• 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

handbags

Wednesday’s Video: Slow Fashion, Purse Edition

November 15, 2017 by WendyB

Continuing this week’s posts about slow fashion, my new YouTube video stars a few purses that “One Woman” has used for 10 or more years. I’ve had to dig around for photos of a couple of the pre-2007/pre-blog purses featured. At first, I was puzzled by the fact that my rainbow monogram Louis Vuitton —…

Read More »

Filed Under: About Wendy, accessories, Fashion, handbags, purses, video, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: homegrown vintage, louis vuitton, slow fashion

Shopping My Closet for a Square Bag

June 19, 2017 by WendyB

Shout out to New York Magazine for alerting me to this square bag by Moynat. I’ve been inspired to dust off my old square bag by Muxart. (Isn’t it odd that the brand names are so close?) It was never as glamorous as the Moynat bag and it’s a little the worse for wear now,…

Read More »

Filed Under: Fashion, Fashion Repeats Itself, handbags, purses Tagged With: homegrown vintage, slow fashion

What Wendy Wore: Vintage for a Birthday Dinner

December 23, 2014 by WendyB

It’s my birthday today and I do declare that the vintage Jacques Tiffeau dress I wore to dinner at the Four Seasons tonight might be as old as I am. I haven’t owned it my whole life, of course. I bought it in 2009 — from eBay, I think. What Wendy Wore Dress: Vintage Jacques…

Read More »

Filed Under: birthdays, dog next to purse, Dogs, handbags, outfit post, pictures of me, vintage, What Wendy Wore

The Only Way to Make Me Like a Birkin Bag

December 28, 2013 by WendyB

My new friend Kanye West has made up for his too-safe engagement-ring choice by giving fiancee Kim Kardashian an Hermes Birkin bag that was painted by artist George Condo (Condo previously worked on album covers for Kanye’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy). Teh Interweb seems to have its collective knickers in a twist over this,…

Read More »

Filed Under: Celebrities, handbags

Wish List: Givenchy Floral Pandora Handbag

December 7, 2013 by WendyB

This one isn’t quite as over-the-top as the vintage Versace dress on this morning’s wish list post.  The small Pandora bag by Givenchy is gorgeous in person — the photo doesn’t do it justice. Of course, I need another bag like Family Guy‘s Peter Griffin needs a hole in his head. So I’ll admire it…

Read More »

Filed Under: Family Guy, handbags

Great Minds Think Alike: “Snow Globe” Clutches

August 29, 2012 by WendyB

When I admired a gel-filled PVC clutch by Christopher Kane in May, I didn’t imagine I’d see the look again … … but today, I spotted Kotur’s gel-filled, acrylic “Pink Snow Globe Clutch” on New York Magazine’s website. I’ve got to keep my eye out for more of these. They remind me of lava lamps,…

Read More »

Filed Under: great minds think alike, handbags

Christopher Kane Brings Me Back to Childhood

May 30, 2012 by WendyB

When I was a kid, I had some see-through toys with multi-colored goop inside them. The goop could be swirled into pretty patterns.  That must be why this gel-filled PVC clutch by Christopher Kane speaks to me. This purse could be just what I need to entertain myself during less-than-scintillating dinner parties. And that thought…

Read More »

Filed Under: handbags

Vuitton Collaborates With Yayoi Kusama; WendyB Freaks Out

January 9, 2012 by WendyB

I fell in love with polka-dot-obsessed artist Yayoi Kusama after the New York Times ran a story about her in 2008. Today, Louis Vuitton confirmed Women’s Wear Daily’s November report that Vuitton’s artistic director, the often-naked Marc Jacobs, is collaborating with Kusama on products that include leather goods. They will be in stores in July…

Read More »

Filed Under: art, handbags

What Wendy Wore: The Committee to Protect Journalists Dinner

November 23, 2011 by WendyB

Last night, MrB and I attended an event that’s very important to us: the annual International Press Freedom Awards Dinner for the Committee to Protect Journalists. The dinner honors journalists from around the world who risk their lives to report from war zones and in defiance of brutal regimes. On its website, CPJ explains what…

Read More »

Filed Under: bracelets, charity, Committee to Protect Journalists, handbags, journalism, outfit post, pictures of me, shoes, vintage, vintage WendyB photos, What Wendy Wore, zang toi

The Bag I Didn’t Get and an Amusing Shopping Memory

August 31, 2011 by WendyB

Last week, I showed you the Louis Vuitton bag that MrB got me for our anniversary. Henry the dog helped me with the photo. The Louis Vuitton site has a picture of the bag’s other color scheme. I got my bag at the Vuitton store in Paris. We asked a saleswoman about it after seeing…

Read More »

Filed Under: dog next to purse, handbags

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 6
  • 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

Facebook Pagelike Widget

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