Washable Workwear Wednesday: The Wide-Leg Pant
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For a spring wardrobe refresh, it’s easy to succumb to colorful tops or flowy dresses. But you should consider adding drapey pants into the mix, like this one from Ann Taylor.
Wide-leg trousers are becoming a wardrobe staple, and it’s easy to see why — they’re flattering on almost everyone and work for both 9 to 5 and after hours. This version has a high waist and pockets and is machine washable. While a classic option like black is a great choice, I love their bright “dazzling blue” for spring, pictured.
The Wide-Leg Pant is $129 and comes in four colors. It’s available in sizes 00–18 as well as petites.
Looking for tall sizes? Try these Maeve linen-blend pants at Anthropologie for the same price. And for plus sizes, these Tahari ASL pants are on sale for $53 at Macy’s.
P.S. Eid Mubarak to those who celebrate!
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
I’m thinking about weaning my 7.5 month old (or at least dropping pumping sessions) and am so torn.
I weaned my eldest around this time- I had a trip that I did not want to pump during and we had already needed to supplement with some formula because of my supply dipping. I remember weaning being a really emotional process but then feeling physically so much better when I was completely done breastfeeding.
This time around I have no trip/deadline and my supply has been good so far. He’s also definitely my last baby.
I don’t even really know what I’m asking, please share any stories/ideas you have! I’m so appreciative that this group seems to have the same mentality around this that I do (formula is fantastic! My feelings matter too! And also, there is special something about breastfeeding…) that I might just be needing internet strangers to give me permission to stop. Or maybe to keep going and reassess in a week or two. I don’t know.
The other week someone was asking for a book to read to their kid’s class about Passover and I stumbled across the book An Invitation to Passover, which I will be reading to both of my daughters’ classes. I will also share a link to a PJ library version of the Passover story in comments
We were just sent a survey from our school to get parental input before class placements are done for the upcoming school year. DD is in K. The survey asks for the names of 5 “friends or learning partners” and the school is committing to having at least 1 in her next year’s first grade class. There’s also a space for other comments. Would you name a specific child who has been negatively influencing your child here? [Trust me on the phrase “negatively influencing” – I lack a better description but there has been conferences with current K teacher about the issue.] It feels weird to call someone out by name. Given the discussions we’ve had with K teacher about the other student, I’m hopeful this will be taken in to consideration but I don’t want to be naïve. I also fear the other kid will name my child as one of the “learning partners” as we’re neighbors and kids play together in the neighborhood and are “friends.” Candidly, I think DD is one of the only kids that may tolerate him, and therefore his incredibly disruptive behavior, which is sad and another topic for another day, but we’d prefer more distance at school if we can get it. WWYD?
Just found out I’m pregnant and won’t be telling friends for a while, so sharing it here! Also, it’s my second pregnancy but the first was almost 6 years ago — any new advice for things to do/not do in the first few weeks? (I’ve got a confirmation appointment with the OB next week).
Related to the above, thoughts on requesting a specific teacher? I never thought I’d do it. My mom did it and although she did a really good job researching it and finding a teacher who was actually a good fit for me and not just the conventionally “good” teacher that everyone else wanted, I swore I would never do it for my own kids. It seemed like a prime example of snowplow parenting and I think part of life is learning to deal with people you don’t click with. I also didn’t really think it was possible in our district, because several people told me it wasn’t. But now I’m pretty plugged into our school volunteer network and apparently requesting is a thing that people do, and the requests are likely to be granted especially if the school knows you as a very involved mom. Several moms have strongly encouraged me to request a specific first grade teacher, who is apparently a very similar personality to my daughter’s K teacher, who has been beyond amazing. A few moms have pointed out to me that a bad teacher (especially at this age) can really derail a kid’s love of learning and it can be hard to recover from a terrible year when you haven’t yet established a love of reading and learning. And I do kind of see their point.
I was thinking I might send the principal a note about how wonderful our K teacher has been (I’m going to do this anyway, because I want her to get kudos) and add a comment that if there’s a first grade teacher with a similar teaching style we think s/he would be a great fit for our daughter, but not name any specific name. Does that seem like a good middle ground? Or do you think it’s overstepping to say anything at all other than telling her the K teacher was wonderful?
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I’d say something but be really nice, like “Mr X has been in regular communication about the dynamic between A and B, and in the coming year, we would prefer to separate the children to reset/allow them to develop new friendships and learning partnerships”.
We got asked by our son’s year 1 teacher if we wanted to keep him and his bestie together and I’m slightly regretting saying yes now. I think he could have benefited from mixing things up. And now it’s the same class between years 2-7 (they don’t shuffle between years).
I think there are several people here who’ve traveled extensively in France with kids — any thoughts on whether Aix-en-Provence or Corsica would be better with an early elementary age kid, and when the best time of year to go would be? We can travel any time from mid May to late July, but we have a slight preference for going around Memorial Day or July 4th since it saves us a day of PTO and summer camp options are limited those weeks.
(This is for next year, I’m just daydreaming!)