• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Wendy Brandes Jewelry Blog

Never Is the Next New Thing

  • HOME
  • SHOP
  • ABOUT
  • FAQ
  • CONTACT

Fashion

The Great Pink Hype

December 18, 2008 by WendyB

Guess what! Daddy-funded, 16-year-old fashion “designer” Kira Plastinina will close most of her 12 U.S. stores due to poor demand and the craptastic economy. Now can I stop hearing about her “talent”? An obsession with pink is not “talent.” Kthxbai. UPDATED TO ADD: A few words from Shophound.

Filed Under: designers, In the News

A Model Nursery Rhyme

December 17, 2008 by WendyB

Coco Rocha has a blog, E-I-E-I-O.And on that blog she has this picture, E-I-E-I-O.With a misspelling here,A dropped apostrophe there,Here an oops, there an oops, everywhere an oops-oops.Coco Rocha has a blog, E-I-E-I-O. From Oh So Coco She sure is pretty though! UPDATED TO NOTE: There’s a link to the blog on Coco’s flash-rific official…

Read More »

Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, models

Marc Jacobs Hates Me

December 16, 2008 by WendyB

Marc Jacobs is trying to drive me crazy. Here’s the evidence. Photo borrowed from the sexy bitches at The Fashion Time Magazine,who borrowed it from the sexy bitches at Harper’s Bazaar,who didn’t borrow it from anyone. Remind me to avoid shaking his hand. UPDATED TO ADD: I just got the January issue of Harper’s Bazaar…

Read More »

Filed Under: designers, insanity

Same Old, Same Old

December 14, 2008 by WendyB

Here I am a couple of days ago, in my Black Halo top, Acne jeans and Karl Lagerfeld shoes from 1994. My Prada Gaufre bag is on the table. I’m standing in a hotel lobby. And here I am in March 2008, in my Black Halo top, Acne jeans and 1994 Karl Lagerfeld shoes. My…

Read More »

Filed Under: acne jeans, earrings, my designs, pictures of me, prada, red lipstick

Watching the Sales

December 10, 2008 by WendyB

The Margiela wolf bag I’ve had my eye on is marked down to $719 from $1,195 on eLuxury. But that’s not quite far enough to make me buy it.

Filed Under: handbags, sales

Hey, L.A. Bitches…

December 10, 2008 by WendyB

…holla at me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot com if you want me to stalk you. I’m heading west.

Filed Under: blogs and bloggers

Eyes on the Prizes, Part II

December 9, 2008 by WendyB

If this doesn’t prove to you beyond a reasonable doubt that I am the only person deserving of the Drysdale Award for Blog With the Most Swears, you are fucked up. Behold! My masterpiece: Swear rings by Wendy Brandes That’s right, bitches! I swear in metal. Vote here. UPDATED TO ADD: I didn’t mean to…

Read More »

Filed Under: christian francis roth, my designs, pictures of me, rings, swearing

Eyes on the Prizes

December 8, 2008 by WendyB

My peeps, take a moment to visit Grant Miller Media and vote for me in the Drysdale Awards. What are the Drysdale Awards, you ask? Well, they’re like the Oscars for bloggers, meaning that the winners will accept their awards while wearing sweatpants and t-shirts with week-old tomato-sauce stains on them rather than gowns and…

Read More »

Filed Under: gorgeous clients, pictures of me, red lipstick, swearing, zang toi

Something I Don’t Want Is…

December 6, 2008 by WendyB

…a giant gummy bear on a stick. I don’t care if it is nearly 90 times larger than the average gummy bear. Do not want.

Filed Under: Fashion

Just Call It Beige

December 5, 2008 by WendyB

Couture Carrie’s post here reminded me of an issue that has amused me for a while. How did we — at this time when so much we say better be politically correct or else — start calling beige clothes or shoes “nude”? Obviously, “nude” sounds sexier than “beige,” but since not all people are beige…

Read More »

Filed Under: fashion trends, shoes

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 146
  • Page 147
  • Page 148
  • Page 149
  • Page 150
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 202
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

MEET WENDY BRANDES

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.
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

ARCHIVES

CATEGORIES

Loading...

POPULAR TOPICS

NEWSLETTER

Subscribe for Email updates.
* indicates required

Original jewelry designs, photos and text are © Wendy Brandes 2007-2016. All rights reserved.

© 2016 · FOODIE PRO THEME COPYRIGHT BY · SHAY BOCKS GENESIS FRAMEWORK · BUILT ON THE WORDPRESS