Can’t find the jewelry design of your dreams? Let me make it for you! I do custom engagement/wedding rings in both traditional and avant-garde styles. I can also do any other kind of non-wedding jewelry. Want a big tiger ring? Got ya covered. Fancy cufflinks that look like your dogs? Sure thing. Want to put your…
Show Me Your Puffy Shirts
Gorgeous blogger Val Sparkle — fellow aficionado of Seinfeld and Family Guy — posted her very own puffy shirt on her blog yesterday. Quite a few wimmins have emailed or tweeted me to tell me about their own puffy shirts since I posted mine on Tuesday. I think I should do a slideshow of puffy-shirt…
“Exit Through the Gift Shop”*
I can’t resist a museum gift shop. When I’m at one in real life, I’m drawn to catalogs and books. On the Internets, I look at fashion. Last night, I was browsing some gift shops online when I hit the Guggenheim‘s site. Why didn’t I know that this New York City museum sells a reproduction…
What Wendy Wore: Family Guy Epiphany & 2 Seinfeld References
When I had the chance to wear my highly flammable, oversize, costume-store-purchased pirate shirt to an Adam Ant concert last year, I had a Family Guy moment. In the Family Guy episode “Boys Don’t Cry,” the Griffin family is on the run from people who think baby Stewie is possessed by the devil. Stewie dresses…
What Wendy Wore: Gold Lamé at Zang Toi’s Show
My designing friend Zang Toi had his Fall 2013 show at Lincoln Center last Wednesday. This season, he was inspired by Imperial Russia. Opulence. Zang has it! I was particularly attracted to the pieces in amethyst and emerald. Now that I think of it, maybe I’m looking for something to go with my Marie Antoinette…
New Earring on the Website. Plus, the Week(s) in Review
You know when someone is talking nonsense to you and it would be way too rude to say, “So what?” so you say, “Annnnndddd?” instead? Obviously, it isn’t that much better than “So what?” So bite your tongue and let your lobe(s) do the bitching with my single ampersand earring in sterling silver. I gave…
A Lesson in Layering Jewelry From Lori
Check out my gorgeous client Lori Kadezabek wearing all her sterling-silver Wendy Brandes necklaces at once. From the top down, she’s got my teeny Genie, my vampire stake and my Isabella wolf-fang. (Cool top too, right?) Lori ordered herself a genie after I put that style on sale last week. The same day, I got…
Wigging Out With Keith Carpenter
As I’ve said before, my hair guru, Keith Carpenter, has been cutting my hair since the early ’90s. We’ve done everything from pixies … … to perms … … to mullets together. Tonight, Keith decided we’d go through everything at once, so he got out his wigs. He’d chopped up some of the shorter ones…
Win a Wendy Brandes Necklace From Lucky Today
Today is the day! You only have 24 hours to enter Lucky Magazine’s Lucky Breaks Giveaway to win a diamond necklace from my collection.
Valentine’s Day Reminder: Down to the Wire for Jewelry!
If you’re in the U.S., you can still order Valentine’s Day jewelry from me and get it in time. Just choose overnight delivery on checkout. (If you’re in New York City, you can order on the 14th and I can send your order by messenger. Email me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot com for that…