewelry

December 23, 2020 by WendyB

Isn’t it perfect that my December 23 birthday coincides with Festivus, which calls for the airing of grievances? I’m sure you have plenty of grievances this year. Click here to air your grievances! Anyway, people always tell me I should lie about my age, but I prefer to be straightforward, so here’s the truth: If…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, age, birthdays, Fashion, parties, pictures of me, Special Occasions, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: buni comic, strange planet, versace, war and peas, wawawiwa

Throwback Thursday: 2014 Oscars, 2019 GEM Awards

January 17, 2019 by WendyB

In 2014, I wore a Zang Toi trench gown to the Vanity Fair Oscar party. Last week, I wore the same dress to the GEM Awards — aka “the Academy Awards of the fine jewelry industry” — where I posed for a photo with Monica Stephenson, the founder of ANZA Gems. What Wendy WoreDress: Zang…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, dresses, Fashion, homegrown vintage, outfit post, parties, pictures of me, prada, Special Occasions, The WendyB Pose, Throwback Thursday, vanity fair oscar party, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: GEM awards, jewelers of america, slow fashion, zang toi

Year in Review: What Wendy Wore in 2018

December 31, 2018 by WendyB

For 2017, I was proud to be able to do a “What Wendy Wore” year in review post featuring 12 slow-fashion outfits. In 2018 — despite Henry David Thoreau’s famous “… beware of all enterprises that require new clothes” — some of my most notable looks did require something new. I mean, I normally don’t…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, clothes, designers, dresses, Fashion, homegrown vintage, outfit post, parties, pictures of me, travel, vintage, vintage designers, weddings, What Wendy Wore, year in review Tagged With: homegrown vintage, jacques tiffeau, slow fashion, time person of the year party, versace, zang toi

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

My Best Dressed at the 2018 Oscars Is …

March 5, 2018 by WendyB

Last night’s Academy Awards — the 90th such ceremony but the first of the #TimesUp, post-Harvey Weinstein era —  had its highs and lows, both off the red carpet and on it. And there’s no getting to the red carpet without dealing with everything else first. On the bright side, Jordan Peele was nominated for…

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Filed Under: awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, designers, dresses, Fashion, homegrown vintage, movies, oscars, parties, Special Occasions, vanity fair oscar party, vintage Tagged With: homegrown vintage, slow fashion

My Oscar Gown Archives, Part IV

March 4, 2018 by WendyB

Time to wrap up my look back through my own Oscar fashions. If you missed my earlier posts, catch up on them now. Part I: 2003 – 2005 in vintage, plus a compliment from Renee Zellweger. Part II: 2006 – 2009, with a cameo from George Clooney and all kinds of butt adornments. Part III:…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, awards shows, Celebrities, Fashion, oscars, outfit post, parties, pictures of me, vanity fair oscar party, vintage Tagged With: vanity fair oscar party

My Oscar Gown Archives, Part III

March 4, 2018 by WendyB

If you’re just tuning in to today’s flurry of blog posts, I’m going through my Oscar and Oscar party looks from 2003 though 2017. Part I: 2003 – 2005 in vintage, plus a compliment from Renee Zellweger. Part II: 2006 – 2009, with a cameo from George Clooney and all kinds of butt adornments. Lo…

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Filed Under: awards, awards shows, Celebrities, Fashion, mullets, oscars, parties, pictures of me, vanity fair oscar party, zang toi Tagged With: oscar fashion, vanity fair oscar party

My Oscar Gown Archives, Part II

March 4, 2018 by WendyB

To celebrate tonight’s Academy Awards — and console myself for not being there this year — I’m reminiscing about my personal Oscar fashion archive. Picking up where I left off in Part I, Part II begins in 2006. Beauty-wise, I skipped the faux-ny tail again and, thankfully, opted for straight hair. I had enough going…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, awards shows, boob and butt bows, Celebrities, dresses, Fashion, faux-ny tail, hair, lolwendy, oscars, outfit post, parties, red carpet, Special Occasions, vanity fair oscar party, vintage, vintage designers, vintage WendyB photos, What Wendy Wore, Who wore it best, zang toi Tagged With: academy awards, vanity fair oscar party

Slow-Fashion Year in Review: What Wendy Wore in 2017

December 31, 2017 by WendyB

To bring 2017 to a close, I’m taking a look back at 12 “What Wendy Wore” highlights, with an emphasis on slow fashion. Click the photos for the original posts. January began with all gold everything, as I rang in 2017 in a gold gown first worn in 2004. This time, I added a crown….

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Filed Under: About Wendy, Fashion, homegrown vintage, outfit post, parties, pictures of me, repeat offender collage, The WendyB Pose, versace, vintage, vintage WendyB photos, What Wendy Wore, year in review Tagged With: slow fashion

Throwback Thursday: CPJ Outfits From 2007-2017

November 16, 2017 by WendyB

Last night, MrB and I went to the annual International Press Freedom Awards dinner held by the Committee to Protect Journalists. CPJ is a cause near and dear to our hearts — so dear, in fact, that MrB served as chairman for six years. The organization is an independent nonprofit that promotes press freedom worldwide…

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Filed Under: Committee to Protect Journalists, Fashion, journalism, outfit post, parties, pictures of me, repeat offender collage, Special Occasions, Throwback Thursday, vanity fair oscar party, vintage, vintage WendyB photos, wear what you want, What Wendy Wore, zang toi Tagged With: homegrown vintage, slow fashion

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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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