Washable Workwear Wednesday: Shooting Star Print Midi Dress

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I need more color in my wardrobe, and this dress from British favorite Whistles is a good place to start.

While orange could be seen as a bold choice, I just view it as a fresh cousin to the more popular red. This midi-length dress sports fabric-covered buttons, a flattering V-neck, and a fun flounced hem.

The delicate shooting star print works for day, night, and even weekends — just change up your footwear based on the occasion.

This dress is $299 at Whistles and available in U.S. sizes 0–14.

A more affordable option is from DR2 by Daniel Rainn; the dress is $39.97 and available in XS–XL at Nordstrom Rack.

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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My nanny has agreed to watch a friends’ kid who is coming into town, in addition to my twins, for a day so we can have a grown up date. What would you pay her? They’re all 14 months, one is walking.

Rough couple of days.

I had both of my kids when I was older – 36 for the first, 42 for the second. I knew in each case that my ‘geriatric’ pregnancies carried some increased risks. I also knew that with the availability of scans and testing, I would have a good sense at all points in the pregnancy whether things were going well, and options were available to me in case they weren’t. I ended up with two uneventful pregnancies and two healthy and happy kids – but in a pre/post Roe world, I’m not sure I would have taken the risk of getting pregnant at all, certainly not with my second. Just thinking it through has really messed with my psyche.

I get so frustrated with the ‘things are better now, so we don’t need all of these extra protections any more’ arguments. Justice Roberts did it a few years ago when he decided racism was solved so we no longer needed the Voting Rights Act; the leaked anti-Roe decision rests, in part, on this idea that things are so much better for women now than there were in the 70’s that an unplanned pregnancy is no big deal, or at worst can be “solved” with adoption. Are the justices really so blind? The fact that things are better is proof that the laws are working, not that we should take them away!

Don’t ever take anything for granted, I guess … except Gun Rights, of course. Guns have more rights than women.

I posted the other day about happy lawyers- thanks so much for all of the responses. For context, I used to be a junior partner at a firm in litigation and left for a job that I thought would be less stress / a better lifestyle / more happiness. Instead, it feels like a whole new set of problems for less money. It’s really disappointing and I feel so dumb for taking this leap. I’m not sure if I’m ready to throw the towel in on being a lawyer altogether, but I wonder sometimes if I’d be better off just doing something else altogether.

Anyway thanks for the responses and listening to my whining. I hope I can find my version of a unicorn job soon.

Hey Portland people! I’m looking to do a couple of days at an Airbnb in Portland with my mom and two kids in tow (one toddler, one older elementary). Basically this breaks up a longer drive to the beach. Hoping to do the zoo one day. I know Portland has its challenges these days can folks recommend areas of town that would be fun to stay in? Thanks!

I’ve posted this question over on the main site, and the responses have been “quit.” However, I am well paid, have immense flexibility and otherwise love my job, so I’m hoping for advice other than find a new job:

Two work questions generally regarding a micro-managing boss. Boss is GC and I am assistant. Boss is generally an insecure person who is relatively new to this field: (1) Boss wants to be invited to every meeting that I attend, even when the meeting is a 1×1 with a peer of mine. I totally get it when the subject matter is a big deal and her peers are in attendance. (2) We are a small legal team, and really need each one of us to pull our share of the work to keep the department moving forward. Boss’s view is that meetings = work. Boss really likes to hold meetings and talk. Our team meeting is boss telling us what has occurred at other meetings. The other attorneys on the team, myself included, have a ton of work and are all under water. The bulk of our work is head down, deep work involving legal analysis. Boss cannot handle any complicated subject matter (which is all of our work) over email, and needs a minimum of 30 minutes to discuss any topic. The result is that we spend our work hours reading and explaining things to our boss, and then need to work off hours to do the actual work. Any advice on how to tell boss that we need time to work and cannot do everything in a communal meeting?

is it weird to buy flowers for our nanny to give to her at the end of the week? she obv is not my kids’ mother and has her own daughter, but her husband is currently on a project out of town and will not be home for mother’s day and she is soooo wonderful with my kids and has been with us for almost 4 years and has been taking care of my sick kids all week.

I posted yesterday about kids class being closed and me being sick of the whole thing – well kid tested positive for covid and now we have 10 more days of this. UGH! Help me survive these 10 days. Willing to throw money at the problem and buy all the toys.

Just realized I need to re-up our art supplies. Anyone have any all-star art supplies they’d recommend? Mine are washi tape (just a multi-pack from Target, the 4yo in particular loves it) and also replacing crayons when they get worn out. I got my kids a big 96-crayon box recently and they were SO THRILLED. And we melted down the old crayons to make swirly new ones in muffin tins, which was also fun!

WWYD.
My kindergartener had a rough night where she got up at 2am and didn’t really ever go back to sleep. She has a half day today where school is out before lunch. She has gymnastics later today. She missed 6 days of school over the past month due to illness (on a few of those days she felt fine but had a lingering cough so she couldn’t go). She is not behind at school.

I kept her home today and will make a call later today on gymnastics. My husband totally agrees with me. She’s just vegging out today and I’m hoping she might be able to get a little power nap in before lunch.

I felt so weird and guilty calling her in “sick” today. She’s not actually sick and I could have put her on the bus as she was up this AM (never went back to sleep). But she’d come off that bus at noon a HOT MESS and crash and burn until bedtime.

Thoughts? And also, if she gets some rest today and feels fine, is it too weird to let her go to gymnastics? I figure if she gets a nap in it will help tucker her out and get to bed on time/early tonight. If she’s a hot mess I of course won’t send her.

Ladies who had gestational diabetes – talk to me. This is pregnancy #3 but my first experience with GD. I am only a few days into it but feeling very overwhelmed about all the dietary changes (I also work FT, have 2 young kids and a husband who travels, so trying to plan really specific meals for myself that meet all these requirements feels very daunting). I’m also really freaking out about the finger sticking 4x / day, which I know is not rational as it does not really hurt, but the idea of making myself bleed is giving me anxiety. So far, DH has been doing it for me but this is not sustainable. I’m also freaking out about the internet black hole as I research the implications of having this. I have a therapist and am trying to work through the mental challenges with her, but would appreciate feedback, input, tips from those of you who have been through this, including any meal services or whatever else you used. And THANK YOU.

May the Fourth be with you! Happy Star Wars Day, y’all. Because we need something to smile about.

I probably don’t need to spend $300 on another dress right now but this is gorgeous!