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Anon says
Both of my kids are younger than 5, and the saddest part of today for me is trying to figure out how I’ll guide and shape them over the next 4 years. I found comfort in the oddest of places – an email update from a Kickstarter campaign I backed several months ago, “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls.”
Quoted:
Dear Rebels,
This update is quite different from what we had imagined. We thought that today we would be overwhelmed with joy and enthusiasm: celebrating an incredible coincidence between the election of the first woman as President of the USA and the beginning of the fulfillment operations of “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls”.
Instead, we’re confused and we feel a bit lost.
The highest glass ceiling of all has not been shattered.
A few minutes ago, we watched Hillary Clinton’s heartfelt concession speech, where she reminded us a powerful three letter word: “yet”. It has not been shattered yet.
That’s the spirit to go back to work after this painful setback.
Now, more than ever, it is important that we make sure little girls grow surrounded by positive female role models. Adventurous, independent, strong women in charge of their own destiny. Women who faced setbacks, but stood back up and tried again, and again, and again. Women who flew airplanes, women who lead countries, women tho traveled to outer space, women who fought bravely under the worst circumstances for freedom, equality, and justice.
EB0220 says
I have two little girls (2 and 4) and this made me cry at my desk. Again. Love.
Pigpen's Mama says
Most of my sorrow is for my little girl. I put her to bed last night with a sinking feeling, but there was hope. Before I went to bed, I prayed next to her while she slept (and I rarely pray). After I went to bed, I checked on her every time I checked on the status of the election. And then at 3 in the morning I apologized to her while she slept for the world letting her down.
But today I’m even more determined to make sure the world she sees is one of opportunity. And I realize how privileged I am to have that option.
My sole consolation is she is completely oblivious to what happened.
Anon in NYC says
I had a hard time falling asleep last night from the stress. My daughter woke up at 3, crying, and couldn’t be coaxed back to sleep. I finally brought her into bed with me and she promptly fell asleep and so did I. Honestly, it made me feel better to have her in bed with me. I felt like I was taking some small step to protect her and keep her safe.
JEB says
My almost 2-year-old daughter woke up four times last night (which is thankfully unheard of in the last few months) screaming “no, no” and shaking. She’s never had nightmares before or exhibited anything like that. Three of my co-workers said similar things about their young kids waking up several times last night. Perceptive little things, I guess.
EB0220 says
Yep, my 4 year old woke up 3 times (very rare) and 2 year old woke up twice. I didn’t mind, I guess, because I was just lying awake in bed all night. Yesterday morning, I thought my daughters lived in a country where hope trumps hate. But I found out that I was wrong, and it kept me up all night.
Anonymous says
Love this.
I talked to my son about voting yesterday, and he (and my daughter, but she’s too young to get it) went to the polls with me. This morning I had to explain that sometimes when you let everyone vote, you don’t get what you want, but even if you don’t like it and think it’s bad, that’s how voting works and it’s important to respect it. It was really hard, and not at all the conversation I was looking forward to having.
Famouscait says
The first time I cried at this outcome was when I went into my son’s room this morning to get him out of the crib.
Spirograph says
For me it was when my husband said last night, “whatever happens, the most important thing is that we have to keep the kids safe and teach them respect.”
That should not be a reaction to an election in the USA! Ugh
Anon in mpls says
+1
mascot says
Barriers were broken, though. Put these in the win column. http://hellogiggles.com/incredible-women-made-history-election-night/
Edna Mazur says
What’s the consensus for toddlers at funerals? Is a navy/tan combination appropriate for the three and under set? Should they be in black/grey (with black converse sneakers?).
If it makes a difference, we are anticipating my husband/their dad will be a pall bearer.
Mrs. Jones says
As long as it’s not some bright color like red or yellow or a sassy logo t-shirt, I think basically anything goes for toddlers.
shortperson says
miss manners says that children shouldnt wear black.
Betty says
Whatever you and the immediate family of the deceased (if not you) are comfortable having your child wear. My Dad died when my sister and I were very young. I did not attend the funeral; my sister wore pink. My mom would not dress us in black as children. Oh the irony that black is now a staple of my wardrobe (and I am wearing it head to toe today). I think navy/tan would be perfectly fine.
