Visitors to my apartment always seem surprised that I have an extensive collection of city, state and country refrigerator magnets. What?! It’s the touch of elegance that every kitchen needs. Family members often bring me magnets from their travels, but I’ve purchased quite a few myself. I sure wish I could pick up an Austin,…
Gangsta Boo
What Wendy Wore: Valentine’s Day Flashback
NOTE TO YELAWOLF FANS: Scroll to the bottom for the Yelawolf health news. Then scroll up a bit for a cute picture of Gangsta Boo and Speakerfoxxx. I was so busy with my Valentine’s Day jewelry countdown that I never got to post about Valentine’s Day itself! I think it’s worth doing belatedly because I…
Cleopatra Girls
Earlier this week, I posted a photo of gorgeous model/DJ/musician/actress Tolula Adeyemi wearing my silver Cleopatra earrings. Now you can see her wearing them on Essence’s website, too. Tolula did a photo diary for the site for New York Fashion Week. In addition to the Cleopatra earrings, she’s wearing my Agrippina poison ring, Clemence ring,…
Be Yo Self … Then Buy Rings for Yo Self
I missed yesterday’s Independent Fashion Bloggers conference for the first time since gorgeous blogger Jennine of The Coveted launched it in September 2009. Luckily, I was able to follow the action on Twitter for a while, and I noticed a lot of people were tweeting this advice from the speakers: “Be authentic.” Sigh. “Authenticity” has…
Wendy Brandes Hashtag Ring on Gangsta Boo
When gorgeous rapper Gangsta Boo tweeted a video tease of her upcoming project, I got a pleasant surprise. There’s a nice clear shot of my hashtag ring at 32 seconds! Many customers send me photos of themselves wearing my jewelry but I’ve only seen a design on video/film once before, when my Cleopatra earrings were…
Meet Gorgeous Rapper Gangsta Boo (and Her Jewelry)
In November, rapper Yelawolf (aka my new favorite dick-grabber) put out a song called “Throw It Up,” featuring Eminem and former Three 6 Mafia member and forever black Marilyn Monroe Gangsta Boo. I took notice because — Hello?! A lady rapper who is NOT Nicki Minaj? I love Nicki but I feel like it’s strange…