{"id":3159,"date":"2009-02-11T21:21:15","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T05:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?p=3159"},"modified":"2009-02-11T21:21:15","modified_gmt":"2009-02-12T05:21:15","slug":"a-refreshed-jcrew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?p=3159","title":{"rendered":"A Refreshed JCrew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was just thinking today how much JCrew has evolved over the past couple of years.  For the longest time their fabrics were so-so; there designs were practical yet dull.  Now feminine, fun, even whimsical&#8230;  Kudos to their design team!  It&#8217;s like they&#8217;ve read my mind.  But the truth is they&#8217;ve probably found a successful angle against their competitors.  Here are some current season picks&#8230;  BTW, where were they in 2003 (their Bridal Collection I&#8217;m referring to)?  I would have loved to wear one of their floral numbers down the aisle.<\/p>\n<p>*Photocredit: JCrew<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3159 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?attachment_id=3160'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/victoria-ruffle-cami-golden-olive-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/victoria-ruffle-cami-golden-olive-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/victoria-ruffle-cami-golden-olive-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/victoria-ruffle-cami-golden-olive.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" 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150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?attachment_id=3171'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/solid-silk-garland-cami-white-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/solid-silk-garland-cami-white-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/solid-silk-garland-cami-white-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/solid-silk-garland-cami-white.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?attachment_id=3162'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fleur-gown-2995-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fleur-gown-2995-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fleur-gown-2995-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fleur-gown-2995.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?attachment_id=3166'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/lisette-gown-1500-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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For the longest time their fabrics were so-so; there designs were practical yet dull. Now feminine, fun, even whimsical&#8230; Kudos to their design team! It&#8217;s like they&#8217;ve read my mind. But the truth is they&#8217;ve probably found a successful &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,66,24],"tags":[158,719,254,765,2069,704],"class_list":["post-3159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fashion","category-handbags","category-shoes","tag-clothing","tag-handbag","tag-jcrew","tag-metallic-leather","tag-shoes","tag-tote"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3172,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3159\/revisions\/3172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}