Friends who used to live in Hong Kong had their annual Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival party last Friday. The invitation encouraged Chinese attire. I don’t have anything authentically Chinese anymore (why on earth did I get rid of that padded silk jacket I got in Hong Kong in 1996?!) but I do have an Ossie Clark…
Shontelle Is a Slayer
Gorgeous singer Shontelle (“Impossible“) is making my vampire stake necklace look really good. She shared this photo on Instagram. I like how she layered it with that sideways cross necklace. And I got a kick out of her caption for the photo: “Ready for these #vampires in #Gotham. They prefer dark n stormy weather. #stake…
Wendy’s Week in Review: October 22 – October 28
This week, I added “at sign” and hashtag sterling-silver single earrings to my WENDYB by Wendy Brandes diffusion line. They are $35 per earring ($70 per pair). I only made two of each design and I might have to raise the prices slightly for the next batch, so get ’em now if you like the…
Very Special Jeans Commercial
Forget about Brooke Shields and her Calvins. One of the greatest jeans ads of all time — OF ALL TIME — is the one Duluth Trading did for its “Ballroom” jeans. I thought this was a joke when I first saw it, but it’s real, y’all.
An Egyptian Jewelry Treat for Halloween
I blogged about an adorable sarcophagus-and-mummy locket I made several years ago, but I never put the necklace on my e-commerce website. I meant to do so, but the one-of-a-kind necklace turned out to be too popular with editors and stylists for me to part with it. Now, with Halloween approaching, I figured I’d give…
Snipping Away
My hair guru, Keith Carpenter, has been snipping away at the left side of my ‘do since July. The asymmetrical hair of the punk ’70s and New Wave ’80s really appeals to me lately. Keith sheared me a little shorter yesterday before I went to a dinner. This is the shortest that section of my…
“Gold Makes You Blind”
I don’t normally write about other jewelry designers, but I have to make an exception for one of the greats — the famed Swiss jeweler Otto Künzli. I can’t stop thinking about a well-known bracelet he made in 1980. It’s apparently at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, though not on display, so the closest…
“All the Single Earrings, All the Single Earrings!”
I’ve got Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” stuck in my head because of the single earrings I’ve added to my WENDYB by Wendy Brandes diffusion line. The single earrings I wore in the 1980s have been on my mind this year. I loved that look so much. It annoyed me when I had to buy a pair…
What Wendy Wore: In Stitches After Frankenweenie
I’ve been panting to see Tim Burton’s new movie Frankenweenie because I love short, chunky dogs … … and big-eyed cats with tiny mouths. MrB and I went to see the movie at a theater a block away from our apartment last night — within the magic zone of invisibility — so I just threw…
Wendy’s Week in Review: October 15 – October 21
This week included more drama with my swear rings. Monday: Eek! A swear-ring knockoff has been spotted on another retailer’s website. Tuesday: I should have bought these silver wedge sneakers by Giuseppe Zanotti; October’s Jewel of the Month was inspired by Marie Antoinette. Wednesday: Happy 40th birthday to Eminem! And the nice peeps at Patricia…