I came through on last month’s promise/threat — my newest emoji earring is the little gun. I don’t love real-life guns (except for sport), but I do love the emoji gun and how people use it on Twitter and in text. When I told my friend Jay that I couldn’t decide if I should do…
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Jewel of the Month: Earring Homage to Eminem and MMLP2
My heavy-metal-loving customers have been asking me to add a “sign of the horns” stud to my emoji and emoji-inspired earring collection for a while now. The gesture became associated with metal because it was the late vocalist Ronnie James Dio’s signature move when he was in Black Sabbath. (Read what he had to say…
Wendy Brandes Emoji Earrings in Cosmo, Plus a New Design
Quick! Run to the newsstand and buy the December issue of Cosmopolitan magazine — the one with Miley Cyrus looking fabulous on the cover. My emoji earrings are mentioned under “Emoji Mania” on the “What We’re Into This Month” page. Here’s a closer look. And here’s something interesting: Of the two earrings shown, only the…
Try Wearing Just One Earring … Made by Wendy Brandes
The Cut fashion blog is excited by the single, large earrings seen on Christian Dior’s Fall 2013 runway. I’m with The Cut on this because I’ve adored that look since the ’80s, when I often wore one big earring to go with my big hair. I photographed a lot of my original ’80s earrings last…
Thanks for the Love!
I’ve got to thank a bunch of people for sending love my way lately. First, thanks to gorgeous client Beverly for alerting me to an item on my emoji earrings in the Vancouver Sun. She even scanned it for me. How thoughtful! The item originated only with The Kit, which wrote about my swear rings,…
Jewels of the Month: More Emoji (and “Emoji”) Stud Earrings
May’s Jewels of the Month are a continuation of April’s theme: emoji. Emoji are the cute little pictures that can be used on phones in lieu of those sooooo old-fashioned emoticons. Last month I introduced five stud earrings inspired by the hand-gesture emoji. Four were official emoji: the okay sign, the thumbs up, the peace…
Thanks for the Emoji Earring Love
Big thanks to gorgeous blogger Marie Denee of The Curvy Fashionista, who wrote about my emoji stud earrings today. She said: “I mean, feeling like F the world? There is an earring for that. Need to be reminded that everything is okay? You guessed it, there is an earring for that!“ Thanks also to Hearty,…