I walked by H&M on 5th Avenue yesterday and saw workers literally rolling out the red carpet for the launch of the Jimmy Choo collection today. If — no, WHEN! — I do the WendyB line for H&M, I promise that all you blog roll bitches are going to prance down the red carpet and…
Fashion
Two — TWO! — WendyB Events in the Big Apple
If you’re going to be in New York next week, I’ll be having two sales events over three days. I already announced my pop-up shop for November 20 and 21. As you see, I’ll also be carrying some clothes by my designing friend Zang Toi. Zang will be traveling on the pop-up shop days. Fortunately,…
Tricky Pick of the Day
I have a weakness for trompe l’oeil clothing: Trompe l’oeil stitched motorcycle jacket Trompe l’oeil safety pin skirt Trompe l’oeil zipper dress Trompe l’oeil ribbon neckline dress Trompe l’oeil Lego dress But I don’t like wearing a “crisp white shirt.” The fact that a “crisp white shirt” is supposed to be a wardrobe staple irks…
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…
Pop In to My Pop-Up Shop
Great news for those of you who will be in New Yawk on November 20 and 21: I am doing a pre-holiday sale at my very own Wendy Brandes Jewelry pop-up shop! Please come to 48 Greenwich Avenue (near Perry Street) to meet me in person and try on jewelry. As a bonus, I’ll have…
Henry Is Coveted
Last week, I had the pleasure of having gorgeous blogger Jennine from The Coveted as my houseguest for the second time in a month. We had grand plans for various photo shoots but they all fell apart. The only picture I got of Jennine was a rare one of her in her lounging-around clothes, hanging…
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,…
L’Chaim
Life Magazine, the photojournalism magazine, was launched as a weekly publication by Time Magazine owner Henry Luce in 1936. When I worked at People Magazine, which was started many decades later by the same corporate parent, I was based in the Time-Life building. The weekly version of Life was shut down in 1972, but the…
Fluevog’s Melrose Boot
Tempting!
Post Rerun: A Defense of Fashion
Gorgeous blogger Tavi of Style Rookie recently posted a link to Washington Post fashion editor Robin Givhan’s column about the uproar du jour over thin models. The column, thankfully, didn’t use the expression “real women” (as in “real women have curves” and, presumably, non-curvy women must be imaginary) but the topic did remind me that…