{"id":31557,"date":"2016-01-17T17:17:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-17T22:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=31557"},"modified":"2016-01-17T18:10:11","modified_gmt":"2016-01-17T23:10:11","slug":"the-week-in-review-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/the-week-in-review-59\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it, here&#8217;s what was on the blog this week, plus some related photos and links.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday:<\/strong> My prestigious best dressed\/wear what you want combo award for <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/my-best-dressed-at-the-2016-golden-globes-is\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Golden Globes went to Jane Fonda<\/a>. I also noted several attendees wearing a shade of yellow that could be described as mustard or marigold. Two days later, Michelle Obama wore a similarly hued dress by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/01\/13\/living\/michelle-obama-dress-marigold-narciso-rodriguez-feat\/\" target=\"_blank\">Narciso Rodriguez<\/a> to President Obama&#8217;s final State of the Union dress.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:445px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/504721618\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:67.171717% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/504721618?et=kFKiKRtBTuVhBOtYCwzAxg&#038;viewMoreLink=off&#038;sig=c_jKNeQJ9YKBWK1cV90RKbq_VgDDfXWLWyA8_xkWm-M=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"445\" height=\"299\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Another Michelle &#8212; Michelle Williams &#8212; still <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/390619\/10-best-dressed-stars-ever-at-the-oscars-michelle-williams-halle-berry-and-more\" target=\"_blank\">wins my prize for all-time best-dressed in that color<\/a>. Then again, Michelle Williams isn&#8217;t repeatedly cited in Fifth Harmony&#8217;s 2014 song &#8220;Bo$$,&#8221; like Michelle Obama is.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y4JfPlry-iQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday:<\/strong> Early in the morning, we found out that David Bowie died two days after his 69th birthday, and at first <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/rip-david-bowie\/\" target=\"_blank\">I was too shocked to say anything<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/memories-of-david-bowie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Later, I composed myself enough to write about <\/a>my teenage memories of the video for &#8220;Blue Jean,&#8221; the one time I saw Bowie perform live in 2001, and the 2013 Victoria and Albert &#8220;David Bowie Is&#8221; museum exhibit. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/david-bowies-1976-playboy-interview-and-other-links\/\" target=\"_blank\">I took a look at some of Bowie&#8217;s more outrageous statements from the mid-1970s<\/a>, when he was in the grips of a cocaine addiction so severe that he had hallucinations. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2016\/01\/16\/my-interview-with-david-bowie.html\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s a fairly recent interview where he spoke about how bad that time was<\/a>.) I included a lot of links in those last two posts, but with all that&#8217;s being written about Bowie, I keep finding more. As expected, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/biz\/articles\/6844040\/david-bowies-blackstar-album-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-chart\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Blackstar<\/em>, the album Bowie put out on his birthday, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard&#8217;s chart<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/mobile.nytimes.com\/2016\/01\/18\/arts\/music\/bowie-hits-no-1-a-first.html?smid=tw-nytimes&#038;smtyp=cur&#038;referer=&#038;_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">What&#8217;s interesting is that it is his first-ever No. 1 album in the U.S.<\/a> Clearly, sales figures don&#8217;t tell the complete story of an artist&#8217;s impact!<\/p>\n<p>Also interesting: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/david-bowies-unaired-60-minutes-interviews\/\" target=\"_blank\">Clips from a never-aired David Bowie <em>60 Minutes<\/em> interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/common\/video\/cbsnews_video.swf\" scale=\"noscale\" salign=\"lt\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"620\" height=\"387\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" FlashVars=\"pType=embed&#038;si=254&#038;pid=4Vdlk7SFXjem&#038;uuid=null&#038;url=http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/videos\/david-bowie-on-performing\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And I was glad to see that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.papermag.com\/david-bowie-klaus-nomi-joey-arias-snl-1549090218.html\" target=\"_blank\">Paper magazine interviewed Joey Arias<\/a>, who was one of the backup singers for Bowie&#8217;s 1979 <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em> performance. The other backup singer was Klaus Nomi &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/throwback-thursday-new-years-eve-ten-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\">I wrote about him on New Year&#8217;s Eve<\/a>. <em>SNL<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/snl-david-bowie-tribute_569ba664e4b0ce496424bebc\" target=\"_blank\">paid tribute to Bowie last night by re-airing a 1979 clip<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday:<\/strong> For Throwback Thursday, <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/throwback-thursday-jewelry-designs-from-2006\/\" target=\"_blank\">I found two photos from small jewelry sale I held 10 years ago<\/a>. They how much my design aesthetic has changed over the years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/jewel-of-the-month-helens-redesigned-engagement-ring\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Jewel of the Month for January is my latest engagement ring design<\/a>. I&#8217;ve also got some good advice about how to wind up with the engagement ring of your dreams.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/jewel-of-the-month-helens-redesigned-engagement-ring\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong>, I shared photos from Jewelers of America&#8217;s recent Gem Awards. I&#8217;ve still got my outfit post on that night in the works.<br \/>\n     &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BAS_wgvDZTV\/?taken-by=wendybrandesjewelry\" target=\"_blank\">Turquoise skull ring and red velvet<\/a>.<br \/>\n     &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BATUDymDZW1\/?taken-by=wendybrandesjewelry\" target=\"_blank\">Barbed wire ring modeled by Bernadette Mack<\/a>.<br \/>\n     &#8211;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BATWm20DZbO\/?taken-by=wendybrandesjewelry\" target=\"_blank\">Duckface with Adornmentality&#8217;s Barbara Palumbo<\/a>.<br \/>\n     &#8211;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BATdcHyjZVx\/?taken-by=wendybrandesjewelry\" target=\"_blank\">Meeting jewelry designer Marla Aaron<\/a>.<br \/>\n     &#8211;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BAT3EUxDZYY\/?taken-by=wendybrandesjewelry\" target=\"_blank\">My sexy male models<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it, here&#8217;s what was on the blog this week, plus some related photos and links. Sunday: My prestigious best dressed\/wear what you want combo award for the Golden Globes went to Jane Fonda. I also noted several attendees wearing a shade of yellow that could be described as mustard or marigold&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/the-week-in-review-59\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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":[598],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-week-in-review","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31557","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=31557"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31570,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31557\/revisions\/31570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}