Washable Workwear Wednesday: Naomi High-Waist Bootcut Velvet Pants
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Here is a pair of festive trousers that work for both the office and office party.
While celebratory, velvet is also practical — it’s warm without being bulky. These high-waisted bootcut pants are made from a lighter, slightly stretchy fabric with elongating seaming in the front.
Add a velvet blazer if you want to go all in or a nubby sweater if you want to keep things subtle.
The Naomi High Waist Bootcut Velvet Pants from Paige are $249 full price — but on sale today for $174.30 — at Nordstrom and come in sizes 23–34. Lysse has an option in sizes up to 3X; it’s on sale for $89.60 (down from $128) at Neiman Marcus.
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 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
Please tell me something that will make me feel better about gaining a lot of weight in pregnancy. I’m near the end of my second trimester and already up 25+ lbs.
I’m trying to exercise and watch what I eat, but it doesn’t seem to matter. This is my third pregnancy and this has happened every single time so you’d think I’d be used to it—but I really thought I was doing better this time until the last couple of months.
Both of my earlier pregnancies were otherwise healthy, and babies were normal size (under 8 lbs). I just seem to gain a ton of weight starting in the middle of the second trimester. I passed my gestational diabetes screening recently, so it isn’t that. I’m just hungry all the time
I’m very tall to begin with, so I just feel huge and stared at and judged. I have come to a place where I’m very at peace with my non-pregnant weight/body, but this is harder for some reason.
Can anyone recommend a good prenatal workout on YouTube or elsewhere? I used Mama Strong postpartum and loved it, but the prenatal version has lots of fussy baby interruptions and while I appreciate the “realness,” I have enough fussiness in my own house and it’s stressing me out. Especially since I pay monthly for the subscription.
I’m looking for something relatively short, preferably with an instructor who isn’t annoying and doesn’t have a fake smile pasted on the entire workout.
I like these pants but also just bought the high waisted bootcut velvet pants in this color from banana republic factory for like $60. They look good and maybe they’re not as perfect but for me this is kind of a novelty item that was good to save on (vs splurging on a classic I’ll wear a couple times a week for a while)
We are total DisneyWorld newbies and looking to take a trip down there next year. I did Disney Land in my youth where we would, like, stay at a KOA campground in my grandparents’ motorhome with orange shag carpeting. So I gather things have changed.
We want to do a resort hotel (I think) but find it sort of overwhelming to evaluate what is actually the best. Where would you recommend we stay with a 5 year old who will probably want to do Star Wars in addition to Magic Kingdom? We’re used to spending money on accommodations so wouldn’t rule out the higher end if that’s definitively the best, but open to better value as well.
This is my first holiday with local parents and in-laws visiting from out of town. How much escaping to my parents’ house is too much? I’m at my parents’ place today working (well, “working”) which I feel is legit because I no longer have office space at my employer and our house is going to be noisy. But since I have the day off work I should probably not leave the house on Friday, right? In the past I wasn’t shy about escaping to my bedroom to “work” or “nap” but leaving the house entirely is different, right? On the other hand, I feel like their son is the host and he and their grandkids are the ones they care about seeing. They don’t want to see me any more than I want to see them, but they also love to complain so they would probably add this to their long list of grievances against me. Both sides of the family are having Thanksgiving dinner together on Thursday.
My six year old had taken to listening to an audiobook while snacking/drawing to settle down after school. Kid loves dragon masters, which is what we have been listening to.I’m looking for your best audiobooks recommendations (for a six year old). Dragons are always a hit, but not necessary