Almost 10 years ago to the day — during New York Fashion Week — I introduced one of my most famous and enduring jewelry designs: my sterling-silver swear ring set. The rings immediately took off with my gorgeous, adventurous blogging customers including Queen Michelle of Kingdom of Style … … and Julia of the Thank…
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Wednesday’s Video: Elsa Hosk, Basketball Queen
You’ve probably seen that the fashion magazines have unveiled their big September issues — and I’ll have more to say about those soon — but summer ain’t over yet! That means you can still pick up the summer issue of Paper Magazine and admire the photo of model Elsa Hosk playing basketball in my solid-gold…
My Best Dressed at the 2017 Met Gala Is …
There’s no sense in burying the lede this time: The obvious winner of my prestigious Best Dressed/Wear What You Want combo award for last night’s Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute ball is Rihanna, who wore a Fall 2016 Comme des Garçons look. It took her an hour to get into those shoes! Embed from Getty…
The Week in Review
My big news this week is that my friend Stef and I launched a new blog: The Activist Playbook. We want this website to become a centralized resource for people who wish to join the fight against fascism in America. It will include daily actions you can take to resist the dismantling of our democracy….
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…
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…