Washable Wednesday: Knit Blazer
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We’ve written about this Olivia Moon blazer a lot — it’s been around for a thousand years, and people love it. It comes in regular (XS-XL) and petite (XXS-XL) sizes, as well as plus sizes, and besides the pictured space dye and a white space dye, it’s available in several solid colors. It’s labeled hand wash cold instead of machine washable, but if you’re careful you could try the hand wash cycle on your machine with some Woolite. For some reason the page is sometimes showing only eight customer reviews, but it’s also been showing 175 (with 4+ stars), which makes a lot more sense because it’s been around forever. Olivia Moon Knit Blazer
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.
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Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
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?
Regional culture translation needed! I’m Midwestern nice, a little bland, and very practical – make lists, execute on lists, coordinate with others who are also executing on the list, strategize about how this item fits into the next set of items on the list, etc. I’m working with… ummm… a gentleman (?) right now from the East Coast, and every single time I try to follow up regarding his responsibilities on the list, he gives me a slew of reasons that those items shouldn’t be on the list, shouldn’t be done the way I’m asking for them to be done, are really not as important as the items that I haven’t finished on my list yet, etc. If I’m the only one pushing, he won’t do the thing I’m requesting; if I note it in an e-mail to our mutual client, he huffs and puffs and finally does it.
We are both professional advisers with fiduciary responsibilities to the mutual client, but in different capacities (think lawyer and realtor, or lawyer and accountant), so I actually am relying on him to do the things he does; I cannot do them, and nobody else on the team can do them..
Is this a regional thing that I’m misinterpreting? Like, is this some East Coast power play? Because it seems like flat out misogyny, and I would feel so much better if it was regional communication misfires.
Just needing to vent today. My 4 yr old had a tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy last wed and I was able to take off wed-fri as sick time, then my husband took this mon-wed and I planned to take thurs and friday. My colleage who backs me up when I’m out called in sick this past monday with the flu and there is no one else to cover so looks like I will be working from home tom and friday. Also, almost 2 year old may be home with me as he has a virus, yay! I’m the only mom in our group so coworkers think this is no big deal, but it just sucks!!!! There are no backup care facilities in this hick town either and my parents still work. Bright side, I should count myself lucky that I can wfh when needed.
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Just needed to vent today. I am sick again… our almost 2 year old just started going to preschool in the late fall and I have caught. everything. My boss is generally , can hear how sick I am, and specifically TOLD me to work from home today (she hates getting sick), but it’s day 3 of being OOO this week and I just feel like a big sad sack of unprofessionalism (with a toddler squealing “hi! hi! hi!” over and over while I’m trying to speak on a conference call). Usually I feel like I’m really doing great at work, but I’ve been sick 3 out of the last 4 weeks and I’m just not performing at 100% or even 90%. Feeling anxious and insecure about it, even as I work from home. I know the antidote is some focused written work that will make me feel competent. But right now I’m just blowing my nose for the umpteenth time and trying not to worry I’m going to lose my job because my immune system royally sucks.
Hey ladies! I missed feeding Tuesday but for bf’ing moms, I wanted to share this cool gadget my lactation consultant told me about – the Zerlar (link to follow). It’s a tiny pump that works with suction that you can use on the other side while your baby is feeding. It’s awesome for catching the milk that would otherwise leak into your shirt, and for relieving the pressure when you’re engorged. I’ve been getting 4-6 oz a night just by using it at nighttime feeds and the first feed in the morning – great for building up your freezer stash or getting just a bit of pumped milk to start trying out bottles. Anyways just wanted to share!
Not so much a humblebrag as just a straight out brag.
I’m in a new job, in a new area of the country, and developing all new contacts. One of the things that is terribly hard for me is conference calls, and speaking with confidence and authority when I’m on them. I have a lot of social anxiety about phone calls, especially talking to strangers or people I’ve never met in person.
Today I had my first conference call with two new contacts who are potential funding sources for a really incredible program my organization is doing. And I did it. I did the thing! I spoke like a grown up, and didn’t stumble over my words, and only had to look to a colleague for help a couple of times. And we were invited to submit a funding request.
My boss is going to be thrilled about potential funding. I’m way more thrilled about not stumbling over my words or saying something awkward like “love you bye!”
I hope you all are feeling confident and amazing about something today, too!
Do any of y’all consign your kids’ clothes? I don’t know if this is regional or what, but I live in the south and there is this big consignment scene for smocked and other kinds of boutique kids clothes. I’ve only ever bought, but recently I’ve been thinking about selling. Any tips?
Cross-posting to ask the moms about your experiences!
I’m going to an out of town baby shower this weekend. I’ve only been to a 2 previous baby showers, both of which were in my city, so I purchased and brought a gift from the registry. This time, the baby shower is in NY for a friend who lives in DC (she’s originally from NY). I live in Boston. It seems like a hassle to buy a gift at the local Babies R Us and bring it to NY, only for her to bring it back to DC.
For a bridal shower, I’d ship a gift and then give a card with money at the actual wedding. Is this a similar situation? Do I purchase a gift off the registry and have it shipped to her? If so, do I then bring a card to the shower (with or without money/gift card)?
This is a close friend. She was in my wedding and vice versa. I don’t want to offend, but I’m at a loss for etiquette.
I just saw your post from yesterday about grandparents posting pictures. I would definitely make them ask before posting. Taking pictures from a private site and posting them isn’t cool. Even if you say yes the vast majority of the time, it’ll make it a little more difficult for them and they’re likely to ask less frequently than they’d otherwise post on their own. Your kid, you decide how present they are on social media.
I know this has been asked here, but I can’t find it. Where to buy pants for slim, long-limbed kids? My 4-year-old is off the charts for height, and his 5T pants are too wide around the waist but only come down to his ankles. Something needs to be done! (My husband literally bought him suspenders!) Recs for shirts appreciated too, but the pants situation is more urgent. Bonus points if they aren’t too expensive, because this kid is inevitably going to outgrow them soon…
We are trying to find a way to give our nanny, whom we’re onboarding next month, some cash flow between now and then. Any ideas? We already have her taking our son home from daycare and watching him while we go to the gym, we’re going to have her renew her CPR… any other things that could keep her busy and earning a paycheck?
Has anyone used the uppababy bassinet? We’re planning to use it as our baby’s main sleeping arrangement in our room for the first few months and i can’t figure out whether I need a sheet or mattress cover to put in it or not. Any advice or experiences would be greatly appreciated!!
How much leave did you take baby’s first year? We got custody of 2 under 2 shortly before Christmas (long story). In addition to the incredible learning curve that comes from parenting two little ones, we are shocked by how much time we have been taking off. Some of it is one time things – finding day care, snow days. But a lot of it is sick days from day care. Including so many days of the 7 month old being sent home for diarrhea – which we never saw and pretty sure didn’t actually happen. Now both little ones have colds.
We originally were told we would have custody for a short period. For all sorts of reasons we now know that isn’t true. These kids will be with us for a least the next year, if not forever. Help me get an idea of what I am facing as far as days off, and how I can cope with this?