Call her fine jewelry designer, devoted friend, wife and most of all Renaissance woman. Wendy Brandes is the rarest of beings as she has intelligence, which she exhibits and utilizes, passion, personality and she has talents that she channels via her jewelry business and her blog activities. Wendy, designs, lives and sells her creations in New York City as either readymade or custom designed to fit your needs whether that is an engagement or a moment of whimsy, Ms. Brandes is to go to person for your “decorative” needs.
1.what trait do you most treasure in yourself?
A questioning mind.
2.what’s your bliss?
An all-day Law & Order marathon.
3.who or what is your inspiration?
Women of history.
4.who is your favorite designer?
Living: my dear friend Zang Toi. Deceased: Ossie Clark.
5.what’s your most treasured possession?
Any gift from my husband.
6.if you couldn’t do your present job, what would you be?
I’d be a journalist, like I was before I started designing jewelry.
7.where is your ideal home?
It would be nice to have a little apartment in Paris.
8.what do you wear to bed?
If I’ve been out too late, my lipstick.
9.in a word, what do you think about fashion?
Amusing.
11.what’s your advice to an aspiring designer?
Persistence is key.
12.do you pay attention to other designers’ work?
Not really.
13.if you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would you pick?Richard III, so I could ask him about the princes in the Tower.
18.what stimulates your creative process?
Reading, traveling, museums.
19 do you wish to convey any message from your designs?
Strength.
20.would you wear your own designs?
I only design things I’d be willing to wear myself.
21. are your designs purely esthetic for the ideal or do you take into account different body types and personalities?
The great thing about jewelry is that it can always be adjusted to fit. You need a new ring size? You got it.
22.who is the one opinion that you trust ?
Depends what the topic is! If you’re asking about jewelry designs, I go with my own opinion.
25.if elected president, what is the first thing you would do ?
Increase the gross national happiness.
26. who is your perfect customer?
Someone with sass.
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