Washable Workwear Wednesday: Tania V-Neck Shift Dress
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This shift dress from Standards & Practices has sleeves and pockets AND is machine washable. It’s definitely a bit on the casual side, I’ll grant you that, but I think that for the right woman and the right office, this dress would look amazing. I’d like it with long pendant necklace, and it would be very easy to dress up, say, with a duster cardigan. The dress is $94 at Nordstrom in sizes 1X–3X. Tania V-Neck Shift Dress
For an option in regular sizes, Karen Kane has a machine-washable shift dress with pockets that comes in black and navy.
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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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