{"id":14513,"date":"2012-02-20T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=14513"},"modified":"2012-02-21T12:37:46","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T17:37:46","slug":"my-customized-evelina-ring-for-marian-kihogo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/my-customized-evelina-ring-for-marian-kihogo\/","title":{"rendered":"My Customized Evelina Ring for Marian Kihogo"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m doing some collaborating with gorgeous London blogger Marian Kihogo<\/a> and her model friend Tolula<\/a>. I’ve loved Marian’s style for a long time. Her pattern-mixing, fondness for bright colors (especially in lipstick!), and trademark turban make her stand out, as does her height — she’s 6’1″ without shoes!<\/p>\n

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Photo by Hannan Saleh, from Marian's blog.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Marian and David Yi of the New York Daily News. Photo by Brian Lynch was published online by the New York Times.<\/p><\/div>\n

Marian wears a lot of chunky rings, so when she told me she was coming to New York for Fashion Week, I decided to make her something special. I took my regular sterling silver Evelina perma-stacked stacking ring, seen here …<\/p>\n

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$625. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n

… and here, on my own hands …<\/p>\n

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The Evelina is second from the right.<\/p><\/div>\n

… and jazzed it up by setting two square-cut amethysts in it. Because Marian breaks all style rules, I set the amethysts upside down to symbolize her unique take on fashion.<\/p>\n

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Marian's custom Evelina ring. Photo by John Muggenborg.<\/p><\/div>\n

I also loaned Marian other rings for her week in New York, and, of course, she put everything together in fascinating ways. I particularly like Hannan Saleh<\/a>‘s close-up photo of Marian wearing her Evelina ring and my silver Fulvia ring<\/a> over fingerless gloves.<\/p>\n

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Click to read Marian's post on her custom ring.<\/p><\/div>\n

I happened to have a silver Boleyn “M” initial necklace<\/a> hanging around, so Marian wound up with that too. If you look closely — right under Marian’s chin — you can see it in this photo I took at Lincoln Center.<\/p>\n

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Marian is holding up her Evelina ring.<\/p><\/div>\n

I dressed up in my finest black t-shirt and jeans<\/a> to meet Marian that day.<\/p>\n

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Our first meeting!<\/p><\/div>\n

Marian was more impressively dressed. Here’s her head-to-toe look.<\/p>\n

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Regal, isn't she?<\/p><\/div>\n

I like that Marian doesn’t shy away from wearing heels. If you’re going to be tall anyway, why not be supa-dupa tall?<\/p>\n

I hope you’ll see a lot more from Marian and me in the future. In the meantime, remember that you can always ask me for customized jewelry. I’ve shown a lot of custom pieces that I made from scratch or heavily redesigned<\/a>, but I can also do smaller tweaks like the Evelina ring I did for Marian. Holla at me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot com if you want to chat about the possibilities. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m doing some collaborating with gorgeous London blogger Marian Kihogo and her model friend Tolula. I’ve loved Marian’s style for a long time. Her pattern-mixing, fondness for bright colors (especially in lipstick!), and trademark turban make her stand out, as does her height — she’s 6’1″ without shoes! Marian wears a lot of chunky rings,…<\/p>\n

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