I named my Best Dressed/Wear What You Want award winners for the Metropolitan of Art Costume Institute gala in yesterday’s post, but I need to shout out some other favorite looks. Will.i.am’s floral-sleeved Gucci suit was gorgeous and his V. Stiviano-worthy visor was an unexpected, funny-but-cool accessory. He also had his own AneedA “device-agnostic virtual…
My Best Dressed at the 2016 Met Gala Is …
I didn’t expect the last night’s red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute gala to be an emotional roller coaster, but it was! And that made it a challenge to determine the most worthy recipient of my coveted Best Dressed/Wear What You Want combo award. The exhibit, “Manus X Machina: Fashion in…
Jewelry Fo Yo Momma
Thanks to Barbara Palumbo of the blog Adornmentality for once again including me in her highlarious list of Mother’s Day jewelry suggestions. Barbara suggests my FitzRoy the cat lariat necklace (18K yellow gold with oranges sapphire and a black opal) for what she calls the “‘My Kids Are Grown So I Adopted Nine Cats’ Mom.”…
The Week in Review
In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Tuesday: A long post on the musical acts I saw at Coachella, including Run the Jewels and Guns N’ Roses. Wednesday: A long post on Coachella fashion (not as bad as people say!). Friday: My Mother’s Day sale is on! And here’s…
Mother’s Day Sale Is On!
Moms with hearts of gold deserve the gift of gold! Mother’s Day is just over a week away, so act fast and shop my sale. Several of my classic mechanical styles are available, including the Victoria buckle ring. This ring opens up, so you can have a name or message inscribed inside. This design was…
Coachella 2016: What Wendy (and Other People) Wore
It’s easy to get a bad impression of Coachella fashion, especially after the media deluge of stories about how to dress for music festivals, followed by the stories on how music-festival fashion has gone too far. Style cliches abound on Instagram and then are beaten into the ground by style writers: the culturally inappropriate Native…
Coachella 2016: My Music Highlights
From the media coverage, you might think that everyone who goes to the Coachella music festival in Indio, Calif., cares more about fashion than music. (Vanessa Friedman of the New York Times — praising the way clothes serve the message in Beyonce’s new visual album Lemonade — writes, “It is the anti-Coachella: the opposite of…
The Week in Review
In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Monday: ProPublica won its third Pulitzer Prize. Wednesday: I don’t want to be a wet blanket. I want to be a quilt! Thursday: RIP, Prince. Friday: Happy belated birthday, Queen Elizabeth! Saturday: Like I said, anklets are the next jewelry trend. And…
Anklets and Chokers. Not Just for Coachella!
The choker necklace has gotten so hot so fast this spring — especially at Coachella — that Vogue is ready to declare the style so over in favor of ankle bracelets, aka anklets. Forget the choker necklace, this is the accessory you need this summer: https://t.co/FEVuX8Liqf — Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) April 20, 2016 When I…
Happy Belated Birthday, Queen Liz!
I meant to wish Queen Elizabeth II a happy 90th birthday yesterday, but then we tragically lost another royal and I had other things on my mind. So happy belated, Liz! My jewelry line is inspired by powerful women, especially royals, and one of my very first major designs was my Gloriana necklace, adorned with…