{"id":946,"date":"2008-11-15T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-15T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=946"},"modified":"2009-06-20T20:24:35","modified_gmt":"2009-06-21T00:24:35","slug":"best-j-crew-ad-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/best-j-crew-ad-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Best J. Crew Ad Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just as I was posting about J. Crew&#8217;s &#8220;matchstick&#8221;-cut, <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/in-pink.html\">neon pink corduroys<\/a> earlier this week, gorgeous blogger <a href=\"http:\/\/karen-ofacertainage.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/citron-saturday-part-deux-later-that.html\">Karen of Of a Certain Age<\/a> was getting the same cords in an intense citron color. How desperately do you want these now?<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/karen-ofacertainage.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/citron-saturday-part-deux-later-that.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SR9T4vbkLdI\/AAAAAAAAGlw\/Q8UUPjMBXXc\/s320\/later%2B002.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269022323316633042\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Karen looks amazing!<br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">After seeing this photo, I feel like anyone with any sense at all should run out and buy these cords. As you&#8217;ve seen, I&#8217;m partial to an <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/human-and-canine-outfits\/\">intense yellow<\/a>, especially on one&#8217;s lower half. But since I already have a <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/human-and-canine-outfits\/\">long skirt<\/a> and a not-yet-photographed short skirt in similar hues, I feel like I should abstain from citron cords before I end up with an all-acid-yellow wardrobe. Dang! &#8220;Aubergine&#8221; is a nice color that J. Crew has available in a bootcut. Maybe I should go for that instead.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jcrew.com\/AST\/Browse\/WomenBrowse\/Women_Shop_By_Category\/pants\/corduroy\/PRDOVR%7E95825\/95825.jsp\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SR9VvikwU9I\/AAAAAAAAGl4\/SUl8aIMh8NI\/s320\/erez.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269024364269949906\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Or perhaps bright persimmon?<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jcrew.com\/AST\/Browse\/WomenBrowse\/Women_Shop_By_Category\/pants\/corduroy\/PRDOVR%7E95825\/95825.jsp\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SR9W7IGNKGI\/AAAAAAAAGmA\/c7-tHfga3cg\/s320\/erez-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269025662832552034\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Or should I stick to the matchstick style and get it in &#8220;sweet potato,&#8221; which is on major sale?<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SR9Xwwbe3kI\/AAAAAAAAGmI\/rc3tMMiYa38\/s1600-h\/erez-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 203px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/SR9Xwwbe3kI\/AAAAAAAAGmI\/rc3tMMiYa38\/s320\/erez-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269026584192278082\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Or should I do what I did last year and spend so much time pondering the colors that by the time I&#8217;ve made a decision, it&#8217;s summer? What do you think?<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED TO ADD: Take my poll on the right!<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED AGAIN TO ADD: I should note that the lovely Jean of <a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.citysearch.com\/profile\/32900283\/new_york_ny\/ghost_tailor.html\">Ghost Tailor<\/a>, a J. Crew cord-wearer herself (she got the bootcuts and altered them), informed me that in previous years, the purple was much brighter in person than in photographs. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;d be hoping for.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just as I was posting about J. Crew&#8217;s &#8220;matchstick&#8221;-cut, neon pink corduroys earlier this week, gorgeous blogger Karen of Of a Certain Age was getting the same cords in an intense citron color. How desperately do you want these now? Karen looks amazing! After seeing this photo, I feel like anyone with any sense at&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/best-j-crew-ad-ever\/\">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":[12,96],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blogs-and-bloggers","7":"category-pants","8":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946","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=946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1407,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions\/1407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}