I didn’t get to watch the American Music Awards tonight. Was there anyone deserving of one of my highly coveted Wear What You Want awards? From what I’ve seen online, it looks like there was a lot of lace. Pink tweeted her cool hairdo before the event, so I’ll have to check out her complete…
A Dash of Hubris
The New York Times ran A.O. Scott’s review of the new Anna Karenina movie yesterday, and the first paragraph resonated with me: “Bad literary adaptations are all alike, but every successful literary adaptation succeeds in its own way. The bad ones — or let’s just say the average ones, to spare the feelings of hard-working…
The Return of the Butt Bow
I haven’t seen a butt bow that’s rocked my world for a long time, but I just spotted this 1984 Yves Saint Laurent on 1stdibs.com. Size matters. The YSL definitely outshines my own Guy Laroche butt-bow dress. However, the winner and new champion of the butt-bow fashion stakes is clearly my new niece, Sabrina Berry….
What Wendy Wore: Elevator Talk With Anna Wintour
I worked at Lehman Brothers — the now-defunct investment bank — from 2000 to 2005. I wore suits to the office most days, and always to an important meeting. This suit was by Luciano Barbera: A suit like that doesn’t work for most of my meetings now. After all, I’m discussing design, not money management,…
“As Seen on Jill Kelley”
Is anyone else as entertained as I am by the fashion show being put on by Jill Kelley? Kelley is the 37-year-old woman whose complaint about half-a-dozen anonymous emails set off the FBI investigation that ended the career of CIA director David Petraeus. Besieged by press at her home, in Tampa, Fla., she’s stepping out…
What Wendy Wore: Madonna at Madison Square Garden
As I’ve mentioned many times, I’ve seen Madonna on every tour she’s done since 1985, when I skipped my high-school prom to see her at Radio City. For quite a while, I’ve seen her twice on each tour. She usually plays a string of dates in New York and I realized that whenever I went…
Stacy Lomman Wardrobe Therapy: Outfit #4
The Yelawolf concert/nor’easter on Wednesday kicked my ass. I was knocked out with a bad cold for days. Fortunately, I was able to pull myself together to go to a screening of Silver Linings Playbook last night. Knowing that I had a Stacy Lomman-styled outfit to wear helped me get out of bed. As I…
Wendy Brandes Jewelry in Ocean Home; Week in Review
A huge thanks to the editors at Ocean Home magazine for including great shots of my jewelry in the December/January issue. My Marie Antoinette ring has a page all to itself! My Marie Antoinette earrings and one-of-a-kind, rose-quartz “seashell” ring are featured too. You can follow Ocean Home on Twitter here. Here’s what I had…
Yelawolf and WendyB, the Goddess of Rap
I’m starting to think I might be some kind of rap goddess … or maybe just a prophet, leading nonbelievers to the promised land of hip-hop. Last year, I got my non-rap-fan sister to stand 9 1/2 hours with me to see Eminem at Lollapalooza. This summer, I took MrB to his first rap concert…
Jewel of the Month: Mid-Finger Ring Monogram Mania
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had a story on how monogramming is hot for the holidays, so I took that as a sign that my new letter/punctuation mid-finger rings should be November’s Jewel of the Month! I gave you a sneak peek at these additions to my WENDYB by Wendy Brandes diffusion line last month. Now…