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Jewels of the Month: Tolula in a Tiara and More

May 31, 2021 by WendyB

In 1985, I listened to British singer Belouis Some‘s song “Imagination” on repeat. Kids these days don’t appreciate the dedication it took to play a song obsessively back then! It was a delicate operation, what with lifting the turntable needle up from the vinyl record and moving it to that flat, grooveless space in between…

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Filed Under: 80s style, Arts & Entertainment, Fashion, featured jewel, Gangsta Boo, gold, jewel of the month, Jewelry, jewelry designer, lockets, music, pearls, poison rings Tagged With: belouis some, bridal tiara, marian kwei, the story, tiara, tolula adeyemi

Practical Accessorizing: Tiaras and Shields

March 17, 2020 by WendyB

Quick! Look at your fingers right now. Are you wearing any rings? An engagement ring and/or wedding band? Take them off! To avoid the novel coronavirus, you should be washing your hands more than Lady MacBeth, and that kind of scrubbing isn’t good for your fine jewelry. I never wear my rings at home, and…

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Filed Under: health, In the News, news Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, diy projects, how to clean rings, ring care, snake jewelry, tiara

Wendy Brandes Jewelry X the Style Crone, Part 3

May 22, 2019 by WendyB

The rollout of my Immortal Style campaign continues! In this third image, 76-year-old model Judith Boyd — aka the Style Crone — wears the full suite of my Mary Queen of Scots snake designs: necklace, earrings, ring, and tiara. This collection was inspired by the term that the advisors of Elizabeth I used for Mary:…

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Filed Under: earrings, Jewelry, my designs, necklaces, rings Tagged With: elizabeth I, immortal style, judith boyd, mary queen of scots, style crone, tiara

Getting Introspective With 1stdibs

July 24, 2018 by WendyB

Thank you to writer Kareem Rashed for interviewing me for Introspective Magazine, the publication of online luxury marketplace 1stdibs! Kareem asked me and four other contemporary jewelry designers who sell on 1stdibs to pick a favorite antique piece from the site and talk about how that work inspires us. I chose this Art Nouveau tiara…

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Filed Under: gold, interview, Jewelry, my designs, Press, Shopping Tagged With: tiara

Wendy Brandes Jewelry in Paper Magazine

July 9, 2018 by WendyB

Paper Magazine’s summer publication is its first-ever “Sports” issue, and I’m so excited to see one of my pieces in it! Interestingly, the design is NOT my solid gold Virginia Woolf Whistle. Stylist Shannon Stokes went a less literal route — which I like! — and used my 18K gold Queen of Scots snake tiara…

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Filed Under: Jewelry, magazines, my designs, Press, redesigns Tagged With: art jewelry, paper magazine, tiara, wearable art

Throwback Thursday: Even More Couture

June 28, 2018 by WendyB

I still have photos to share from the Couture jewelry show in Las Vegas at the beginning of the month. Last week, I promised pictures of people wearing my 18K gold Queen of Scots tiara; this week, I’m delivering! Who says only women can wear tiaras? Not I! The person who got the most wear…

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Filed Under: Business, Eryn Patton, Throwback Thursday, trade shows Tagged With: tiara, wedding tiara

2018 Met Gala: The Best of the Rest

May 8, 2018 by WendyB

I feel like I should do one of those “Previously on …” intros that new television episodes start with. Read this to yourself in an announcer-type voice: Previously, on this blog, Wendy Brandes bestowed her Best Dressed/Wear What You Want combo award for the 2018 Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art —…

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Filed Under: Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, Fashion, Met Gala, museums, parties, versace Tagged With: 2018 met gala, met gala, tiara

The Week in Review

May 6, 2018 by WendyB

In case you missed it, here’s what was on the blog this week. Tuesday, May 1:  Snakeskin is back, and I have to dig up a photo of my shiny snake-pattern pants from the late 1990s. Wednesday, May 2: In this week’s YouTube video, I talked about how I changed my career and what you…

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Filed Under: Fashion, favorite brands, gold, Jewelry, lockets, maneater collection, Met Gala, my designs, necklaces, prada, week in review Tagged With: costume institute, met gala, tiara

Vote for My Rings (Because Safety First!)

March 23, 2018 by WendyB

In the early days of blogging, I had fun campaigning for online contests, but this time I’m conflicted. It’s been eight years since the vast reach and power of Poodle made that tech company my personal Voldemort. I never imagined that the social-media company that I will now refer to as Spacenook would become even…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, awards, birthstone, dumb shit on Facebook, evil empire, Jewelry, my designs, rings, social networking Tagged With: jewelry contest, tiara, wedding jewelry, wedding tiara

Here Comes the Bride!

August 4, 2017 by WendyB

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…

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Filed Under: dresses, gold, gorgeous friends, hair, Jewelry, my designs, Special Occasions, weddings Tagged With: tiara, vera wang, wedding gown

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Award-winning designer of fine jewelry inspired by women's history and pop culture. A former journalist who writes about jewelry, fashion, medieval history, news, feminism, dogs, cats and whatever else is on her mind. Blogging since 2007.
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