It wasn’t on my bucket list but, in hindsight, it feels like it should have been: “I want to irk Gloria Steinem and cheer Miley Cyrus in one day!” Imagine telling someone that! I’m sure the response would be “Not a chance.” Despite the odds, on Saturday, I managed to achieve both of these things….
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Step Aside, Heisenberg Hat! Pharrell’s Hat Has Taken Over
The real winner of the Grammys was Pharrell’s hat, and now designer Vivienne Westwood is winning too. After the hat was identified as a style introduced by Westwood in 1982 and featured in the video for Malcolm McLaren’s early hip-hop classic “Buffalo Gals,” the website for Westwood’s online World’s End shop crashed because of heavy…
Smiling at Miley Cyrus’s Bambi Awards Necklace
Sometimes fashion makes me smile, and Miley Cyrus’s necklace at Thursday’s Bambi Awards in Berlin definitely gave me joy. Tom + Lorenzo identified the ginormous pearls as next spring’s Chanel. Miley’s gown was vintage Gaultier. Check out the fabulous sleeves — I do appreciate a fun sleeve. Of course, I still think Miley needs my…
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…
What Wendy Wore: Seeing Miley Cyrus at FGI’s Night of Stars
Fashion Group International is a nonprofit organization that focuses on the business of fashion and design. It’s near and dear to my heart because I received FGI’s Rising Star Award for fine jewelry last year. I’ve posted this video before but, hell, I’m going to post it one more time. Getting that kind of recognition…
Customer of the Day: Serena and Her Daisy Pendant
Gorgeous client Serena (owner of my IDGAF necklace, among other pieces) recently contacted me with a special request. She wanted a pendant made in memory of her beloved dog, a bullmastiff named Daisy. Daisy died from lymphoma this March, aged seven. Serena emailed me: “We had Daisy since she was six weeks old. She was…
Throwback Thursday Gladiators, Plus More Miley & Madonna
In 2008, I got a pair of white wedge gladiator sandals by Jil Sander, inspired by my fond memories of the flat white gladiators I wore in 1985. I searched for photos of the original sandals but didn’t find any … until now! Here are the sandals sitting next to me on the beach. I…
Musings on Former Greatness and the Week in Review
On the weekends, I spend a lot of time reading old-fashioned paper copies of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. I still enjoy newsprint because being forced to flip pages leads me to things I’d never see if I were clicking only what was of obvious interest to me on a website. Yesterday,…
I Had to Call a Psychologist and It’s Miley Cyrus’s Fault!
The uproar over Miley Cyrus‘s twerk-tastic MTV Video Music Awards performance caused me to seek psychological help. Not for me, bitches! I was looking for assistance for the many traumatized viewers, including the ones who play it cool(er) by saying it wasn’t the sex-ay-ness of the performance that was a problem for them: Their argument…
Twerk Mania Takes Over! Thanks, Miley Cyrus!
The TWERK necklace that I introduced as August’s Jewel of the Month is getting hotter and hotter! Days after Miley Cyrus’s publicity-generating, twerktastic performance at MTV’s Video Music Awards on Sunday, the word “twerk” has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. And Miley has teamed with Justin Bieber on a new song called, simply,…