NewMomAnon says
I took my daughter to a funeral for a family member who loved a certain type of blue fabric, and I put my daughter in a dress made of that fabric. It was perfect. I think as long as the kids are “dressed up” (think church clothes), you’re fine.
Be prepared for some difficult moments though; my daughter walked up to the casket during the viewing and said, “[family member] go ni-ni?” And all the adults lost it. And as the hearse was pulling away, she waved bye bye and then ran after the hearse crying. We all lost it again. It was cathartic in a way to have her there, but brought out some raw moments.
Edna Mazur says
Thanks all, I’ll have to go through their closets and see what works/fits. I should be able to find something that will work for them if they are exempt from the black rule (navy slacks seems more appropriate than grey skinny jeans).
Was a hell of a night last night.
Pigpen's Mama says
I’m sorry for your loss, Edna.
Anonymous says
Feel better. You are loved.
Edna Mazur says
Thanks all.
anon says
I’m curious about whether other parents of preschoolers try to proactively engage their kids in politics, like talking to them about about specific candidates, issues, etc? And related, do you encourage them to espouse your own beliefs, or dress them in clothes advertising political candidates or beliefs? My 4 year old has heard about the election and parrots opinions about Donald Trump he has heard at preschool — pretty sure this is mostly coming from other kids, but some could be from home — but my general instinct is to shield him from politics and the like. From Facebook posts and a message we got from preschool, it seems like some of my son’s peers are engaged enough to be upset by the results today. (Don’t get me wrong, I’m upset too, but I didn’t talk about it with my son). I usually take him to vote with me, and we talked about what voting is and why it is important. And obviously I communicate my values through words and actions constantly. But I don’t tell him what one candidate says and why I disagree. I want to respect his right to be a child, and to form his own opinions and beliefs. But am I missing an important opportunity to educate?
NewMomAnon says
I was way too scared about this election to bring it up with my daughter. There were too many issues that I don’t *want* her to think about now, and I couldn’t figure out how to separate the election from those issues. And I knew I was scared, and that I wouldn’t be able to hide that from her. My kiddo is not yet 3, and I didn’t see any evidence of her hearing about the election from other sources. I might have come up with something if she was older and/or talking about it herself.
In a normal presidential election, I think I would have tried to explain in simple terms that the country was picking the people who make the rules for a while, and that they have different ideas about which rules we should follow. I might have even told her which rules I liked, to model some decision-making behavior, and asked what rules she thought should apply.
I’m not a big “campaign gear” person, so I wouldn’t have decked her out in candidate logos. I did consider putting her in a pantsuit Tuesday, but she said it wasn’t good “preschool clothes” and I honored that.
Anonymous says
Studies have shown that when white parents don’t talk to their kids about race, that kids will construct justification for the racism they see (i.e. if police are good and they hear of a police shooting they will justify it in their own minds that the victim was bad) white children begin to have racial opinions by age 3. There was a series of articles about this on Slate a while ago.
So, for me, as soon as my daughter can talk we are talking about race. Skin comes in lots of different colors because of the amount of melanin in it. Hair has differe textures because of the shape of the cross section. Some people are silly and think that the color of skin makes people good or bad or smart. That’s not true. Over and over. When she’s bigger we’ll talk about historical and societal issues. For women, handicapped people, LGBT people and people of color.
She can disagree with me on tax policy when she can draw a production possibility curve.
Anonymous says
I have a 5 year and 2 year old. I make an effort to buy children’s books that showcase a variety of families including LGBT families and other diverse families.
New fav at the moment is Ada Twist Scientist which is by the same author as Rosie Revere Engineer. Ada is a black girl and it features her parents as well.
RR says
I talk to my 8 year olds about it a lot. I think it’s important for them to start to understand. My three year old doesn’t get it yet. We keep the conversations with her to conversations about the beauty of difference (because, as NewMomAnon said, silence is translated by kids as difference=bad).
RR says
Sorry, as Anonymous said. I misread–not that I disagree with NewMomAnon.
Anonymous says
I don’t really, but my son has caught on from my statements that Donald Trump is a “bad guy”. Now I wish I had been more careful, because I don’t want him to believe our president is a bad guy, because that’s a lot for a 4-year-old. I’m not sure how we’re going to address this.
