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My Best Dressed at the 2016 MTV VMAs Is …

August 29, 2016 by WendyB

MTV’s Video Music Awards last night let me down in all kinds of ways. First, the show itself. Rihanna received the Video Vanguard award, but dragging her performances throughout the whole program undercut the excitement of her big moment … even though she improved during the evening, thankfully finding her voice by her fourth appearance….

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Filed Under: awards shows, Best Dressed/Wear What You Want Award, Celebrities, In the News, MTV VMAs, sports Tagged With: baddie winkle, best dressed, beyonce, blue ivy, desiigner, drake, mtv, rihanna, rio olympics, video music awards, VMAs

What Wendy Wore: Surprising 2006 VMAs Throwback

August 28, 2016 by WendyB

The MTV Video Music Awards are tonight, so it’s a good time for this surprising (to me) throwback photo. Here I am in my 2006 VMAs outfit, holding my VMAs Moonman party favor. I came upon this photo earlier this year while I was browsing through 2006 pictures for a different throwback post. I was…

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Filed Under: MTV VMAs, pictures of me, Throwback Thursday, vintage WendyB photos Tagged With: mtv, plein sud, VMAs

ICYMI: My MTV VMAs Posts From 2007 to 2015

August 28, 2016 by WendyB

The MTV Video Music Awards are tonight at 9 p.m. ET. You can always count on this event to produce memorable moments, even in worst years. And this shouldn’t be a bad year. As the New York Times reported, music videos matter again! That’s due to YouTube rather than television, of course, but who cares,…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Celebrities, MTV VMAs, music Tagged With: eminem, gloria steinem, jennifer lopez, miley cyrus, mtv, triumph the insult comic dog, VMAs

Twerk Mania Takes Over! Thanks, Miley Cyrus!

August 28, 2013 by WendyB

The TWERK necklace that I introduced as August’s Jewel of the Month is getting hotter and hotter! Days after Miley Cyrus’s publicity-generating, twerktastic performance at MTV’s Video Music Awards on Sunday, the word “twerk” has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. And Miley has teamed with Justin Bieber on a new song called, simply,…

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Filed Under: Celebrities, Miley Cyrus, my designs, necklaces, WENDYB by Wendy Brandes Tagged With: bieber, cyrus, justin, justin bieber, miley, miley cyrus, mileycyrus, necklace, twerk, twerking, VMAs

Easter Egg Eyebrows

April 4, 2010 by WendyB

Forget about the traditional Easter bonnet. Today is the day to try out the Peeptastic pastel eyebrows seen on the Balenciaga runway last month. CLICK FOR BABY-BLUE EYEBROWS. When I saw the Balenciaga pictures, I immediately thought of my gorgeous friend Kara Baby and her gorgeous sister Stephanie Baby.  No, their last name isn’t really…

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Filed Under: Britney Spears, faux-ny tail, gorgeous friends, hair, holidays, madonna, makeup, music Tagged With: VMAs

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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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