Washable Workwear Wednesday: Henley Top

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A woman wearing a Henley Top.We just rounded up workwear with hidden shaping powers over at Corporette, and one of the brands we included was NYDJ. Readers were singing its praises and, FYI, noted that taller women can get NYDJ pants in tall sizes at Long Tall Sally. This machine-washable henley from NYDJ is available in sizes 1X-3X (here are other size and color options) and is on sale for $58 right now at Nordstrom (was $98). NYDJ Henley Top 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. (L-all)

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)

And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interestworking mom questions asked by the commenters!

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Another question — my husband’s stepmother will be with us on our Christmas Eve, and she is Jewish. I understand that is the first night of Hanukkah. Any thoughts as to what I can do to include her celebration/tradition in the evening as well? We are not religious and will not be attending any services.

Procrastinating on this shortest day of the year by making spring break plans. Can a 3yo of average height and attention span ride on the plane without her carseat? (There would be a carseat at our destination.) Looking to avoid schlepping it through the airport. TIA.

Any recommendations for an awesome glider/rocker/recliner? I had one picked out at Babies R Us but now found that shipping is $100, which I think is absurd. Budget is less than $500. I am 5’8″ so something with a taller back would be preferable. I don’t want a wooden glider, we are really look at ones that recline.

This is maybe not a thing that exists, but does anyone have a recommendation for a nursing sweater? I have a couple of open front cardigan sweaters that i wear over nursing tanks, but it’s just so cold here that i really want something more than a nursing tank covering my chest when I’m nursing. I’m imagining a long-sleeve full coverage sweater with a lift panel? Does that exist?

Pregnancy changes the brain, says science:

http://tinyurl.com/zokz6gy

Sexiest, spot on, or other?

Vent/request for encouragement follows. For a number of reasons, I may be facing the prospect of becoming the sole breadwinner, chief caregiver, and sole manager of my household. I am not coming to this from a good place, being already exhausted from the lead-up to the impending crisis and barely keeping my head above water at work and at home. Now I need to kick things up a notch at work, partly because there are some goals I want to achieve and partly to ensure that my job is rock-solid because there will no longer be any room for failure. I also need to transform myself into a supermom and superwife. Regular exercise would help a lot, but it has become impossible to squeeze into my schedule. Spousal support is not available–I need to take over more of the household work, not delegate it. Any advice for transforming myself from a tired, beaten-down working mom into the “@$$-kicking Amazonian queen” (or whatever the phrase is from Wild) I want and need to be right now?

Has anyone picked up swimming as exercise for the first time during pregnancy? I’ve just started my third trimester and am at the point where it’s really uncomfortable to do just about anything else at the gym, but I’d like to keep exercising. I know how to swim in the sense that I can move forward and keep myself afloat, but have never paid attention to form or anything. Would it be bad to start now? If it changes the answer at all, the swimming would be done in an “endless pool,” not a lap pool (that’s what’s available at my gym).

I’m sure this has been discussed before, but is anyone ever just . . . . tired of being motivated? Tired of pushing ahead? Tired of being ambitious? Tired of working towards the next thing, mentally and emotionally? I’m not quite sure how to put it, I’m looking for commiseration or a kick in the bu*t if more appropriate.

My husband and I are both lawyers. We have young kids. Two years ago I took a mega-lean-out job which has worked out well for our family time-wise and was survivable paycut-wise. My husband was in biglaw and finally found an in-house job recently and he is so much happier, it’s wonderful. I’m happier because he is, and because I see he now has the mental and emotional space to contribute more and start taking back some of my default-parent load, which we’re slowly working on. Still survivable paycut-wise but not long-term, and I’m getting the itch to want to earn more again as long as I can find a reasonably flexible job.

So now I’m facing a job hunt, albeit not an “emergency OMG get me out of here” hunt like last time since I am basically happy. We’ve also been trying for years to start our own business and I worked on it for the past two years by myself (he didn’t have the bandwidth) and didn’t get too much farther but learned a great deal. Now he’s back to contributing to that effort which overall is good, and I know long-term it’s what we both want.

But I’m tired. I don’t feel motivated to search for a new job and all that it entails, even though I want a new job, I want to be paid more, I even have an idea of what field I want to go into. I don’t want to do all the business stuff on my husband’s timeline (which is a good one, admittedly) after doing it by myself for two years. But I feel conflicted because I feel like my attitude is indicative of being lazy and giving up, neither of which I really want, and which I believe betrays my personal ambition and capabilities. Am I just another working mom who’s giving up when I shouldn’t? I feel like I’m throwing a 2-year-old “I don’t wanna!” tantrum in my head all the time and don’t know how to get my mental and emotional act together.

Thanks for the vent!

Need some advice. My 3 year old mentioned twice this week that he is sad because no one is playing with him at preschool. And I know that bullying, etc. happen and that I need to teach my kid resilience, etc. – but this age seems a tad young. I’ve already mentioned this to his teacher and asked her to keep an eye out and let me know what she sees. On the one hand, I don’t want to make a mountain out of a mole hill. But, I also think that at this age, the teachers should be made aware and intervene if needed.
This really upsets me. Have any of you been through this? Any advice?