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RIP, Al Radley

February 18, 2019 by WendyB

My friend Al Radley died at age 94 on Valentine’s Day, and London won’t be the same for me without a visit with him. I first met Al at his home there in March 2005, following an introduction by our mutual friend Cameron Silver, the founder of the Los Angeles vintage store Decades. Cameron knew…

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Filed Under: Fashion, In the News, obits, Ossie Clark, pictures of me, topshop, vintage designers Tagged With: al radley

My Word-Necklace Style Is Catching On!

February 12, 2014 by WendyB

Gorgeous blogger and concerned citizen Kate of Twisted Skirt tweeted me a clip from the magazine Grazia, showing a word necklace by DKNY. I was intrigued to see that the style of word necklace I added to my line in 2012 is catching on in the big leagues. I started with this necklace in June…

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Filed Under: fashion trends, my designs, necklaces, never is the next new thing, pictures of me, swear rings, topshop

Rihanna, River Island and Topshop

August 13, 2013 by WendyB

Rihanna announced her second collection for high-street retailer River Island yesterday. It features lots of camouflage in both traditional green/khaki and black/gray/white. (I hope Valerie Steele, the director and chief curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, sees this. Steele and I were recently talking about the lifespan of the camo-print trend.)…

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Filed Under: Rihanna, rip-offs, topshop

WWD Updates the Rihanna v. Topshop Story

May 20, 2013 by WendyB

Today’s WWD has an update on last week’s reports that Rihanna is suing a Topshop supplier for using her image on a t-shirt without permission. Topshop and Rihanna’s lawyers declined to comment, as did River Island, the Topshop competitor with whom Rihanna is officially collaborating. The article does say that even though the U.K. has…

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Filed Under: In the News, Rihanna, topshop

Forever 21 and Topshop Are Amusing

May 17, 2013 by WendyB

Fast-fashion retailer Forever 21 has been widely accused of selling knockoffs of other designers’ work and blaming its suppliers for the copying. In a 2011 Bloomberg Businessweek story called “Forever 21’s Fast (and Loose) Fashion Empire,” Susan Berfield wrote: “Starting in about 2004, the Changs decided to create different brands to appeal to slightly more…

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Filed Under: Eminem, my designs, Rihanna, rip-offs, topshop

Thank You to the Peeps at Patricia Field

October 17, 2012 by WendyB

I’m happy to say that the very apologetic and gracious peeps at Patricia Field have pulled the copy of my swear rings from the website after a chat with my gorgeous publicist, Sakita Holley. READ MY PREVIOUS POST ON THE KNOCKOFF RINGS. As I expected, the Patricia Field team had unwittingly purchased the pieces from…

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Filed Under: rings, rip-offs, swear rings, The Bitchtastic Guide to Business™, topshop

A Familiar Sight at Patricia Field

October 15, 2012 by WendyB

UPDATE OCTOBER 17, 2012: I’m currently trying to trace back the knockoff rings to the original wholesaler because, as I suspected, Patricia Field’s team bought the design from another source. Patricia Field has removed the rings from its website. I figured the Topshop copy of my signature swear rings would open the floodgates for more…

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Filed Under: pictures of me, rip-offs, swear rings, topshop

Get Smart (About $4,000 Suits and $10,000 Rings)

September 19, 2012 by WendyB

I’ve written plenty about the classic small-business issue of economy of scale: the high cost of producing low quantity (and the even higher cost of producing low quality without a way to distribute the goods). My Huffington Post story, “The Agony and Ecstasy of Small Business,” offers the most concise explanation, but you can get…

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Filed Under: Business, earrings, education, get smart, my designs, newspapers, rings, swear rings, topshop

OMG! I’m Such a Trendsetter!

August 28, 2012 by WendyB

Because I’m a gracious bitch, I want to congratulate my friends at Topshop and DCK Concessions for getting props for their clever three-ring OMG set. I think that is such a cute jewelry concept! In fact, I’ve thought so since 2010, when I introduced my own OMG rings. My sterling-silver, limited-edition rings cost $300 for…

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Filed Under: my designs, rings, rip-offs, swear rings, topshop, WENDYB by Wendy Brandes

Making a Long Story Longer: Update on Topshop, Swear Rings

August 8, 2012 by WendyB

In the past week, I received a number of emails and tweets from gorgeous readers who are concerned about my situation with Topshop, so I realized I should give you an update. But first I’m going to go way back to the beginning for the sake of those of you who don’t know the story,…

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Filed Under: blogs and bloggers, lady gaga, my designs, rings, rip-offs, swear rings, topshop, WENDYB by Wendy Brandes

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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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