{"id":37,"date":"2008-08-26T19:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-26T19:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lacouturiernyc.wordpress.com\/2008\/08\/26\/quote-du-jour\/"},"modified":"2017-08-06T16:15:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T20:15:27","slug":"quote-du-jour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/quote-du-jour\/","title":{"rendered":"Quote du Jour"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">&#8220;<strong><span style=\"font-size: 180%; font-family: lucida grande;\"><em>F<\/em><\/span><\/strong>ashion is the machine that drives the business. <em>Style<\/em>, on the other hand, is an unconscious gift that money can&#8217;t buy. It&#8217;s being comfortable not only in your clothes but in your own skin. I&#8217;ve always admired how European women have such effortless style, as though they&#8217;ve been culturally raised to wear clothes gracefully and effortlessly. There&#8217;s something wrong about trying too hard to be fashionable. 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