{"id":31755,"date":"2016-02-04T21:05:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T02:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=31755"},"modified":"2016-02-04T21:25:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T02:25:22","slug":"valentines-dayanti-valentines-day-countdown-4-of-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/valentines-dayanti-valentines-day-countdown-4-of-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine\u2019s Day\/Anti-Valentine\u2019s Day Countdown: #4 of 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s Day 4 of my February Jewels of the Month countdown for Valentine’s Day\/anti-Valentine’s Day. I’m alternating between the two themes, and it’s time for an anti-Valentine piece. It’s also Throwback Thursday, so I’m going to go with my most popular message necklace, introduced in 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Got zero fucks to give about Valentine’s Day? Treat yourself to this I Don’t Give a Fuck necklace so everyone knows how you feel.<\/p>\n

I frequently wear the 18K gold version.<\/p>\n

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Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n

This necklace can change your life, I swear. I was wearing it when I not only got into an elevator in the Conde Nast building with Anna Wintour — I also SPOKE to her<\/a>. In all seriousness, I was emboldened by the necklace. Admittedly, the incident didn’t change my life in any big, meaningful way, but I’ve got an awesome story to tell because Anna reportedly<\/em> doesn’t like to share elevators, let alone make small talk in one<\/a>. How many people can say they bellowed, “HAVE A NICE DAY!” at Anna Wintour’s back? I can! Get one of these necklaces, and you too might someday be brave enough to speak to Anna Wintour’s back.<\/p>\n

By the way, the New York Times had a great story about Conde Nast and Anna a few days ago<\/a>. I like that she’s not scared of the changing media environment, which has been undergoing a huge shift away from traditional print towards digital delivery. That’s what I was dealing with in 2014 as chairman of the board of trustees at the Columbia Spectator, Columbia University’s student newspaper<\/a>. Some of our alumni were very reluctant to part with print. But Anna asks, “Why do people want to get stuck in the past?” The article ends with this:<\/p>\n

“‘If we sit back with our quills and the visors on and, you know, the old kind of printing presses that I used to see with my dad,’ she said, referring to her father, Charles, who edited The London Evening Standard, ‘what is the point of thinking that way? Come on.'”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A round of applause for a forward-thinking executive! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s Day 4 of my February Jewels of the Month countdown for Valentine’s Day\/anti-Valentine’s Day. I’m alternating between the two themes, and it’s time for an anti-Valentine piece. It’s also Throwback Thursday, so I’m going to go with my most popular message necklace, introduced in 2012. Got zero fucks to give about Valentine’s Day? Treat…<\/p>\n

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