{"id":17013,"date":"2012-09-16T21:47:43","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T01:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=17013"},"modified":"2012-09-18T23:01:03","modified_gmt":"2012-09-19T03:01:03","slug":"shontelle-shows-two-clemence-rings-are-even-better-than-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/shontelle-shows-two-clemence-rings-are-even-better-than-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Shontelle Shows Two Clemence Rings Are Even Better Than One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quite a few people have stacked two of my Clemence rings together, but I&#8217;ve never managed to get a picture. Gorgeous singer Shontelle (&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWdrO4BoCu8\" target=\"_blank\">Impossible<\/a>&#8220;) ended my photo drought last Wednesday when she performed and modeled at the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/8301-207_162-57379614\/real-fashion-real-women-closes-ny-fashion-week\/\" target=\"_blank\">Real Fashion, Real Women<\/a>&#8221; show benefiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bottomlessclosetnyc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bottomless Closet<\/a>. She wore my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Clemence-Ring-%252d-Spinel-%26-Crystal\" target=\"_blank\">18K-gold Clemence ring in rock crystal and black spinel<\/a> with my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Clemence-Ring-%252d-Amethyst\" target=\"_blank\">Clemence ring in amethyst and citrine<\/a> on one finger. I think the combination looks fabulous.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17016\" style=\"width: 405px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shontelleonline.com\/2012\/09\/14\/photos-shontelle-takes-over-mercedes-benz-fashion-week-nyc\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17016\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17016\" title=\"shontelle\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/shontelle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/shontelle.jpg 395w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/shontelle-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy Shontelle Online. Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I bet the ring&#8217;s inspiration, the 14th-century Clemence of Hungary, would like this look too. Clemence was the second wife of King Louis X of France. Louis died less than a year after the wedding, but Clemence continued to live the high life, accumulating an impressive collection of art and jewelry. Maybe she&#8217;d wear a couple of more Clemence rings on her other hand for a truly queenly look. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Clemence-Ring-%252d-Rock-Crystal\" target=\"_blank\">The version with two rock crystals<\/a> would look great with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Clemence-Ring-%252d-Kunzite\" target=\"_blank\">the ring in rock crystal and kunzite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you live in or visit the Los Angeles area, you can try on the rock-crystal ring <a href=\"https:\/\/store.brokenenglishjewelry.com\/store.php?pg1-cid107.html\" target=\"_blank\">at Broken English Jewelry<\/a> in Santa Monica. You can also buy it at Broken English&#8217;s website by clicking the photo below.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17018\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Clemence-Ring-%252d-Rock-Crystal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17018\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17018 \" title=\"Clemence_Rock_Ring_Zoom__58746_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Clemence_Rock_Ring_Zoom__58746_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Clemence_Rock_Ring_Zoom__58746_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Clemence_Rock_Ring_Zoom__58746_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Clemence_Rock_Ring_Zoom__58746_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clemence ring in 18K gold and rock crystal. $7,000. Click to purchase at Broken English.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Some other Clemence designs are exclusively available at jewelry website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxandchloe.com\/Wendy-Brandes\" target=\"_blank\">Max &amp; Chloe<\/a>, including the amethyst-and-citrine style that Shontelle wore.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17020\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxandchloe.com\/Wendy-Brandes-Amethyst-Clemence-Ring\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17020\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17020\" title=\"Clemence_Cit_Amet_Ring_Zoom__67597_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Clemence_Cit_Amet_Ring_Zoom__67597_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Clemence_Cit_Amet_Ring_Zoom__67597_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Clemence_Cit_Amet_Ring_Zoom__67597_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Clemence_Cit_Amet_Ring_Zoom__67597_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clemence ring in 18K gold, amethyst and citrine. $8,250. Click to purchase at Max &amp; Chloe.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Max &amp; Chloe carries my black-spinel Clemence ring too &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17019\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxandchloe.com\/Wendy-Brandes-Black-Spinel-Clemence-Ring\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17019\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17019\" title=\"Clemence_Black_Ring_Zoom__87284_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Clemence_Black_Ring_Zoom__87284_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Clemence_Black_Ring_Zoom__87284_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Clemence_Black_Ring_Zoom__87284_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Clemence_Black_Ring_Zoom__87284_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clemence ring in 18K gold and black spinel. $7,700. Click to purchase at Max &amp; Chloe.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230; and my Clemence necklace.