Washable Workwear Wednesday: The Moreland Jacket
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For those heading back to the office (or making an important appearance via Zoom), nothing beats a suit for feeling confident and polished.
I’m a longtime M.M. LaFleur fan — I particularly love their wide selection of beautifully tailored, washable workwear. They’ve recently released their Moreland Jacket in a fresh, new color: dusky blue. Given the hue’s cool undertones, it’ll pair perfectly with a cool gray, cream, or even pink.
The jacket is a tailored, single-button blazer that’s machine washable and wrinkle resistant. It even has zippered pockets so your keys/ID badge/lipstick don’t fall out.
There are even two matching pants options: the Colby Jogger (a cigarette style pant) and the Wesley Lounger (a wide-leg trouser). Both pants have elastic waistbands in the back so you can Zoom in comfort.
M.M. LaFleur’s Moreland Jacket is $295 and comes in 0P–18. Both the Colby Jogger and Wesley Lounger are $195 each and also come in 0P–18. If dusky blue isn’t your color, black, charcoal, and olive are also options.
This blazer at Ann Taylor Factory is a more affordable alternative at $140 and is available in sizes 0–18; this Talbots blazer is on sale for $52 and comes in four size ranges.
Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
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?
For those wondering about the covid vaccine and whether or not to get it if pregnant or considering pregnancy, a new study is out to today in the well respected American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology on maternal covid mortality. It might make one reconsider getting the vaccine before/during pregnancy. I’ll post a link to follow.
Quote: Contracting COVID-19 while pregnant can have deadly consequences for the mother, a new study published today in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology shows.
The study, which followed 240 pregnant women in Washington state between March and June 2020, found that COVID-19 mortality among them was significantly higher than in similarly aged individuals with COVID-19 who were not pregnant.
Specifically the study found:
Pregnant women with COVID-19 had a 3.5 times higher rate of associated hospitalization than the similarly aged people who had COVID-19 and were not pregnant.
The mortality rate was 13 times higher among pregnant mothers than among similarly aged individuals infected with COVID-19 who were not pregnant. This said, most of the pregnant patients with COVID-19 had asymptomatic or mild infections and healthy pregnancies.
The three women who died of COVID-19 were from minority ethnic groups and had other health conditions such as obesity and hypertension.
Of the 240 pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infections, 24 were hospitalized and three succumbed to the virus.
My four year old woke up around 3am to use the bathroom…and then just laid in bed awake for the rest of the night. He called for us twice and we went in to try to get him back to sleep. but just laid there for hours. Now I’m worried that this has been going on for awhile because he’s been particularly disagreeable in the mornings (although he was fine this morning).
And my 5 month old decided to talk to himself (happily) for about an hour at 2am. I fed him and he just continued to chat away.
how was your night?
My huge (20+ pound) 9-month old is not a great solids eater. We started with puree around 5.5 months old and he finally got into it around 7 months, eating 2-3 ounces in a sitting. We’ve moved on to thicker stage 3 purees and he’s doing okay, but still doesn’t eat a ton. I began introducing small table foods around 8.5 months and he’s just not a fan. He’ll smush the food and play with it but won’t bring it to his mouth. He’s gagged on the majority of the few items we’ve actually managed to get into his mouth. He’s rejected puffs, Cheerios, yogurt, avocado, sweet potato, squash, and raspberry. At this point, he’ll basically only gum Bamba peanut puffs and will occasionally eat soft pieces of banana or mouth a teething cracker without actually consuming any of it. Yesterday, he started rejecting all pureed foods, but still won’t eat any table foods, either. He’s nursing well and doesn’t seem to be in pain, nor does he have a fever. This is my second kid, yet I feel totally lost here.
I plan to bring it up with our doctor at his 9-month check up next week. I can’t tell if we actually have a problem here (sensory issues, or oral motor skills, maybe?), or if I just need to give him more time. I know BLW is all the rage, but choking is my biggest mom phobia, and I don’t feel comfortable doing that (plus I think we missed the boat, anyway). Any advice or reassurance?
Building on AnonVs question above, my supply has totally tanked since returning to work at 5.5 months. I am pumping 2x a day but getting a fraction of milk as before. Maybe it’s stress. I dont know. I tried hand expressing after pumping but no improvement. Do I stop? I’ve combo fed with formula since day 1 and baby is a great eater and healthy and I know benefits of BM are only shown up to four months, but I was really hoping to keep going until I get the COVID vaccine and can maybe pass on some antibodies to baby. Can you nurse/pump minimally for months? Is it worth it?
