{"id":13574,"date":"2011-12-05T00:18:10","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T05:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=13574"},"modified":"2011-12-05T00:18:10","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T05:18:10","slug":"why-i-love-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/why-i-love-queens\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Love Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of my jewelry is inspired by queens. By queens, I’m referring to royal ladies<\/a> — not one of New York City’s five boroughs<\/a> or Quentin Crisp<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Double your queenly pleasure: gay icon Quentin Crisp played Elizabeth I in the movie "Orlando." Click!<\/p><\/div>\n

I love badass women in general and when queens are badass, they are supa dupa badass<\/a>. Seventh-century Chinese ruler Empress Wu<\/a>,\u00a0 for instance, said she would use a whip, a hammer and a knife to train a mean, wild horse<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst, I shall give him a lesson with the whip,\u201d she said. \u201cIf he disobeys me, I shall blow him on the head with the hammer. If he still rebels, I shall slit his throat.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The horse was lucky. With people, Wu usually went straight to the throat-cutting part.<\/p>\n

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Detail shot of my Empress Wu earring design. Click for more photos.<\/p><\/div>\n

About 1400 years later, we frown upon murderous monarchs, so modern-day queens have to content themselves with throwing shade<\/a>. Still, their shade is better than our shade. I was reminded of that by an article in the New York Times Style Magazine<\/a> by fashion journalist Sarah Mower, who was named a Member of the British Empire — a British national honor. Writing about the challenges of dressing to meet the queen, Mower mentioned a famous insult dealt to former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher<\/a> by Elizabeth II. Thatcher asked for advance notice about what the queen would be wearing to state occasions, apparently to avoid winding up in a “twins<\/a>” situation. The response?<\/p>\n

“Her Majesty does not notice what other people wear.”<\/em><\/p>\n

And that’s how you whip, hammer AND cut a bitch without lifting a finger! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most of my jewelry is inspired by queens. By queens, I’m referring to royal ladies — not one of New York City’s five boroughs or Quentin Crisp. I love badass women in general and when queens are badass, they are supa dupa badass. Seventh-century Chinese ruler Empress Wu,\u00a0 for instance, said she would use a…<\/p>\n

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