Washable Workwear Wednesday: Extra-Long Straight-Leg Pants
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I recall that on my post about the Everlane pants, there was a comment or two from readers having trouble finding long enough pants for women taller than me (5’3″). For what it’s worth, at this height and with the current style of most things being cropped, I can easily find pants at the right length. However, I do remember that when full-length pants were the style, I would basically always have to get my pants hemmed. For taller women who want to wear full-length pants, I came across these “extra-long” pants at Zara. The description says the model is 5’10” — and she is wearing heels. These seem to be flying off the shelves; between the time I found this link and then went back to write this description, they sold out in size S and had already sold out in XL and XXL. If these are right for you, do not hesitate! They are $39.90 at Zara. Extra-Long Straight-Leg Pants
If you’re on the hunt for more tall pants, check out our most recent Corporette post on the best workwear for tall women. Good brands for tall sizes include J.Jill, J.Crew, and Boden.
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.
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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
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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?
My 4 year old has been losing his cool and acting out when both my husband and I are out of town for work at the same time. It happens very infrequently, but it’s causing a lot of issues with my husband. We both have very “big” jobs and I do t want this to be the straw that breaks the camels back, and I don’t want to tell my boss I can’t travel occasionally. I think my husband is over reacting (which I’ll talk to him about), but anyone else go through this? Any tips for kiddo? Daniel tiger worked when he was 2, were past that being helpful. Did anyone switch jobs because of this? Thanks!
We did four days of potty training and I’m feeling cautiously optimistic. I took Monday and Tuesday off and he only had one accident yesterday and was taking himself to the potty without loads of prompting. He even had a poo. Nursery wants pull ups so I sent him in those today, we will see how they do. They thought he was too young (2.5) as loads of the big kids are still in pull ups but I was changing cloth nappies 7 times a day and over it so figured it was worth a shot.
Have any of you done a credit freeze for your kids? Trying to decide whether it’s worth the time.
how does h&m clothing run for toddlers?
My employer gives us three personal days per year. Our handbook say they’re for business that can’t be conducted outside of work hours and they list a few examples, one of which is “family responsibilities.” Do you think it’s ethical to use these days for school closures due to inclement weather and/or staff professional development? I have a separate pot of sick leave I can use when kiddos or I are sick, but otherwise I would have to cover these days out of vacation time.
Anyone have tips for meeting mom-friends? We live in the burbs of the SEUS and are expecting our first kid this summer. None of my current friends have kids or are planning to anytime soon. I will be taking 3 months of maternity leave and then planning to keep kid at home till about 1 year before sending him daycare. I’d love to meet people with kids around the same age, but I’m not sure where to start. I’ve played with the Peanut app a little, but people don’t seem super outgoing in my area.
Do I need to just be outgoing and go to prenatal yoga/exercise classes and talk to people? Or is it easier to wait till the kid is here and find people to set up playdates with? I’m naturally more introverted, but understand the importance of having friends in a similar season as my family.
Quite variable, in our experience! My almost 3yo has 12-18 month pants and 2-3y dresses that all fit perfectly. Seconding that it’s cute, reasonably priced, and lasts a while.
Give me all your recs for best little kid rolling suitcase. We have a few trips coming up and need our 3 1/2 year old to tote his own bag. I think he will be able to pull something light (I guess we’ll see). Thanks!
When did y’all first decide to hire a babysitter for a night out (like 2-3 hours)? Our son is 7 months and I still feel like it’s too soon, but hopefully before he’s 1 we’d like to be able to do this. No family in the area or friends comfortable watching babies (and our wonderful daycare teachers are not allowed to do side gigs), so we’d have to go the Care.com route.
Thank you for the link to the HBR article yesterday (re: What’s holding women back) – I think it is incredibly relevant to my organization! My organization has recently initiated a diversity push and I am “consulting” with HR on the matter. TBH consulting means that I am demanding that the VP HR speak to me. I have a few points of discussion for him this week and know that all you ladies have great thoughts on this issue. The one caveat I would throw out there is that we are Canadian – so mat leave is typically 1 year. [6 weeks paid (our organization’s election), the remainder on unemployment insurance. You can also spread out the 12 months of unemployment to 18 months].
a few thoughts:
1. The general issue that we aren’t taking it seriouslybecase in the corporate re-org we have hired 3 white men as our last 3 VPs including in legal and HR which surely would have had qualified female candidates. Previously we had 1 female VP (HR), who frankly got promoted to a position that she was not qualified for (her background was communications). She was unable to directly answer questions in a meetings without going back to consult with her team. That does not leave a great path in which other women can follow. Further they have replaced 2 male VPs (both Johns incidentally) with Director level positions held by myself and another woman. I am actually less offended by this than it would seem. I only have 7 direct reports – that hardly feels that it requires a “VP”.