Does anyone have any parenting podcasts to recommend that are particularly helpful, especially with elementary school aged children? I loved Janet Lansbury’s Unruffled, but I feel like my kids at starting to age out of some of her more specific topics, and I really need some inspiration/ advice/ thoughts for life with my nine year old. There are a lot of chatty “in the trenches” type podcasts in my feed, but i’d love more content from parenting experts or educators.
Thanks!
TL/DR: Has the pandemic changed how you think about public education? Do you think it will permanently change the K-12 education landscape in your community?
I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently. I live in a historically very good school district, but it has been all virtual since March 2020 and local government and the district seem happy to keep schools closed at least the rest of this school year under the banner of public health. I know experience has varied widely, so curious to hear thoughts outside my bubble.
I’m very pro public schools. I’m a product of public schools, my mom is a public school teacher, and until 6 months ago, I would have agreed that school choice is Bad because it diverts resources from the public schools, which need to be funded at appropriate levels in order to serve all kids equitably. Competition is not the way to improve public education; if you want to choose a private school, fine, but spend your own money.
I am so unsure about this, now. To be fair, public schools – especially large districts like mine – have logistical challenges that independent schools don’t; maybe that, in itself, is a problem resulting from their near monopoly on public education dollars. If they aren’t able to do well by their students, and if you have to pay to procure a service that the government has committed to providing for free (I spent 20% of our take-home HHI on in-person private school this year, and I struggle with feeling it’s unfair I was able to buy my way out of this problem), you should be able to expect a break on that cost. I recognize that my experience is very different from people trapped in a perennially failing school district, but it’s totally changed how I view that problem. I wonder what will happen to public schools as we know them if well-off suburban parents have a lot more sympathy for the school choice movement.
TW: IVF. Have any of you done IVF knowing you only wanted to have one child?
Anyone who has experience nursing baby during working from home and would be able to share?
I am returning to work in March after a 4 month maternity leave. Baby will be home with dad who is taking 10 months of paternity leave. I am currently EBF and would like to continue at least combination feeding until 6 months at least. At least for March and April, I will be mostly working from home with an occasional day in the office.
I am leaning towards nursing in the morning / evening / night (though I am dreading the nights when I have to get up an be productive in the morning) but I am not sure it will be feasible during the day. Baby is on a loose schedule and the feeding times shift around, i.e. he may not eat well at one feeding and then be hungry earlier than expected at the next. So it will be difficult to plan nursing sessions into my day. I could nurse while on a call but I don’t think this is the best way to be productive. At the same time, it feels strange to be pumping when the baby is in the next room.
I am still torn on how to approach this, especially because my company is going through a merger, there is a ton of work waiting for me and I need perform well. I am afraid of a situation where I feel I am failing at motherhood and work at the same time.
So we had housekeepers back for the first time since March yesterday. And while the house sparkles and I love it and I am excited not to spend 4 hours cleaning this weekend (perhaps instead spending some of that “chore” time decluttering and organizing because I didn’t do that in March with everyone else and boy do we need it), I am just demoralized that for the last 10 months I’ve spent 4 hours cleaning every. single. weekend. and thought I was doing a really good job, but it is abundantly clear that the house was not where it needed to be based on where it is now. DH pointed out that my job is to be a lawyer and a mom, both of which I have been crushing, and their job is to clean houses every day, so I should not be surprised that their work is so much better than mine as essentially a hobbyist. And reiterated that he thought the house looked great when we were cleaning it, far better than he could have done on his own (duh, because his standard of cleanliness is frat-house level), we were all healthy, etc. Just feeling so many feelings I was not expecting after this and wanted to put them out there (so maybe they’ll get out of my head).
I have this in Olive and it’s great. The construction is really sharp and I love that it can be machine washed. Super comfortable for dressing up a Zoom call. I prefer traditional blazer fabric with jeans, so probably wouldn’t use it for that purpose, but do like this with the matching colby joggers (especially when cuffed) or skirt for a super comfy full suit – I bought it in Feb of last year ahead of a busy travel season (ha!) – or non jeans pants.
I missed the discussion the other day about hitting the lockdown wall, but I am SO THERE. The worst part is I’m not sure I would have done anything differently if I’d known it would be this long — it’s just so hard and I am so tired of the relentless parenting, even with a good co-parent. It’s so hard to not have family close by. I love my kiddo but I am counting down the years until he can go to sleepaway camp for a few weeks so mama can get a little peace.
I’m going to be leading a zoom “activity or game” for DD’s kindergarten class’s Valentines Friendship party. We have twenty minutes – kids will all be in the classroom together. Any fun ideas? A later parent slot is doing crafts and another is doing reading and snacks. Thanks!