Tuesday’s Workwear Report: A-Line Knit Skirt
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Our daily workwear reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices.
This bold A-line skirt from Me + Em is definitely a statement piece, and the statement is “Wow, this skirt is so fun.” With something this dramatic, I would keep the rest of the outfit somewhat subdued. I would love to pair it with something like the crochet sweater polo we featured on Friday, or a crisp white oxford to keep the focus on the skirt.
There is a coordinating top if you’re feeling extra bold, but that’s going to be a lot of look for a day in the office.
The skirt is on sale for $241.50 (down from $345) at Me & Em and comes in sizes XS-XL.
Sales of note for 6/19:
- Nordstrom – 25% off clearance! Nice selection of Vince, Veronica Beard, Boss, Theory, Beyond Yoga, and Zella
- Another Tomorrow – Seasonal sale, 50% off select styles
- Ann Taylor – 50% off everything + free shipping! Readers love this blouse and I always love the variety of colors/textures for this jacket (it's a great separate)
- Athleta – 30-60%off reader favorites like Brookyn and Endless pants, and the Pranayama wrap is marked down to $55. ,
- AYR – Ooh, good sale section — but lots on final sale. Readers love (LOVE) these comfy work pants and these jeans.
- Bare Necessities – Semi-annual sale, up to 70% off, plus get an additional 40% off clearance swim. Readers have sung the praises of these cooling pajamas and their bra-sized swimwear
- Boden – 15% off new women's wear styles with code
- Evereve – 20% off dresses!
- Glossier – Last day 6/19: 20-25% off almost everything (including subscriptions!)
- J.Crew – Extra 15% off your purchase (on top of up to 50% off select styles)
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 15% off orders over $100, and extra 20% off orders over $125 – readers love their schoolboy blazers and sweaters (down as low as $84), and they have a great selection of summer suiting in the sale. Ooh, and these scallop-trim t-shirts have major Boden vibes.
- Jenni Kayne – Semi-annual warehouse sale
- M.M.LaFleur – Archive sale! (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Nordstrom Rack – Clearance, new arrivals 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
- Ruti – Semi-annual sale, up to 70% off!
- Splendid – Up to 60% off women's sale!
- Talbots – 6/19 only: free shipping, no minimum! Readers love their cashmere cardigans
This looks so dowdy to me, especially in a knit.
IDK, Boden has had similar ones in the past. I feel that if you are tall and thin, sort of like Tilda Swinton, you can even make this business formal with hard accessories. I could frump this up: wearing a size too small, wrong shoes, wrong proportions, wrong top, humidity hair. Execution can be more of a challenge with some items.
I love it! haha
My son is in 7th grade and I’m looking at high schools for him. I’m in north Jersey and it’s a 50 ride to UES.
He has yet to be academically challenged. He has Aspergers type autism. I’m considering supporting him applying to Regis and wanted to ask anyone on the board about their experience as a parent of the school.
My son has an IEP but the support is minimal. He struggles socially and that problem will exist no matter the school. I’m in North Jersey so the NYC magnet schools aren’t an option. Our local high school is good enough but academically it’s very stale for him.
I have a similar kid and I will say that while she floated academically, there was something about a huge public high school that wore her dealing-with-it battery out. I think it was the lack of recess? I feel that if I could have found a high school for her like Davidson (small, nurturing, spread out so you have a lot of walking in your day), I would have sent her. Instead, autism (even if you are high functioning to the point where 50 years ago you’d have just been quirky) is a no-go from admissions if you are candid on the paperwork. Boo. Some people we know have sent their kids, mostly boys, to autism- or neurodivergent-friendly boarding schools where their kids have thrived. I am sure they tailor classes to the students so they are learning a ton even if these aren’t the Lawrenceville-type schools near you. IDK if private school elsewhere is in the mix or if Craig School is still around (Morris County), but we have many family connections there as students and teachers and if we lived in the area would also look there. I think they added a high school at some point (or many boys went to Delbarton for high school). Those kids were academically very well prepared for a rigorous high school and then college.
I have a 10th grader with AuDHD who is smart but was floating a bit in middle school. Private school, particularly a challenging private high school, was a total game changer for him/us. Being with intellectual equals (and a fair number of kids smarter than him!) has been great. “2E” (high intelligence alongside neurodivergence) is pretty common so there is a very high population of other quirky kids and he’s found his tribe and really thrived.
If that isn’t an option financially, I get it. I’d focus on honors programs in your local high schools, as well as supplemental academic programs. Classes that explore a particular hyperfocus can also really help with socializing. As I’ve said to my kiddo – in highly driven/high performing organizations there is a LOT of neurodivergence and it’s much easier (imo) to navigate when that’s more common.
I will leave a link in the next comment where you may find more specifics about Regis, as the board is NYC centric. [DC Urban Mom Metropolitan New York City Forum.]
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/forums/show/71.page
I would check out Lawrenceville too, if he’s strong in academics and you’re open to boarding. Boarding plus the required sports may help him find his people. Freshman all live together, so it’s also a situation where I think you’d have a good sense after one year if it’s a solution or not.
I went there eons ago, albeit as a female day student, and it was the first place I was ever academically challenged. I think it made me the person I am more than college.
I know a similar son to OP’s son who boarded at Blair from near enough to go home to recharge as needed. I can’t remember where he went to college but he has a master’s degree now.
