I’ve always had a thing for shoes with lug soles (thick, rubber, work-boot style soles). I’ve coveted gorgeous designer Stacy Lomman’s white “brothel creeper” shoes for several years. And in 2008, I pined for YSL Trooper Pumps that didn’t come in my size. Sigh. I still want a pump just like this. I was psyched…
Throwback Thursday: Madonna and Her Keith Haring Denim Jacket
When I was in London last month, I found a great magazine about ’80s music called Classic Pop. I was excited to find a long article about the late graffiti artist Keith Haring in it, particularly because of this 1984 photo of Madonna in a Haring “boy toy” painted denim jacket. This photo made me…
Telling It Like It Is: Stylist Lysa Cooper in Vogue Italia
I like to be upfront with people about the reality of life in the fashion and jewelry industry, and about small business in general. I like people who are equally upfront, so I’m loving the interview that celebrity stylist Lysa Cooper recently did with Vogue Italia. (It figures that it would be Vogue Italia that…
What Wendy Wore: Special Jewelry for Skylar Grey
For a couple of weeks, I was so fixated on seeing Skylar Grey perform at Le Poisson Rouge that I hardly know what to do with myself now that the show is over! I’ve been a big fan of Skylar’s since “Love the Way You Lie” came out in 2010. The song was performed by…
The Week in Review: In the News and on the Blog
I figure all my U.S. readers know that, last night, a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman of charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the Feb. 26, 2012, shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed, black, 17-year-old who was walking home through a gated community after buying Skittles candy and a watermelon-flavored drink. Zimmerman, a…
What Wendy Wore: A Shorts Story
I avoided wearing shorts for most of my adult life until 2010, when a New York City heat wave of 100+ degree weather made me break down and buy the first two pairs I saw at the closest air-conditioned store. I don’t know why shorts didn’t appeal to me for so long. I certainly wore…
Throwback Thursday: Madonna, Almost 26 Years Ago Today
I’ve rediscovered a booklet from a July 13, 1987, Madonna concert. During her “Who’s That Girl” World Tour, Madonna did this show at Madison Square Garden to benefit the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR). This booklet looks like a regular program from the outside, but inside was a comic explaining AIDS and safe sex….
Another Fashion Blogger Casting Call for the Huffington Post
Thanks to everyone who submitted photos for the trend story I’m working on for the Huffington Post. Keep an eye on my blog and Twitter, and I’ll let you know when it is live. It will either be the end of this week or the beginning of next week, because I still have some interviews…
Read About Amy Gerhartz on the Huffington Post
In my July 30 post, I mentioned that I was hypnotized by an eerie trailer for Lifetime’s movie about Anna Nicole Smith. It was the slowed-down cover of the song “Fame” that did it to me. Well, I kept playing and replaying the trailer while I searched online for the name of the singer: Amy…
Wendy Brandes Jewelry on JustLuxe.com
A big, big thanks to Marissa Stempien, fashion editor of JustLuxe.com, for the big, big interview with me that she just posted under the title of “Wendy Brandes’ Maneater Collection Brings Historical Whimsy to Luxury Jewelry.” Marissa interviewed me on a day when I myself was doing multiple interviews of OTHER people for stories I…