Washable Workwear Wednesday: Puff-Sleeve Ponte Midi Dress
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This cheerful dress from Boden is the perfect pick-me-up for the winter doldrums.
This fit-and-flare midi dress features short puff sleeves, a defined waist, and a sharp V-neck. It’s made from an easy-care fabric blend and sports practical side pockets. The bright tropical print is perfect for a more casual day at the office — just add a tailored jacket and tall boots.
Boden’s Puff Sleeve Ponte Midi Dress is $160 and comes in regular sizes 2 to 20/22 and petite 2 to 12. If the floral print is a bit much, it also comes in black.
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 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?
Birthday present for a one year old girl? (A friend’s daughter) Can anyone recommend something that has been a hit at that age? They are an active, outdoorsy family interested in biking, skiing, etc.
DH’s dad told us he’s seeking treatment for alcoholism. I was totally blindsided — he almost never drinks around us, and the whole family are very light/social drinkers. DH says he had some suspicions but didn’t know it was this bad. What I can I do to (1) support my husband, (2) support his mom, and (3) support his dad?
DS turned 3 last September and has less than zero interest in potty training. He gets mad if we even mention it. My original plan was to just wait for him to be ready, but as he’s approaching 3 1/2, I’m wondering if that’s still the best idea. My older kiddo was trained very easily right around the time she turned 3, so I’m not terribly concerned, but I’m wondering if we should be doing something different. I can’t quite figure out what’s going on – whether he’s scared or what. He physically seems ready – he will tell me when he’s peeing in his diaper, he’s dry when he wakes up and then pees a ton, and he’s told me a couple times recently that he needed to go #2 and then did in his diaper shortly thereafter. Any thoughts?
Anyone gone to part time during the pandemic? I have not been at normal productivity since pre-March 2020, but the last few months have been especially bad due to very inconsistent childcare. I have no idea if it would be granted, but I’m thinking about asking work for a 60-80% schedule (ideally off one or two days a week, not shortened hours). On the one hand, I doubt I will work much less than I do now, and voluntarily taking a substantial pay cut for similar hours seems sort of crazy. On the other hand, I am so tired of being constantly criticized and always feeling like I’m behind, overwhelmed and disappointing people is really doing a number on my mental health. I feel like officially cutting back could be a way to meet people’s expectations while still carving out the time I need for myself and my family.
i have a follow up question regarding yesterday’s conversation about meltdown vs. restraint collapse vs. sensory overload. what age is too young for a diagnosis and how do you distinguish between a ‘typical’ amount of restraint collapse versus a level that is concerning. every parenting book/article i’ve read has said it is normal for a lot of kids to hold it together at school and then completely fall apart when they get home – is that not true?
Funny kid story for the day — last night my 2.5 year old went to bed a little late and was very awake when we finished the bedtime routine. She played in her room for a bit (normal) and then she opened the bathroom door, grabbed her stool, turned on her bedroom light, opened her bedroom door, carried her stool out of the room (not normal). We heard her racing around in the master bedroom / bathroom (no camera so we couldn’t see what she was doing). We waited downstairs anxiously to see what she was up to or if she would call out for us. After a few minutes she returned to her room with the stool, put it back in the bathroom, turned off the light, closed all the doors and crawled into bed. She didn’t appear to have anything with her so we crept upstairs to see if we could figure out what she had been up to. Everything looked normal so we just moved on with the evening. This morning when I went in to get her I discovered she had taken all the tissues from the tissue box in the master bathroom into bed with her. Her explanation was that she might need them if she got a bloody nose in the night. (She’s had a couple recently). Kids are wild!
Any advice from people who have given birth post-COVID on hospital bag packing? With my last two kids I packed pretty haphazardly/minimalist since I knew my husband could just run home and grab anything I forgot (we live like five minutes away from the hospital). But now he won’t be allowed to leave once he gets there so I want to be a bit more thorough. The only thing I remember for sure is to bring way more pajama pants than I would think I need, because Reasons. Also, snack ideas?
Those of you with with a kiddo with ADHD, how do you motivate them/what kinds of consequences “work”? I’m normally a fan of the “if you choose to keep doing X we are going to run out of time to do Y” logical approach, but that doesn’t seem to connect for him. And if we make one misstep (rushing him, moving on before he’s ready) he digs in his heels and it turns into a long standoff/tantrum. A huge pain point is getting dressed or ready to go anywhere (so, I guess big daily transitions?).
We do have a morning schedule with pictures and that works decently but not always, and try to get on his level, make eye contact, shadow him and physically guide him along etc, but that also doesn’t always happen because we have three kids.
He’s 4.5…so I’m giving lots of grace and tempering my expectations, but I want to establish some better habits. (Also he’s not been formally diagnosed and doesn’t seem to have the hyperactive component, but I have my strong suspicions)
I saw this dress while browsing the Boden site yesterday, and I absolutely love this print. Is it a bit much? Yes, yes it is. But I think I’d have a lot of fun wearing it.
Ugh, kiddo is home as he’s got a splitting headache. A sniffly nose, but no cough or fever. Negative rapid test, so maybe sinuses? He won’t go downstairs as walking down the stairs makes his head hurt, and it is pretty pitiful. Plowed through admin while he played ipad this morning.
To the appellate lawyer who posted about looking for a job that leaves more bandwidth at the end of the day:
I went from a higher prestige legal job to a federal agency office of general counsel. So far I’m very happy with the trade off. Much, much less stress. Very reasonable hours (7:30-3:30). Collegial work environment. The work is much lower stakes and would definitely not have the mental rigor that appellate work has, but I (as a nerdy HYS grad) am still stimulated by the work.