Washable Workwear Wednesday: Esher Sweater
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I’m not sure how The Fold found me, but I started receiving their catalogs about a year ago. While their clothes were lovely to look at, most of them were labeled “dry clean only.” Well, they must have read my mind — their latest catalog features several machine washable items, including this lovely merino wool-blend sweater.
It comes in two very seasonal and festive colors: toffee and dark green. I love the twist neckline (perfect for all those Zoom meetings and parties) and long cuffs (perfect for pushing up and getting down to business).
For those returning to the office, the sweater’s slim cut would pair beautifully with wide-leg dress pants and heels or a flowy midi skirt and tall boots.
The sweater is $245 and available in sizes S–L. Esher Sweater
Sales of note for 4/24/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 7,710 new markdowns for women!
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including 100s of new arrivals
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Spring Clearance: Up to 75% off + extra 50-60% off sale
- J.Crew – Mid-Season Sale: Up to 60% off sale styles + up to 50% off summer-ready styles
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 15% off $100 + extra 20% off $125
- M.M.LaFleur – 3 pieces for $198. Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Friends & Family Event: 30% off entire purchase, includes markdowns
And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
Congratulations gift I can get for my friend who was just elected partner? She lives outside of NYC in NJ.
Anyone with experience on the new WW? I’m about 5 weeks postpartum and trying to get my snacking under control. I’ve had some success with weight watchers in the past and also with using lose it/myfitness pal. Any recent experiences appreciated, either with WW or postpartum weight loss. I’m nursing and up in the middle of the night which is also when I tend to snack too. I mean I also tend to snack middle and end of the day as well.
Recommendations for kid-friendly hair dye? Super temporary is fine. My kids have brown hair, so something that sits on top of the hair as opposed to bleaching and dying the strands is probably ideal. I would do Koolaid, but I don’t think it will show up on their hair color. Ideas?
Baby girl (11 months) has started biting. If she is getting upset, usually because dinner is not ready as quickly as she wanted it to be or I won’t let her play with the dangerous object, she will bite my shoulder. So far, only me – dad and big brother have not had it happen, no reports from daycare. Any thoughts on how to nip this in the bud before it becomes a bigger problem?
First time parent panic du’jour. I know nothing about preschool. A friend with a child a full year younger than mine was just downloading me on her preschool planning and I just thought to myself “OH S H I T”. One more thing this family isn’t on top of.
When should DS go? He was born in April 2018.
He was previously at a Bright Horizons with a built in pre school for daycare so I didn’t think anything of it, but we brought him home with a nanny in COVID. I’m now realizing this is something we probably need to plan for with waiting lists and processes and whatnot. We’re in suburban Boston. I’d call him “ahead of the curve” on verbal skills and all that compared to peers, so I feel confident he is or will be “ready” and have no concerns about sending him whenever the time is appropriate (potty training notwithstanding – work in progress….).
Bikes! Our nearly four year old has mastered his strider balance bike and I want to introduce pedals. We don’t have the strider that converts because he was too small. Any recommendations on what to buy?
Somewhat inspired by GCA’s note above but does anyone here (I’m assuming everyone is in a “Western” country but could be wrong) live in a multigenerational household? I too am from a culture where that was more common and it was also more common and expected that both parents work and grandparents and other relatives step in to help with the kids, whereas here we still seem to be in an environment where the nuclear family model of one parent working/one parent staying at home is the only one that still revered in society and no policies support otherwise. I definitely would like to see policy changes because I personally enjoy both parents working and both being involved in childcare but I’m wondering if having more of a culture of expected family help would be better for everyone? On the other hand, I could see getting extremely annoyed with living with my parents full time, as helpful as they are with the kids, so perhaps those drawbacks outweigh the benefits. Anyone long for something otherwise? Maybe I’m just rambling as I’ve been home with the kids this week and feel like so many women get stuck outside of the workforce and society is stuck without their viewpoints because childcare is a huge, taxing task.
Reposting from yesterday because you all gave me such good food for thought, and I’d love more! Do you have a target percentage of income to donate to charity each year? How do you select individual charities to donate to? Do you do monthly recurring donations, or one-time lump sums?
