{"id":36632,"date":"2017-06-09T10:30:24","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T14:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=36632"},"modified":"2017-06-08T10:34:01","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T14:34:01","slug":"hathor-swivel-earrings-on-a-designing-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/hathor-swivel-earrings-on-a-designing-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Hathor Swivel Earrings on a Designing Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my earlier designs has become <em>au courant<\/em> in 2017! My Hathor swivel earrings &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/jewels-of-the-month-hathor-ring-and-earrings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">named after an Egyptian goddess<\/a> &#8212; were worn by <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/margaret-anne-florence-and-wendy-brandes-jewelry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">actress Margaret Anne Florence in March<\/a>. This week, they were the accessory of choice for someone who really appreciates accessories: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0869349\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">costume designer Melissa Tot<\/a>h (<em>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind<\/em>, <em>Manchester by the Sea<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"article1_lblBody\"><span class=\"text1\">Melissa was an honoree at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nywift.org\/article.aspx?id=DH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Women in Film &amp; Television&#8217;s Designing Women event<\/a>, which recognizes costume designers, makeup artists, and hairstylists in film, television, and digital media.\u00a0 She&#8217;s also the queen of the &#8220;pop of color&#8221; concept because she managed two pops! Check out the red shoes with the turquoise earrings.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/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: 417px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/693141064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 142.446043% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/693141064?et=WhVNhBVrR8NT7H3RUvOq-g&amp;tld=com&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=xUl4D0xP2RskK8YNAWM-jJpLip1rR4f7kV85ys2fjA8=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"417\" height=\"594\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, I didn&#8217;t think of showing Melissa the Hathor earrings. She went through nearly everything else and had almost settled on another design when she mused aloud that she loved the combination of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Turquoise-and-Ruby-Skull-Ring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">turquoise and red<\/a>, and wouldn&#8217;t turquoise be nice with her red shoes and black-and-white dress? I was like, &#8220;Say no more!&#8221;<\/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: 412px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/693141130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 144.174757% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/693141130?et=76CRtkeCRjRlWrlgyUQK6w&amp;tld=com&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=EqZe8jdFmQnmSFUzoRa7UtUAHRtqkfNXm-0LX9TngiM=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"412\" height=\"594\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I can hardly believe I was trying to steer her towards <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Cleves-Earrings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my much more matchy Cleves onyx earrings<\/a>. The turquoise is so much stronger. That&#8217;s why Melissa is a costume designer and I&#8217;m not.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36634\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36634\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36634\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/eternal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/eternal.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/eternal-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/eternal-300x375.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kate Winslet, costumed by Melissa Toth, in the must-see movie &#8220;Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The center of the Hathor swivel earrings and matching Hathor swivel ring can be flipped from turquoise to carnelian, and the day before I met up with Melissa, I discovered that mini-video app Boomerang is the best-ever way to capture the Hathor design in action.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BU95_wwjwCj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I make magic rings. #jewelrydesigner #jewelry #finejewelry #turquoise #carnelian #lovegold #lovegoldlive #swivelring #goldring #oneofakind<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by Wendy Brandes (@wendybrandes) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-06-05T18:04:35+00:00\">Jun 5, 2017 at 11:04am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I am tempted to call that video &#8220;hypnotic,&#8221; but I now associate hypnosis with the movie <em>Get Out<\/em>. Not good! Let&#8217;s say &#8220;fascinating&#8221; instead.<\/p>\n<p>Congrats to Melissa on her well-deserved award, and a big thank you for making my earrings look so fabulous!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my earlier designs has become au courant in 2017! My Hathor swivel earrings &#8212; named after an Egyptian goddess &#8212; were worn by actress Margaret Anne Florence in March. 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