2. Recently we instituted a policy whereby you can take certain designated Fridays off unpaid. Just over 10% of office staff do this. the VAST majority are women. I suspect that these women are getting about as much done as their male counterparts in a given month, but they are paid less for it. [Most of the office staff are professionals – accountants, LOTS of engineers etc. so it is project-based workload not hours / client service]. Arguably we have instituted a policy that is “woman friendly” but actually penalizes women for being the primary parent. Especially if they are missing out on informal networking / socializing that happens when the office is less busy because 10% of the staff is away.
3. I fundamentally believe that an underlying issue is that men view women as really competent people that work FOR them.[e.g.the leadership team ” we should hire more women, they work harder”]** These old school guys don’t actually see women as their peers. Any thoughts on how to gradually change their mindset.
** uumm yeah they are not going to the gym and getting protein shakes with their buddies.
I am passionate about trying to enable ALL parents to share in household responsibilities, including making it much more socially acceptable for men to take more than a couple weeks off for paternity leave. (My hubby was the first guy in his office to do so!!) On being respectful for scheduling meetings that don’t interfere with daycare pick up constraints. But slowly changing the old boys club is exhausting…. any suggestions on work / life implementations that have worked for your organizations.
NOTE: re: the HBR article, we are not a service provider with a huge burnout issue. people leave at a reasonable time – but I think that mentality that woman are going to WANT to take the accommodations is very much relevant to our and most organizations, which results in them being slotted into the good solid employees with no room for advancement bucket.
Thank you for your thoughts / suggestions on other ideas for HR.
Just booked our first big plane trip with 2 kids and looking for all the tips. Kids will be 4 and 2 at the time.
Do they need something to make the plane seatbelts works (I remember there being something for babies)? What about car seats? I would really rather not fly with 2 car seats but we will be staying about an hour from the airport and then doing a fair amount of driving. Is renting car seats from car rental place a bad idea? Or I was thinking of ordering two cheap seats to the place we’re staying but that means driving without a car seat to our destination which is probably a bad idea…. the logistics of all this is probably why we haven’t done this sooner.
At what age is it reasonable to expect a kid to say please and to actually not hand over the item until they say please?
For those of you already thinking about saving for college: how many kids do you have, how old are they, and what do you have saved/what are you planning to save? Mine will be going to college in 2033, 2035 and 2037 (oldest is in K this year). I have about $50k in their various college funds at this point. Technically, my oldest has 35k in “her” fund, and I have 15k in my middle’s fund, but since they are all 529s the beneficiary can change as need be. We are planning to save 75% of the cost of state school for all 3 kiddos in a 529. Then we’ll bankroll the rest between income and non-529 savings, or scholarships/loans if need be. Currently we are in a financial position to bankroll the difference out of payroll (assuming no daycare cost!!) but life changes, of course. We are ballpark assuming that college will cost $250k/kid ($150k/kid for state school) which is probably an underestimate.
We also have a wildcard in play which is that DH’s grandmother is still alive, but 92, and he and the kids will likely inherit some money when she dies, and if they kids get money it will very likely expressly earmarked for college/school. DH’s parents are wealthy and fairly old (69 and 80) and he/the kids will inherit from them as well. We are not counting on this money at all when we plan for college, but we do know it may be around so we don’t want to have too much tied up in 529s. We will likely have a much better picture of this aspect in the next 5-8 years or so.
Does this seem practical? We have savings happening in other accounts/areas, so if it seems like we need to be dumping more into the 529 this early on, then we can make that happen. I’m throwing extra cash at our mortgage but have recently been thinking it may need to go to the 529s.
Can anyone recommend a good divorce lawyer in Portland, ME? Asking for a friend (the dad) who may need one in what could shape up to be a nasty battle. One kid, one on the way.
Pre-k thoughts: help me out here. Kiddo is currently in a good-but-not-great preschool where he’s been since he was an infant. Loves the teachers and friends. This year they added a pre-k room which kiddo will be eligible for next year. I’m concerned that the teacher is not great and I’ve seen her kids watching videos in class.
We toured a school that seems like a much better fit for kiddo — lots of science focus and outside time — but he doesn’t do well with change and it would only be for one year, before going to K. The new school is slightly more expensive but manageable. Both are the same for commute/timing purposes.
Would you move your kid for one year out of a comfortable situation for slightly better academics? Part of me thinks yes, then part of me thinks – he’s 4, why am I worried about academics? Any perspectives welcome.