Anonymous says
Try to refocus is it to he’s a guy with ‘bad ideas’ so he’s going to be our President but we can still talk about and explain why we think other ideas are better for the country and hopefully he will listen and change his mind.
NewMomAnon says
I would be honest – say you don’t like the things Trump has said about X, Y, and Z (there are a lot, I know, but pick a couple that are easy to explain). Tell your kiddo that words and actions are sometimes different, in good ways and bad ways, and that we don’t know yet what Trump will actually do. You can also explain that Trump doesn’t get to make up all the rules himself; he has together with a lot of people who don’t agree with him, so he may not be able to do a lot of things he says he will do.
I am obviously not a Trump supporter, but….I am holding out a little tiny bit of hope that he will be a blustering figurehead with lots of powerful people doing the heavy lifting of governance, and his lack of true Republican values may translate to a more multi-partisan government than we have seen lately. Remember, he once supported Hillary.
Anonymous says
I think Pence is going to run the country. Say bye-bye to marriage equality and reproductive freedom. But I’m holding out hope that he won’t be as bad to Latin@s, Muslims or Jews as Trump suggested. I don’t think he gives a damn one way or the other about black people, so it’ll get better in NYC, etc. and worse other places.
anon says
You are not alone – the message we got from preschool said one kid said Donald Trump is a bad guy, and another said, like a a ninja?
avocado says
When Obama was elected, I was in law school and my daughter was nearly two years old. She could recognize both candidates’ photos and voices thanks to magazines and NPR. She knew that the country was choosing a president to lead it and who mommy and daddy were voting for. She was excited when Obama won and was really excited later on when Mrs. Obama appeared on Sesame Street. That was such a different election, though. We did not shield her from things this time around (she is genuinely worried and wants us to move to Canada), but I don’t know how much of it I would explain to a preschooler.
avocado says
And I have never dressed my kid, or myself for that matter, in campaign gear. We have taught her never to talk about politics outside the family because where we live that could be dangerous.
Anon for this says
I’m sorry for being unabashedly politically, but I need to get this out.
My father voted for Trump. Enthusiastically.
Right now I don’t want to talk to him, I don’t want to see him, I don’t want him to see my little girl.
Maybe if he had always been politically conservative it wouldn’t sting as much, but he was so far to the left when I was growing up. He never said I couldn’t do anything because I was female. But since 9/11 he’s become a fearful old man, and that fear won out over his better nature.
I’m really sad. I hope I’ll “get over” it before we see my parents next.
NewMomAnon says
This is the theory propelling me forward:
The traditional Republican base of everyday, god-fearing, white voters is shrinking relative to the overall US population. In previous years, they have been able to tap the wealthy, educated elite on a platform of trade and business, but that group is becoming more divided too. In order to carry this election, the GOP needed to form a coalition with groups that would have previously been off-limits (KKK, alt right, neo-Nazis, etc). The campaign rhetoric bears this out, as does Trump’s retweeting of white supremacist and anti-semitic groups’ messages.
That means the coalition is rotten, but that doesn’t mean every person who voted with the coalition is rotten or even believes most of the rhetoric. I suspect that if we were able to parse all the Trump voters, we would understand the seemingly bizarre mishmash of messages coming out of the Trump campaign.
I also believe there is also a horrible gender dynamic in this country, and that absent that overlay, Trump wouldn’t have had a chance. But I can forgive a lot more people if I see each one as part of a big aggregation of diverse fears and insecurities, played by a masterful campaign, rather than a monolithic mass of racist xenophobic misogynists avidly supporting a buffoon.
VKD says
That’s what I keep trying to tell myself too, NewMomAnon. That most of my neighbors in my red, red state don’t have hate in their hearts toward my multiracial family, but are acting on their own fears. I know it to be true with some friends/family members, but need to practice hope and optimism to believe the same about others.
Anon for this says
Yep. It’s fear, not hate, which means I’ll work through it soon. But the by-product feels like hate, so it won’t be that soon.
Anonymous says
Thank you for this point. I think it will help me reframe how I feel about “average” trump supporters if I assume good intentions and ascribe their vote to fear.
