The weather is not yet as bad as predicted but it’s unpleasant enough! I’m rescheduling tonight’s sale for tomorrow. All other details are the same! The sale will be at: Fair Folks & a Goat 7 E. 88th Street (between 5th and Madison) Buzzer 0006 Thursday, February 11 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM I hope…
Virtual Valentine’s Day Sale Is Today!
UPDATED: The Valentine’s Day sale in NYC is rescheduled for Thursday, February 11, due to snow. Details here. The virtual pre-sale is extended through February 10. The rest of this post was written before the rescheduling. Today’s the day for my virtual pre-sale! Check out the jewels, then email me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot…
Grow Your Own Vintage by Breaking the Rules
This might come as a shock to some of you no one, but I like to break the rules. That’s because a lot of rules are not hard-and-fast rules at all, but misinterpreted suggestions or theories. One of those is the need for eight glasses of water a day. Not true. Feel free to go…
Just Say “F@#!” to Valentine’s Day
I’ve got an offer for you single peeps who want to say F@#! Valentine’s Day! From now through February 14, you can get free shipping on your purchase of Wendy Brandes swear rings. Just enter VALENTINE at checkout. Click the photo to shop! Don’t forget my Valentine’s Day sale. The virtual pre-sale is February 9….
Gloria in Alaia
I met fellow jewelry designer Gloria at a dinner party. When she came in, everyone stopped chatting to admire her exquisite Alaia coat. I was hoping our coats would get mixed up in the closet so that she would get mine and I would get hers, but no such luck.
My Carnac Moment With Zac Posen
Former Tonight Show host Johnny Carson used to do a bit about a psychic named Carnac the Magnificent. Get me a giant turban, people, because I am having a Carnac moment after reading today’s New York Times story on Zac Posen, The Trials of a Former Boy Wonder. It quotes Posen, a pre-crash success story…
Valentine’s Day Sale on February 10
UPDATED FEBRUARY 10: The sale has been postponed till February 11 due to heavy snow. Virtual pre-sale is extended through February 10. More details here. The rest of this post was published before the blizzard came though! Join me on February 10, have a glass of Prosecco and buy someone a beautiful Valentine’s gift from…
Lady Gaga at the Grammys
I was half-asleep next to a coffee-table book about the Hours of Catherine of Cleves when I realized the Grammy red carpet must be underway. I dashed to the TV and turned it on just in time to hear, “And that was Lady Gaga.” Luckily, gorgeous blogger Karen of Where Did U Get That tweeted…
Three Bloggers, Two Hats, One Ring
One of my jewelers has developed a passion for taking videos with his iPhone. Here I am looking dubious about it. I’m wearing the hat gorgeous blogger Jennine got for me at Tar-Jay. I think it’s a lot better than this chicken hat that I tried on while out on the town with another gorgeous…
Stripes Gone Wild
I want to wear this dress the next time I see stripe-loving blogger Deja Pseu. The Wall Street Journal says stripes are in, and I believe everything I read in the Wall Street Journal … except for the editorial page, of course.