{"id":40497,"date":"2018-06-28T23:56:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T03:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=40497"},"modified":"2018-06-28T23:59:33","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T03:59:33","slug":"throwback-thursday-even-more-couture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/throwback-thursday-even-more-couture\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Even More Couture"},"content":{"rendered":"

I still have photos to share from the Couture jewelry show in Las Vegas at the beginning of the month. Last week<\/a>, I promised pictures of people wearing my 18K gold Queen of Scots tiara; this week, I’m delivering!<\/p>\n

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Top: Kelli from 1stdibs.com. Bottom: Vicki Chen from Harper’s Bazaar China.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

Who says only women can wear tiaras? Not I!<\/p>\n

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Top: Elle Hill of Hill & Co. Bottom: Brandon from Steve Quick Jeweler.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

The person who got the most wear out of the tiara was my right-hand woman Eryn, who wore it all day for two days straight.<\/p>\n

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Eryn looking princessy, then serving FACE.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

Tiara Eryn was an Eryn I had never met before. She was like a combination of the world’s most charming saleswoman; the fearsome boss of us all; and the type of queen who is NOT AT ALL amused. There was definitely some kind of Lord of the Rings<\/em> “One tiara to rule them all” thing happening. I’m not sure if this surge of tiara power means I should never let her wear the piece again … or encourage her to wear it all the time.<\/p>\n

She did take off the tiara to do a little gambling with our photographer friend Simon Martner. I’d played poker maybe five times before, so that made me the expert among us. We basically broke even at the table — losing some, winning some, and calling it quits when we got within $5 of our original investment.<\/p>\n

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I didn’t even lose my traditional $20 in the poker machine, even though I tried my best.<\/p>\n

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That $20 investment just didn’t want to quit me.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

Not losing is like winning in Vegas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I still have photos to share from the Couture jewelry show in Las Vegas at the beginning of the month. Last week, I promised pictures of people wearing my 18K gold Queen of Scots tiara; this week, I’m delivering! Who says only women can wear tiaras? Not I! The person who got the most wear…<\/p>\n

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