Where I’ve landed this year (after making a goal to increase charitable giving but not doing much about it until December) is with equal one-time donations to about 15 charities that I quickly vetted for financials & transparency, covering
Local hunger, homelessness, poverty
Museums & the arts (including covid relief for performers)
Addiction
Animals & environment
International (refugees, doctors without borders, etc)
Combined with recurring donations to public radio & church, and our annual donation to poison control (luckily we haven’t needed to call them this year, but I still love them for past help), we are at almost 4%. That’s a huge improvement, but I hope to nudge that a little higher next year if public schools are open again. I appreciated the comment yesterday about estate planning vs large donations during working/saving years, and am still giving some thought to increasing monthly donations – which would help get me closer to my giving goal, but potentially limit our ability to put on our own oxygen masks first when stuff hits the fan like it did this year.
Moms of girls, help me think about ear piercing. DD is 8 and has been asking for pierced ears for a while. I expect that by her birthday in May, we will feel comfortable doing this. When I was a kid it was $10 at the mall, done by some teenager with a gun. Not ideal. But the place that most moms seem to suggest in my area (Northern Virginia) is a tattoo/piercing parlor where it’s going to run $100, maybe more depending on the studs selected, for one hole in each ear plus the earrings. Of course I want it to be safe and clean and non-traumatic, but I was not envisioning this as a three-figure expense. Am I off here?
Does anyone have a recommendation for a wobble stool for a K student? My son keeps dragging his chair back and forth across the hardwood floor and can’t seem to sit still. I’m seeing some good options online, but wondering if you have personal experience (or something similar to recommend).
Does anyone have a recommendation for gifts for my brothers’ kids? Both brothers have three step kids each, all around elementary/middle school age. Mostly girls, but one 7 year old boy (the youngest). I would like to send one gift to each household that is some kind of game, or activity (cookies, gingerbread house?) that they can enjoy, rather than gifting each kid, which is more work (and money) than I want to undertake. Love my brothers so much, but these are new-ish step-kids, and one set I haven’t even met yet, so want to keep it simple and fun.
Help! My three-year-old has been waking up most nights crying and screaming in his sleep. It seems to be a night terror because he doesn’t remember much about it in the morning. The only thing that snaps him out of it is to let him come sleep with DH and I in our bed, then older sister comes along…and I haven’t slept well in weeks. I tried monster spray and that worked really well for exactly one week and now we’re back to scream-sleeping. He does this both on nap and no-nap days and I cannot figure out the pattern or triggers. Advice/commiseration?
Can we talk holiday cards? It’s been such a weird year it feels weird to me to do them. And I’m exhausted. Usually I send a personalized Happy New Year type thing and I just have zero interest this year. Should I just buy a box of holiday cards and call it a day? What’s everyone doing? Do you like the Good Riddance 2020 cards? I don’t even know what my question is but thought I’d start the conversation.
DH told me to ‘ask my friends on the internet’ for advice about potty training. We are a little over two weeks in and one of our twins is having 1-2 accidents per day. Mostly when with our nanny and out of the house, though occasionally when in the house. We did the Oh Crap method and are now on the block where you go commando, though often at home are still without pants as it’s easier. One issue I think is that the way kiddo’s body works, after drinking water, he seems to have to go like 3-4 times in one hour and either doesn’t realize it, doesn’t want to stop playing – not totally sure. We’ve watched the daniel tiger episode about using the potty. Is 1-2 accidents per day normal at this point for some kids?
My 2.6 year old DD is hitting…. a lot. Mom, dad, the nanny. We get on her level and look her in the eye to talk about how it’s ok to have big feelings. We name the feelings, but say it’s not ok to hit. We do time out. We talk about “gentle hands” and demonstrate appropriate touch (aka not hitting). She knows she’s doing it. She knows it’s wrong. She still does it.
HALP. Is this just the age? She’s as strong willed and spirited as they come (apple doesn’t fall far…). She has lots of big emotions – happy, sad, excited, etc. Fairly advanced verbal skills, too. I can’t decide if we’re doing something horribly wrong or if this is just something we support her through – keep doing what we’re doing – and eventually it passes?