Washable Workwear Wednesday: Way-High Drape Pant

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There’s something elegant about a drapey, wide-leg pant like this one from Everlane.

This high-rise pant has practical side pockets and flattering pleats. It’s also made from a washable, lightweight, and breathable fabric. It comes in both short and regular lengths in three office-friendly colors (slate gray, sandstone, black).

Just add a tucked-in blouse or shell and you’re ready to ring in another year at the office!

Everlane’s Way-High Drape Pant is $98.

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 2/14/25 (Happy Valentine’s Day!):

(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)

  • Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
  • Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase — and extra 60% off sale
  • Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + 15% off (readers love their suiting as well as their silky shirts like this one)
  • Boden – 15% off new season styles
  • Eloquii – 300+ styles $25 and up
  • J.Crew – 40% of your purchase – prices as marked
  • J.Crew Factory – 50% off entire site and storewide + extra 50% off clearance
  • Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
  • Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
  • Talbots – Flash sale ending soon – markdowns starting from $15, extra 70% off all other markdowns (final sale)

And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interestworking mom questions asked by the commenters!

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My apologies if this topic has been covered recently – but what have people purchased lately to help make life easier in any respect?

I purchased a second set of snowpants for my kids so that it is less of a big deal when they leave the first pair at school and want to go sledding over the weekend. I also bought 3 amazon plugs and programed my coffee pot, the Christmas tree (before I took it down), and a light to go on at 3:30 (when it starts getting dark).

Has anyone made one of those pinata cakes with a hollow center filled with candy and sprinkles? Does it actually create a cool effect when you cut into the cake? I am trying to come up with fun surprises for kiddo’s second consecutive birthday in lockdown (arrrrrrrgh!). These cakes look neat in photos, but the skeptic in me thinks the candy would get soggy and stick together and wouldn’t spill out properly when the cake was cut.

Privilege question. For those of you with housecleaners, do you have them clean your kids’ room/bathroom, change their sheets, etc.? Is this age-dependent? Personally, my goal is that my kids leave my home knowing how to do basic self-care, including cleaning a bathroom. But am I worrying too much about the 4yo not “helping” me change his sheets? When should that change? Signed, never grew up with a housecleaner

How much screen time is too much screen time? I’m running out of ideas and energy over here to occupy 3.5 year olds (this is being typed as i stand in line for a Covid test)

I have a one year old in daycare. I am not sure how to deal with comments from well meaning folks (colleagues, boss, HR), that “at least omicron seems pretty mild if you’re vaccinated,” and/or “kids don’t seem to get it too bad.” It may be true but comes across tone deaf. This statement has come up multiple times when I have voiced concerns about possible daycare closures and getting covid.

Am I just making a big deal out of nothing? Perhaps I just want my colleagues to recognize I’m working under very difficult circumstances.

In the last few days, my 8 year old has developed a fear of choking and won’t/can’t swallow solid food—like even the tiniest bite of a soft, chewed-to-mush food. She is eating tomato soup (no chunks), ice cream, and drinking smoothies so at least is getting some (but not enough) calories. She hasn’t had any near-choking experience that Im aware of that might have provoked this. Im reaching out to the pediatrician today, but has anybody experienced this with their kid? I’m pretty worried, not only about the lack of eating and whatever is going on psychologically, but also that whatever intervention they do will cause more anxiety/issues around food down the road. Hoping for anecdata for anyone who has been through this.

Question on pay: my small law firm is now just me and the boss, who I think will fully retire within a few years. My boss expects things to slow considerably and wants to meet to discuss our arrangement (currently FT salsary). The field is fairly niche, but less pay than you would get for it on the “other side” of the table (similar to plaintiffs’ side vs defense employment law). We share a very part-time secretary, no paralegals. I work from home, and our office was downsized. While I realize this is not very conventional nor likely the best career-wise, but due to a lot of personal factors (including young kids, covid, DH travels for work, burn out, etc.) I’m ok with it if I get the flexibility I need.

He has always been fair to me, so I want to propose something reasonable. Is there any go-to formula for an hourly rate for professions like lawyers? My thought is that I’ll be available M-F, 9-4, and work as needed at this rate. If we have no work, no pay. If I work 40 hours, paid and bill 40 hours. So, I’m thinking of a rate just under half what I know I’m billed at, but would like some support/benchmark for this. (Vs an hourly rate or salary for a set 30 hours a week). So, if billed at $300/hr to the client, getting $130/hr. Advice? Other things I should make sure to address?

OP- we have already paid for better ventilation and masking has been required 100% of the time. Very frustrating.

I am so very over the Chicago Teachers’ Union. I assumed we would have closures and periods of quarantine, but I was hoping it would not be because of political antics by the Union. This is the third year in a row that kids’ school is disrupted by this Union.

I’ve never turned to internet strangers for big life advice before, but I know this group is wise and thoughtful and smart and I need help. I’m a biglaw partner miserable at work and considering quitting. I have two young kids (ages 3 & 6) and I feel like am missing the best/most fun years of their lives. My husband also has a very demanding job and the unpredictability of our work lives is really taking a toll on our family; I am at my breaking point and have been for awhile.

I already have a reduced hours / “part time” schedule, but it’s still a lot of hours and I can’t control them. There is nothing more I can do to make my work schedule better at my firm. An in-house opportunity came along recently, and while it seems like a great job on paper, the prospect of pursuing it filled me with dread. That made me feel like maybe I just don’t want to work at all, or at least not as a lawyer? I know plenty of in-house lawyers with very demanding jobs, so I am not convinced that going in-house is the solution.

I am at a point where I feel like I want to just quit my job and work not at all, or, if such a job existed, work 20-25 hours a week just to have something to do outside of my house. I don’t care about prestige and I don’t care about money. We could live comfortably on my husband’s salary. I just want to have a nice life and I am fantasizing about what it would be like to not work — I’m imagining volunteering at my kids’ school, helping out at an organization that means a lot to me, working in my garden, creative pursuits that I have long neglected and feel bitter about. Am I losing my mind? I am coming off of a rough December work-wise, plus pandemic-driven logistical chaos, and maybe my gut can’t be trusted right now.

Basically I am sick of grinding it out and making life harder than it needs to be. I keep feeling like I am going to look back on my life as an old lady and wonder why I didn’t quit sooner and have more fun.

Annnd my son’s daycare class had a positive COVID case, so there goes childcare for the week.

My dumb question to start off the new year: when potty training boys, do they sit down to pee? My husband and I are baffled by this! What do we do?! :)

Suggestions on potty training resistance from a tired and boundary testing toddler pre- and post-daycare? We went through Oh Crap over the break and it seemed to work beautifully. Of course it was a little too good to be true. Now, getting back to our normal routine and LO is resisting sitting on the potty at all (we don’t ask but tell it’s time and try to work it into transitions).

For those looking for reading recs for 6ish year olds, my daughter LOVES Dragon Masters! We are reading them at night, and I think one day soon she’ll be able to read them herself. I actually like these way better than pretty much all other first chapter book series–including Zooey and Sassafras, Ivy and Bean, and Mia Mayhem. The story is pretty good and not as repetitive. We’ve only read two but I’m hoping they continue to be as good as we progress through the series.

has anyone found k94 masks for their kids that are legit and work well? there are so many counterfeit ones out there, i find it hard to make sure that what i am ordering is reliable.