Washable Workwear Wednesday: The Filomina Friday Shirt in Knit Poplin
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If your favorite dress shirt and T-shirt had a baby, you’d get M.M.LaFleur’s Filomina Friday Shirt.
Made from knit poplin, this crisp, yet relaxed-fit shirt feels like your favorite weekend tee. It features a hidden placket, elegant back pleats, and a shirttail hem. The machine washable, stretchy fabric also makes it a great pick for your next work trip.
This shirt is $265 and comes in sizes XS-XXL. It’s available in white, tulip (a pale pink), and hydrangea (a light periwinkle).
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For something more affordable with a wider size range, try this cotton blouse from J.Crew Factory — it’s only $24.50 and available in XXS-3X.
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.
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Oof our first grade teacher sent me an email out of the blue telling me that my kid’s reading is not where it should be, my kid hates reading, she has no frustration tolerance or willingness to work on anything hard, and she doesn’t think my kid is currently prepared to go into second grade. I’m not even sure what she’s suggesting — holding her back?? That seems insane given that she’s not especially young for her grade and her scores on national standardized test scores are very good. The issues with frustration tolerance and emotional regulation are well known to us at home, but at the fall conference the teacher acted like everything was great and seemed confused about why I was even asking about emotional regulation in the classroom.
I just feel so blindsided because at the fall conference it was like “everything is wonderful! She’s very bright, doing great academically and socially, her reading isn’t great but it will click” and then there was no communication for 5 months and now it’s like “everything is a disaster, she’s illiterate, she’s never going to amount to anything academically.” Like what is happening?? What do we do? We plan to pursue private testing for dyslexia/reading disabilities. Private reading tutor for the summer? Any other ideas?
Aside on kids, chores and independence: yesterday I taught the 6yo how to use the toaster for frozen waffles and now she is drunk on her own power. This morning there was a suspicious smear on the counter and she’d made herself breakfast: toaster waffles with rather a lot of Nutella!
My MIL has kept many of DH’s toys and books, some of which she keeps at her house for DS to play with and some things she brings in boxes to our house. I used to roll my eyes at this but now DS is in a dinosaur phase and is loving all of DH’s old dinosaur toys and his old dinosaur stuffie. I must admit that I am glad MIL kept these. (However, she also kept DH’s baby clothes, most of which were knitted in scratchy wool – we definitely did not use those!)
Our house is small and I fantasize about donating all of DS’ toys to a childcare nonprofit or something when he is too old for them. But now I am thinking about keeping a few things to hold on to for sentimentality, or for potential grandchildren. At the moment it would probably be Hot Wheels cars, his Thomas train set, teddy bear, a couple books and maybe the dinosaurs. Which of your children’s toys will you hold on to after they have grown?
I just wanted to say thank you to whoever suggested reading lights a while back. AwayEmily it might have been you. They have revolutionized bedtime in our home.
another favorite tip i learned from this site was storing socks near the shoes in our mudroom. what are some of your favorite tips or tricks you’ve gotten from reading this site?
how do you balance between teaching your kids to put their things away/clean up after themselves and maintaining a tidy house vs. having time for fun/play. i feel like i spend so much of my time with my kids trying to get them to clean up/reminding them to put stuff away
Hi all. Catching up on some earlier posts and the orchestra thread hits home and is similar to a question I have. My older son (almost 9, 3rd grade) has always been a very active, sporty, social kid. He needs to be moving to get all his energy out. For the spring, I signed him up for soccer and lacrosse (neither travel, though travel does exist for this age group – this is relevant to give background on our town). He also has martial arts and a 30 minute piano lesson at our house, each during the week, held at night after school.
So, you can probably guess the problem – he’s complaining that he’s overscheduled and wants to give up one of the team sports (he actually says both but I want to keep at least one!) Knowing this is a kid who thrives with activity, and could also use more exposure to things he hasn’t done before (he can get a little perfectionist and upset if he feels like others are better than him) – would you let him quit lacrosse? We already paid, teams are set, uniform is purchased, etc.
I think I know what you all will say – let him quit, why did I sign him up for so much, etc. But I know his personality – I think he would get a lot from team sports, especially learning new things and having to listen to coaches who are nice but firm. What another poster said on the orchestra thread really resonates with me: “I grew up in a very loving but controlling household. A lot of things were encouraged/discouraged. My Mom really wanted to give us opportunities that she never had. This kind of well meaning but controlling behavior was pretty detrimental to our relationship.” So I also wish I had way more opportunities to try things as a kid, but didn’t for many varied reasons. And my older kid reminds me of me in a lot of ways. I can see myself getting a little controlling though. What’s the balance here?
And per above, our town is very into sports – hockey and soccer are huge. Most of his friends (active, sporty, rowdy boys) are very involved in sports, so the crowd he hangs with would not naturally be around to just explore the neighborhood or play outside. Not ideal, but it is what it is.
Here’s a thought that’s been stuck in my head for a few weeks, and since it’s so quiet here, I’m going to throw it out for thoughts. Due to (at first) necessity, but now preference, my children have always slept in the same room together (12, 10, and 5). When my 12 and 10 year old were younger, we lived in a house where it wasn’t an option to not share a room. We have since moved into a house where each kid *could* sleep in their own room, but they all choose to bunk together.
Our 10 year old wanted bunk beds, and at some point, the 12 year old started sleeping on the unused bunk bc they liked to chat after the lights were off. Then, around age 4, the 5 year old felt left out, so we pulled out the trundle under the bunk beds, and now he sleeps in there with his older brothers every night.
99% of the time, I love that they WANT to be together. They have hilarious chats at night, and I feel like they have really bonded over the arrangement. But every once in a while, I wonder if I’m setting them up to fail that they really, really prefer to sleep in a room with another kid. The 12 year old doesn’t care, but the 10 year old will find his way to my bedroom floor in the middle of the night when the 12 year old is gone (for camps or sleepovers). Someone here once said that so many adults have sleeping issues that it’s incumbent on parents to help their kids be good sleepers. Am I winning at sibling relationships, but …. losing at teaching good sleep habits?! I think ultimately I’d rather they love each other and be together, and at some point, they will all probably move back into their own room when they are ready for privacy….but I do sometimes wonder if my 10 year old will absolutely love a group living experience in college, but struggle as an independent young adult!!
How do you guys handle requests from bosses to put in more work when childcare is the limiting factor? I negotiated 4/10 schedule when I had my baby a year ago, and there are occasional requests for someone to cover a meeting on a Friday that would be good for me career wise and I didn’t mind an hour or two of overtime here and there. But you can’t exactly get babysitters for these one-off meetings and I wouldn’t want to make it a regular thing. I’d there a solution I’m missing or is this just one of those motherhood penalty things that are unavoidable?
Hello? Anyone here?
I got asked to pop into the vice principal’s office after dropoff this AM, and nothing makes you feel like a little kid again than sitting outside the school office…