Suit of the Week: Veronica Beard
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For busy working women, the suit is often the easiest outfit to throw on in the morning. In general, this feature is not about interview suits for women, which should be as classic and basic as you get — instead, this feature is about the slightly different suit that is fashionable, yet professional. Also: we just updated our big roundup for the best women's suits of 2026!
Corduroy suits: yea or nay? I tend to like them better as separates, to be honest, but this rust- colored suit from Veronica Beard looks great. (I like it even better in the navy, but they don't picture the blazer with the pants there.)
Although in the picture above it looks like the blazer is double-breasted, it's actually a single button, single-breasted blazer; I like the slightly wide lapels. You can add one of the Veronica Beard dickeys to it, also, if you'd like.
The jacket is $798, and the pants are $498; both are available in sizes 00-16.
(Also: can we agree that the brunette model's pants are too short for those heels?)
Sales of note for 8/14:
- Ann Mashburn – Seasonal sale, up to 50% off – we just included them in our updated Top 10 Brands for Comfortable Heels!
- Ann Taylor – 25% off all suiting! Also, extra 60% off clearance — readers love this blouse and I always love the variety of colors/textures for this jacket (it's a great separate)
- Anthropologie – Extra 40% off sale!
- The Fold – Up to 50% off, further markdowns (new lines added)
- J.Crew – Up to 30% off
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off sitewide, extra 60% off clearance
- J.McLaughlin – Summer sale, up to 50% off
- Lilysilk – Anniversary sale, save up to 70%
- Me & Em – Sale! Up to 60% off (new lines just added, exclusively online)
- M.M.LaFleur – 20% off pants (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Nordstrom Rack – Clearance, new markdowns up to 75% off! Nice selection of Vince, Veronica Beard, Reiss and Rag & Bone, a ton of affordable work dresses from Calvin Klein, Maggy London, Eliza J, and Donna Morgan
- Saks Fifth Avenue – Take 25% off one item (ends Mon)! Great selection of Veronica Beard, L'Agence, Vince, and more.
- Talbots – End of season clearance, 60% off all markdowns. $24.99 pants and jeans
- Theory – End of season sale is on! Love all the colors their best-selling sweater tee comes in, and some colors are on sale.
- Tory Burch – Private sale, ends 8/19!
I know nothing about trading cars in; my family has always bought and driven into the ground. If I have an 11yo car with an incredibly loud engine due to “reasons the dealer can’t find” is it still worth investigating or is tradein more for newer cars? This one is a Subura fwiw.
If that was the only complaint I would keep it after having a local mechanic have a look. The dealer is incentivized to steer you to trade in/purchase.
Says the owner of a 10 year old car with 182K
I’ve always traded in my car when I bought a new one, I just don’t expect to get much for it because I drive cars into the ground. But the used car market has been weird since the pandemic. DH’s transmission died in his 13 year old truck earlier this year and the dealership still gave him like $15k for it when he bought a new one (which is really just $15k off the price of the new truck, plus paperwork). I’d look up the blue book value as a reference point. You won’t get that number but you might get like 20% less than that number.
I’m going on a double date with a couple I have very little in common with. They are both tech founders, and there is definitely a bit of ego / main-character-syndrome / Silicon-Valley-is-the-center-of-the-universe energy. Does the hive have any recommendations for having a nice time with people you don’t particularly relate to? Are there topics that are universally interesting or good for getting to know people on a deeper level? I know my husband values and would like to deepen this friendship, so I’d like to put in some effort.
Listen to them talk. Think of how this could be a good mystery / Anthropology PhD background research.
I treat these outings like ethnographic research and like observe the culture and ask tones if questions. Study them like a remote isolated community. It works because people LOVE talking about themselves and I’m not going into it trying to enjoy these people so much as learn.
My rec for conversing with people with different interests/experiences is finding ways to ask questions about theirs areas of interest that are interesting to you. And – it’s an easy way to keep the convo flowing, as most people can easily talk about themselves. For instance (as a non-tech person), I might ask follow up questions about the product development/creative parts of their job, the unique/quirky characters they work with, interesting people they’ve met while working. And the old non-work standbys of movies/tv, travel, food are always good options.
