Welcome to my latest blog feature: starting with this post, I’m going to be introducing a new jewelry design every month. But that doesn’t mean I’ll be beginning a design and finishing it in 30 or 31 days. Instead, I will be presenting designs that may have taken months or years to finish. The jewel…
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Featured Jewel: Lotus Necklace With Sapphire
Gorgeous blogger Kathy of Fasshonaburu joined me for dinner at sushi restaurant BondSt last night. (We recommend the fried oyster roll.) My jewel of the evening was my 18K gold lotus flower necklace with a sapphire in the center. I’ll have that one at my pop-up shop later this month if you want to see…
Outfit Post: A Stitch in Time
I don’t love being in front of a camera. I have one look: a big smile. If I don’t smile, my eyes are still smiling. If my eyes aren’t smiling, I look sad instead of serious or sexy. Plus I’m always disappointed that I don’t look like a young Sophia Loren in the pictures. Inside,…
Mummy Dearest
Just in time for Halloween (but perfect all year round for Egyptologists): my new mummy locket in sterling silver. I’ll get better pictures of this piece soon. As I mentioned in my last post, my camera is malfunctioning and I was lucky to get these photos. I’ve got a new camera on its way. Anyway,…
You’ll Love-Love This Necklace
Going to the U.S. Open finals? Order your sterling silver Wendy Brandes for Francis SmacEnroe tennis racquet necklace today and you’ll have it in time to wear it court-side … or TV-side. But act fast, because I have only one in stock. Click here to see more images of the necklace, and here to see…
Outfit Post: Vintage Ungaro Dress From Frock
It can take me months or, more rarely, years, till I wear certain pieces of clothing. Last night was the first time I wore a vintage Ungaro dress that I got on March 20, 2008. (I remember the date because I got the dress at my friend Evan Ross’s trunk show for his store Frock,…
Celebrities Wear WendyB and Francis
I’m finally starting to see the results of my plan to take over the world: two hot celebrities are wearing WendyB-approved items this week. The first is Alexa Chung, the MTV It Girl who makes all the fashion bloggers’ hearts go pitter patter. She’s wearing the Matilda sword necklace from my jewelry line on page…
London, Day 5: Going for Baroque, Going for Lunch
In the morning, MrB and I went to the V&A to see an exhibition on Baroque style. I was very inspired. It’s strange: I like clean, modern shapes, but I also like insane amounts of detail, particularly symbolic detail. I’m all about secret messages. I guess the Matilda necklace is the most baroque of all…
Good Squirrel/Bad Squirrel
A good squirrel is one you can wear around your neck. WendyB’s haiku-inspiring silver Squirrel Necklace is available for $125 Click photo to purchase A bad squirrel is one that invades my personal space while I am sitting outside minding my own damn business. “This squirrel is a little closer than normal.” “Uh-oh, he…
Pun Intended
Blogging Woolf, a blog about “Virginia Woolf and her circle, past and present,” posted about my still-in-progress Virginia Woolf Whistle pendant, which I wrote about here. As you may recall, the pun-tastic pendant is a whistle that pops open to reveal a tiny “Woolf” inside. A look at the Virginia Woolf Whistle prototype In the…