{"id":40476,"date":"2018-06-25T23:35:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T03:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=40476"},"modified":"2018-06-25T23:41:46","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T03:41:46","slug":"spacenook-and-versace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/spacenook-and-versace\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacenook and Versace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of last week, I finally felt I&#8217;d had enough of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/vote-for-my-rings-because-safety-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spacenook<\/a>, the social-media giant that seems intent on ending democracy here and around the world. I was all set to delete my personal account until I realized I needed it for my business and political pages.<\/p>\n<p>As if it had felt my frustration, Spacenook tried to make me smile today, reminding me I&#8217;d posted this slow fashion\/homegrown vintage collage of one of my favorite Versace dresses three years ago today.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_40478\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/throwback-thursday-a-favorite-fashion-moment-from-2008\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40478\" class=\"wp-image-40478 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/versacedress.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/versacedress.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/versacedress-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/versacedress-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/versacedress-300x302.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to read about this dress.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>It worked for a second &#8220;Aw, I love that dress,&#8221; I thought. &#8220;It&#8217;s so cheerful.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Then I remembered this situation.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BgjyOX1DrwH\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BgjyOX1DrwH\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">Wtf. Here\u2019s something no one told me about aging: it\u2019s common to go up a cup size. On the left, 34C in my Moschino top last month. On the right, 33 1\/2 B in the same top in 2003. Didn\u2019t want a boob job but Mother Nature gave me one. Thanks for nothing, bitch! \ud83d\ude39 Shout out to @stacylomman for taking me bra shopping tho. #biggerboobs #moschino #whatthehell #ofacertainage #growthspurt #hormones #aginggracefully #34c #brashopping #nowandthen #boobsfordays #physicalchange<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wendybrandes\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Wendy Brandes<\/a> (@wendybrandes) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2018-03-20T20:53:09+00:00\">Mar 20, 2018 at 1:53pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>It will probably require the help of a tailor, a tub of Vaseline, and one of those guys who shoves people into the overcrowded trains in Japan to get me into that dress again. Now I&#8217;m depressed. Go fuck yourself, Spacenook!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of last week, I finally felt I&#8217;d had enough of Spacenook, the social-media giant that seems intent on ending democracy here and around the world. I was all set to delete my personal account until I realized I needed it for my business and political pages. As if it had felt my&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/spacenook-and-versace\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[669,594,382,104,1,105,550],"tags":[1306,1592,1305,1591],"class_list":{"0":"post-40476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-about-wendy","8":"category-age","9":"category-dumb-shit-on-facebook","10":"category-evil-empire","11":"category-uncategorized","12":"category-versace","13":"category-vintage-wendyb-photos","14":"tag-homegrown-vintage","15":"tag-poodle","16":"tag-slow-fashion","17":"tag-spacenook","18":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40476","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=40476"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40481,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40476\/revisions\/40481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}