Washable Workwear Wednesday: The Orchard Skirt
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Bring the outdoors into your cubicle with this lightweight cotton-blend skirt.
Featuring a delicate hummingbird print, this A-line skirt is cut on a bias for beautiful draping. Pair it with a linen blazer, sleeveless silk shell, and heeled slides for an outfit that will go from desk to drinks al fresco.
M.M.LaFleur’s Orchard Skirt is $225. It comes in sizes 00–20. It’s also available in a silk animal print and three other prints/fabrics on sale for $105 (lucky sizes only).
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 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+
Help with shoes? (That will arrive before Monday). I’m wearing this dress to a wedding that will be a full day affair 12noon until 11pm and I’ll have my kids to chase for at least part of that time so I’m thinking flats.
Dress: https://maggylondon.com/collections/shop-all-maggy-london/products/frankie-g5947
Shoe ideas:
https://www.zappos.com/p/womens-naturalizer-hawaii-pointed-toe-slingback-flats-dark-gold-leather/product/9958140/color/258451?zlfid=191&ref=pd_mobile_detail-2-sims_vis&utm_source=google&utm_medium=sem_g&utm_campaign=19898968292&utm_term=dsa-19959388920&utm_content=_g_150475507151_w_dsa-19959388920_l_CjwKCAjwjqWzBhAqEiwAQmtgTyhjCpaSuCdwMHkls7NHtrtKtx9jnsBJiVPud9rPT3n-P6unUNguRBoCSwgQAvD_BwE&gclid=CjwKCAjwjqWzBhAqEiwAQmtgTyhjCpaSuCdwMHkls7NHtrtKtx9jnsBJiVPud9rPT3n-P6unUNguRBoCSwgQAvD_BwE&ln=true (In gold)
https://www.zappos.com/p/womens-naturalizer-havana-coral-peach-synthetic/product/9427447/color/1048206?zlfid=191&ref=pd_detail-v2-2-c_v2p_p (in Coral – but maybe this clashes)
Does anyone here have a kick scooter for themselves? If so, which one do you have? I’m thinking of getting one so that I can coast behind my kids as they ride their bikes on the trail. I can’t ride my bike slowly enough behind them nor can I run behind them, so a scooter seems like a possible solution. I know I’ve seen other adults ride them but my googling is subpar.
On the actual post: I really like this skirt! it’s so pretty with the simple white tank or with the matching blouse faking a dress
(Alas, I am not working in an office this summer and can’t justify new “nice” clothes at the moment)
Looking for a potty training pep talk…we started my 28-month-old over the weekend. She’d been showing all the signs — asking to use the potty at home and at school (especially for poop), telling us right away to change her diaper when it was dirty, etc. So we decided to go for it (even though my initial plan had been to do it much later in the summer). The first 24 hours were GREAT, but then it got worse and worse over the next two days…no active resistance, just lots and lots of accidents. Her first day back at school was yesterday: zero successes. The teachers said she was cheerful about sitting on the potty and told them right away when she had an accident, but…I don’t know. I just feel so dejected, like maybe we should have waited longer? I think I need some reassurance that it’s okay for progress not to be linear (she did have two successes this AM, so all hope is not lost). I have no memory of training my first, and my second we did during Covid when time had no meaning.
Our family (husband, I, and 18 month old) is going to be travelling in the next few weeks for a close family funeral. All 3 of us will need to be at the visitation & funeral itself (this is not negotiable). Husband will have the lead on caring for LO and stepping out with LO if needed.
Any recs for quiet toys at the funeral? LO loves books (but usually looks at them loudly). So far my best ideas are snacks and a pop-it.
Also, any recs for flying solo with said toddler? I will probably be flying home with LO solo due to hubs work schedule (short 1.5hr flight). LO has never flown before. Any phone apps that would be good on a plane? No sound preferred, obvs. LO is into letters and animals and I spy type pictures.
TIA!
This is my first real summer as a working mom (my kid is 6, but was in year-round daycare through the end of last summer). I know this isn’t an original complaint but….oof. I’m really struggling with the reduced childcare, increased driving time and constant schedule changes. The fact that my husband is an academic who travels a lot in the summer doesn’t help. It’s “working” in the sense that I’m getting my work done, but I have less time to do housework, less time to myself and feel like I’m not fully present with my kid when she’s home. She’s a champ at playing by herself and played Barbies on the floor of my office yesterday for two hours while I worked, but I feel guilty and like this is not what her summer should be. Not sure what I’m looking for, just commiseration I guess, but if anyone has tips I’ll take them.
Folks with kids still in school, how is it going?
T has 12 more days and we’re all so, so over it. I think there are so many “special” activities and basically no learning, so kids are overhyped.
I was going to work halftime while we are away at my parents, but I’m exhausted and once the UK election is done and dusted (nice job, Conservatives, calling elections during the Scottish school hols), I’m taking 2 weeks off.
Help me get motivated to do something for Father’s Day when Mother’s Day was a bust this year. We were at my MIL’s out of state and basically I was ignored. DH tried to make up for it later once we got home by making a nice dinner and getting me a gift. What can I do that recognizes the day in a way that’s low key but also low effort for me? Normally I’d let DH sleep in and have the day to do what he wants with I watch our three kids (5 and under), but that’s a lot of work for me and I have a bit of an attitude about that since I didn’t get even an hour to myself on Mother’s Day.
Is there any reason to decline a friend sending me a hand pump and a Haaka she used once or twice but never again? Obviously I would sterilize them. I’ve heard you shouldn’t accept hand-me-down pumps but I thought that might be for the ones with motors and parts that break down.
hope everyone had a better morning than i did. DH is traveling for work. we have 6 year old twins. Twin A came in well earlier than she is supposed to and was being a pain in the neck. Then flipped out bc Twin B tried to be helpful by carrying all of the water bottles downstairs and does this thing where she sits on the floor to pout. I got them each breakfast and went to the bathroom, then Twin A comes hysterical that Twin B ate half of her muffin, which Twin B of course denied, though she did say that Twin A didn’t do it either. Twin B is also hysterical at this point too. I was not proud of myself bc i really yelled at Twin B, but then i channeled everything i read about lying and said that i understand Twain A didn’t do it and that you are saying you didn’t do it, maybe there is a ghost in the house, etc. while at the same time acknowledging to Twin A that Twin B did it and it was wrong and unkind and that Twin A had every right to be mad and let Twin A have a few chocolate chips. And then 15 min later Twin B admitted that she spilled water on half of her muffin and it didn’t taste good and so she took Twin As. She clearly felt a lot of shame/guilt. (we are in the process of an adhd diagnosis, and apparently lying is a thing, though of course no diagnosis excuses the behavior). it’s only 9am where i live, but i feel like i’ve lived a whole day.