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Classic Washable Wednesday: Ponté Keyhole Sheath Dress

Ponte Sheath Dress: Lands' End Ponte Keyhole Sheath DressThis well-reviewed, machine-washable dress is on sale in all its iterations at Lands’ End, which include solid colors, prints, and a jacquard version. The dress is available in regular, plus, tall, and petite sizes, although almost all of the options are down to lucky sizes right now. It’s $24-29 at Lands’ End (was $79-99). Lands’ End Ponté Keyhole Sheath Dress

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Classic Nursing Tuesday: Nursing Camisole

Undercover Mama’s popular nursing tank boasts that it can “make any shirt a nursing shirt,” and its solid Amazon rating — 4.4 out of 5 stars from 1,400+ reviews — shows that it does the job well. It’s available in 15 colors in sizes XS-XXXL (although XXXL only is available in black, and XL somehow got listed both as “Extra Large” and “X-Large” with…

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Classic Maternity Monday: ‘Bengaline’ Straight Maternity Skirt

This black pencil skirt has been loved for years by working mamas-to-be everywhere. It’s $68 at Nordstrom, available in sizes XS-XL. (Japanese Weekend also sometimes has a pair of maternity pants made from the same material; right now Nordstrom has them stocked in size L only.) Figure 8 Maternity has a few sizes of the…

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News Roundup

Some of the articles of interest to working mothers that we’ve seen around the web recently… New York magazine’s The Cut rounds up the best beauty products of 2015. The Sweet Home shares their findings on the best tights. Here’s a handy list of the most popular TED Talks of all time. DailyWorth has the answers to…

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Mamas, Holidays, and Stress

2017 Update: We still think this is an interesting discussion about mamas, holidays, and stress. Since it’s that time of year, you may also want to check out our posts on holiday business etiquette. So: anyone else feel like your head is about to explode? Between buying gifts for everyone, including in-laws, cleaning Casa Griffin for…