Thursday, January 5, 2012
I’m going to continue the lazy-ass theme from Tuesday and belatedly do another 2011 wrap-up post. (Actually, I’m working on something for the Huffington Post, so I’m not being 100% lazy.) Here’s a look back at my Jewels of the Month for 2011. I started off last year with a black-diamond Cleves swan ring in [...]
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Monday, December 19, 2011
I wish I could travel to as many interesting places as my jewelry does, but, for now, I’m living vicariously. I finally got a hard copy of November’s inaugural issue of Harper’s Bazaar Brasil, in which supermodel Gisele Bündchen is wearing two of my rings. I think they’re the “3″ from the two-ring emoticon heart set [...]
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Monday, December 12, 2011
After all that I’ve written about the high price of gold — including my posts from July and October — you’d think I’d be immune to sticker shock, but I guess it doesn’t work that way. I nearly passed out on Friday while I was at a wholesaler getting this 18-inch, 18K-rose-gold chain and clasp. [...]
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Sunday, December 11, 2011
Gorgeous blogger Brie of If You’re Into It emailed me last night, excited to say she’d spotted my Cleves swan ring in the Dec. 16, 2011, issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine. I felt bad for Brie because I often get emails like this, and 99.9% of the time, I have to tell the eagle-eyed sender [...]
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Friday, December 2, 2011
I’m proud to say I’ve been nominated for Fashion Group International’s Rising Star Award in the fine-jewelry category! Last year, I was a finalist, and I’d sure like to be one again. If you’re an FGI member, you need to go vote in person at FGI’s New York offices at 8 West 40th Street in [...]
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Thanksgiving is my least favorite holiday. There’s too much food and football, and a dearth of costumes, confetti and candy dioramas. I was happy to shake things up by going to a restaurant instead of having dinner at home. So happy, in fact, that I celebrated by wearing something other than my jeans-and-t-shirt uniform. What [...]
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Here’s my latest Minx manicure by celebrity manicurist Tracylee Percival (yes — as I keep saying — I call her “celebrity manicurist” to her face). What’s Minx? Click here and here for more information. We didn’t come up with a special name for this look. It’s just from Minx’s “Teaser” collection. And here’s a picture [...]
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
This seems to be my month for dusting off dresses that have been hibernating in my closet for two years. On Saturday, I wore my gold-sequin Antik Batik dress — last worn in December 2009 — in Las Vegas. Then, on Monday, I wore the bow-covered vintage Patrick Kelly dress that I last wore out [...]
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
This double-layer Minx manicure by celebrity manicurist Tracylee Percival (yes, I call her “celebrity manicurist” to her face) is named “Leaf Me Alone.” It’s a transparent layer of Minx adorned with silver leaves applied over an opaque gold layer. (What’s Minx? Click here and here for more information.) In the photo above, I’m holding a [...]
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
I’ve been quietly designing two jewelry lines for a while. My signature Wendy Brandes line consists of my ultra-luxurious, hyper-detailed, mechanical pieces in 18K yellow gold or platinum. These pieces are typical of that aesthetic. Other designs — such as my swear rings and Mud Flap Jill necklaces — are more playful, modern and a [...]
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