{"id":29804,"date":"2015-07-20T09:30:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T13:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=29804"},"modified":"2015-07-19T22:49:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T02:49:30","slug":"told-you-so-you-need-leg-jewelry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/told-you-so-you-need-leg-jewelry\/","title":{"rendered":"Told You So &#8230; You Need Leg Jewelry!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, when <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/jewels-of-the-month-part-2-anklet-season\/\" target=\"_blank\">I officially introduced<\/a> my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Barbed-Wire-Anklet-%252d-Gold\" target=\"_blank\">18K gold<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Barbed-Wire-Anklet-%252d-Platinum\" target=\"_blank\">platinum<\/a> barbed wire ankle bracelets, I said it was time for leg jewelry to heat up. I wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;While<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anklet\" target=\"_blank\"> anklets have been around since ancient times<\/a> and are still a perennial in some cultures, in the U.S. they\u2019ve gone in and out of fashion. I say they\u2019re due for a big, fine-jewelry comeback! In recent years, &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.manrepeller.com\/2011\/06\/extensive-look-at-arm-party.html\" target=\"_blank\">arm parties<\/a>&#8216; of bracelets; &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/fashionista.com\/2013\/02\/ring-parties-arm-parties\" target=\"_blank\">finger parties<\/a>&#8216; of rings; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.luxemi.com\/2012\/06\/28\/summer-2012-jewelry-trend-charming-celebrity-hand-chains\/\" target=\"_blank\">hand jewelry<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elle.com\/fashion\/accessories\/tips\/g9023\/earring-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\">ears<\/a> full of studs, earring jackets, <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/jewel-of-the-month-fitzroy-the-cat-ear-climbers\/\" target=\"_blank\">ear climbers<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glamourmagazine.co.uk\/fashion\/celebrity-fashion\/2013\/06\/celebrity-fashion-trend-ear-cuffs\" target=\"_blank\">ear cuffs<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/3cJtL6DZcC\/?taken-by=wendybrandesjewelry\" target=\"_blank\">layers and layers of necklaces<\/a>; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.celebuzz.com\/photos\/celebrities-in-body-chains\/\" target=\"_blank\">body chains<\/a>. Every body part has been loaded with jewelry except for the leg. The poor leg. THINK OF THE LEG FOR GOD\u2019S SAKE!&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Naturally, when I saw this tweet from Elle a month later, I went on high alert.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29805\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ELLEmagazine\/status\/620666505617874944\/photo\/1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29805\" class=\"wp-image-29805\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/elle.jpg\" alt=\"elle\" width=\"498\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/elle.jpg 637w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/elle-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for source.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When I clicked on Elle&#8217;s link, however, I found myself in a dull gallery of celebrity styles: &#8220;Celebrities on (Permanent) Vacation.&#8221; I don&#8217;t know why I&#8217;m always fooled by this kind of tweet from the old-media fashion magazines. I see something like this Zoe Kravitz tweet and click on the link thinking I&#8217;m going to a cool little story on her look, but I wind up in a generic photo gallery where I have to click through at least one page &#8212; but often more &#8212; to get to the tweeted image, which usually has no additional information. Practically every big monthly publication is guilty of this, and it&#8217;s even more inconvenient on mobile than it is on a website, so, social-media editors, to quote my designing friend Stacy Lomman, &#8220;Thank you very little. You&#8217;ve been a tremendous lack of help.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, to make it easier for <em>you<\/em>, here is the leg look Elle was tweeting about.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29842\" style=\"width: 286px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/g9215\/best-celebrity-bikini-bodies\/?slide=1\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29842\" class=\"wp-image-29842 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/zoelegscrop.jpg\" alt=\"zoelegscrop\" width=\"276\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click and you might get to the photo in the slideshow. On the other foot, it&#8217;s a slideshow and old photos get lost.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got no other information on the chains, because, like I said, there&#8217;s no story, but it&#8217;s a pretty fabulous look. On the other hand (or foot), it&#8217;s probably too extreme for non-celebrity types, so I still recommend going with my totally wearable anklet.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29807\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Barbed-Wire-Anklet-%252d-Silver\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29807\" class=\"wp-image-29807 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ankletasseenon.jpg\" alt=\"ankletasseenon\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ankletasseenon.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ankletasseenon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ankletasseenon-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The silver anklet seen on Eryn Patton. She wears it every day! Click to shop.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Expect to see more leg, ankle and foot jewelry next year. Remember that this June, the Wall Street Journal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/circling-back-to-hoop-earrings-1435351313\" target=\"_blank\">did a story on the comeback of hoop earrings<\/a>; my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/what-wendy-wore-next-seasons-earrings-big-hoops\/\" target=\"_blank\">prediction of a renewed interest in hoops<\/a> was posted in July 2014. Just sayin&#8217;! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, when I officially introduced my 18K gold and platinum barbed wire ankle bracelets, I said it was time for leg jewelry to heat up. I wrote: &#8220;While anklets have been around since ancient times and are still a perennial in some cultures, in the U.S. they\u2019ve gone in and out of fashion. 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