Anonymous says
Honestly, when I thought Trump would lose, there was a certain population I felt was being conned and I had all sorts of things I wanted to say about watching out for these people who were clearly only a couple emails away from giving all their money to a Nigerian prince.
Now I don’t care. But you may want to keep an eye on your dad, watch out for him being scammed, check his will, etc. And mention you’re starting a fund for your daughter, should she need to travel overseas to get a life saving abortion and you expect him to donate. Heavily.
Anon for this says
That’s good advice. Luckily my mom is around, so I think he’s safe from scammers. But I’ll keep an eye on things. Thanks.
And I’ve already considered starting that emergency fund for my daughter.
Kelly C. says
You are entitled to your feelings just as much as he is entitled to vote his opinion. And you can let him feel the consequences of his opinion. Actions have consequences. You don’t have to talk to him. You don’t have to see him. You can calmly and politely let him know why and it is your choice when to re-engage. You don’t need to be mean about it, but it is your choice.
Anon for this says
Thanks for posting that. You’re right. I’m going to hold off talking to him for a while.
Not seeing him would be punishing my mom, and I think she’s even more heartbroken about his vote than I am.
I’ll suck it up, and let him know I don’t want to talk about it, but that I am disappointed that he voted that way and that’s not the father I grew up with.
Solidarity says
Several of my in-laws voted for Trump, and I’m honestly not sure how I’m going to handle the holidays. At the moment, I’m planning to just get up and leave the house if it comes up. I’m trying to separate the people I know they are from the people who voted for discrimination and hate, but its not easy.
Anonymous says
I had a small hope that Hillary would get her child care bill passed and DH and I could maybe have a second kid.
And then I feel so selfish b/c a lesbian friend of mine is probably going to lose her health insurance (pre-existing condition) and may have her marriage dissolved and they can’t afford IVF. I don’t want to live in a country where two of the best people I know will be denied the chance to have a kid.
Betty says
I agree with your sentiment, and my solution: Massachusetts. Some of these issues (right of gay couples to marry and adopt) were guaranteed under certain state constitutions long before they arose in federal court. Also, treatment of infertility (I do not know whether this covers gay couples?) is required under Massachusetts law.
NewMomAnon says
Do you really think the Supreme Court will overturn Obergefell? I mean, I don’t like most of the names I’ve seen on the “short list” of Trump nominees, but it would be very hard for the Supreme Court to reverse itself in such short order without losing face.
Repealing the ACA isn’t going to happen overnight. It’s a huge apparatus that insurance companies and states took years to develop, and that fundamentally shifted the economics of health care.
I am scared too, but I think we need to be realistic about what the Republicans can accomplish. They aren’t wizards. Brexit will take years to put in place, and so will the Republican agenda.
Anonymous says
Honestly, it wouldn’t surprise me if Trump tried to pack the court (a la FDR). I think Roe and Obergefell have to be overturned ASAP. Especially with Obergefell, they risk the states making gay marriage legal to avoid dealing with the already married. If Kennedy retires or RGB passes (God forbid) it’s a shoe in the session after. I’m sure lawyers will start bringing suits to fail/appeal before the inauguration, just to be ready for that.
Meg Murry says
Yes, a friend just posted a link to an article that pretty much said “if you are at all on the fence, go get an IUD now while it’s still legal and free under the ACA because who knows if it still will be after the next administration starts legislating”
And that was a huge sucker punch to me, because I’ve recently been debating if I want to have my current IUD removed because I’m not very happy with the side effects, and part of my calculations was that I could take 6-12 months to decide if I want to go back to an IUD or the pill or something else because hopefully a new IUD would be free (or only the cost of an office visit). But now I’m thinking I’d better learn to live with it because I don’t want to take it out and then have my BC options drastically changed on me.
I was so hoping we’d have some kind of reform for the cost of childcare, paid maternity/paternity leave, etc. We were probably done having kids (my youngest is almost 5) but I hadn’t been 100% that we wouldn’t try for one more in the next few years. I’m not making any drastic decisions now, but I think this newest administration just potentially added a lot of weight to the “no more kids” side of the scale.