Washable Workwear Wednesday: The Choe Top – 365Knit
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A regular T-shirt usually feels a little too casual for work. Instead, try this version from M.M.LaFleur.
From a distance, the Choe Top looks like a T-shirt, but look a little closer — it’s made from M.M.LaFleur’s stretchy yet structured 365Knit fabric. As an owner of several 365Knit items, I can say this fabric is a bit more refined and substantial than your typical cotton or cotton/poly blend tee. This crewneck shirt also has a fitted silhouette that’s perfect for tucking into jeans or tailored trousers.
This shirt is $165 (but some colors are on sale starting at $115 — lucky sizes only). It comes in five colors/patterns and is available in sizes 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
Has anyone used chalkboard paint in their kids room and have any thoughts to share? Is it something you regret? Did you do green or black? Are there other color options? I am thinking of doing it on a small wall but worry I will have a never ending mess to clean up and it will be hard to repaint. Thanks!
We talk a lot about parenting woes but what is your kid(s) most positive attribute? The thing that makes you proud?
I’m pregnant with our first (and planned only) and we need to think through guardianship options. There are three options. Caveat that I love these people and think they have many other wonderful qualities, but what I’m going to write might sound harsh because I have to look at the reality that would affect my child.
My cousin (let’s call her Susie): my best friend in the world, a mother herself so my child would have cousins right there, someone I trust to raise my child with respect for our values and for the child as a person. Cons: her parenting is loving but very heavy on anxiety; her husband is a complete manbaby who pulls 1/20th of his weight and the resulting frequent tension between them is not the positive, warm family environment I value; their day-to-day finances are not in amazing shape due to low-paid jobs (although they have a safety net from $500,000 inheritance and will likely get more when her father dies), and they live in a deep red, completely psycho state, albeit right on the border with a blue state. Not all red states are psycho, but this one is. It also has bad pollution and poor school systems and few cultural opportunities. If she were married to a different man and they lived in a blue state, she’d be close to a no-brainer, but alas.
Option 2: Susie’s sister, Bonnie: also a close friend, a very smart person who works in STEM and is ok with money, someone I trust to do her very best to raise my child, resident of the blue state bordering Susie’s state. Her husband isn’t my absolute favorite person, but it’s more annoying personality quirks than true dealbreakers. Cons: she does not plan to have kids herself and I would hesitate to thrust one upon her, even though I know she would take him/her in; she’s so cheap on the money side and ends up turning down wonderful opportunities because of it; she’s pretty low-energy and I feel like my child would spend a lot of time on the couch with her, which bugs me because travel, fun, the outdoors, and activity are really important values to me. Between the cheapness and the energy issues, I honestly think my child would spend every single weekend indoors marathoning TV. Another important consideration is that Bonnie can be pretty insecure. She would get plenty of advice from Susie, but I’m not sure she really would want the responsibility of taking in another child, even though I’m positive that she would say yes if I asked.
Option 3: my half-brother, Joe. Very smart, successful in a stable job, very aligned with my values in terms of the outdoors, adventures, and experiences, in a long-term relationship, lives in the same blue state I do, generally a good, solid person you can trust. We had a family emergency last year and I was so impressed with the way he reacted. Cons: I’m not sure he wants kids (last we talked, he was undecided and he’s still in his 20s) and we’re not as close as I am to Susie and Bonnie. I also think a few of his values aren’t the best fits for ours (namely related to substance use – he’s the type who thinks mushrooms are enlightening).
again, I love all of these people. I just have to be critical for this decision. WWYD?
Advice or book recs for talking to little ones about chronic illness? I was recently diagnosed with lupus (posted about it on the main board) and have been having a hard time physically and emotionally. I know my 3.5 year old knows something is going on but we haven’t been totally direct about it, just talk about how I’m tired and need a rest sometimes, things like that. An additional layer of complexity – perhaps coincidental, perhaps not- she’s been fixated on a page in a book about RBG that talks about Ruth’s mother dying. So I don’t want to conflate this idea of mommy is sick with the fear that mommy is going to die soon.
How much time a day do you spend with older kids, and how is it different than littles? It feels like during preschool it’s 24/7 with baths, dressing, reading, managing tantrums but that older kids (say 9+) it’s rare to spend time together unless you are eating a meal together; driving them somewhere, they come to you with something, or maybe doing a family activity on weekends. Just curious how this changes with age and what people on w typical day do with their older kids?
Married and filing jointly with two kids. My pay check lists allowances as “N/A” for federal, and 0 for city and state. Do my kids not count as allowances?
I tried to look this up but couldn’t find anything that explained this in a way I understood. TIA.
Brands for kids twin size mattresses? I’d like to get something “organic” and have heard of avocado. Any other suggestions?
I know this has been discussed a lot before but I just cannot decide on whether our family of 4 should be a family of 5. I have a neurodiverse almost 5 year old (ADHD, can’t handle a full day of school, and needs a lot from us, especially me, even though we have a full time nanny) and an easy as they come 2 y.o. I’m approaching late 30s, my partner is a bit older and handled (and still handles) a lot of the nighttime stuff, but knows he doesn’t want to do that again when he is too old so we need to make a decision. He wants our 5 y.o. to be “figured out more” before we start trying (if at all) but I’m not sure if this will ever happen? It feels like my vision for the future family is against the immediate hellscape of 3 kids would be. I am one of 2 and I wanted more than anything to have a little sibling and my 2 y.o. is similar in every way to me. Our nanny is amazing and we are going to keep her anyway, so financially wouldn’t be that big a difference right now.
What else do we need to consider? We keep putting it off but we gave ourselves the end of the year to decide.
I just got a call from my 10 y old daughters camp that a boy kissed my daughter in the cheek and she was very upset about it. They are keeping them separate. How would you handle this/talk about it? This all new to me
I’m sorry, but this is baffling to me. You have a neurodiverse child with high attention needs, why would you bring another child into the mix? This would further dilute the attention you have to spare for a child who needs it. This sounds kind of like my brother and sister in law who put my niece in therapy (she had extreme outbursts and is likely neurodiverse as well) and it was going really well, but then cancelled therapy (which was quite expensive) when they decided to have a third child. Not to mention that child #3 could just as likely end up having similar challenges to child #1 – there’s zero guarantee they would be an easy kid like #2 or would even get along with #2. My husband and I are both polar opposites from our siblings and don’t get along with them at all.