{"id":32199,"date":"2016-03-17T17:25:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T21:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=32199"},"modified":"2016-03-17T18:20:20","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T22:20:20","slug":"the-wearing-of-the-green-gems-for-st-patricks-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/the-wearing-of-the-green-gems-for-st-patricks-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wearing of the Green (Gems) for St. Patrick’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

I hated the color green for a long time. I wouldn’t consider wearing green clothes. Then, suddenly, something changed and I loved green.<\/p>\n

That might be due to Zang Toi, who got me into this gown for the 2006 Oscars. I suspect I couldn’t resist the matching peacock-feather fan.<\/p>\n

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Zang Toi Oscar dress. Click to see me lurking behind George Clooney on the red carpet.<\/p><\/div>\n

Once I committed to green, I was all in.\u00a0 In fact, the weekend I wore the Zang gown, I bought a green Lillie Rubin dress that I wound up wearing to Vanity Fair’s Oscars party … ten years later.<\/p>\n

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Click for my recent post with two more photos of this dress.<\/p><\/div>\n

This picture of me in a green Ossie Clark dress is also from 2006.<\/p>\n

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Photo taken May 2006. I’m wearing my Cleopatra necklace.<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ve acquired more green clothes since then, especially from Zang.<\/p>\n

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Mermaid skirt and qipao are both by Zang Toi.<\/p><\/div>\n

One of my favorite gems is the green garnet known as tsavorite. I often use it in my designs.<\/p>\n

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Click to see more examples of my tsavorite designs.<\/p><\/div>\n

Some of my other designs with green gemstones are on sale through the weekend, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Get them now and be prepared for next March 17!<\/p>\n

This green tourmaline weighs 6.5 carats and is set in 18K yellow gold.<\/p>\n

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Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n

My Oscar-worthy Susan earrings boast 16.39 carats of peridot and 1.41 carats of diamonds.<\/p>\n

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Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n

And if you’re looking for something to wear every day, these six-millimeter emerald cabochon studs can be purchased without the cat earring jackets.<\/p>\n

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Click to purchase full set.<\/p><\/div>\n

If you’re interested in the studs alone, email me at info at wendybrandes dot com and I’ll give you the special price.<\/p>\n

Happy St. Patrick’s Day … and don’t overdo it on the green beer tonight!<\/p>\n

UPDATED TO ADD: How did I forget that I have green lipstick<\/a>?! Now I kinda wish I were going out tonight!<\/p>\n

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Wearing green lipstick pre-Halloween. Click for original post.<\/p><\/div>\n

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I hated the color green for a long time. I wouldn’t consider wearing green clothes. Then, suddenly, something changed and I loved green. That might be due to Zang Toi, who got me into this gown for the 2006 Oscars. I suspect I couldn’t resist the matching peacock-feather fan. Once I committed to green, I…<\/p>\n

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