Washable Workwear Wednesday: V-Neck Sequin Tweed Jacket
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It’s tweed season! If you’re in the market for an easy-care version that works for both the office and upcoming holiday parties, consider this one from Ann Taylor.
This polished jacket has a collarless V-neck, double-breasted front, and fringed finish. The red and black weave is easy to wear.
For the office, just add your favorite black trousers and top. For a party, I would add some sparkly jewelry and strappy black heels.
The Long V-Neck Jacket in Tweed is $219 full price — but now on sale for $116! — and comes in sizes 00-18 as well as petites.
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Sales of note for 11/16/25
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I think there are many people here with gifted kids. Have you found the gifted classes in elementary school to be overly cutthroat/competitive?
My 2nd grade girl has been in her school’s gifted program since kindergarten. She’s doing well academically, has loved her teachers and has made good friends in every class. However, she’s always found a large segment of the kids, especially boys, to be really obnoxious and competitive and it’s much worse this year in a class that (I think not coincidentally) happens to be two-thirds boys. A few boys are really targeting my daughter, calling her dumb and picking on her for the one academic skill (spelling) where she’s noticeably weak relative to high ability peers. We’re doing what we can to counteract the messaging at home but it’s not getting through to her and I’m starting to see her self-confidence wavering, which is so tough. I’ve raised the issue with the teacher, who was pretty dismissive. According to my daughter these boys are very disruptive and rowdy, so my sense is that the teacher’s energy is all being consumed trying to manage that part of the classroom dynamic. I would hate to pull my daughter out of the program, because she can clearly handle the academic work and has a solid friend group of really sweet girls from this year and last. But I also hate to see her thinking of herself as dumb and am questioning whether this overly competitive environment is appropriate for a kid this age, especially one like mine who is kind of sensitive and anxious. Thoughts?
Should I give my secretary an extra holiday gift, on top of what my team gives her? My secretary has saved my bacon a few times and she’s always willing to drop her task and do something for me. I share her with a coworker and our manager and in the past, we’ve pooled funds to give her one gift card (same amount goes to our shared paralegal). She always gives me a tangible, small item in return. This year, her promotion has been stuck at levels above my paygrade and morale is low. I’d like to do something extra for her, but will that be inappropriate re my coworkers/manager and if I don’t do something for our paralegal?
Just got an invite to a preschool birthday and the parents list gifts that the kid might like and even go as far to say they would welcome hand me downs (cool!) but they also say they’d love books but “no IP!!”
What are IP childrens books?? I did a quick google and got nothing.
what do your 7 year old (2nd grader) daughters want for the holidays? my children literally have everything and need nothing. of course, if i show them a toy catalogue i’m sure they can find something they want (that will end up collecting dust), but that seems wasteful. much to my dismay, they rarely play with toys. my in-laws recently came to visit and took them to the toy store and let them buy some things and so that basically cleared their lists. most of their play involves drawing/writing stuff on paper and I feel like we have enough art supplies to open our own craft store and no one wants to buy them paper. i realize this is very much a first world problem, but i will have to provide lists to relatives.
I have a new-ish quasi-academic research job and am currently at a conference with a few colleagues. For my entire career, the norm for conference attendance has been that you go to whatever sessions are interesting and relevant and make connections with whomever you please. My goals are always to keep current on the state of the field, learn about methodological developments, maintain existing professional relationships, and forge new ones.
The first morning of the conference, I got an e-mail from the boss telling me which sessions to attend. Most have no relevance to our work, and would require me to miss sessions with much more relevance. I was also told that I am not allowed to speak with any funders, even if I have a pre-existing independent relationship with them, and that if I want to connect with anyone in my own network I need to do it at breakfast or in the evening, meaning that I can’t try to attend their presentations or meet up for coffee or lunch. Am I off base, or is this pathologically controlling and incredibly demeaning?
When do you start to push reading? My kindergartner is on grade level according to her report card (haven’t had conferences yet) but has zero interest in sitting down with me at home and trying to sound out Bob books or Dr. Seuss. She’s happy to be read to. Not sure whether pushing harder is my responsibility as a parent or whether I’m risking just making her hate reading.
Has anyone here moved towns/cities to access a better public school system? The public school system in my town is in major budget crisis and I’m discouraged by what I’m seeing and learning about the management of the system. My oldest child is in kindergarten. We have not considered private school because of cost and because my husband and I are generally in favor of public education. We love our house, neighborhood, and community. However, the present school issues have me very concerned.
Are long blazers in style now? Everything I see is cropped
Looking for vacation recommendation ideas for between Christmas and New Year’s. Two young kids 6 and 2 and two adults. We live in the mid-Atlantic, and I would prefer within driving distance. Thanks!
How annoyed would you be about this? DH thinks it’s nbd but it’s been a couple of weeks and I still find myself thinking about it.
My lovely friends still up a meal train for DH and me after our baby was born. I have only one food aversion: let’s call it Brussels sprouts. My mother forced me to eat it and it was always a huge fight. I can’t stand even the smell now; my whole body tenses like I’m anticipating violence, which makes sense because that’s what happened to me for 16 years. I told everyone no Brussels sprouts please before they prepared anything and it was on the meal train link.
One friend, let’s call her Ann, has always thought my food aversion is ridiculous. She’s told me that she’ll make Brussels sprouts for me some day and I’ll love them. I’ve told her that it’s a childhood trauma thing and no matter how delicious her dish might be, I can’t do it.
You can guess where this is going. Ann signs up to drop off dinner. As she’s on her way, over an hour later than expected, she informs me that she and her husband will stay and have dinner with us (no one else did this btw). At that time, DH and I were sleeping in shifts and I needed to go to bed, so I told them sorry we already ate and I need to sleep so we can’t have company rn. She drops off dinner and goes on her way. The dinner is a stir fry with shredded Brussels sprouts throughout, so it’s not like you can even pick them out.
I don’t know how to take this. I thought it was weird that she invited herself to eat with us. And then to see the dish is full of Brussels sprouts… did she want to make sure I ate it? Or make it awkward if I refused? DH thinks she probably just forgot I hate Brussels sprouts. I’m not going to confront Ann or anything, but I kind of want to distance myself from her after this. Is it just postpartum brain?
Is anyone affected by the Byheart formula recall? We used it temporarily last spring and we have some of the packets now that fortunately we didn’t use. So scary.
My beloved low top Converse are too narrow in the toe box. Any recommendations for a similar style, more appropriate for duck feet? I really prefer a low profile shoe and don’t require a ton of padding.
What do I wear when I return to work from maternity leave? I mainly need bras and work appropriate pants including jeans. I think I can muddle through winter with sweaters or blazers l, so I’m set with tops.
I’m working on weaning because I’m exclusively pumping; I’m down to 2 pumps a day so I won’t have to pump at work. I only have 1 pumping bra that fits right/is comfortable, and it was expensive. I’ll get resized once I stop lactating, but what do I wear until then?
And pants/jeans… ugh. We’re a business casual office but people wear crisp jeans and a button down or blouse, for example. I have a pair of Eileen Fisher pull on work pants that will be great, but that’s pretty much all I’ve got rn. My maternity pants are too big, regular pants are too small. Help?