A huge thank you goes out to image consultant Amy Roseveare for interviewing me at length about my Maneater collection for her Jewelry Fashion Tips blog! I always jump at the chance to tell people about Empress Wu, who was the main inspiration for this collection. CLICK HERE TO READ THE INTERVIEW. I met Amy…
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Wendy Brandes Heart Ring on JCK Online
A huge thanks to Amy Elliott of JCK Online for including my Vampire Diana ring on her list of unique heart designs for Valentine’s Day! In her introduction to the photo gallery, Amy wrote: “Are hearts the most exciting thing happening in jewelry right now? Of course not. But just because they have powerful commercial…
Wendy Brandes Jewelry in the Press
Thank you to Amy Elliott of jewelry publication JCK for including my Marie Antoinette design on her list of “supersize” amethyst cocktail rings in honor of February’s birthstone. Not only is the amethyst in this ring supersize, it’s super-customized! I had the 27.64-carat cabochon specially cut to fit the setting I’d already designed. Most jewelers…
Wendy Brandes Jewelry in the Press
Thanks to Hong Kong Jewellery magazine for including my Pink Elephant and Tipsy Writer Maneater ring in its winter issue. There’s a spread about animal jewelry and I’m in very good company! Thanks also to Brittany Siminitz of JCK, who rounded up peridot jewelry designs — including my Susan earrings — in honor of Pantone’s…
Wendy Brandes Jewelry in JCK’s Year-End Review
Brittany Siminitz — the gorgeous marketplace maven at jewelry trade publication JCK — took a look back at her complete list of “Britt’s Picks” for 2016. My punk earring pair (in gold) and trio (in platinum) were a pick in August. I love what Brittany wrote. Here’s part of it: “If anyone, like me, feels…
Thanks for the Love, JCK!
Thanks to Rob Bates of JCK for including one of my posts about consignment in “28 of the Year’s Best Jewelry Reads (and Two Videos) That Didn’t Appear on JCKonline.” Another thank you goes out to designer Marla Aaron, whose anti-consignment stance inspired my post.
Feminist Jewelry for the Holidays: Last Call!
Order RIGHT NOW and select overnight delivery in order to get a NASTY necklace for your favorite NASTY women in time for Xmas/ Hanukkah/Festivus/whatever! Gorgeous blogger Becky Stone of Diamonds in the Library included this necklace in her recent roundup of feminist jewelry. But what really delighted me was that she went beyond highlighting the…
Wendy Brandes X Bella Hadid X Farren Fucci X Paper
That was fast! I teased model Bella Hadid’s cover story for Paper Magazine barely over two weeks ago, and the issue went online today! I’m thrilled to have been the exclusive jeweler for this shoot. Behold the gorgeous Bella on the cover, wearing my Cleves and Memento Mori earrings; one-of-a-kind, turquoise-and-ruby skull ring; and Lion…
Thrifty Wendy Brandes Jewelry on JCK Online
Thank you to Brittany Siminitz of jewelry trade publication JCK for including my hockey mask and chainsaw stud earrings in her recent post about Halloween jewelry. At $70, my earrings are the most budget-conscious on Brittany’s list! A mismatched pair like this looks great worn traditionally, with one earring on each lobe, but I think…
Throwback Thursday: Nobel Prize Edition
The Nobel Prizes are being announced this week, and that always makes me think of my best Huffington Post story. In 2012, I wrote, “A Dress Worthy of a Nobel Prize,” about Jenny Carroll, the daughter-in-law of Ralph M. Steinman, a professor of immunology at Rockefeller University. Dr. Steinman died of pancreatic cancer on the…