Washable Workwear Wednesday: Charlotte Dress
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For me, summer = dresses! This flowy dress from Gravitas works for both in and out of the office.
Made from easy-care, soft and cooling jersey, this dress flatters every figure. It features a mock neck and a built-in slit to accommodate the belt of your choice, and it comes in seven colors ranging from basic black to eye-catching coral. It’s also made in New York City’s garment district, a rarity these days.
The Charlotte dress is $148 and comes in sizes Go-Getter (XS/0–2) to Success Story (3X/24W–26W).
Sales of note for 4/16/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 5,521 new markdowns for women!
- Ann Taylor – 40% off your entire purchase + 50% off one full-price item
- Banana Republic Factory – 50%-70% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – $29+ select styles + extra 40% off all sale
- J.Crew – Spring Event: 40% off sitewide + extra 40% off all sale
- J.Crew Factory – 40%-70% off everything + 60%-70% off spring faves
- M.M.LaFleur – New collection just dropped! Use code CORPORETTE15 for 15%
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off select tops + 30% off dresses, skirts, shoes & accessories + 40% off all markdowns
Has anyone left a job with a toxic boss without something lined up? If so can you tell me how it went for you?
I may be in this situation and I’m terrified and feel like a quitter. I also love the actual work and organization, but I know if I keep going there is a slim chance things will improve. I also know the market is very weird right now and I’m a senior (non-executive) hire that costs places money.
I’ve started applying to jobs/networking so I won’t be going from scratch, and we will be ok financially, but I just feel really…guilty about all of it.
Speaking of birthday parties, I just went to a preschool birthday party that had Popeye’s fried chicken (and pizza for the pickier kids) and I thought it was brilliant. It avoids the political quagmire of Chik Fil A and it’s much tastier chicken anyway. Totally stealing this for our next party.
I know this has been discussed a million times here, but whats the best toddler party time? Planning kid’s 3yo birthday party for later this summer. It will mostly be family only but includes cousins age 1,4,9,11 plus maybe a few 2/3 yo friends. Most family is within an hours drive but several are 2-3 hours and will drive in for the day
We are planning for inflatable slide and the neighborhood pool is open and we are members if some of the attendees want to swim.
I originally scheduled it for 2-6ish to do late lunch cookout and outdoor activities. Should I do 10-2 instead? We live in the SEUS so 2-6 might be pretty hot. My kid currently naps around 12:30/1. If we do 10-2 we would grill entree (hotdogs/burgers) with guests here and have snacks throughout
Help. My almost 3 twins are constantly asking me “are you happy?” Every time I am the least bit frustrated or tired or when they do something they know they aren’t supposed to do. It is so annoying!!! It’s like I have to be a zen monk or I’m constantly interrogated about whether I’m happy. Why are they doing this and how do I make it stop.
my kids are a mess between dinner and bedtime and suddenly are falling asleep 1-1.5 hours later than they used to, which i dont really get because they are super active during the day, but i’m thinking it’s because it stays light out so late (im in the process of getting new blinds for their room). anyway, their behavior is horrific and they would do much better if they could play one on one with a parent, but DH travels a lot and I do a lot of solo parenting. Playing outside is not an option (it is super hot and buggy where we live and my kids are mosquito magnets). it seems like everything ends in fighting/tears, from a craft to building a tower to playing a cooperative board game to even playing independently in the same room with me in the room. even reading to them is unpleasant as one kid tries to lay on top of the other kid or the book. i don’t like the idea of watching tv with them, but any ideas on how to make this 2 hour period more pleasant?
SwaddleMe Pod Zip-Up (no velcro! two-way zipper! I cannot figure out why these aren’t more popular!)
if you know they’re breastfeeding (or planning to try), gel nipple pads
nail clippers with the light (so you can trim nails while the sleep! so much easier!)
My 3.5 year old has been having some meltdowns at daycare lately — school thinks it’s because both the teachers in his room have turned over recently, so there’s a lot of change going on. Any tips on how to support him at home? He rarely melts down at home, and when he does it’s usually because he’s hangry or a bathroom thing.
Going to a baby shower and want to put together a gift basket of essentials. What would you include? There is a registry but it only has suggestions for items, no specific brands. They want gender neutral things. My budget is $100
How do you handle when your toddler hits you? DS will hit or kick DH or I when he’s upset. He’s 2 so it doesn’t really hurt us. DH will often put him in time out, but I usually just ignore it until he calms down. DS doesn’t hit or kick at school or use aggressive behavior, his teachers are always surprised when we ask, so it seems like he’s doing it at home to get our attention. I’d rather not use punishments like time out unless he is hurting others. He’s an only, so not dealing with hitting siblings.
Cross-posting from the main site because I mean to post here but didn’t realize that I was on the main page instead.
Hi! Interview help please! I interviewed for an in-house position yesterday. I’ve already reached out to thank the hiring manager who coordinated the day and had the biggest role. In total, however, I met 10 other people all at varying levels within the company. Should I reach out to thank each of those 10 people? I completely forgot about asking for cards or email addresses from each person. Accordingly, I’d have to either hand write notes or ask for email addresses from either the hiring manager or the HR professional I’ve had communication with. My gut says that asking for all of these people’s email addresses is inappropriate. Thoughts? I haven’t interviewed since I was in law school, and those interviews were all with law firms, so it was easy to find interviewer contact information on the firm websites. In my own hiring, I’ve never hired or not hired someone based on a thank you. So my thought is really to let it go. But is that a huge faux pas? Thanks!
Looking to travel from Boston to NYC for a long weekend with DH and 5 year old later this month. I normally fly for work on the shuttle and take the train in extenuating circumstances (genuinely hate it, though I know I may be a minority on that, but I digress). While we theoretically don’t have a fixed budget here, cost of flying and trains are both pushing what I was hoping for.
If I was to drive, where would I park, leave my car for a couple of days, and train in from? I think this is a thing, but not really sure.
Also, and I know it’s a regular question here but search is failing me, what part of town do we stay in? I was thinking UES but not a lot of hotel options. I basically go to midtown east and financial district exclusively for work, so I’m somewhat ignorant to all the rest that Manhattan has to offer! TIA.
Very specific question, but our elementary school requires Kers to wear the same shirt every day for the first couple of weeks and I’m not sure how many shirts I should buy. I feel like it’s a huge waste of money to buy many copies of this shirt (especially because they all have to be the same color) but I don’t want to be doing laundry constantly. Does the equivalent of dry shampoo exist for laundry?
Thinking of the threads earlier this week about how to be an ally for LGBTQA+ kids… I’m in local moms group on Facebook. I live in Canada, where same-sex marriage has been legal since 2005, in a liberal city with a large LGBTQA+ community and very well-known “gay district”. Someone on the group asked if there were any family-friendly pride events in our city and the responses… really took a turn for the worse. It’s wild to me that people approximately my age, living in my city, raising kids who may go to school with mine, could hold these views in this day and age. Fortunately other people stepped in to try and stop the hateful comments, but ugh.
I just cannot with the silly names for the sizes for this dress. Women are not going to feel better about being a size 3X just because you give the size a girlboss nickname.
Sports day finished without any tears or parental participation. Although T had to be rescued by his teacher in the sack race, because he had the sack pulled up too far and couldn’t hop.
And the mom who parks illegally every single day (and screamed at a teacher when challenged) had a ticket on her car, and I cackled out loud when I saw it.