Washable Workwear Wednesday: Striped Tie-Neck Shirtdress
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I really like the combination of elements in this dress. I like how the black and white vertical stripes are broken up by the elasticized waist that has a little bloused element to it. The elasticized waist makes the dress look like it could be separates. There are buttons down the front to the waist, which could be helpful for pumping at work. I like the v-neck with ties, although I would probably tie them instead of leaving them loose like in the photos. This dress gives me a “Kate Middleton attending Wimbledon” vibe — and I don’t know about you, but I’d like to be putting those vibes out into the universe. It’s $129 full price at Ann Taylor (but be on the lookout for one of their frequent sales). Striped Tie-Neck Shirtdress
Two plus-size options are at Talbots (on sale — and available in all size ranges) and Bloomingdale’s.
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Sales of note for 5/1/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 20% off select Dyson hair tools with code + select clothes, shoes & more up to 50% off
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including new arrivals (ends 5/4) + 40% off 1 full-price item (5/1 only)
- Banana Republic Factory – 40-60% everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off all sale + $19 & up spring sale
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off must-have styles + up to extra 60% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 60% off everything + extra 60% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Up to 25% off almost everything. Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – $20+ select favorites + 40% off 1 regular-price item + 30% off everything else
And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
NYC. Around $2.2M gross HHI.
Cost of current apartment ~$1M. Current mortgage + maintenance + taxes =~$4,000
Closing (next week!) on a bigger apartment that that we’ll be moving into and are paying a little over $2.1M. Mortgage + maintenance + taxes will be ~$9,400. Panicking a bit at the thought of our housing expense more than doubling but excited to have more space! (And we are selling our current apt, so that payment will eventually be eliminated).
I feel your pain. I’m anon at 2:56 pm and neglected to mention our 650K apartment is 1100 sq ft and was a fixer upper that we immediately sank another 60K in renovations into. Remind me why I like NYC? Our neighborhood is unhip but has decent schools, and my subway commute is a solid hour.
Around 400k HHI, do not own, monthly rent is $4100, HCOL.
Okay, I need a reality check. Would folks be willing to anonymously provide HHI, cost of their home, and monthly mortgage payment (assuming this amount would include property taxes, too, but maybe not for everyone)?
I’ll go first. About $210,000/year; $268,000; $1500 (taxes are low because my development is technically in the county outside of city limits in my Midwest area). Due to our current house not meeting our needs, we’re considering an upgrade, but we’re really struggling with pulling the trigger. Which is annoying because of how much we hate the current house.
Any recommendations or companies I should avoid for grocery delivery. I have not been happy with online order/pick up from Harris Teeter so i would like to try something new
Any recommendations for newborn photography in Philly? We’re delivering at Pennsylvania Hospital – any insight into whether they have a photographer who makes the rounds in the post-natal ward?
Also, any thoughts on whether having newborn pics taken at the hospital is preferable to having someone come to your house after you go home with baby? I guess I want me and husband to be in the pics too, but I’ll probably look terrible when we’re still at the hospital.
So, I’m the OP. Where I started backing up and trying to distract her from the conversation until I came up with a good approach is she started likening religion to magic/unicorns/fairys (things that exist in stories but not in the real world). I didn’t want to say she was right, nor did I want to say “no, God is real! we just don’t believe in it.” I think I got out of it by “different people believe in different things” and she was like “cool, just like Susie from preschool things fairies are real but I know they aren’t?” “oh look, a cute dog on the sidewalk!”
I’m in the beginning of the second trimester and in the awkward bigger but not really a bump stage. I’d like to get a pair of nicer looking leggings for weekend wear until I get to the maternity jeans stage. Does anyone have recommendations? I’ve looked online but I’m not sure if I should get something like the gap leggings that have a “full panel”. Will that last me the rest of the time or will they just sag until I really pop? TIA
Can I just say I’m really enjoying your posts April? The Kate Middleton attending Wimbledon vibes, the airpods… you really speak my language!
I’m throwing my hat in the ring for a promotion at work after having a lean out job for the past several years. Keep your fingers crossed for me!
Of course I can’t get this to thread but: I was very excited about the Simplicity Parenting book. But it was EXTREMELY Waldorf inspired. Like wool clothing has better vibrations for your kids level Waldorf. I know there are many great play and art based Waldorf schools, but I find the philosophy extremely anti-science.
I think you’re doing all the right things. The key is to have as many people in the home speaking the native language to him, and ideally, speaking the native language to each other. I would love to raise my kids bilingual but it hasn’t worked out that way so far, much to my immense regret. Husband and I speak the same language but he is a native speaker and I am not, so I can’t carry on a conversation in native language for hours on end. I had hoped that husband would only speak that language to my kids but he never did, and now my kids are way behind. So now we’re doing weekly language school.
So bottom line, just keep doing what you’re doing. There will likely be a language delay in English and that’s normal and expected, your little one will catch up very soon once starting school. I did not speak English until I started preschool and became fluent within a short time.
I tested two days before my period was expected because I felt like I had been hit by a truck– such extreme fatigue. Bloating didn’t happen until a few weeks later. But really the only way to know for sure is to wait until you’re close enough to your period that you can test.
How would you feel about your nanny texting your husband independently with pictures/updates about your kids? I guess I just don’t understand why she doesn’t text us at the same time since she is sending us both the same pictures and videos. I’ve half-heatedly tried to respond once and include my husband but she responds just to me then and separately to my husband. My husband, ever generous, thinks she doesn’t have group texting. She has a new iphone so yeah, she has group texting. It makes me feel weird since she is young and reasonably attractive. I have 100% faith in my husband but I just don’t like that she texts with him on her own. Am I overreacting to this?
Could you tell you were pregnant even before missing a period? I swear that I’ve gained weight/bloated am extreme amount in the past couple of weeks, even though my diet and exercise haven’t changed. Also just generally not feeling too great. Is this all mental or are these all signs?