{"id":20451,"date":"2013-05-05T00:01:16","date_gmt":"2013-05-05T04:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=20451"},"modified":"2013-05-04T01:31:19","modified_gmt":"2013-05-04T05:31:19","slug":"need-punk-jewelry-for-tomorrows-met-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/need-punk-jewelry-for-tomorrows-met-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"Need Punk Jewelry for Tomorrow&#8217;s Met Gala?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re going to the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art tomorrow night and need some jewelry worthy of the &#8220;Punk: Chaos to Couture&#8221; exhibit, I suggest my &#8220;Screw You&#8221; mismatched stud earrings in 18K gold.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20452\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=%22Screw-You%22-Mixed-Stud-Earrings-%252d-Gold\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20452\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20452\" alt=\"screwU.gold.50__93980_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/screwU.gold_.50__93980_std.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/screwU.gold_.50__93980_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/screwU.gold_.50__93980_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/screwU.gold_.50__93980_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screw You earrings are $450. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I wear these in my double-pierced left ear with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Cleopatra-Earrings\" target=\"_blank\">gold Cleopatra snake earring<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Matilda-Sword-Earrings\" target=\"_blank\">Matilda sword earring<\/a> in the right ear.<\/p>\n<p>Other options are my middle finger emoji stud earring &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20453\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Middle-Finger-Emoji-Stud-Earrring-%252d-Gold\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20453\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20453\" alt=\"finger_G_60__01312_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/finger_G_60__01312_std.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/finger_G_60__01312_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/finger_G_60__01312_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/finger_G_60__01312_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">$225 for one. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8230; my notorious swear rings &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20455\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Swear-Rings\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20455\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20455\" alt=\"Swear_Rings80__28599_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Swear_Rings80__28599_std.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Swear_Rings80__28599_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Swear_Rings80__28599_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Swear_Rings80__28599_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Four rings for $380. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8230; my STFU necklace &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20456\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Letter-Necklace-%252d-Small%2C-Gold%2C-STFU\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20456\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20456\" alt=\"STFU_gold_80__35340_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/STFU_gold_80__35340_std.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/STFU_gold_80__35340_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/STFU_gold_80__35340_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/STFU_gold_80__35340_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">18K yellow gold STFU necklace. $900. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8230; or my IDGAF necklace, which once gave me courage around Met Gala hostess-with-the-mostess <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/what-wendy-wore-elevator-talk-with-anna-wintour\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vogue&#8217;s Anna Wintour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20457\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Letter-Necklace-%252d-Small%2C-Gold%2C-IDGAF\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20457\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20457\" alt=\"IDGAF_M1__25445_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IDGAF_M1__25445_std.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IDGAF_M1__25445_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IDGAF_M1__25445_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IDGAF_M1__25445_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">18K gold IDGAF necklace. $950. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of course, I also have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/search.php?search_query=skull&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\" target=\"_blank\">skulls galore.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20460\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Juana-Skull-Ring\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20460\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20460\" alt=\"NEWJuana_Skull_Ring_80__65002_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/NEWJuana_Skull_Ring_80__65002_std.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/NEWJuana_Skull_Ring_80__65002_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/NEWJuana_Skull_Ring_80__65002_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/NEWJuana_Skull_Ring_80__65002_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gold Juana skull ring with white sapphire eyes. $2,550. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Live up to the punk spirit and wear an ornery emerging designer at the big event! If you want to get any (or all) of these for tomorrow, holla at me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot com and I&#8217;ll messenger your purchases to you anywhere in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you&#8217;re not going to the Met tomorrow, you can spend your time catching up on what I&#8217;ve written on the blog this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunday: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/recommended-reading-copy-of-the-day-week-in-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">I had a lot to say about breast cancer, Bangladesh and the Met Gala<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Monday: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/im-not-worthy\/\" target=\"_blank\">I belatedly noticed a great necklace in the movie <em>Wayne&#8217;s World<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/wendy-brandes-jewelry-and-words-in-jck-magazine\/\" target=\"_blank\">My earrings are on the cover of the May 2013 JCK Magazine<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/nyc-vice-rings-and-rap\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gangsta Boo rapped about me while wearing my VICE rings<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Thursday: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/beyonce-kerli-inspiration-and-imitation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beyonc\u00e9, Kerli, inspiration and imitation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Friday: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/i-knew-i-should-have-made-that-ass-jewelry\/\" target=\"_blank\">Miley Cyrus and her ass jewelry<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/customer-of-the-day-tina-anderson\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tina Anderson models my black-tie-worthy jewelry<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re going to the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art tomorrow night and need some jewelry worthy of the &#8220;Punk: Chaos to Couture&#8221; exhibit, I suggest my &#8220;Screw You&#8221; mismatched stud earrings in 18K gold. I wear these in my double-pierced left ear with a gold Cleopatra snake earring or Matilda&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/need-punk-jewelry-for-tomorrows-met-gala\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20452,"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":[43,598],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20451","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-my-designs","8":"category-week-in-review","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20451","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=20451"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20484,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20451\/revisions\/20484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}