The Cut fashion blog is excited by the single, large earrings seen on Christian Dior’s Fall 2013 runway. I’m with The Cut on this because I’ve adored that look since the ’80s, when I often wore one big earring to go with my big hair. I photographed a lot of my original ’80s earrings last…
What Wendy Wore: Business Algorithms and Birthday Math
I was reading music magazine The Fader’s cover story on rapper Mac Miller and the first anecdote resonated with me. The story starts with Miller hunting for copies of his second album, Watching Movies with the Sound Off, in Target, the day after the album’s release. The store nearest his home in Los Angeles had…
Get Your Bespoke Jewelry From Wendy Brandes!
There’s a story in today’s New York Times Thursday Styles section about “bespoke jewelry.” “Bespoke” is a fancy word for custom jewelry, the term that I prefer. I was especially interested in this paragraph. “So-called bespoke pieces (the term started in men’s wear but has spread, like ‘curate,’ to everything from bicycles to software) are…
10 Years Ago Today …
The massive blackout that affected the Northeastern U.S. and part of Canada occurred ten years ago today. I was inspired to reminisce about it during Superstorm Sandy last year. CLICK HERE TO READ MY BLACKOUT STORY.
Why Ke$ha Does Penis-Shaped Jewelry and I Don’t
Let me say right off the bat that I like the singer Ke$ha. Think you don’t know her? You probably do; you couldn’t escape “Tik Tok” a few years ago. I’m entertained by Ke$ha’s dirty-girl image. I was into it when she wore a trash bag to the 2010 MTV VMAs, a la Debbie Harry….
Talking to JCK About the Teen Choice Awards Fashion
The Teen Choice Awards took place on Sunday, and Stephanie Schaefer, a writer for jewelry-industry publication JCK Magazine, hit me up to see what I thought about the fashion. CLICK HERE TO READ JCK’S TEEN CHOICE FASHION STORY. As with the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, Miley Cyrus was a standout for me,…
Rihanna, River Island and Topshop
Rihanna announced her second collection for high-street retailer River Island yesterday. It features lots of camouflage in both traditional green/khaki and black/gray/white. (I hope Valerie Steele, the director and chief curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, sees this. Steele and I were recently talking about the lifespan of the camo-print trend.)…
What Wendy Wore: Ossie Clark for Dinner With Friends
Last week, MrB and I went to dinner with friends at a not-very-special restaurant. I decided to wear a special outfit anyway — one that was put together during last year’s wardrobe therapy with Stacy Lomman. Stacy wanted to find a way to show off an Ossie Clark piece that I bought in London in…
The Week in Review
Here’s what was on the blog this week — lots of music-related events and people. Monday: Singer/songwriter Skylar Grey is wearing her custom Wendy Brandes jewelry. Tuesday: What Wendy Wore to Electric Black Horse and Beyoncé concerts. Wednesday: Singer/songwriter Dina Rae is also wearing custom WENDYB by Wendy Brandes jewelry. Thursday: Seeing Eminem and Yelawolf…
One More G-Shock Photo: Eminem in the Air
I’m inordinately proud of this picture of Eminem in mid-air at G-Shock’s “Shock the World” concert on Wednesday. It’s not like my mad camera skillz made it possible; it was pure luck. But it’s still a nice shot, right? I feel like a sports photographer! Other links: There’s a selection of my other top Eminem…