Washable Workwear Wednesday: The Arbus Sweater in Cashmere
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Workwear favorite M.M. LaFleur is having a huge sale right now, and here’s one of my picks.
The Arbus sweater is a longtime customer favorite — this boxy, 100% cashmere turtleneck has a slightly cropped silhouette and side slits. I find the longer length in the back particularly flattering.
For the office, add polished trousers and statement earrings. For home, swap in sweats or your favorite jeans.
The Arbus sweater is on sale for $175 in malachite, chianti, or deep flax (final sale) and is $345 in black, papaya, or deep moss. It’s available in XS–XXL.
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 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
Kindergarten parents – are your kids flagging as we crawl towards Christmas break? All the big feelings and the whining about wraparound care/school – “I wish school didn’t exist… I already know most things anyways!” He’s counting down to Christmas, I’m counting down til the end of school when we can decamp to the sun and be fed by grandma and papa.
Kid is home sick yet again. Before 9am he had emptied the entire bottle of glue onto the table, pulled out all the playdough and took the caps off all the markers. Oh and DH is out of town for work. Send help.
I just cannot with people today. Weeks ago I requested, scheduled, and had a meeting with Senior Person about matter X. I e-mailed yesterday to follow up and Senior Person responded that we should meet with Other Person in January. This morning Senior Person has gone back to my original e-mail requesting the original meeting, which already happened, and responded saying “sure, let’s meet Monday!” Diplomatic attempts to clarify have only deepened Senior Person’s confusion. There is no way this ends without my looking dumb, even though I am not the one who is confused.
Eight days left until break.
We’re hosting my MIL, FIL, and BIL for the holidays this year, for the first time. There will be 5 adults and 2 preschoolers in total, staying at our house for 4 nights. Talk me through hosting family with a 3- and 5-year old. Will I be able to cook at all or should we plan on take out? Should I cook a bunch ahead of time and just reheat (lasagnas, etc)?
I need to get a job. I have emailed all my former colleagues and let them know I’m looking, I’m applying at lots of indeed postings, my project today is revamping my resume. Any other tips or suggestions? I was doing contract work in IT. Then I took 22 months off with my twins: I’m not sure if that’s turning employers off or if my resume just isn’t where it needs to be.
I’m the OP from yesterday who posted about my one year old biting another baby at daycare. Thank you for your responses- I logged back in too late to respond. Daycare did not make it a big deal at all. They said it’s normal behavior for that age- teething and mouthing. They asked that we send in a chew toy to keep there and they’ll redirect her to that when she’s mouthy. We will also walk away briefly when she bites us at home so she learns that biting means a stop to playtime (she doesn’t bite aggressively, otherwise I think the approach would be different). So basically we are training a puppy.
I feel terrible that another child was on the receiving end of my child’s teeth, but apparently the parents weren’t phased.
Did you take your babies to nice restaurants? We are staying in a cabin located on a resort with my parents over the holidays with our 3 month old. The cabin has a nice kitchen and we can get room service, but my parents made a reservation at the resort’s high end restaurant for one night. I’m not sure if that’s appropriate- it’s a lottery whether baby will sleep nicely in her stroller bassinet or go full witching hour on us. We’ve done brunch with her but not dinner, and she’s generally in a better mood in the mornings. Just wondering what other people’s experience is – I would love to do a nice dinner but thinking other patrons might hate us? Babysitter is not an option at this point – I’m not comfortable leaving her with a stranger.
I am a decidedly not crafty person, yet volunteered to run a “winter craft” at my first grader’s class’ winter party. I have about 20 minutes, and $50 to spend on supplies for a group of about 20 kids. Any ideas? Nothing holiday-specific. Thanks!
We’re considering travelling to Japan (Tokyo as a starting point) with our 7yr old kid next March. Does anyone have recommendations regarding itineraries, sights that are suitable for family travel, pacing, etc? Looking at around 10 days total, flying out of Chicago O’Hare.
Our kid is fine with walking a few miles with breaks, as we go hiking often and have explored European cities on foot, walking up to 7 miles a day in total, and are comfortable using public transport.
We’ve been before, pre-kid (Tokyo, took the train to Kyoto, did a ryokan stay, my husband has been to Hiroshima and Himeji area), so not too concerned about generally getting around.
How much illness is normal in older kids? This is my almost 5 year old’s fourth winter in daycare. First winter was non-stop illness as you’d expect (although it all came to an abrupt halt in March 2020), second and third winters were basically illness-free except a couple mild colds but it now appears that was mostly due to mask mandates and other Covid protocols. Things are back to normal now, and I’d say so far we’ve had as much sickness as the first winter? RSV, two ear infections and strep since early October. I guess I should be grateful that she hasn’t had the biggest baddies like flu, Covid and HFM, and we haven’t missed that much work since antibiotics kick in fast. But we’re spending a fortune at the doctor and she’s been on antibiotics almost continuously for six weeks. I thought at this age and after 4 years of daycare we would be getting past the constant sickness. 😟
‘Tis the time of year for my in-laws to bug us every day for a list of what the kids want for Christmas, then we spend our precious free time putting together a list of toys for kids who have a lot already, and then in-laws end up buying some things outside of the list anyway. Sigh. I get annoyed every year.
My 6 yo has requested that Santa surprise her this year. Any suggestions for something fantastic? I don’t expect her to believe for much longer and would love to have some fun with it.
Favorite board games for a 10 year old boy? This is for a giving tree so I don’t know anything about him.