All good things must come to an end, and so it goes for the entertaining Twitter hashtag #rihannaplane. For her 777 tour — seven concerts in seven cities in seven countries in seven days to promote her seventh album, Unapologetic — Rihanna took a planeload of journalists along. The journalists kinda lost their minds (and…
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What Wendy Wore: Elevator Talk With Anna Wintour
I worked at Lehman Brothers — the now-defunct investment bank — from 2000 to 2005. I wore suits to the office most days, and always to an important meeting. This suit was by Luciano Barbera: A suit like that doesn’t work for most of my meetings now. After all, I’m discussing design, not money management,…
Wendy Brandes Jewelry in Ocean Home; Week in Review
A huge thanks to the editors at Ocean Home magazine for including great shots of my jewelry in the December/January issue. My Marie Antoinette ring has a page all to itself! My Marie Antoinette earrings and one-of-a-kind, rose-quartz “seashell” ring are featured too. You can follow Ocean Home on Twitter here. Here’s what I had…
JCK Magazine Asks … Wendy Brandes
I’m so excited to be featured in the November 2012 issue of JCK (Jewelers’ Circular Keystone) Magazine! JCK covers style trends and jewelry industry issues, so it’s essential reading in my business. The JCK peeps selected me for their “JCK Asks …” feature and it was one of the most fun interviews I’ve done. I…
More Liza Minnelli
Recently, I admired a 1973 photo of Liza Minnelli posted by gorgeous blogger Liz of Vintage-a-Peel. I’m equally impressed by Liza’s 1989 British Vogue cover, shared by The Very Simon G (with help from Fashionista Barbie). Silver leather fringe … the ’80s were so good!
Wendy Brandes Heart Jewelry in Aventura Magazine
Big thanks to South Florida’s Aventura Magazine for including my 18K-gold Diana heart necklace in the September/October issue. The necklace is on the upper right side of the “Jewelry Box” page. If you see the issue with basketball star Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat on the cover, check it out! The necklace, which can…
To Every Thing There Is a Season but Kelly Clarkson Is Timeless
Summer doesn’t really end for a few more weeks, but Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of the season in the U.S. It’s time for kids to go back to school and, I figured, a good time for me to look through the summer’s draft blog posts to delete anything that’s grown stale. That’s…
In Dutch and InStyle
After looking over the list of English expressions that include the word “Dutch,” I feel like I have to give the Dutch a little leeway when they use English. At least, that’s what I decided after I saw a post that Dutch site Style Today did about my swear rings (and Topshop’s similar design). The…
Wendy Brandes Jewelry in ELLE Taiwan
A big thank you goes out to the accessory editors at ELLE Taiwan for featuring my Marie Antoinette ring and Gloriana necklace in the March 2012 issue. I even got a little blurb mentioning my Fashion Group International Rising Star Award. If anyone can translate the rest of it for me, I’d be most appreciative!
WENDYB by Wendy Brandes Rings in Nylon Magazine
Run out to your newsstand and get the March 2012 issue of Nylon Magazine! The gold-plated swear rings from my WENDYB by Wendy Brandes line are on page 88. Here is a scan. There’s lots of great stuff in the issue in addition to my rings. If you’re into the pastels being shown for spring,…