{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Soft Sensibilities","provider_url":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog","author_name":"Kimberly","author_url":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/author\/kimberlypearl-92gmail-com\/","title":"Five Things (8.7.26) &#8226; Soft Sensibilities","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"yrwhywxPee\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/five-things-8-7-26\/\">Five Things (8.7.26)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/five-things-8-7-26\/embed\/#?secret=yrwhywxPee\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Five Things (8.7.26)&#8221; &#8212; Soft Sensibilities\" data-secret=\"yrwhywxPee\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"1. The first week of August has come and gone\u2014as is customary for time to do\u2014and yet somehow, this year seems to move quicker than every other before. In the blink of an eye, I\u2019ve finished charting Q4 for clients and reviewing Holiday 2026 pitch decks as an editor, yet cannot seem to remember what I did for myself. All I have to show from these past few months are a pile of receipts from sprees fueled by acquisitiveness and anxiety. Logistically, it makes no sense. Logically, however, it does. If all that is good in the world\u2014art, literature, taste\u2014is on the brink of extinction, is it not my civic duty to preserve what I can? 2. One such acquisition: baby\u2019s first pair of Margiela Tabis. Not the classic flats, but the little mules made in the likeness of ballerina slippers\u2014elastic strap and all. I\u2019ve resisted the hoofed shoe for nearly two decades despite finding them curiously chic during my Tumblr days, but at the time couldn\u2019t afford them (I was a teenager) and later on, couldn\u2019t afford to be seen as too different (something I\u2019ve touched before). I still think I\u2019m not cool enough to fully pull of the&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/maison-margiela-shopping-bag-iced-coffee-on-tiled-entryway.jpg"}