Washable Workwear Wednesday: Franca Cashmere Padded-Shoulder Top

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A woman wearing a brown sleeveless top, white pants, and a black belt

Here’s a layering piece that will take you right into spring.

This modern take on a sleeveless cashmere shell has a mock neck, lightly padded shoulders, and center front seam detail. Wear it under a blazer now and on its own later. There are nine earthy color options — it’ll be hard to just choose one!

The Franca Cashmere Padded-Shoulder Top from Banana Republic is $170 (but check for frequent sales — warm copper is currently on sale for $119.97). It comes in sizes XXS–XL.

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 2/14/25 (Happy Valentine’s Day!):

(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)

  • Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
  • Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase — and extra 60% off sale
  • Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + 15% off (readers love their suiting as well as their silky shirts like this one)
  • Boden – 15% off new season styles
  • Eloquii – 300+ styles $25 and up
  • J.Crew – 40% of your purchase – prices as marked
  • J.Crew Factory – 50% off entire site and storewide + extra 50% off clearance
  • Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
  • Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
  • Talbots – Flash sale ending soon – markdowns starting from $15, extra 70% off all other markdowns (final sale)
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Pizza piggback – party from 10:30-12p, do we have pizza? Just cake and snacks? Kids are in Kinder.

Biting help? I’ve dealt with this before but it’s getting out of control. Two year old twin has decided to bite anyone and everyone when he doesn’t get his way. He bit me yesterday when I tried to stop him from hitting his twin. He’s already got some big feelings. My next step is to call OT for coping strategies but curious if anything has worked for you.

Is anyone else in WA state and can explain how the WA parental leave (for birth parent) works with employer’s policies? My employer only has a handful of people in WA and none have had babies, so they don’t really know and I don’t know what to ask them to research. There are some really glaring differences between my employer’s policies and what WA paid leave seems to provide (i.e. employer’s STD pays for 6 weeks at reduced rate while WA states you are paid for up to 12 weeks depending on medical necessity; employer says I must use PTO for any additional bonding leave while WA states 4 weeks of bonding leave are paid). How have you seen this work at your workplace?

At the risk of restarting #pizzagate, what’s the right amount of pizza for a preschool party with 13 kids RSVPed including the guest of honor? My kid is turning 5 and most of the guests are 4 or 5 but there are kids as young as 3 and as old as 7. Most kids will have one adult. At previous parties I’ve attended, adults haven’t eaten much if any pizza, but I would rather err on the side of having too much than too little.

Hit me with your best nightmare tips. My 3yo woke up in the middle of the night, shrieking and sobbing over a monster. We usually have a nightlight but he often plays with it and it falls out. He’s had a few here and there, waking up thinking he saw a gorilla, monster in his closet, etc. Have never been thru this before! thanks as always.

Potty training advice for kids who are resistant to pooping on the potty? My son is 2.5 years, is wearing diapers/pullups. We are having success with peeing in the potty (having some days where he only pees in his pullup once…some days where he isn’t interested in using the potty at all). He has never pooped on the potty. His daycare teacher thinks he is ready to ditch the pullups. In the last few weeks, he has shown a lot more interest in the potty, so I feel like we have momentum. My only hesitance is that he has never pooped on the potty, and I’m concerned that he will hold it until he has a diaper at bedtime, etc. Advice? Recommendations? We have a trip abroad planned in early May, so it seems like we should ditch diapers soon-ish, or wait until after that trip.

Paging yesterday’s commenter about the husband who switched insurance. Just commiserating – my son’s meds were covered until apparently January 1 but the paperwork didn’t update until last week, so suddenly they’re no longer covered for this refill. And of course the generic he’s on is impossible to find anyway, they also don’t cover the brand name, and all of the alternatives they do cover are either also impossible to find, or don’t work for him. We’ve literally been calling around to every pharmacy in a 25 miles radius to try to find any potential option that is covered or not over $500 just so we can at least get him on something. It’s infuriating and making me want to opt out of insurance entirely.

How are y’all handling mornings before day care with a real little one? My daughter will be starting at 12 weeks and we’re not on a hard schedule/pediatrician advised on demand eating and sleeping. She’s typically waking up to eat between 5:45-6:45am but I need to leave the house no later than 7:00am to drop her off at day care (day care opens at 7:00 am) and still make my train into work. My husband will be leaving the house everyday at 6:00am for his job (but 100% handling pick ups) so I’m solo for most of the morning. Would you initiate a hard wake up schedule and morning feeding? We’re also working on extending her first night feeding past 2:00/3:00am so would it be reasonable or mean to chance dropping her off un-fed at 7 when the feedings get too close together?

Seeking London with kids recommendations! We’re going in late June/early July and my son will be 11. We’ve got 6 days in the city and husband/son have never been. I’ve been for work loads but rarely have time to do more than pop into a few shops or the V&A for an hour or so. We plan to hit the science museum/natural history museum, do a tour of Tower Bridge/Borough Market and do a day trip to Oxford. We’ll likely do a double decker bus tour on day 1 to orient ourselves and I’ll hit the V&A solo while the boys do a the Imperial War Museum.
We all do best with 1-2 activities a day – any tween friendly ideas? Will also happily take favorite restaurant suggestions!