Washable Workwear Wednesday: Clever Crepe Almeida Jacket Navy
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Unlike most of The Fold’s pieces, their Clever Crepe Collection is machine washable. My pick is their Almeida Jacket.
This longline double-breasted blazer has a removable belt and functional pockets. The fabric, a washable, satin-backed crepe, is woven for stretch — it springs back into shape after tugging or folding. Wear this jacket on your next flight-to-meeting marathon.
This jacket is $550 at The Fold and comes in sizes UK 6/US 2 to UK 16/US 12. It’s available in navy, ivory, and black. If your office dress code is a little more relaxed, here’s a fun faux leather version for $119 at Nordstrom that comes in four seasonal pastels and sizes XS–XXL.
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 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
Parent-teacher conferences tonight and we’ve all had ourselves in fits of laughter coming up with what the teacher will say.
“T is very naughty, he puts glue in his ears!” to which my son shouts “Pardon?”
“T is a perfectly ordinary pussycat, except, of course for his tail!”
But the real question is whether he and his bestie will be left together when the classes mix next year. They go down from 5 classes to 4 in 2nd year, and keep that group together through 7th year). The teacher mentioned their dependence in her conference yesterday which worries me slightly. I assume they might grow apart at some point, but T’s other pals are in 2nd or 3rd year, so I do like the idea of him having a solid pal in his class.
Any funny stories from conferences? Anything that surprised you?
This is gorgeous.
Book request – are there any books for early elementary school age kids that deal with friendship issues? My kid is navigating some issues with her best friend (friend is not always great to her) and I feel like it would help if she could read about similar experiences. Or at least this is how I get clarity and deal with my problems so it’s maybe worth a try… Thanks!
If anyone wants to feel better about their parenting, we realized yesterday while registering our kid for kindergarten that we just straight up forgot to take her to the pediatrician for her annual well visit. Her birthday was two months ago…
Shopping help! My 8, 3 and 2 year old girls are the “something blue” in SIL’s wedding. I think we could go white with a blue sash or accents or blue. Any good sources for pseudo-flower girl dresses?
Good apps for a long car trip? Almost 5 and 7. They have Khan Academy and Quick Math, one plays games on Disney Now. Don’t mind paying for an app but would like to avoid in-game/freemium junk. Would Apple Arcade be good for that age? I saw some recommendations there.
One of my twins (age 2) is a poor sleeper. Always has been. He had ear tubes and asthma (reactive airway) but those seem well managed atm. The last two nights he’s started screaming around 4AM. He’s asleep when I go in. I comfort him and he eventually goes back to sleep, though it seems like he’s not really waking. I don’t think it’s night terrors: my oldest had those and he was completely terrified and distraught. My twin seems more like he’s mad or disoriented. Anyway, wondering if any of you have experienced this and have any advice. His sleep is improving, but issue after issue is making me reconsider whether we should have his adenoids removed (ENT gave us the option and we opted not to because he’s young, has already been put under for tubes, and it didn’t seem absolutely necessary). Thanks for any advice.
Annoyed – got an email at 3p yesterday that there is a class party TODAY (kinder) at 2:30 and they need volunteers…and tomorrow is a field trip. Here’s hoping there are some parents with super flexible schedules….
A vent – please no “divorce him” comments.
I’ve been under a ton of pressure at work – it’s sort of a mix of pressure/opportunity/dealing with a tough boss, so I’ve been working extra hard to essentially feature some of my skills/demonstrate learnings. We also have a new executive leader, who seems great, but is new to the organization and on their own learning curve. On top of that I raised my hand to be part of this major deadline that could be game-changing for our department/org – everyone involved has been working 12+ hour days and weekends on it.
I had to take my car to the mechanic yesterday, and turns out it needed more work than we thought. Not surprising – it’s 10+ years old and manufacturer recommends a huge round of maintenance at this juncture. Mechanic has to keep my car through this afternoon. Neither of us asked mechanic how long it would take, so our bad.
DH had to move things around and do pick-up, and was cranky all evening about it and we were both working super late, have big deadlines/presentations today, and DH leaves on a work trip this afternoon. We haven’t had a chance to debrief but geez – it was literally one of a HANDFUL of times he’s had to do this, maybe even the first time. And as soon as kids were home, I did the dinner/bath/bed routine (per usual) while DH went right back to work, which we had agreed on, so I was even more annoyed at him being cranky about “losing time”. GAHHHHH.
I’m the mom with the 3 year old who was waking constantly during the night and waking early every morning and basically making our lives miserable for almost a year now. At someone’s recommendation, we tried the Bedtime Pass method, and I’m happy to report that 5 nights in, things are MUCH improved. We are using little matchbox cars as an incentive and he’s very excited about that. We made two passes and explained that he has to have both in the morning to get a car (we should have just made one, but live and learn). He has still woken up at least once a night but one time was for a nightmare and other times were for the potty so we are ok with that. Hoping things continue to improve and that we’ll end up with zero wake ups some time soon. Anyway, wanted to say THANK YOU! to whoever gave me the advice about the passes, and to everyone else who gently pointed out that he was old enough to know better and that we needed to be more firm. We really needed that perspective.
Is a Vanguard 529 still a good education savings account? I’ve let the perfect become the enemy of starting the good, and the time for extended research has run out.
My 9yo daughter is now slated for an MRI in the next month or so. They gave her/me the option of whether it is under anesthesia. The MRI will take about an hour and a half with each series about 5 minutes. She will need to be still. I’m on the fence about whether it is realistic for her to stay still for those repeated 5 minute stretches and in the MRI for over an hour. I would like to avoid anesthesia if possible but I would also like to avoid needing to repeat the MRI. Any experiences?
I know that no one can answer this except me, but would appreciate thoughts on whether to stay in my boring but easy and secure job or take a new role that seems more interesting and intellectually challenging but would require me to work a lot harder and spend more hours working. I’m asking here instead of the main page because I think motherhood is a big factor. If I didn’t have kids at home I would take the new role, but I currently work much less than 40 hours per week and my school age kids are home with me every day after school and for part of the summers, which I really love. If I took the new role they’d have to go to aftercare and full-time summer care. I’d be walking away from really generous vacation leave and unlimited sick leave to a job with one combined PTO bucket, which I also don’t love. But since my kids are past daycare age and don’t get sick often maybe it’s not that big a deal? The new job would be a significant step up in salary, but not to the point that it would really change our lives or anything.
I *think* I’m burned out on my current job and how badly I was treated during the early pandemic, and the new job could challenge me and make me excited about my career again, which would be awesome. But I’m also worried that I’ll go to the new job, realize I was actually burned out on work in general and have walked away from a unicorn lifestyle job. I also have really good security in my current job and new job would be at a typical corporation where I could be laid off if the economy struggles or let go if I’m under-performing.
Any thoughts?
Any book recs that are basically the same text/picture ratio as Princess in Black? My 3-year-old loves them for read aloud but I’d love to branch out.
The Kayla and King books also seem to work but most of the early chapter books are too long and have too much text to pictures. (E.g., Zoey and Sassafrass). I really need things that are a complete story we can read in one sitting. She loves animals, especially cats, and super heroes. (We have the Kitty mystery books but still a little advanced for her).