Washable Workwear Wednesday: Park Place Dress
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Dresses are my office go-to, and this easy-to-wear one from Of Mercer is on my shopping list.
This sleeveless dress is made from stretchy and soft lightweight jersey and has a flattering V-neck and comfortable elastic waistband. The shoulder pleats and slight standing collar are a nice extra touch. It comes in three perfect-for-fall colors — just add a jacket to dress it up or a cardigan to keep things more business casual.
The Park Place Dress is $145 and comes in peacock, black, and olive. It’s available in sizes XS–2X in most colors.
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 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
What leggings brands have a high rise? My 4T daughter is b*ttcrack city.
Book recs for K boys? we have been invited to like 5 boy bdays over the next two months (I think everyone is trying to get them in before it’s cold!).
We have a couple toy ideas but I like to give books in K too. What did your sons love at that age? Guessing it’s not the unicorn and fairy books my girls loved ;).
This skirt seems too short and flouncy for the office.
Need advice from you fellow moms – I’m a litigator (12+ years), and I’m DESPARATE to get out (or at least get out of my current job situation). I left the government 3 years ago to go back to a firm to pay for IVF, and now I’m totally stuck (and have been told that it will be extremely difficult for me to get back into the government given that I left – especially because I live in a smaller legal community – hard feelings and whatnot. This has played out with not getting interviews for 3 positions, including one that was in the same department at a lower level than I left at).
Does anyone have a career coach that they would recommend? Resources? I’m working with three different recruiters and have been coming up empty, and cold-applying to remote positions has left me ghosted. I’ve been in the running for a couple of in-house positions, but none have panned out due to not having enough corporate transactional experience.
At this point I hate my job so much that I’m considering quitting without something lined up, changing careers (to what?), or… open to anything. I hate the way I’m treated, I hate my practice area, I hate how many hours I’m working, I hate that I have no control over my own schedule. I’m just so over it that I was looking at a plumber apprentice position (that pays more than a contract attorney, at least in my area) and thinking … I can learn that. Please help!
It is apparently Nanny Appreciation Week. Is this a real thing? We have a nanny (for the first time, first child, under 1yr), and none of our friends have nannies so I don’t have anyone to ask IRL.
Does anyone make leggings with a drawstring anymore? Anything that fits my rear is way too big for my waist. I am WFH indefinitely, and it’s time to revamp my casual wardrobe. I’m thinking of a fall/winter uniform of leggings and sweater dresses, but my leggings have all seen better days.
This Saturday is our 5th wedding anniversary, and my husband got us reservations at a very fancy tasting menu type restaurant (and a babysitter for 6 hours!). We haven’t been anywhere fancier than a casual patio brunch in almost two years. What should I wear??!
HELP! so apparently there is a 3 year old sleep regression?!?!? bedtime with my 3 year old twins has been a disaster some nights, like last night where they took 3+ hours to fall asleep, once they did, Twin A woke up 2 hours later and I basically ended up sleeping on the floor of their room. I don’t have an issue with CIO, except for the fact that since they share a room, I then end up with two hysterical sleep deprived 3 year olds instead of just one, which is hard given i do a lot of solo parenting, and Twin A will get so hysterical and end up vomiting, which again, I really do not feel like cleaning up by myself at night. we are currently in a 2 bedroom apartment so i can’t separate them, though we are moving to a house soon (which i’m sure will be another sleep transition). any tips that have helped you get through this period? my patience is running thin and i don’t want to create bad habits, but i’m exhausted.
Where do you like to get outerwear for babies/toddlers?
Our first child is turning 1 in October. We live in the Northeast so I’m starting to think about things like winter coat, snowsuit/snowpants, snowboots. What are some good options? She’s tall for her age (100th percentile), around 80th percentile weight, in case that impacts your recs. I plan to order/return online.
Also – what do you do for stroller walks with older babies/toddlers? Last year she was obviously a newborn so we used the bassinet attachment for the Vista and bundled her in a warm sleepsack type thing, hat, gloves, blanket if needed. Now she’s in the toddler seat. Bundle in snowpants/coat? Get one of those zip-on bunting things? I’m a big fan of fresh air at least once a day, even if it’s frigid.
I live in the northeast with no attached garage. This means I schlep my 8 month baby out of our apartment to the car in the parking lot with no protection from the elements. Winter is coming soon and I have NO idea how to dress them so they are warm, but also will be car seat appropriate. I’ve read that puffy jackets are an ejection hazard in a car crash, so trying to be “safe” but also practical for our situation.
He is too heavy for me to carry the car seat, and he won’t tolerate me throwing a blanket over him. I can’t start the engine beforehand to warm up the car. Any tips?
Thanks to everyone who offered advice way back in March/April on my long roadtrip (12 hours) with my two kids – about 7 and 3. I ended up breaking it up over the two days (5 hours / 7 hours) and we stopped at at least 2 playgrounds on the 7 hour trip each way — not huge ones, just small ones in small towns right off the road.
I’m glad I did it over two days (even on the way back) – I don’t think I could have done 12+stops.
Appreciated the advice to save the tablet for the last few hours — my kids were good without screentime for the entire way there (they got TV time at the hotel). That said, I bought a headphone splitter and downloaded a bunch of audiobooks from the library- so they used the tablet to listen to the books and I could listen to my own music. I also got some library books on CD for the car (some kids, some that we might both like – Harry Potter) which were also hit and miss (Princess in Black was a huge hit!)
Giving the oldest a grabber arm was A++. I picked up quite a few new toys (loved: those bubble-wrap type sensory toys, wooden mini dinosaurs, a magnadoodle, and stickers that ended up on them and not on the page — whatever). I also let them have total access to snacks, including a small cooler between the carseats. We did a LOT of stops along the road (thank goodness for boys) due to urgently unexpected potty breaks. I brought the travel potty for my youngest, but he preferred standing up. Youngest is daytime trained, but he fell asleep so often in the car that we had two accidents on the way there — he got pullups on the way back.
I picked up some dramamine (neither of the kids appeared to get carsick in the mini-trips we took this summer to check, but I didn’t want to be caught unaware ) and I’m glad I did — when we got to our destination, we carpooled with my friend who owns a minivan and being in the 3rd row was bad for one of my kids!
Thanks, everyone, for your advice!
What do you do for a carseat when traveling for a 2.5 year old? We used to take the Scenera Next, but our kid has outgrown it. Are there any other super lightweight travel carseats, or should we rent one at our destination?
Ideas on how to get a very stubborn 3 year old to wear socks? Unlike my other child this one has no history of sensory issues, but hasn’t worn socks (and barely shoes) all summer and is refusing. He is large and strong so is fighting pretty hard, and also just takes them off in the car on the way to daycare if we do get them on. Rewards have not worked so far. His shoes are getting extremely stinky and I also worry about keeping healthy feet…