For a long time, the primary birthstone for the month of August was the beautiful green peridot. Accordingly, the ring that I’ve chosen for this August’s Jewel of the Month features a beautiful green … tourmaline. Ha! Fooled ya! Check out the new design in this video by A Thousand Facets. Absolutely stunning ring by…
Wednesday’s Video: Vintage Clothing FAQ, Part 4
I’m continuing my series of FAQ videos about vintage clothing today with Part 4. Wondering how vintage clothing differs from resale or dead stock or consignment? I’ll tell you! If you missed the earlier vintage FAQ videos, you can check them out now. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 In today’s video, I’m wearing a…
Let’s Look at RiRi
With the nuke-loving Sociopath-In-Chief threatening his fellow crazy autocrat in North Korea with “fire and fury” today, I want to forget about the news and feast my eyes on some beauty. Accordingly, here is Rihanna dressed for the annual Crop Over festival in Barbados. crawpova '17 #AuraForCropOva @aura_experience A post shared by badgalriri (@badgalriri) on…
We Love Lucy
Amazon Studios announced its acquisition about a biopic about comedy icon Lucille Ball, and the news could hardly have come at a more appropriate time, considering yesterday marked the 106th anniversary of the I Love Lucy star’s birth. Happy birthday to the Queen of Comedy ??? #LucilleBall #happybirthdaylucy pic.twitter.com/mFVuBhkoLs — Rebecca (@ofpageandscreen) August 6, 2017…
The Week in Review
In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Tuesday, August 1: Introducing my Wendy Brandes Wedding jewelry collection for brides and grooms who want to make a statement. Wednesday, August 2: This week’s YouTube video is about what I wear on casual days … which is most days! Thursday, August…
Here Comes the Bride!
Woot! We’ve got the official photos of our beautiful bride, Alyssa Brownell, wearing my 18K gold snake tiara as her “something borrowed” at her wedding last month in Manhattan. These were taken by my own wedding photographer, Bill Fredericks, for Heathwood Photography. In addition to the tiara, Alyssa wore my Cleves swan earrings in 18K…
Throwback Thursday: 1 Wedding, 1 Anniversary
My gorgeous friend Alyssa Brownell and her fabulous man, Robert, got married last month. Alyssa wore my 18K gold tiara, as I’ve mentioned. The entire day was beautiful. There were a lot of happy tears during the ceremony in the awe-inspiring Church of St. Francis Xavier. Saturday afternoon church … #notmyusualsaturday #wedding A post shared…
Wednesday’s Video: Casual Day!
In a recent video, I spoke about the joy of buying (and wearing!) statement clothing instead of basic pieces. But do I wear decades-old Ossie Clark jackets and beaded ’20s-style dresses all the time? Nope! Most of the time, you’ll catch me in jeans and a t-shirt, like this. What Wendy Wore T-shirt: Damien Hirst via…
Introducing Wendy Brandes Wedding
The solid-gold Queen of Scots snake tiara that I unveiled (ha!) last month on gorgeous bride Alyssa Brownell was the start of something new: The Wendy Brandes Wedding collection. Thank you to Brecken Branstrator, who covered the new collection for National Jeweler today. She was a nominee in the editorial category at last week’s Womens’…
The Weeks in Review
In case you missed it, here’s what’s been on the blog recently. Monday, July 17: My emoji jewelry is made in America. Tuesday, July 18: The Jewel of the Month is my 18K gold snake tiara. Wednesday, July 19: This week’s YouTube video was about jewelry with a prize inside. Thursday, July 20: My friend…