I’m jumping the gun on April’s Jewel of the Month because Easter is coming and I’ve got the perfect Easter gift for you. Forget about baskets stuffed with delicious Jelly Belly jelly beans, scrumptious Cadbury Eggs and indestructible Peeps. My petite, sterling silver Chicken on Nest necklace is much cuter and less caloric. This is…
Jewelry
Introducing the Asterisk Ring
I was going to save my newest ring design for April’s Jewel of the Month post but I can’t stand the suspense. Here is my first addition to the Wendy Brandes swear rings set: the sterling silver asterisk ring. If you already have the four-ring swear ring set, or plan to get it, you can…
Wendy Brandes Jewelry on InStyle.com
In case you missed it earlier this week, there’s a big, beautiful photo of my Marie Antoinette ring on InStyle.com. I was happy that Marion Fasel, the contributing editor for fine jewelry, described the ways in which the story of Marie Antoinette inspired my design. Thanks, Marion! You might have already figured out that the…
Get Smart (About Custom Work)
In yesterday’s post on my Freud cufflinks, I mentioned that a client who orders custom jewelry from me will get a lower price if I wind up adding the design to my line. I promised a long explanation of that and here it is. Remember my January post about manufacturing costs and how larger quantities…
Jewel of the Month: Freudian Links
Like I said yesterday, crazy is the new chic, so my sterling silver Sigmund Freud cufflinks are the Jewel of the Month. These cufflinks would be a thoughtful gift for the well-dressed psychiatrist, psychologist or psychopath in your life. People who don’t fall into any of those categories like the cufflinks too: MrB, who is…
Update #2 on Janet, a Blogger in Need
Thanks to your purchases of my Teeny Genie necklace, I’ve sent a check for $1260 to blogger Janet of Je Ne Sais Quoi (as well as a Teeny Genie for her daughter). As you might recall, Janet’s husband took his own life in January, leaving behind no insurance, savings or 401K for his wife and…
VV Brown Wears Wendy Brandes Swear Rings
Gorgeous singer VV Brown is wearing the Wendy Brandes swear rings on pages 72 and 73 of the March 2010 issue of SPIN Magazine! Here’s page 72. VV and I must be soulmates because she’s wearing a version of the hairdo I wore last October. You can check out page 73 on my Facebook fan…
Minx Manicure #4: Silver and Gold
For my fourth Minx manicure, I got a mix of silver and gold. I think it’s my favorite Minx look so far. I paid for this manicure myself at Fifi Nail Salon. As you might recall, I didn’t pay for Minx #3, which was a barter: I let the Minx people have one of my…
More on the Evolving Influence Ethics Panel
Before I write about my New York Fashion Week adventures, I’m going to tell you what I think came out of my ethics panel at Monday’s Independent Fashion Bloggers Evolving Influence conference. I don’t believe there’s a single code of ethics that can cover all fashion blogs right now. The issues a fashion-news blog faces…
Jewel of the Month: Vampire Valentine’s Day
This winter, I’ve spent a number of insomniac nights watching 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. reruns of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Logo. After seeing the episodes Double Meat Palace and Dead Things, I complained via Twitter that Buffy was unkind to her Billy Idol-esque, Brit, bad boy vampire lovah, Spike. To my surprise, I…