{"id":34922,"date":"2016-12-21T23:20:05","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T04:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=34922"},"modified":"2016-12-21T23:20:05","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T04:20:05","slug":"feminist-jewelry-for-the-holidays-last-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/feminist-jewelry-for-the-holidays-last-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Feminist Jewelry for the Holidays: Last Call!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Order RIGHT NOW and select overnight delivery in order to get a NASTY necklace for your favorite NASTY women in time for Xmas<\/a>\/ Hanukkah\/Festivus<\/a>\/whatever!<\/p>\n

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Click to purchase. ($25 of the price goes to Planned Parenthood.)<\/p><\/div>\n

Gorgeous blogger Becky Stone of Diamonds in the Library<\/a> included this necklace in her recent roundup of feminist jewelry<\/a>. But what really delighted me was that she went beyond highlighting the individual piece to point out the underlying theme of my entire line, writing:<\/p>\n

“When it comes to fine jewelry, few designers are representing the feminist agenda more thoroughly than Wendy Brandes<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Her ‘BOSSY’ and ‘NASTY’ necklaces come to mind first, but if you look through Wendy\u2019s website, you\u2019ll see that the majority of her high end pieces are inspired by great women of the past, and her entire ‘Maneater’ collection is dedicated to the idea of powerful women. Then there are all of her delightfully irreverent emoji studs, which can be worn in any number of ways.<\/em><\/p>\n

Purchase of the BOSSY or NASTY necklaces also gets you a donation to Planned Parenthood in your honor.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve always written<\/a> about how my jewelry is inspired by powerful women, but it’s still gratifying when a jewelry expert like Becky peruses the line and puts the concept into her own words. Becky also captured another reason I love representing women in jewelry when she wrote, more generally:<\/p>\n

“I love feminist jewelry because there\u2019s something deliciously subversive about taking an item that\u2019s ostensibly intended to adorn women, something delicate and pretty, and\u00a0turn it on its side as an expression of defiance and strength instead.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To me, a bonus of creating this kind of piece with precious metals — gold, platinum, and silver — is that fine jewelry can last for millennia. My Hathor ring<\/a> and earrings<\/a> are direct descendants of the ancient Egyptian swivel rings I like to visit in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.<\/p>\n

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The #oneofakind #WendyBrandes Hathor earrings are two pairs in one! One one side, gorgeous turquoise surrounded by diamonds, all in an 18K yellow gold setting. Each earring flips! The red carnelian gives you an entirely different color palette. #JewelsInLove #LoveGold #ValentineJewelry<\/a><\/p>\n

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