Washable Workwear Wednesday: Sweater Fleece Blazer
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I never think about Lands’ End for workwear, but perhaps I should.
From a distance, you wouldn’t guess this classic-looking blazer is made of soft and cozy sweater fleece. It’s also anti-pill and anti-static — perfect, since one of its top virtues is it’s machine washable. To top it off, it comes in eight patterns and regular, tall, and petite sizes.
That said, it’s probably better for more casual offices or Zoom calls. I’d even take it into the weekend with a casual tee and jeans.
This Sweater Fleece Blazer is on sale starting at $49.97 and comes in sizes XS–XL (regular and petite), S–XL (tall), and 1X–3X.
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?
I took my 3.5 year old to an art museum today and nobody cried! It’s really fun having a kid who is old enough to do things that aren’t officially for kids.
low stakes question: any recommendations for dress shoes for work that have a wedge. over the years i have accumulated a couple pairs from tory burch and cole haan, but they have been resoled and are nearing replacement….. i have looked online but can’t find something that isn’t terribly frumpy. any recommendations?
Any suggestions for making new mom friends? One of our friend moms (neighbor) is no longer seeking hanging out with us. She is a stay at home mom and understandably she is now friends with another stay at home mom. Which kind of hurts me but I need to move on. Halloween is approaching and my son basically has no kids to go trick or treating with. Which made me realize we don’t have a lot of friends with kids. So where do I even start? I really crave this type of friendships with moms who have kids. The kids play and the moms chat and that is my relaxing time.
The comments about laundry earlier this week got me thinking – at what age do you expect your kids to start doing laundry? Reading everyone’s laundry strategies was overwhelming to me in how complicated it is in some houses.
We have a hamper that has 4 sections. They are assigned from oldest to youngest (kids are 11 and 9). Everyone is expected to keep up with their own laundry – when the hamper is full, wash/dry and put away the load. We have four laundry baskets for hauling the clean stuff back to the bedrooms.
It’s not perfect and we all try to pitch in to help each other i.e. switch a load from washer to dryer if we’re walking past or remind kid to get her clothes out of the dryer when it beeps because she doesn’t like wrinkles).
Sometimes towels go in with clothes, sometimes there is enough for a full load and husband usually does that one, but youngest kid always has to fold/put towels away. This system has worked since kids were 5 – Nanny did their laundry before that.
Since we’re all busy, I’d encourage delegating kids laundry to kids. It will take a few times of them having to wear something they don’t like or being mad that favorite sweatshirt is sitting in the washing machine but there really isn’t a significant drawback that I’ve found. (also, they won’t be the kid standing in the laundry room at college wondering what all those buttons do!)
Oof, some A+ parenting today, kiddo asked the public health nurse if he could have a flu jab instead of the nasal spray and she was looking at me like WTF? Had to bribe him with a trip to the bookshop to get him to remove his hands from his nose!
I realise that they do the nasal vaccine so they can administer them in schools easily, but he HATES stuff up his nose.
You all have such good gift ideas so I am posting for responses. My 5 year old son has been superhero obsessed from a young age and he’s now extended that to protecting the earth and animals (thanks Wild Kratts). I’d love to encourage this conservation direction and he has a birthday/holidays coming up. Ideas?
What do people think about music lessons? My 8 yo has been taking piano lessons for about 6 months, is making really good progress and often seems to enjoy it. She’s proud of what she’s learned so far and gets excited about new songs and praise from her teacher. But when it’s time to practice, she’ll complain endlessly that she hates it and wants to quit. When she makes mistakes during practice she storms away and gets mad. We keep talking about mistakes happen when you’re learning something new and you’ll are getting better every day, but it is incredibly draining as the parent overseeing the daily practice sessions.
I don’t want to scar her or be a tiger parent, but I do think it’s good for her to work on something challenging and see that she can make progress by practicing regularly. Any suggestions for making practice go more smoothly? When do you pull the plug and just decide that the daily conflict over practicing isn’t worth it?
Trigger warning: late miscarriage
I just lost a baby at 17 weeks. It was horrible and traumatic, but now I need to tell people that I am no longer pregnant. We had just started telling people a few weeks ago, as all of our genetic tests had come back normal.
Does anyone have an idea for a brief script I can use? I can’t talk about this without crying. But I thought if I had something short and prepared, it might be easier.
potty training help! one of my twins is having a major regression. yesterday she had 4 accidents! we potty trained last year around Thanksgiving. #2 has (knock on wood) never been a problem, but her undies are wet all the time. i try to get her to go to the potty, but sometimes she gets really mad and insists she doesn’t have to go. even when her undies are wet she insists that they aren’t sometimes. i think part of it might be that she seems to have to go a lot and she doesn’t want to stop what she is doing to go bc she has to go 2-3x more than other kids. any ideas? should i try some kind of sticker chart?
Our first child just turned one, and we need to start getting some true outerwear for her (mittens, puffy coat, snow pants, etc). I know I can ask Google but I trust you all more :)
What are your favorite sources? Bonus points for stuff that holds up fairly well – we plan on having additional children so I’ll save and pass-down anything that lasts.
What were your favorite pieces of maternity clothing (type or brand)? I am feeling very meh on the items I have and planning to ask for a few pieces for holiday gifts.
Snowboot advice. My daughter is 3 and just started measuring nearly size 8 for shoes (her current sneakers are 7.5 and seem ok). I should buy size 8 winter boots right? She’s obviously walking but I worry if I size up it will be hard for her to walk in them. She’s too little for “thick socks” anyway. Just seeking confirmation!
how do you handle hair pulling, biting, etc.? my twins (3.5) play this ‘game’ where they climb on top of each other and at first everyone is happy, but it very quickly turns into one twin in particular pulling hair, scratching and/or biting her sister. it happens when i’m in the room or not in the room. i try to intervene before twin A can bit/scratch/pull, but as you are all aware, it is impossible to watch your kid every single second and then even when I try to separate them, twin B runs back and climbs on top of twin A again. do i just let twin A do it until twin B learns when twin A has had enough? there have been a few instances where the bites/scratches were on twin B’s face (thank goodness they wear masks to school) and I am a bit nervous they are going to hurt each other or twin B is going to run out of hair
Talk to me about your planning routines. Both kids started school this year (K and pre-K) after previously being home with a nanny full-time and my weekend planning sessions seem to still be insufficient. This week it is a midday run to the uniform store and Target because tomorrow and Friday will be chilly and I didn’t buy them pants at the beginning of the school year. Last week it was a last-minute A-zon purchase for boxes to bring in cupcakes for my oldest’s classroom birthday celebration. All foreseeable needs, I just… didn’t account for them when I was planning the week.
We are looking to hire a babysitter for our 2 yo and 6 yo for the very first time! We tried getting recommendations but no one had one (or maybe didn’t want to share). I work at a university so I asked a student in my department if she could recommend places to post job ads for babysitting and she offered to post it in her sorority’s facebook group. I got several texts from interested girls. How do I choose one or vet them? I set up a “get to know you” chat with one of them but other than that, is there something I should be doing? Asking for a resume seems weird, and I’ve already googled her, confirmed she’s a student here, but there’s not a lot about her online and I’m not on facebook. Advice welcome, we really really really need a night out by ourselves! :)