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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

Year in Review: Jewels of the Month for 2018

December 31, 2018 by WendyB

This has been a year full of twists and turns for me in terms of jewelry design. I started 2018 with an unusual custom job and ended the year feeling increasingly excited about my decision to phase out my silver collection to focus on my gold designs. Here are the pieces I highlighted on the…

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Filed Under: Brooches, featured jewel, gold, jewel of the month, Jewelry, jewelry designer, my designs, necklaces, rings, silver, skulls, year in review Tagged With: anza pure x wendy brandes, black diamonds, jewelry for a good cause

Year in Review: YouTube Highlights for 2018

December 27, 2018 by WendyB

Does anyone even know what day of the week it is? The week between Christmas and New Year’s is like a time warp, except I also don’t know who, what, or where I am. If you too are staring vaguely in the direction of a screen, you might as well take this time to catch…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, video, year in review Tagged With: jewelry vlog, youtube jewelry videos

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

Wednesday’s Video: Year in Review and a Birthday

December 27, 2017 by WendyB

After blogging for 10 years, I finally got around to launching my Wendy Brandes Jewelry YouTube channel in April! Here are a few of the year’s most significant videos, including the first one, which was actually recycled from something I’d done for the JCK jewelry trade show in 2016. More entertaining, in my opinion, was…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, age, video, year in review Tagged With: jewelry videos

Year in Review: Neglected Concerts of 2016

December 30, 2016 by WendyB

I already blogged about a lot of the concerts I went to this year — including Rihanna, Beyonce, Paul Simon, and Paul McCartney — as well as the music festivals Coachella and Desert Trip. However, there were a few performances that I didn’t get around to sharing. One of those was Royce da 5’9″, whose…

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Year in Review: What Wendy Wore in 2016

December 28, 2016 by WendyB

Here’s a “What Wendy Wore” outfit for ALMOST every month of 2016. Click the photos for the original posts. In January, I wore a vintage Lemington Ridley dress to Jewelers of America’s GEM Awards (the Oscars of the jewelry industry).  I hadn’t worn this dress in 10 years, and before that, I only wore it…

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Filed Under: Fashion, What Wendy Wore, year in review Tagged With: patricia field, versace, vintage dresses, zac posen

Wendy Brandes Jewelry in JCK’s Year-End Review

December 28, 2016 by WendyB

Brittany Siminitz — the gorgeous marketplace maven at jewelry trade publication JCK — took a look back at her complete list of “Britt’s Picks” for 2016. My punk earring pair (in gold) and trio (in platinum) were a pick in August. I love what Brittany wrote. Here’s part of it: “If anyone, like me, feels…

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Filed Under: Press, year in review Tagged With: best of 2016, jck, platinum, punk earrings

Year in Review: Jewels of the Month for 2016

December 26, 2016 by WendyB

My Jewel of the Month posts highlight my newest — or sometimes my newsiest — jewelry designs. Here are 2016’s hot jewels from both my luxe signature line and my social-media-inspired WENDYB by Wendy Brandes diffusion line. Click the photos to read the original posts. Redesigning old jewelry is one of my specialties.  January’s Jewel…

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Filed Under: jewel of the month, Jewelry, year in review Tagged With: engagement ring redesign, feminist jewelry, nasty necklace, platinum jewelry

My Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award for 2015

December 31, 2015 by WendyB

Sasha Charnin Morrison — formerly the fashion director for Us Weekly — called it. My Best Dressed/Wear What You Want award for 2015 has to go to 18-year-old Kyemah McEntyre for her self-designed prom dress. Still my favorite dress of the year. 18 year old designer #kyemahmcentyre 's prom design was the coolest of 2015….

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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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