Washable Workwear Wednesday: The O’Hara Boyfriend Blazer in Velveteen
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I wear an older version of M.M.LaFleur’s O’Hara blazer regularly. Just in time for the holidays, their latest take is made from an elegant (and washable) velveteen fabric.
This blazer’s long hemline and slim shoulders make it sleeker than your typical boyfriend blazer. Wear it with jeans or the matching trousers for a full suit. You can even play up the subtle sheen at your next holiday party with some bold, sparkly jewelry.
The O’Hara Boyfriend Blazer in slate blue is $529 and comes in sizes 00-20. It’s also available in several other fabrics (some on sale, lucky sizes only).
Looking for other washable workwear? See all of our recent recommendations for washable clothes for work, or check out our roundup of the best brands for washable workwear.
Sales of note for 11/16/25
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- Ann Taylor – 50% off your purchase with code
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – 50% off 250+ styles + extra 60% off all sale
- J.Crew – Extra 60% off sale styles + up to 40% off cold-weather styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything + extra 70% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Extra 20% off sale with code + try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Nordstrom – Designer clearance up to 40% off
- Talbots – 30% off your purchase + 50% off T by Talbots + extra 50% off all markdowns
Combination of screaming into the void and wondering how your school community handles this kind of thing… I just found out that I’ve been excluded from a group text for the moms in my son’s grade since it was started over the summer. The person creating the group text encountered some kind of error with my number, and never followed up to figure it out with me. Our school is pretty small (3 classes per grade level) so the chat isn’t huge. A friend helped solve the error and add me, but I’m just feeling really upset about it. No wonder I was having trouble coordinating activity sign-ups, etc., and feeling out of the loop! It also hits hard because I was accidentally excluded from the mom chat for my daughter’s class last month, when the mom creating it input my number incorrectly. I figured that one out faster, but it still didn’t feel great. How does all this work in your school? Feeling particularly vulnerable and upset because I work and don’t always have a lot of extra time for mom coffees and that kind of thing. I really need to be connected digitally or my kids lose out. Both moms who created these chats, btw, stay home, and don’t really seem to get it. I am really trying to be so polite and “no big deal!” about it, but man am I angry and upset.
Do you like having other kids to your house, or no? My husband and I mostly don’t- I was never a babysitter and am just not that comfortable parenting other people’s kids. Of course we do it to reciprocate playdates, make our kids happy, etc, but I will just never be that mom that is like, yes, open door policy!! Just curious other thoughts on this- am I an outlier?
Our back door is located in our a carpeted family room. Every throw rug we put at the back door as a doormat gets all crumpled up, even with a sticky rug pad underneath. If we throw aesthetics out the window and get a waterhog mat, will it stay put on carpet or will it skid all over the place too?
My FIL decided to start smoking at the age of 60. I have a sensitive sense of smell and absolutely HATE cig smoke. DH never regained his sense of smell post-COVID.
How do I tell FIL that smoking is not acceptable on our property? He very rarely visits so it’s not usually an issue, but he’ll be here for Thanksgiving and I just don’t want that irritation. My in laws do not communicate directly, ever, so any time of direct communication is met with incredulous hostility and defensiveness.
On the few occasions he has visited recently, he smokes outside by his car, but the scent remains on his clothes (and then our furniture).
The smugness with which I declared myself done Christmas shopping – and the realisation that my child is still formulating his Santa list in his head. Today’s additions – a big set of Plus Plus blocks, a log that you can grow mushrooms on, and cat shaped onigiri molds. I can’t even really grumble because it’s the 19th of November, a perfectly reasonable date by which to make Christmas requests and these are very modest requests.