Washable Workwear Wednesday: All Day Palais Wide-Leg Pants
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I’ve slowly traded my skinny-leg pants for wider ones — and this elegant pair magically marries sharp tailoring with relaxed, all-day comfort.
These flowy pants have sharp front-knife pleats, back darts for fit, and an encased elastic waistband. The lightweight fabric will take you from now into warmer weather. Add the coordinating blazer for an elevated suit.
The pants are $198 and come in black, goji berry (pink), and pony (pictured). They’re available in 00-0 4XS to 38-40 4XL. If you love the fabric, there are also four other pant silhouettes available.
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Sales of note for 3/21/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Spring sale, up to 50% off: Free People, AllSaints, AG, and more
- Ann Taylor – 25% off suiting + 25% off tops & sweaters + extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 40% off everything + 20% off
- Eloquii – 50% off elevated essentials + extra 50% off sale
- J.Crew – 25% off select linen & cashmere + up to 50% off select styles + extra 40% off sale
- J.Crew Factory – Friends & Family Sale: Extra 15% off your purchase + extra 50% off clearance + 50-60% off spring faves
- M.M.LaFleur – Flash Sale: Get the Ultimate Jardigan for $198 on sale; use code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Buy 1 get 1 50% off everything, includes markdowns
My daughter wants to get her BFF a bookstore gift card for her upcoming 7th birthday (BFF is an avid reader) but her party is a very small slumber party and I assume they will be opening gifts in person and a gift card is kind of boring to open. Any suggestions for something cheap but fun we could give in addition?
my soon to be 7 year old is playing her first season of softball. the season starts out as t-ball and moves onto coach pitch, which my daughter knows and has already expressed some apprehension about. last night they had a game and my daughter had fun, did great, etc. and all was good even though it was a bit late in the evening for us. the coach is talking to the girls after the game, mentioning he’ll see them after spring break, and suddenly my daughter is sitting on the ground in front of me sobbing (I couldn’t understand what it about), and another mom explains it’s because after spring break they will switch to coach pitch. no other kid reacted this way and I was kind of embarrassed. first of all this isnt happening for like 2 weeks at this point, some of the kids this is their second season, but for many kids this is their first season and also learning something new. my daughter is obviously an anxious kid, which we’ve been working on, but should i be worrying that other kids are going to start judging her when she behaves this way? should i be talking to her about how to respond in public vs. private so other kids dont tease her?
How do you navigate adult friendships when some of the kids have issues? I have several friends whose college kids have experienced enormous setbacks: one kid flunked out of college after the first semester, another had to be pulled from school and hospitalized for an eating disorder, a third is having severe mental health issues and is close to flunking out. All of our families are members of the same social circle and community groups and see each other multiple times a week. Some of the parents are very sensitive. One of the moms ran to the bathroom in tears after someone innocently mentioned how excited their kid was about college, having no idea what was going on. Another one of the kids is a close friend of my daughter’s and was pursuing the same major and career track before she was dismissed from school; to make things even more awkward her dad works in the same field and was one of my daughter’s teachers in high school AND I work closely with him in the field as a volunteer.
My daughter is doing well in college, albeit with some challenges that I don’t really talk about because they are not my story to tell and because I believe that most people have challenges they don’t feel it’s necessary to spread all over. I feel like the most sensitive thing to do would be to avoid mentioning my daughter at all, but that’s pretty much impossible to do when other people are always asking the college parents how our kids are doing. I usually end up downplaying her achievements and changing the subject as quickly as possible, which doesn’t seem right either.
I’m also on the other side of this dynamic a little, as a friend with a kid a year younger than mine is incredibly excited about some big things going on for her kid that mine just missed out on for Reasons. My approach to that situation is just to try to be excited for my friend and her delightful daughter, even when the reminders cause me to feel bitterness and regret, and to focus those conversations on my friend and her child. Even though I don’t think this friend is being at all insensitive by celebrating her daughter’s achievements, somehow I feel guilty about celebrating my own kid or even acknowledging her existence around the friends whose kids are not doing well. Has anyone had to navigate this dynamic?
Such a minor complaint but why can’t my husband learn to use the microwave properly? Every time he microwaves something for the kids, he heats it to the temperature of the sun, and then we all have to wait and wait and wait until it’s cool enough for human consumption. I keep not saying anything because it seems like a clear “natural consequences” situation but it’s been happening for like EIGHT YEARS.
We’re heading abroad for spring break to the UK, we’re planning to be more outdoors and less city dwelling (1 day in Edinburgh, a few in England but not London). We’ll have a 3 yr old (newly 3) and 5 and 8 year olds. I’m mostly worried about the 3 yr old getting tired/needing to be carried. She can go just under a mile before wanting to be carried.
I think our days will be outdoor activity/hike > break > kid activity. So mainly need a solution for half a day.
I’m not sure a stroller is the right fit for outdoors adventure and am leaning towards a hiking backpack carrier. Any advice? I can buy one resale here for ~100USD, but would need to pack it in luggage. We could rent one there for about the same price.
We could use an ergo but I feel like it’s less supportive for longer stretches. We’ll have a car for storage between activities.
Just got a notice from our school nurse that 1st and 4th grade BMI screenings are going to happen soon. I’m in Massachusetts and this is a state-wide mandate. We have the option to opt out.
While I (perhaps naively) trust they’ll keep it all confidential from the kids and handle it as body-neutrally as possible, which they say they will, I’m wondering if there’s a reason to do this or not beyond my visceral ick reaction to it. I’m pretty practical, I think, and can appreciate if there’s truly some “for the greater good” reason the state needs this data. But, absent that, I’m leaning toward nope-ing out of this. I don’t need my 7 year old asking why she was weighed at school for starters….
thoughts?
Good books to read to 2-4 year olds about moving?
We already have the Berenstain bears moving day and new neighbors.
There’s a classmate of my kid’s (4) that doesn’t always want to play with my kid, but my kid keeps trying to play with them/be around them. Teacher hasn’t raised it to me.
We’ve talked about it at home, role-played, etc. what to do when the classmate asks kid to move, go away, etc. My heart hurts for my kid, and of course I don’t want him to be a disruption to the class or think it’s okay to be in someone’s space.
Got my summer camp schedule all set! There’s a lot to complain about DC parks and rec but I do appreciate them taking the feedback that parents need to get their camp schedules set earlier than May and moving the process accordingly. Also you can’t beat a two week camp, 9-5PM, with lunch included, for only $135 (now if only it wasn’t a lottery system to get in and there were spots for everyone).
Are there little things you do that help elevate your everyday?
I was watching a clip of a lifestyle show and had a viscerally negative reaction. I was very jealous of the wealth and time to be able to do these “frivolous” things. But it got me thinking that maybe adding small, cheap luxurious moments in my day would worthwhile.