Thanks to the New York Post for including my middle finger emoji earring in yesterday’s “7 politically incorrect fashion statements” online story! CLICK HERE TO READ THE STORY. You have three options if you want to flip the bird yourself. There’s the classic silver single stud earring for $35 … … the 18K gold version…
New Emoji Earrings Available at Nylon; Plus, Katy Perry
If you love emojis and gold, I’ve got good news for you. Some of my most popular emoji single stud earrings — including the middle finger — are now being made in gold-plated silver and, for the moment, they’re available exclusively at Nylon Magazine’s online shop. Nylon did this awesome gif with four of the…
Introducing Purrkoy
Look who has joined my flat-faced animal family! This is Purrkoy, an Exotic Shorthair kitteh from breeder Lynn Cooke of Callyn Cattery. My older kitteh, FitzRoy (aka #thecatinthebowl), who joined us in 2012, has quite a few Instagram cat friends who were from Lynn, so that’s how we found her and Purrkoy. The name Purrkoy…
Kale Chip (Lightly Salted) and Quiet Sex
While brainstorming new additions to my vast collection of emoji-inspired jewelry designs, I came across the Rejected Emojis Tumblr. If Family Guy‘s Peter Griffin had been put in charge of new emoji, we would definitely have random-ass things like … … and … Check out the blog for other highlariously surreal emojis including the lightly…
Throwback Thursday: One Gold Dress Over Three Years
Last July 29, I attended the Women’s Jewelry Association Gala wearing, appropriately, all gold. I looked up that outfit post while contemplating what to wear to the 2014 WJA event, taking place next Monday. That’s when I realized that I always wore the same gold shoes with the same gold dress. Check it out! The…
Seven Year Itch? Nah!
Today is my SEVENTH blogversary! I started this blog on July 23, 2007, by warning that I wouldn’t be blogging much. Two days later, I discovered Britney Spears had “borrowed” one of my rings without permission. I simply had to share that online, and after that, I was unstoppable. Since then, I’ve written over 2,600…
The Big 13
My designing friend Zang Toi says his lucky number is 13. I am going to adopt that policy, at least for a year, because today marks the 13th wedding anniversary for MrB and me. We’re traveling today, so we celebrated early, with friends, in the town of Fiskado on the Greek island of Kefalonia. Thanks…
What Wendy Wore: A Favorite Versace Dress in 2008 and 2014
When I was hanging out with my designing friend Zang Toi on July 4th, I showed him some old pictures of us together. One of the photos was in this post from 2008 and, as I looked at it, I decided another picture in the same post captured one of my favorite fashion moments evah….
The Week in Review, Plus the Chicken Necklace Pre-Order
Here’s what was on the blog this week: Monday: Trend-spotting WGSN has an eye on my emoji earrings. Wednesday: Wearing orange in Athens. Thursday: My Patrick Kelly leopard-print gown, photographed in five different years. Friday: The legend of Aegeus. Don’t forget that I’m offering a last chance to order one of my sterling silver Chicken…
Greetings From Greece!
As legend has it, Cape Sounion in Greece is the spot where the Aegeus, the king of Athens, leaped to his death from a cliff. He was awaiting news of his son Theseus’s fight against the Minotaur, a vicious half-man/half-bull monster that lived in the Labrynith on the island of Crete. If Theseus was successful…