For at least 10 years, MrB and I have visited London and Paris in July. We didn’t make plans this year, so I’ve been mournfully looking at my 2015 photos. This one of me — in a Keith Haring-print dress from Patricia Field — was taken in London on July 31. I think I might…
Pet Peeve: A Woman’s Work
Like many other people, I’ve been amazed and amused by the story of Melania Trump’s plagiarized speech at the Republican National Convention on Monday. Big shout-out to reporter Jarrett Hill for breaking the story of the speech’s substantial overlap with the speech Michelle Obama gave at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. (Note: Hill wasn’t one…
RIP, Garry Marshall
Late last night, Access Hollywood broke the news that director/producer Garry Marshall died of pneumonia complications following a stroke. He was 81. Embed from Getty Images Marshall directed a number of hit movies, including Pretty Woman (1990) and The Princess Diaries (2001), but before that, he was the creator of the iconic 1970s television shows…
Jan and Carma Have Good Karma!
This weekend, I received an intriguing email from a gentleman named Jan Boogaard: “I have found a ring that has the Wendy Brandes stamp on it and appears to be a custom piece. I have attached a picture. I’m hoping you keep some kind of record of whose this could be so I can return…
JCK LUXURY, Part II: Hanging With the Vegas Gems
Whew! So much has been going on that I’m just getting around to my second post on the JCK LUXURY jewelry trade show that took place in Las Vegas last month. To refresh your memory, here is Part I. Since that post, gorgeous blogger Becky Stone of Diamonds in the Library included me in a…
The Week in Review and, Damn, Kim K!
In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Monday: My best dressed at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors was Faith Evans. Wednesday: My new ruby ring for ANZA Gems. Thursday: Bastille Day memories … and a tragedy in Nice. Friday: Eryn’s back at it again with all the fancy rings….
Wendy Brandes Jewelry in the Wild
It’s fun to take photos of jewelry out and about, or “in the wild,” as I like to think of it. Eryn Patton is great at modeling fistfuls of rings, so she took the rings off my fingers over drinks this week and struck some poses. (Damn, Eryn, back at it again with all the…
Throwback Thursday: Bastille Day in Paris
I miss being in Paris for Bastille Day! There was a three-year stretch when we were there. MrB and I were hoping to go revive our tradition and go this year, but we didn’t get ourselves organized in time. I’m looking at some throwback outfit/style photos instead. I keep forgetting that my hair was this…
Jewel of the Month: Ruby Dangle Ring for ANZA Gems
July’s birthstone is the ruby, and, boy, do I have the ruby ring for you! It’s good-looking, has a good story and promotes a good cause. First I’ll give you the good story and explain the good cause. Monica Stephenson, the tall drink of water who writes the jewelry blog iDazzle, founded ANZA Gems in…
My Best Dressed at the 2016 Hip Hop Honors Is …
VH1 had an annual Hip Hop Honors telecast from 2004 to 2010 to recognize “the luminaries who broke new ground and propelled the [hip hop] genre into the cultural phenomenon it has become.” I’m not sure why the network stopped doing it, or why the show was resurrected tonight, but I approve because the theme…