{"id":5391,"date":"2010-05-11T15:00:29","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T19:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=5391"},"modified":"2013-09-23T15:23:37","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T19:23:37","slug":"jewels-of-the-month-cleopatra-earrings-and-necklace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/jewels-of-the-month-cleopatra-earrings-and-necklace\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewels of the Month: Cleopatra Earrings and Necklace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s no surprise that my Cleopatra styles are May&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/jewel-of-the-month\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jewels of the Month<\/a>. I&#8217;ve been <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/wendy-brandes-earrings-in-sex-and-the-city-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">telling you<\/a> &#8230; and <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/where-to-buy-the-satc2-earrings\/\" target=\"_blank\">telling you<\/a>&#8230; and <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/things-are-easy-when-youre-big-in-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\">telling you<\/a>&#8230; that my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/pro-detail.php?colid=28&amp;collect=true&amp;id=246\" target=\"_blank\">gold and diamond Cleopatra earrings<\/a> will be seen on Samantha (Kim Cattrall) in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sexandthecitymovie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sex and the City 2<\/a>, out on May 27. I&#8217;ve already spotted the earrings in the trailer and television commercial.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5396\" style=\"width: 527px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/where-to-buy-the-satc2-earrings\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5396\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5396\" title=\"samantha-2\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/samantha-21.jpg\" width=\"517\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/samantha-21.jpg 646w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/samantha-21-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Are you tired of this picture of &#8220;Samantha&#8221; wearing my earrings? Me neither!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When I&#8217;m not telling you about the SATC2 earrings, other people* are telling you, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/05\/20\/fashion\/20scavenger.html\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instyle.com\/instyle\/package\/general\/photos\/0,,20364084_20365021_20776146,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">InStyle.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cocoperez.com\/2010-04-19-wear-some-sex-on-your-ears\" target=\"_blank\">Perez Hilton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fasshonaburu.com\/2010\/05\/celeb-style-curvaceous-earrings.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fasshonaburu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/living.msn.com\/style-beauty\/simply-chic-blog-post\/?post=087b57c3-5c5f-43f5-813f-f3d4dde2db3b\" target=\"_blank\">MSN.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.luxist.com\/2010\/04\/17\/buy-kim-cattralls-sex-and-the-city-2-earrings\/\" target=\"_blank\">Luxist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.solessence.com\/2010\/04\/11\/satc-2-brandes-nile-earrings\/\" target=\"_blank\">Solessence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shefinds.com\/sex-and-the-city-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shefinds<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mariankihogo.com\/fashion-trends\/object-of-affection-cleopatra-earrings-by-wendy-brandes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marian Kihogo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fashionlovingstylist.com\/2010\/05\/31\/why-i-love-wendy-brandes-jewellery\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Fashion-Loving Stylist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insideoutstyleblog.com\/2010\/06\/sex-and-the-city-2-review.html\" target=\"_blank\">Inside Out Style<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/labeletterouge.blogspot.com\/2010\/05\/snakes-in-city.html\">La Belette Rouge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/makedostyle.blogspot.com\/2010\/05\/project-100-attitude.html\">Make Do Style<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.berealluxe.com\/2010\/05\/wendy-brandes-in-satc-2.html\" target=\"_blank\">Be Real Luxe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fabgirls.blogspot.com\/2010\/05\/must-haves-earrings-fit-for-queen.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fabulous Girl&#8217;s Boudoir<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bettyconfidential.com\/ar\/ld\/a\/Gotta-Have-It-Samanthas-Snake-Earrings-from-Sex-and-the-City-2.html\" target=\"_blank\">Betty Confidential<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am feeling a little sorry for the Cleopatra necklace, which has been left out of the excitement, so here it is.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5400\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/pro-detail.php?colid=28&amp;collect=true&amp;id=245\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5400\" title=\"bigCleopatra Necklace_Zoom\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/bigCleopatra-Necklace_Zoom.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/bigCleopatra-Necklace_Zoom.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/bigCleopatra-Necklace_Zoom-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">18K gold and diamond Cleopatra necklace. Click for more information.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gorgeous blogger Jennine of <a href=\"http:\/\/the-coveted.