Washable Wednesday: Michelle Stretch Ponte Trousers
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If you’re on the hunt for a great pair of washable pants for work, check out these nice looking stretch ponte trousers from Nordstrom, on sale for $75. NYDJ is renowned for having a bit of “lift tuck” shaping technology built into their clothes, and it’s great to find basic colors, on sale, in washable fabrics. These navy trousers are almost entirely sold out in the petite, but there are lots of sizes left in regular — and there are lots of sizes of both left in the gray. NYDJ ‘Michelle’ Stretch Ponte Trousers
Looking for other washable workwear? See all of our recent recommendations for washable clothes for work, or check out our overview of the best brands for washable workwear.
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Sales of note for 3/21/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Spring sale, up to 50% off: Free People, AllSaints, AG, and more
- Ann Taylor – 25% off suiting + 25% off tops & sweaters + extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 40% off everything + 20% off
- Eloquii – 50% off elevated essentials + extra 50% off sale
- J.Crew – 25% off select linen & cashmere + up to 50% off select styles + extra 40% off sale
- J.Crew Factory – Friends & Family Sale: Extra 15% off your purchase + extra 50% off clearance + 50-60% off spring faves
- M.M.LaFleur – Flash Sale: Get the Ultimate Jardigan for $198 on sale; use code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Buy 1 get 1 50% off everything, includes markdowns
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?
Has anyone let someone else set up a 529 for your kids? They need the kid’s SSN to do it, and I’m a little hesitant to share that but can’t really articulate why. Plus, if they set one up, is it theirs to control? What if I want to set one up myself later? Am I stuck contributing to theirs? Can it hurt my kids to have someone else control “their” money when it comes to FAFSA time? I don’t know how to organize my thoughts on this – what else should I be considering?
without getting into the merits of whether parents should be bringing an invitee’s siblings to a child’s 4th birthday party, what are your thoughts on providing favors for the sibs? favors will be no-tie shoelaces (cuter than it sounds, i promise, with colors and tags to match the theme) they aren’t expensive but they aren’t free, esp with potentially 8-10 siblings now added to the list. my thought was that the babies (under 1? under 2?) don’t need favors esp ones that aren’t really useful or appropriate for their age. i don’t really feel obligated to provide age-appropriate favors for kids who weren’t actually invited, but maybe i’m being grinchy. there are also a couple of families bringing older sibs (6-7 year olds). do i get favors for those kids? or is it ok for me to just draw the line at getting favors only for the kids i actually invited?
your thoughts are appreciated — please be gentle and thanks in advance!
Ok, I should stop posting today but I had to share – every year, it seems like someone asks about matching family pajamas. I found a website last night that listed a bunch of different sources, and wanted to share the ones I found:
Hanna Andersson (all knit)
The Company Store (expensive – some super cute flannel, some knit)
Macy’s (cheap!!! One variety of flannel, the rest are knits)
Leveret (knits)
Lands End (I found this hard to navigate, but I think you can do matching flannels)
Target (again, hard to navigate but I think you can get matching knits)
I ended up with 8 pairs of matching flannel pjs for my entire family for less than $170 in total from Macy’s. They might not be the highest quality, but it will hopefully be adorable anyway.
I emailed my yoga studio today and was told the studio’s policy was no yoga for the first three months of pregnancy. I’m at 6 weeks. It doesn’t sound like a big deal but I’m finishing up my PhD ‘(in the next 8 weeks) and have a chronic illness that ups my pain levels and yoga was the only thing that was working for stress and pain management. I’m neutral on at home yoga but I guess I’m going to have to make it work. Or attend yoga in funny glasses and a mustache?
Poll for the hive mamas! My son’s 2 year birthday party is Saturday afternoon at my house. Do I serve adult beverages (for the parents, duh)? Would you expect one if you were going to a toddler birthday party in the afternoon? I was only planning on water for the kiddos and I’ll probably pick up a carafe of coffee from Starbucks so we have a warm drink.
3 Year Olds. Ugh. My daughter seems to reserve her worst behavior for me. It feels like 50-75% of the time that I am with her, she is throwing a tantrum, crying or whining. We have a lot going on in our family right now. Her older brother was just diagnosed with Crohn’s and has many many appointments right now. I try to spend extra time with her (mommy-daughter dates) when I can. Our au pair says that my daughter doesn’t behave this way with her. Have I somehow taught my daughter that this is how to communicate with me, get attention from me or inadvertently reinforced the behavior? I have a vague recollection of my son going through a similar phase, but I had a newborn when he was this age, so not the clearest of memories/time frame.
Great pick! I am always interested in washable work pants, esp. in navy or gray.
Wearing these in black today. I love them. They seem to run about a 1/2 size big so I am going to size down for the next pair. Yay for sales!