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Birthday Celebration at Wendy Brandes Jewelry

December 23, 2020 by WendyB

Isn’t it perfect that my December 23 birthday coincides with Festivus, which calls for the airing of grievances? I’m sure you have plenty of grievances this year. Click here to air your grievances! Anyway, people always tell me I should lie about my age, but I prefer to be straightforward, so here’s the truth: If…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, age, birthdays, Fashion, parties, pictures of me, Special Occasions, Throwback Thursday Tagged With: buni comic, strange planet, versace, war and peas, wawawiwa

Year in Review: 2019’s Top Fashion Slays

December 31, 2019 by WendyB

Cardi B and her stylist, Kollin Carter, slayed alllll year, from a vintage Thierry Mugler dress at the Grammys in February … Embed from Getty Images … to a Thom Browne extravaganza at the Met Gala in May … Embed from Getty Images … to the outrageous feathered coat by Saulo Villela for Adrienne Landau that she…

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Filed Under: Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, Fashion, wear what you want, Wear What You Want icon, year in review Tagged With: cardi b, celine dion, indya moore, jennifer lopez, kollin carter, versace

Year in Review: What Wendy Wore in 2018

December 31, 2018 by WendyB

For 2017, I was proud to be able to do a “What Wendy Wore” year in review post featuring 12 slow-fashion outfits. In 2018 — despite Henry David Thoreau’s famous “… beware of all enterprises that require new clothes” — some of my most notable looks did require something new. I mean, I normally don’t…

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Filed Under: About Wendy, clothes, designers, dresses, Fashion, homegrown vintage, outfit post, parties, pictures of me, travel, vintage, vintage designers, weddings, What Wendy Wore, year in review Tagged With: homegrown vintage, jacques tiffeau, slow fashion, time person of the year party, versace, zang toi

Throwback Thursday: What Wendy Wore in January

April 13, 2017 by WendyB

Yesterday, I finally got around to writing about January’s Columbia Spectator fundraising dinner, at which Dan Rather was the keynote speaker.  So it seems like the right time for the outfit post from that evening. This one has a guest star: my right-hand woman and branding chief, Eryn Patton, who joined me for the dinner….

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Filed Under: About Wendy, columbia daily spectator, Fashion, favorite brands, journalism, outfit post, pictures of me, prada, Throwback Thursday, versace, What Wendy Wore Tagged With: columbia spectator, dan rather, versace

Year in Review: What Wendy Wore in 2016

December 28, 2016 by WendyB

Here’s a “What Wendy Wore” outfit for ALMOST every month of 2016. Click the photos for the original posts. In January, I wore a vintage Lemington Ridley dress to Jewelers of America’s GEM Awards (the Oscars of the jewelry industry).  I hadn’t worn this dress in 10 years, and before that, I only wore it…

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Filed Under: Fashion, What Wendy Wore, year in review Tagged With: patricia field, versace, vintage dresses, zac posen

The Weeks in Review

October 23, 2016 by WendyB

In case you missed it, here’s what’s been on the blog during October. Monday, Oct. 3: Naughty cufflinks inspired by customer. Tuesday, Oct. 4: Kim Kardashian’s robbery and advice about diamonds. Wednesday, Oct. 5: Halloween jewelry, including earrings for Jason Voorhees fans. Thursday, Oct. 6: Crazy lipstick colors and Remembering a dress worthy of the…

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Filed Under: week in review Tagged With: bob dylan, election day jewelry, kim kardashian robbery, neil young, oldchella, patriotic jewelry, paul mccartney, presidential debate, rolling stones, versace

Enthralled by Versace Pre-Fall

December 29, 2009 by WendyB

Before the holidays, gorgeous blogger Jennine of The Coveted asked me if I would be interested in visiting Versace’s 5th Avenue store to check out the pre-fall collection. Jennine knows I have a good pre-2005 Versace collection thanks to Teresa, who was a stellar sales associate at the now-closed Versace boutique on Madison Avenue. Teresa…

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Filed Under: coats, favorite brands, handbags, jackets, latex, leggings, obsessions, rants, sales, versace Tagged With: versace

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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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