{"id":2776,"date":"2009-11-05T10:55:35","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T14:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=2776"},"modified":"2018-04-09T13:15:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T17:15:54","slug":"featured-jewel-lotus-necklace-with-sapphire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/featured-jewel-lotus-necklace-with-sapphire\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Jewel: Lotus Necklace With Sapphire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gorgeous blogger Kathy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fasshonaburu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fasshonaburu<\/a> joined me for dinner at sushi restaurant <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bondstrestaurant.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BondSt<\/a> last night. (We recommend the fried oyster roll.) My jewel of the evening was my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/pro-detail.php?colid=29&amp;collect=true&amp;id=423\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">18K gold lotus flower necklace with a sapphire in the center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2777\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/pro-detail.php?colid=29&amp;collect=true&amp;id=423\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2777\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2777 \" title=\"IMG_1749\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_1749-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"Click for more information.\" width=\"180\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_1749-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_1749-1024x788.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/IMG_1749.JPG 1953w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for more information.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ll have that one at my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/pop-in-to-my-pop-up-shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pop-up shop<\/a> later this month if you want to see it in person.<\/p>\n<p>The sapphire inspired me to wear a coat-and-dress set with vibrant blue ribbon detail.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2803\" style=\"width: 292px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2803\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2803 \" title=\"cfrribbon2decracked\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/cfrribbon2decracked.jpg\" alt=\"The coat.\" width=\"282\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/cfrribbon2decracked.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/cfrribbon2decracked-172x300.jpg 172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With the coat.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2804\" style=\"width: 309px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2804\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2804 \" title=\"cfrribbon1decracked\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/cfrribbon1decracked.jpg\" alt=\"With the coat (and a little windblown).\" width=\"299\" height=\"540\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With the coat (and a little windblown).<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The coat and dress are by <a href=\"http:\/\/francisnewyork.com\/blog\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Francis<\/a> for Fall 2009. The Jil Sander boots, which you can also see <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/francis-graffiti-dress-plus-tights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, are old. I can&#8217;t remember exactly when I got them, but I had them when I worked at <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/in-news-lehman-brothers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lehman Brothers<\/a> and I left that job in 2005. I originally tried on the boots at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bergdorfgoodman.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bergdorf Goodman<\/a>, but the last pair was half a size too large for me. I became determined to get those boots. After calling all the U.S. stores I could think of, I called the Jil Sander office, where I was told there was no hope. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Soup_Nazi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No boots for you<\/a>! However, nothing inspires me quite as much as someone telling me there&#8217;s no hope.\u00a0 I started calling stores in Europe. Ultimately I described the boots to bemused but helpful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harrods.com\/HarrodsStore\/Default.aspx?CID=ppc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harrods<\/a> sales associate, who sent them on their merry way to me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sometimes I think that I should put the energy spent on something like tracking a pair of boots into more important endeavors. But then I think, &#8220;Nah.&#8221; Unimportant endeavors need love too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gorgeous blogger Kathy of Fasshonaburu joined me for dinner at sushi restaurant BondSt last night. (We recommend the fried oyster roll.) My jewel of the evening was my 18K gold lotus flower necklace with a sapphire in the center. I&#8217;ll have that one at my pop-up shop later this month if you want to see&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/featured-jewel-lotus-necklace-with-sapphire\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[91,81,291,43,13,277,41],"tags":[290],"class_list":{"0":"post-2776","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boots","8":"category-christian-francis-roth","9":"category-featured-jewel","10":"category-my-designs","11":"category-necklaces","12":"category-outfit-post","13":"category-pictures-of-me","14":"tag-sapphire","15":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2776","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=2776"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39761,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2776\/revisions\/39761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}