Washable Workwear Wednesday: The All-Day Dress
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I used to work out before heading into the office, and I always packed a dress in my gym bag. That way, I’d avoid the dread of forgetting half of my outfit. I especially loved wearing dresses during the hot, muggy summer — it felt like I was wearing shorts to work. Since I’ve been working from home, I’ve gravitated towards pants (OK, mostly leggings and sweats), and my rainbow of dresses just hang limply in my closet.
Once I head back to the office, I’d love to add Brass’ All-Day Dress to my wardrobe. I have a top in the same All-Day fabric, and it truly looks and feels fabulous, well, all day. After the day is done, it can go straight into the washing machine.
I love the All-Day Dress’ versatile sash and practical pockets. When I resume my pre-commute workouts, I’ll look forward to pulling this dress out of my bag wrinkle free. It’s available in three office-friendly colors and a wide range of sizes.
The black version of the dress is $108, while navy and fig are final sale for $85. It’s available in XXS–2X depending on the color. The All-Day Dress
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
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?
Planning on trying to conceive in 2021. Currently take Effexor 150 mg for Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Started seeing a new psychiatrist as my old one moved, and he is apprehensive about switching me to Zoloft. Has anyone taken Effexor throughout pregnancy? My OB/GYN wants me to continue medication but is most comfortable with Zoloft as am I.
Pro-tip… do not let your password expire while on maternity leave because it’s a PITA to fix it once it has expired and you’re remote.
In other news, I’m getting excited for my return after listening to that HBR podcast rec’d yesterday which made me feel seen and also motivated me even more to stay in the game. I just set up some catchup meetings with key people for when I get back and went and accepted meetings that I had left sitting in my inbox and edited the response to say, “I’m back on Jan 4, looking forward to reconnecting” or whatever.
For the first few weeks while DH is on paternity leave, the baby will be home with him. For those of you who use noise-cancelling headphones so you aren’t distracted, do you listen to music? white noise? or just turn on the cancelling feature and nothing else? I’m on calls a lot but not 24/7.
When the 3yo was home for the first half of the pandemic, I wasn’t bothered by him and didn’t feel a need. But I feel like if I hear the baby crying I will get really distracted in a way hearing my 3yo tantrum I did not.
TLDR: How do you handle talking with a parent at your children’s school who says often says offensive/inappropriate things?
There’s a parent at my kid’s school who says a lot of things that I find objectionable, like commenting on bodies and statements that I find racist or classist, though have some plausible deniability. I often see her outside the school at pickup and the pick up area and age of the children (requiring parents to get out of their car and wait in an area for pickup) mean I can’t really avoid her. With Covid precautions, each waiting parent is about 10 feet away from anyone else, so conversations are easily overheard. It’s just a couple minutes, and around children, so I feel like it’s hard to take the time to explain why I think it’s bad to say xyz.
I’ve been trying to quickly say something like “I see it this way…” or just not commenting and saying goodbye because by the time she’s done saying something uncomfortable, my kid has run out, wants my attention, and is demanding to leave. However, I don’t feel great about how I’m handling it; I both have trouble being warm to this parent and feel bad for not more directly shutting down such talk.
Complicating things: I’m likely to see her regularly for many years, though it’ll diminish next year when the kids transition to carpool pickup. I’m also a lot more privileged in major ways and am head of the PTA. My role requires me to be approachable and welcoming to parents, so I don’t want to just bury my head in my phone at pickup.
How do I handle this better?
Specific language – “your food/cup stays on the table”. Throws it again? “Oh I see you’re done eating! Ok! All done!”. Bites? “No biting”, put the kid down. Hits? “Gentle touches please” and grab his hand and show him how to touch softly. A lot of time hitting at this age is just about learning how to touch people. Eats a crayon? “Not in the mouth!” Take the crayon away. Repeat 50 times a day. Congrats! You have a toddler
Heeelp, how do you discipline a 16 months old?
He has become increasingly “testy” and we are not sure how to react in situations like
– throwing food and cups
– scratching, hitting, biting
– looking me dead in the eye while slowly putting a crayon in his mouth never breaking eye contact… after I have repeatedly told him not to
I have tried taking the objects away, he doesnt seem to care and stern warnings do nothing.
I feel like he is too young to understand the concept.