People love to talk about their kids and their vacations. If you can tolerate either topic, pick one and ask thoughtful questions to get them to keep talking.
Sounds like a White Lotus series in the making.
how often do you waste time on Zillow? in your neighborhood, on vacation, general dreaming?
My husband and I like to look at it together – sometimes we’re daydreaming about alternate lives we could be leading, sometimes we’re imagining something we might actually be interested in, and sometimes we are just making fun of houses together. We don’t do it too often, but maybe an evening once a month we’ll do one of these things. On my own, I find checking our home value weirdly reassuring, and I probably do that once a week or so.
A lot. I like to have a general idea of what’s going on with real estate in my neighborhood (for no productive reason, we’re not moving anytime in the foreseeable future). Relatedly, I’m also one of those people who will walk through any open house in my neighborhood. I always scroll through Zillow when we’re visiting anywhere on vacation just to see. I feel like any good vacation involves a fantasy about moving there full time!
Same here! Wish Zillow included international listings.
Almost never. I check our home value a couple times a year because it’s a decently big part of our net worth so I like to know the value. Beyond that, I don’t use Zillow at all.
Not much. Every now and then I check out a house a friend is buying or one for sale in our neighborhood or a place I used to live, but after several nerve wracking years of keeping an eye on Zillow as prices skyrocketed and we got priced out of the city we lived in and had to move out of state to buy, I don’t think of it as entertainment, just a source of stress.
Never. I’ll check the realtor app when I see a new listing up. Or if I’m on vacation and want to dream about living in the place.
Any good formal work clothes, shoes, or bag finds recently?
Absolutely obsessed with Bared Footwear who has their sitewide sale happening through tomorrow. I own so many pairs and love them!
Ugh, I see so many I like! But trying to not spend money right now…
I will be on a cruise next month in the Med visiting Mallorca, Sicily, Sardinia and the Spanish and Italian coasts. Any recs for novels set in this area? I have The Sicilian Inheritance on my list since I’ve enjoyed the author’s other books.
I am trying and failing to read The Leopard, which is a big deal novel in Sicily. I read a murder mystery series set in Mallorca a decade ago after a visit. It was only average but I enjoyed it. I’ll see if I can find the name of the author. I’m also interested in hearing recommendations.
I heard the movie adaptation of The Leopard is really good too.
The quartet of books by Elena Ferrante might be fun! There are some trips to the seaside in them
The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith.
Loads of Agatha Christie short stories are set at the Spanish, French and Italian coasts. The one on the blue train is the French riviera.
Annie Hawes’ autobiographical books about living in Italy are whimsical fun, the first one is called Extra virgin.
Farwell to Arms by Hemingway and Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco if you want something heavier.
why are so many dresses mini dresses, is a short dress that is 2 inches above the knee no longer a thing? also i hate puff sleeves, they make me look much wider
I like a very moderate puff, something that tapers into my arm instead of just extra fabric flapping.
I like a short dress, but so many of the dresses out there these days are so short and full that the proportions look off. A full-skirted dress that barely comes down to my fingertips just looks odd. The fuller the skirt, the longer the dress needs to be in order to look balanced. A super-short dress needs to be very fitted.
Right? I’m short and these dresses are short on me. They look a bit . . . juvenile? I get that maybe people are aiming at 60s-inspired, but I feel very mutton dressed as lamb in them. I’m aiming for a Truman Capote Swan look as I go through the decades and this isn’t it.
It looks so babyish! An a line dress that barely covers your bottom is a very typical baby girl outfit. Those dresses should come with cute bloomers.
which is not appropriate for adults!!!
If an attorney lists both their office phone number and cell phone number in an email, which would you try calling first for business related issues?
Office number
Office. But also I’m old.
Office. I would assume cell is for after hours emergencies.
Office. Odds are it rings through to their cell on Teams anyway.