{"id":106,"date":"2007-08-31T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-31T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=106"},"modified":"2007-08-31T00:15:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-31T07:15:00","slug":"keep-or-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/keep-or-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep or Return?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jcrew.com\/catalog\/product.jhtml?id=prod85948291&#038;catId=cat220146\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/RtdwfOOTGLI\/AAAAAAAAAXs\/qc2LQYe9lZY\/s320\/jcrew.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104672384344070322\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>I ordered this all-over-argyle sweater from J. Crew. I thought it would be fun to wear with white jeans this winter.  But, as I expected, the small is too big and the XS will probably be too small, so I&#8217;d have to get this one taken in. Is the sweater worth the effort?<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of alterations, the BEST tailor in New York City is <a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.citysearch.com\/profile\/32900283\/new_york_ny\/ghost_tailor.html\">Ghost Tailor<\/a>. I&#8217;ve gone to a lot of tailors over the years, had some bad experiences and learned my lesson! Now, Jean at Ghost is the only person I allow to touch my <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Ossie%20Clark\">Ossie Clark<\/a> pieces.  Wait till you see the Harris tweed Ossie coat that she reconstructed for me. She really does do knits as well, and that&#8217;s difficult to find. If you&#8217;re in New York, this is the place to go. Tell her Wendy sent you! She&#8217;s by appointment only, so call ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, Jean is the person who bought a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gigicaron.com\/vivat_regina.asp?path=ring_locket&#038;thumbstrip=0\">Borgia ring<\/a> from me and put a tiny paint set in it.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gigicaron.com\/couture.asp?path=ring_jeans&#038;thumbstrip=0\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/Rte_X-OTGMI\/AAAAAAAAAX0\/dGccv4gqPQU\/s320\/jeans_ring.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104759121208613058\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>UPDATED TO ADD: While I&#8217;m speaking of J. Crew, I should show you this cute yellow peacoat. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jcrew.com\/catalog\/product.jhtml?id=prod85765291&#038;catId=cat220169\">here<\/a> for more info!<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/RtiUauOTGPI\/AAAAAAAAAYM\/VXJphOUUEcw\/s1600-h\/yellowpeacoat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/RtiUauOTGPI\/AAAAAAAAAYM\/VXJphOUUEcw\/s320\/yellowpeacoat.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104993364429969650\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I ordered this all-over-argyle sweater from J. Crew. I thought it would be fun to wear with white jeans this winter. But, as I expected, the small is too big and the XS will probably be too small, so I&#8217;d have to get this one taken in. Is the sweater worth the effort? Speaking of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/keep-or-return\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[63,48,7,6,62],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-106","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-good-services","7":"category-ossie-clark","8":"category-poison-rings","9":"category-rings","10":"category-sweaters","11":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}