This year has robbed us of David Bowie, Prince, Muhammad Ali, our faith in our democracy — the list of obituaries goes on and on. In the fashion world, Bill Cunningham, the original street-style photographer, was a huge loss. But if there’s a fashion heaven, Bill is no doubt giving a warm welcome to two…
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A Tribute to John Lennon, Plus the Activist Playbook
John Lennon was assassinated outside his New York City apartment building 36 years ago today. Embed from Getty Images In memory of John, you might want to make a donation to the Coalition to Stop Gun violence. If you prefer to be more hands on, you can join a local organization dedicated to stopping gun…
Wendy Brandes Jewelry on HTGAWM and Bella
While I’m working on my next big political post, I’ll share some good jewelry-business news from what turned out to be a surprisingly busy week. Singer Mary J. Blige guest-starred on last night’s episode of How to Get Away With Murder (one of Shonda Rhimes’s hit shows) and she did it while wearing my Bull…
Throwback Thursday: Who’s Got the Button?
In 2014, Marie Kondo wrote the book on decluttering. Literally. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing was a #1 New York Times bestseller. Fans are devoted to Kondo’s “KonMari” method for organizing their homes. You will not find Kondo’s book perched in my extensive bookshelves. If you look…
Jewels of the Month: More Emoji Earrings
The Unicode Consortium — aka Emoji Headquarters — is killing it lately! The consortium used to approve new emojis at such a glacial pace that I started designing my own emoji-like jewelry right along with pieces representing actual emoji. For instance, I created an emoji-like middle-finger earring in 2013. Two years later, Unicode announced a…
Kim Kardashian, Jewelry, and What’s Irreplaceable
The reports of the armed robbery of Kim Kardashian in Paris — with millions of dollars of jewelry stolen — reminded me of advice my late business partner used to give to customers. Always insure your jewelry, she would tell people who were nervous about getting a sizable diamond. If (“God forbid!” she’d exclaim) you’re…
First Day of Fall, Last Dresses of Summer
Every year, as fall approaches, I realize I haven’t worn all my summer dresses. I raced to squeeze in a few of them recently. For a nonprofit organization’s cocktail party and dinner, I wore a JC de Castelbajac dress that I bought in Paris in 2013. What Wendy Wore Dress (with pockets!): JC de Castelbajac…
Throwback Thursday: Rhythmic Gymnastics in Rio
Last month, while I was at the gym during non-primetime television hours, I caught an hour of the rhythmic gymnastic competition from the Olympics in Rio. I was like this … … totally glued to the screen, jaw dropped. Embed from Getty Images We’re all captivated by regular gymnastics — properly called artistic gymnastics —…
15 Years After 9/11: The Story of Rick Rescorla
On the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, I recommend that you read (or re-read) the 2002 New Yorker story by James B. Stewart called, “The Real Heroes Are Dead.” It’s about an English-born Vietnam veteran named Rick Rescorla, who became the director of security for Morgan Stanley, a financial firm based in the…
About Believing Women
In Monday’s post, I semi-patiently explained that my viral tweet about Lyin’ Ryan Lochte … If Ryan Lochte lied about that robbery, how can we ever believe any man’s allegations of robbery? ? — WendyBrandes (@WendyBrandes) August 18, 2016 … was not a serious request to treat all men as liars because one man lied….