Splurge or Save Thursday: Rory Striped Sleeveless Midi Dress
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I could see this being a forever for every occasion dress.
This polished, striped midi dress is made from a summer-friendly blend of linen, cotton, and silk. The fitted top is balanced by a voluminous skirt tamed by a few expertly placed pleats.
This dress will work for everything from weddings to work with a few tweaks to your accessories — swap out your strappy dancing shoes and cashmere shawl for block-heeled pumps and a cardigan.
Lafayette 148 New York’s Rory Striped Sleeveless Midi Dress is on sale for $718.80 at Nordstrom. It’s available in sizes 0–18 (some sizes are going fast).
Sales of note for 5/14/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Beauty Deals up to 25% off (ends 5/17)
- Ann Taylor – Suit Yourself! 30% off suiting (ends 5/16) + 25% off your full price purchase (ends 5/18) + extra 60% off sale (ends 5/14)
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Up to 60% off everything + extra 60% off sale + $1 shipping on all orders
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off long-weekend styles + 50% off select swim and coverups
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 15% off $100+ + extra 20% off $125+
- M.M.LaFleur – Lots of twill suiting on sale! Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off all markdowns (ends 5/18) + 30% off dresses, skirts, accessories, and shoes
You can definitely pick a photographer that’s more your style. We did have maternity pictures done with my first, but she is a “documentary photographer” so no cringeworthy pictures. Much more capturing our real life & less pose-y. Also, we used them as the basis of our holiday card/ announcement of the pregnancy since the baby was due in Jan.
Agree with others that professional newborn photos are much more used. I haven’t hung any of the maternity photos but do have newborn pics of all three.
One other thing to think about- some photographers may do packages- so you could get a maternity & a newborn photo shoot for a discount (we did that for newborn & then 2 month photos)
What’s the etiqu3tte on inviting/bringing siblings to playdates? We have an only child (4) and so far have mostly done play dates with other onlies or kids with infant siblings who stayed home or came and slept in mom’s arms. But my daughter now has a close friend with a brother who is 8 and when we invited the friend over for this weekend the mom asked if the brother could come as well. I said yes, but I was kind of taken aback – I don’t have anything against this kid, but I don’t know how I’m going to entertain him. I don’t think there are any toys in our house that an 8 year old boy would like. I think it’s going to be thunderstorming so outdoor stuff is out, otherwise I would set up the slip n slide. Was it rude that I didn’t expressly invite him?
There’s been this red alert urgent (not actually urgent but execs are acting like it) issue I’ve been working on for the past few days to identify some discrepancies in numbers. I dug into it by myself, presented what I thought was the culprit and was basically shut down. Now my boss and I have been working on tracking it down for 2 straight days and guess who was right all along but no one listened until my (male senior) came to the same conclusion.
Screaming into the void and having a goblet of wine tonight.
Catching up on the passionate debate yesterday, and it reminded me of a really interesting New Yorker article about this whole issue, basically that baby food is a social construct and the science is constantly changing: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/25/can-babies-learn-to-love-vegetables
I might be in LA (Pasadena) for a week with a 5 year old in October. Is it worth trying to do a day trip to Disney? We’re not “Disney people” but I’ve heard Disneyland is less crazy than Disneyworld and my kid no longer naps and can handle very long travel days so I don’t think it would be too stressful if it were just a one day thing. Any other suggestions for things to do with kids that age in LA? We have ASTC membership and will definitely check out the museums that are part of that network.
Talk to me about maternity photos. Are you glad you got them done? Do you regret not doing them? Was it a waste of money? I am 28 weeks pregnant with my first child, and considering having maternity photos taken with my husband (and maybe our dog). We really don’t have that many nice photos of us, and maybe it would be nice to memorialize this time in our lives… on the other hand when I see others’ maternity photos I usually think they are sort of cringey… like a combo of narcissistic and unflattering. We never had engagement photos or anything like that done, and had really minimal wedding photography so this is still sort of new territory for us.
Has anyone gone through early intervention for a speech delay? My 12 month old doesn’t wave or point to things that he wants. He babbles but has no words with meaning. It’s more the pointing / waving delay that concerns me. I’m curious others’ experiences with early intervention. What type of things did they do with your LO, and did it help? Early in research process and just feel worried sick.
How do you get a 20-mo to get used to having things in her hair? My daughter takes out ponytails and pigtails within 5 min (and then wants me to put them back in or put them in DHs hair). It’d be great if she could keep her hair out of her face when she’s playing outside in the summer.
We are starting to do pizza Fridays. Any favorite pizza recipes?
Two months out from Hand Foot Mouth Disease and two of my fingernails have white dots and seem to be cracking. I assume they’re going to get a lot worse and eventually peel or crack off. Has anyone dealt with this? Any advice on how to save my nails?
PSA for those of you with kids in daycare: don’t get HFMD, it’s TERRIBLE.
I’m starting to feel really anxious about my son starting school. He’ll turn 5 in August and start the next week and while I know he’s intellectually ready, he’s a little professor who doesn’t do well with a lot of noise and commotion, and the school classrooms look so small and busy? He’s been at a hippy nursery which had lots of space and staff to accommodate his desire to chat with a grown-up or take himself off somewhere quiet when the space got too rowdy but obviously that won’t be possible at school. He’s finally got a good group of pals at hippy nursery but hasn’t connected with the Pre-K kids in the same way, and if his Pre-K pal is absent, he plays alone a lot of the time. They’ll be in the same class next year, but he can’t rely on her.
I know he’ll be fine… but I kind of worry he’ll be fine but miserable? This is the only school in our town.
Reassuring anecdata?
as summer travel season is upon us, how do you get your kids to sleep on vacation? one of my kids is terrible at sleeping in unfamiliar places, and then no one has any fun on the trip. we won’t even bother traveling for just 1-2 nights bc the lack of sleep makes it not worth it. we are going on an almost 3 week trip, just sleeping in 2 different places, and I think last year when we went on the same trip, there was 1 night when we slept through the night. they bring stuffies, sound machine, etc.
My kid is going into first grade next year. Kindergarten was a half day program, so the same teacher ran both classes. But in first grade there are 2 teachers. Should I be looking at the teachers and recommending my kid go into one class or the other? Is this a thing? I know quality of teacher is basically the determining factor for whether a child learns in a year. For context, my kid is bright, but quiet and well behaved generally, so I find they are often forgotten because they are low maintenance.
Someday my kid will not throw up if he spends more than 15 minutes in the car, right? Right?
This is probably cute in motion with jewelry and different shoes, but as styled in the photo it read very Sister Wife to me at first glance. The sandals combined with the model’s posture, haircut, and lack of accessories is just so depressingly blah.