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Coveted <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/heartifb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Independent Fashion Bloggers<\/a> borrowed the necklace in February to wear with a vintage dress for the <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/independent-fashion-bloggers-evolving-influence\/\" target=\"_blank\">Evolving Influence Fashion Blog Conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5395\" style=\"width: 301px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/the-coveted.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/19\/dressed-for-a-conference\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5395\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5395\" title=\"jennine crop\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/jennine-crop.jpg\" width=\"291\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click Jennine to see the rest of the stunning photo by Dustin Fenstermacher.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And here I am, a few years ago, wearing the Cleopatra necklace, a vintage Marie France dress from <a href=\"http:\/\/emmapeelpants.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Miss Peelpants<\/a> and a lot of Hollywood Fashion Tape in the vicinity of gorgeous and talented actress Toni Collette.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5401\" style=\"width: 422px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/basic-wardrobe-postscript\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5401\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5401\" title=\"tonicollette\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tonicollette.jpg\" width=\"412\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tonicollette.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tonicollette-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Patrick McMullan. Click for another shot of the dress and necklace.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Cleopatra designs were two of my earliest queen-inspired pieces. You can&#8217;t name jewelry after queens and not do Cleopatra. But <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/pro-detail.php?colid=28&amp;collect=true&amp;id=178\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth I<\/a> beat Cleo out to be my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/where-be-your-gibes-now\/\" target=\"_blank\">first queenly jewel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget that if you want a Cleopatra design of your own, you can win a pair of silver earrings by entering my <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/win-my-sex-and-the-city-earrings-on-polyvore\/\" target=\"_blank\">Polyvore contest by May 23<\/a>. Put together the best collage (or, as Polyvore says, &#8220;set&#8221;) using the Cleopatra earrings and at least one other piece of my jewelry, and you could end up wearing your own Cleopatras to the opening of SATC2.<\/p>\n<p>For inspiration and guidance, here&#8217;s a Polyvore set called &#8220;new Cleopatra = Samantha.&#8221; It was created by my fellow contest judge, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polyvore.com\/cgi\/profile?id=113838\">D \u0130 D E S \u0130\u2122 A Stylish Turkish<\/a>, so it&#8217;s not eligible for the prize.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.polyvore.com\/new_cleopatra_samantha\/set?.embedder=365306&amp;.mid=embed&amp;id=18605499\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"new Cleopatra = Samantha\" alt=\"new Cleopatra = Samantha\" src=\"http:\/\/www.polyvore.com\/cgi\/img-set\/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFkJBY0dKQjljM3hHak5zb09iSDRzMEEAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I love the way DIDESI uses both the Egyptian theme of the earrings and the pink in Samatha&#8217;s dress as unifying elements in her set. I&#8217;m also impressed that she incorporates furniture, makeup and skin care, rather than limiting herself to clothing and accessories. That&#8217;s important because if you were styling a photo shoot with a model, you would indeed have to have other elements in the image. DIDESI gets bonus points from me for finding a jewelry piece by another designer that is pink AND Egypt-themed AND complementary rather than competitive with my own designs. The Sass &amp; Bide leggings on the right are ultra-modern but blend into the set so well that I&#8217;m sure any Pharoah would be pleased to wear them. The Cleopatra quote is the cherry on this Polyvore sundae: it evokes Samantha&#8217;s toughness and pays tribute to my many poison ring designs.<\/p>\n<p>As the lottery commercials say, &#8220;You have to be in it to win it,&#8221; so enter my contest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polyvore.com\/cgi\/contest.show?id=173690\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Good luck!<\/p>\n<div>*<em>If I&#8217;ve left you off the list of bloggers who have mentioned the Cleopatra earrings and SATC2, holla at me in the comments and I&#8217;ll add you.<\/em><\/div>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s no surprise that my Cleopatra styles are May&#8217;s Jewels of the Month. I&#8217;ve been telling you &#8230; and telling you&#8230; and telling you&#8230; that my gold and diamond Cleopatra earrings will be seen on Samantha (Kim Cattrall) in Sex and the City 2, out on May 27. I&#8217;ve already spotted the earrings&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/jewels-of-the-month-cleopatra-earrings-and-necklace\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[45,60,295,43,13,257,470],"tags":[685],"class_list":["post-5391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-contests","category-earrings","category-jewel-of-the-month","category-my-designs","category-necklaces","category-polyvore","category-sex-and-the-city-2","tag-polyvore","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5391","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=5391"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22517,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5391\/revisions\/22517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}