{"id":7067,"date":"2010-09-05T18:29:24","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T22:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=7067"},"modified":"2011-08-31T20:16:31","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T00:16:31","slug":"what-wendy-didnt-wear-a-smile-a-skirt-a-smiling-skirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/what-wendy-didnt-wear-a-smile-a-skirt-a-smiling-skirt\/","title":{"rendered":"What Wendy Didn’t Wear: A Smile, a Skirt, a Smiling Skirt"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the calendar, there are two weeks of summer left, but we all know that Labor Day weekend is when the season really ends. I figured I’d go to the beach and hide my depression about the coming cold months and shorter days with the help of a smiling Castelbajac<\/a> skirt I got in July. Unfortunately, the zipper broke before I left the room and I had to cut the skirt off me! Another repair job for Jean at Ghost Tailor<\/a>. I took the skirt to the beach anyway to photograph it.<\/p>\n

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Due to zipper failure, this skirt didn't turn my frown upside down.<\/p><\/div>\n

I wasn’t a fan of the 100\u00b0-plus temperatures we had in New York this summer, but I’m definitely not a cold-weather person. As far as autumn\/winter fashion goes, all those gray “draped” and “boyfriend” sweaters look baggy and blah to me. Really, I feel like July 4 was yesterday. Do the years go faster and faster or is it just me? At least there’s one benefit to my ever-increasing “time flies” feeling: it will be October in two minutes, December in 10 minutes and summer again before the day is done!<\/p>\n

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Sigh.<\/p><\/div> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to the calendar, there are two weeks of summer left, but we all know that Labor Day weekend is when the season really ends. I figured I’d go to the beach and hide my depression about the coming cold months and shorter days with the help of a smiling Castelbajac skirt I got in…<\/p>\n

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