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17021\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxandchloe.com\/Wendy-Brandes-Clemence-Necklace\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17021\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17021\" title=\"Clemence_necklace_Zoom__57768_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Clemence_necklace_Zoom__57768_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Clemence_necklace_Zoom__57768_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Clemence_necklace_Zoom__57768_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Clemence_necklace_Zoom__57768_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clemence necklace in 18K gold, black spinel and rock crystal. $7,150. Click to purchase at Max &amp; Chloe.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The black-and-white version Clemence modeled by Shontelle is for sale on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\" target=\"_blank\">my site<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17022\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Clemence-Ring-%252d-Spinel-%26-Crystal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17022\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17022\" title=\"Clemence_Black-Rock_Ring_Zoom__92603_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Clemence_Black-Rock_Ring_Zoom__92603_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Clemence_Black-Rock_Ring_Zoom__92603_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Clemence_Black-Rock_Ring_Zoom__92603_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Clemence_Black-Rock_Ring_Zoom__92603_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clemence ring in 18K gold, rock crystal and black spinel. $7,500. Click to purchase from wendybrandes.com.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230; along with the Clemence in rock crystal and pretty pink kunzite.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17023\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Clemence-Ring-%252d-Kunzite\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17023\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17023 \" title=\"ClemnceRingKunziteZM__04749_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ClemnceRingKunziteZM__04749_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ClemnceRingKunziteZM__04749_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ClemnceRingKunziteZM__04749_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ClemnceRingKunziteZM__04749_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clemence ring in 18K gold in rock crystal and kunzite. $8,000. Click to purchase from wendybrandes.com.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how the kunzite ring looks on me, next to my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Siobhan-Perma%252dStacked-Ring\" target=\"_blank\">Siobhan perma-stacked stacking ring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17024\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/ass-flowers-are-new-butt-bow\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17024\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17024\" title=\"clemence_kunzite__50289_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/clemence_kunzite__50289_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/clemence_kunzite__50289_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/clemence_kunzite__50289_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/clemence_kunzite__50289_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to see the full outfit.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You can also stack the Clemence with other ring designs.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/beauty-shoot-with-wendy-brandes-rings\/\" target=\"_blank\">Earlier this year<\/a>, photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthonyfriend.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Friend<\/a> shot the black-spinel design with my sterling-silver Nuit ring. (<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/theres-something-about-my-pinkie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Celebrity manicurist Tracylee Percival<\/a> did the nails for this shoot.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17026\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Nuit-Ring-%252d-Silver\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17026\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17026   \" title=\"Anthony-Friend-Beauty-3\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Anthony-Friend-Beauty-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Anthony-Friend-Beauty-3.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Anthony-Friend-Beauty-3-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">That&#8217;s a 33-carat blue topaz. Only one sterling-silver version of this ring will EVER be made. $4,000. Click to purchase from wendybrandes.com.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Of course, a statement ring like the Nuit &#8212; named for the Egyptian goddess of the sky &#8212; stands alone just fine. <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/what-shontelle-wore-at-nyfw-wendy-brandes-jewelry\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shontelle wore it that way last week<\/a>. You can keep up with Shontelle&#8217;s fashion choices on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShonFashion\" target=\"_blank\">here <\/a>and follow the singer herself <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shontelle_Layne\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quite a few people have stacked two of my Clemence rings together, but I&#8217;ve never managed to get a picture. Gorgeous singer Shontelle (&#8220;Impossible&#8220;) ended my photo drought last Wednesday when she performed and modeled at the &#8220;Real Fashion, Real Women&#8221; show benefiting Bottomless Closet. She wore my 18K-gold Clemence ring in rock crystal and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/shontelle-shows-two-clemence-rings-are-even-better-than-one\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[237,10,587,42,43,13,37,6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17013","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-broken-english","8":"category-celebrities","9":"category-max-chloe","10":"category-music","11":"category-my-designs","12":"category-necklaces","13":"category-queens","14":"category-rings","15":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17013"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17049,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17013\/revisions\/17049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}