I’ve still got David Bowie on the brain! My prestigious Best Dressed/Wear What You Want combo award for the 2016 Oscars goes to Carol and Cinderella costume designer Sandy Powell and her Bowie tribute look. Embed from Getty Images To be eligible for my Best Dressed/Wear What You Want honor, you can’t merely look beautiful….
The Best Jewelry and Dress Combos at the Oscars
InDesign Jewelry asked a whole bunch of us jewelry peeps to blog about the Oscars. I chose to write about my favorite jewelry and dress combinations. CLICK HERE TO READ THE STORY. Check out the rest of the InDesign coverage of what blogger Becky Stone refers to as the “Super Bowl of Jewelry.” The posts…
What Wendy Wore: The 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party
If you heard a piercing scream when Spotlight won Best Picture at last night’s Oscars … that was me. I had practically given up hope because MrB kept saying, “Oh, The Revenant is going to win.” I was also jumping up and down over Mad Max‘s six awards (I thought it deserved Best Director too). …
What Wendy Wore: Spotlight’s Marty Baron at Spectator
I’m watching the Oscars now, hoping that Spotlight will win all six of its categories, including Best Picture. Not only was it an excellent movie about investigative journalism, but one of the real-life people portrayed in the movie is someone I’ve known for a long time! That person is Marty Baron, who was played very…
Wendy Brandes Jewelry in Maniac Magazine
Thanks to Maniac Magazine for interviewing me about my jewelry and calling me “the 18-Karat Gold Journalist.” I might have to put that on my business card. CLICK HERE TO READ THE INTERVIEW. One of these days, I’ll have to take another official headshot. The one I sent to Maniac for the story is from…
Throwback Thursday: 18 Years and Four Days Ago
How’s this for a special Throwback Thursday entry? In a stack of papers, I recently found a 1998 letter MrB wrote to me after I sent him a copy of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Don’t miss his comment about Amazon.com! Seeing this reminded me that I had also sent MrB a “Dear John”…
What Eryn Wore: Wendy’s Chris Benz Dress
In 2012, I received two Chris Benz dresses that I’d ordered from a trunk show the previous fall. This was one and this was the other. I never loved the black dress. The sample fit great, but the final product didn’t live up to the original’s promise. Jean from Ghost Tailor improved it immensely, but…
Fashion Repeats Itself: Trompe L’oeil Zippers
I’ve always had a love for trompe l’oeil clothing. Fashion that makes me laugh! That’s what I’m all about. Back in 2009, I had a dress with a big faux zipper down the back. I wore that to a fashion show that featured a vomiting front-row attendee and a fainting runway model. In other words,…
The Weeks in Review
In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog recently, including my Valentine’s Day/anti-Valentine’s Day jewelry countdown. Sunday, Feb. 7: The perfect ring for Super Bowl 50. Monday, Feb. 8: Some of this hashtag jewelry really grinds my gears. Tuesday, Feb. 9: Wondering what to buy for bae? This has her name all…
What Wendy Wore: Valentine’s Day Surprise
I planned to wear my traditional Moschino heart dress for Valentine’s dinner with MrB, only to realize at the last minute that the dress was at the cleaner’s. Alas! I was thrown off by the clothing surprise, but, on the plus side, I was inspired to wear a vintage Donald Brooks piece that I first…