Washable Workwear Wednesday: The ’80s Blazer
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Want to try the oversized blazer trend? Here’s an easy-care choice from Everlane.
This blazer has a traditional notched collar along with exaggerated shoulders and a relaxed silhouette. It also has plenty of pockets for your essentials, and the lining is made from 100% recycled fabric.
Afraid you’ll get swallowed up by this cut? It’s all about balance — add a pair of slim-cut pants for modern take on this ’80s look.
The ’80s Blazer from Everlane is $175 and comes in four go-with-anything neutrals as well as a bold check pattern. It’s available in sizes 00–16.
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 2/7:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Extra 25% off your $175+ purchase — and $30 of full-price pants and denim
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 15% off
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 60% off 100s of styles
- J.Crew – Extra 50% off all sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything including new arrivals + extra 20% off $125+
- Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off one item + free shipping on $150+
cross posting from the main site since this site always has such good ideas! Co-worker is retiring after a very long time in our office. She’s an accountant who lives alone and is in her seventies. Ideas for a send-off gift? Thanks all! Money not really an issue here.
Talk to me about remote jobs with periodic travel. My partner is considering taking a job that is WFH but would require quarterly air travel (plus a car rental + drive) to the company’s main office for 3 days at a time. I am a little concerned the company saying they want him there 3 days quarterly (which I realize isn’t that much!) really means that they want someone in person but can’t find it. And I worry the 3 days is going to keep expanding. Maybe that is irrational.
I also am frankly just tired and I don’t want to be solo parenting on a regular basis. We have two small kids plus an infant. His current job is flexible but in-person.
He’s always been supportive of my decisions on job changes. And I know people solo parent (not to mention single parents!) all the time for much longer periods of time. I should be supportive of this, right? Why don’t I feel like being supportive. Ughhhhh.
Do you ever take time off work and leave your kids in daycare? I have a couple of scheduled days off work. My kids can still go to daycare those days. I’m not the worst if I still send them to daycare, am I?
I’m feeling like I should take one of the days and do something fun with the kids. I do want more time with them and they’re growing up so fast. But I have so many things I just want to check off my to do list and am not sure when else I will do them.
Thoughts?
Just wanted to recommend the Athleta Cardiff pant – they really do look like workwear, are so comfortable, and have that paperbag pants look + slight crop that is very trendy right now.
A Gen Z in my office complimented so I think they’re fashionable?
parenting is hard. just came back from parent teacher conferences for my fraternal twin boys. one is flourishing, while the other is struggling. my boys are so different – barely even look like siblings. it is so hard bc i have a number of friends with identical twins who have the same personalities and interests and are bffs, or friends with boy/girl twins. next year they start kindergarten and it almost sounds like one is really going to struggle.
Anybody have favorite opaque maternity tights that last? Just ripped an H&M pair and not that excited about how comfy they were, either. Recs appreciated.
I’m 37 weeks with my third and because of a number of issues, I’m basically confined to the house. Honestly, I’m so bored. Any ideas for low movement activities – I can’t stand for long periods of time nor can I walk very far. I wish I could really savour this time, but honestly, at this point, I’m bored, I want to go out and I’m tired of being in pain/discomfort all the time. Maybe I’m just looking to complain…
We were Rip Wheeler and Beth Dutton last year and it was fabulous!!
I initially planned on my husband and I being Ted Lasso and Rebecca but I am pregnant and showing so back to the drawing board!
What are your kids being for Halloween and how are you sourcing their costumes? Mine have both decided to be something we already have in their dress up bin – woohoo! I made clear they can be anything they want, but that’s the direction they’re going, so I will not be arguing!
I was helping my niece with her reading last night. She informed me she needs to practice reading for school (also I suspect this was a bed time stall, but I’m all for reading practice). I noticed she wasn’t actually reading her Breyer Stable Mates book as much as reciting something she’s clearly familiar with. I want to send her new books to read and would love suggestions!
She only reads horse stories (she is horse obsessed).
The past two years she’s played volleyball and that is the first non horse related activity I’ve seen her really enjoy.
She’s 9 and I cannot tell based on her ‘reading’ of the book last night how good of a reader she actually is. Her moms house isn’t a big book house and the Breyer stable mates books were not very advanced. I think she’s in third or fourth grade. I forgot to ask last night. I also know grade isn’t the perfect demonstrator for reading ability.
I’m good with chapter books and graphic novels as I want to send her a variety of books.
If there are volleyball books for girls I think she might enjoy that too.
She lives so a ranch and rides horses, helps her mom sell horses etc, so she is very savvy and I don’t think unicorns, which she does like as a theme, would really fit the bill, unless it’s not too fantasy/magical. She loves schleich but eschews their fairy/fantasy line of horses.
Any suggestions you might have for books would be very appreciated!
I have my first OB appointment today at 12 weeks! Finally will get to see the baby. Because we just moved, this will be my first time meeting the doc at this office. Any questions I should ask? I have a few written down, but in general am drawing a blank if there’s anything important for me to learn now.
Pink eye has struck our house for the first time. I’ve read symptoms can last for a week! When can we send kid back to daycare? His eyes have to stop oozing first?
Any tips for getting eye drops in or wiping his eyes? So far it’s been me holding his arms and torso while dad holds his head and lots of screaming.
I’m back in a professional office and haven’t worn an underwire bra in three years — is there a way to stop the wire from digging into my ribs when I sit at my desk? Is it too big/too small? Or am I hunching? Help!