It’s almost markdown time for Pride stuff – anything colorful youve got your eye on?
I love the whole concept of Pride but really dislike the rainbow color scheme. I wish I felt differently.
Does anyone know who Beanie Feldman’s stylist is? I need someone to follow who can dress a woman who isn’t a twig well. Beanie always looks fantastic.
If you google “Beanie Feldman’s stylist,” the search returns an article with the stylist.
So obvious, but thank you! I know what I am doing now on my lunch break :)
Trying to take advantage of my rising 4th grader’s national park pass and seeking recommendations for:
1) Great Smoky Mountain National Park for fall break in early October – I know this is a very busy time of year there so “off the beaten path” recs especially welcome. We’re not normally Airbnb people but seems like renting a house is the way to go here?
2) Utah Mighty 5 for spring break in mid-March — doable in 8-9 days? if not, which ones would you eliminate?
We did 4 of the 5 in a week – we did not go to Capitol Reef – so I think it’s doable. We had 8 days in Utah, but we had one full day in SLC for a sports competition and because of the timing of that we spent more time driving around than we would have if we had been focused on the parks only. You won’t get to spend days in each park, but you will have time to see parts of each one. Our youngest was 10 for that trip, and it was manageable with her. We flew into Vegas, drove up to Zion and Bryce, then went from there and ultimately flew home from SLC.
It was an incredible trip and I was blown away by the natural beauty. I knew we would see some cool things, but I honestly didn’t expect to fall so in love with that part of the country! For what it’s worth, my favorites were Bryce and Zion. I also really enjoyed the drive across Utah to Moab, probably because it’s such a different landscape from the Midwest.
I’m taking a week-long staycation later this summer because I really need a break from work. I’m single, no kids and plan to spend the week doing crafts, going to my local pool, taking long walks, etc. Does anyone have any suggestions for how to make sure this feels like a real break even though I’m not going anywhere? My only idea so far is to give up scrolling on my phone for the week. Any other ideas for how to make this week feel like a break?
If you have the budget, staycationing in a hotel always feels much more vacation-y to me than a staycation at home. Probably because there’s no temptation to get caught up in housework.
This. Find one with a pool and hang out there.
Going to a coffee shop with my book and spending two hours reading with coffee every morning would be a big piece of it for me. Also, I would pre-do all of the household chores the same way that I do before I actually leave town, so that I’m not doing laundry and groceries on my week off. Finally, I’d decide which nights I want to go out to dinner and go to restaurants/get take out from restaurants that I either already know I enjoy but don’t go to or that are new to me, the same way that I do on a trip.
I second the local hotel idea. I also make detailed, fun itineraries ahead of time, just like I would for a trip somewhere else. Research places to shop, eat, etc. and treat your hometown like a place you’ve never been. Get to those things you never have “time” to do.
+1. You will want a mix of comfortable relaxing things, and novel stimulating things.
Doing the things that you never take the time to do – otherwise it will just feel like a long weekend of normal life! Like, there’s a botanical garden half an hour away? Take your long walk there. Get reservations at places that are hard to get into because you’re flexible on the time. Etc.
In high school, I loved reading short stories. Is that still a genre now? The ones then were so excellent. Now, I read mainly nonfiction because I have such varied chunks of time that I can’t hang onto complex fiction well. But if I read something shorter where I could start and finish in one sitting, I think I’d read more of that. But where is it? Is that just magazine articles (whoops — still nonfiction). I miss the good stuff from English class and feel that there has to be more of that out there, somewhere. Yes?
There are great short story collections. I really like Laurie Colwin’s work from the 70s and 80s, Lauren Groff is probably one of the best contemporary short story writers (albeit a bit dark for me), Claire Keegan’s work is beautiful.
The New Yorker publishes a lot of short fiction, but I find I prefer 20th century work, or non-American short stories. There’s a cynical tone I don’t always love.
A lot of well known novelists also have short story collections. Jhumpa Lahiri, Curtis Sittenfeld, Amor Towles, Zadie Smith are some I can think of off the top my head.
Those are all great shouts. Curtis Sittenfield’s stories are so intensely uncomfortable, but so good.
I have an over full toiletries closet. Most of it was for guests – I used to have friends and family stay with me several times a year (I’m near a common tourist city). Over the last year, I got cancer and haven’t been hosting (I’m doing ok but need rest). I am purging closets. Some of these products are still “good”/not expired. 99% are open. like my niece used the L’Oréal shampoo and my brother opened a different bottle. I called a local shelter and they do not take opened products. I don’t have social media. Is my best option throwing things away? I can’t use 10 bottles of shampoo before they expire, even as body wash, and can’t use some of these chemicals anyway.
Buy nothing group. I also put a bunch of stuff in a community centre bathroom (perfumes, hair products, nothing that would come into contact with skin) and 80% was gone in an hour.
Put them in a box on your porch and post that they’re available for free on your local buy nothing group. They’ll be gone within an hour and a half.
Has anyone found any fantastic “executive” very low heel or flat shoes this summer? My neuroma is acting up and I just want to invest in good shoes with the right profile for work (mostly ankle length tropical wool pants and dresses with longer skirts, both of which look OK in flat shoes to my eye). I wanted a pair from Me & Em, but they are sold out in my size. What else good is out there now? I’m good on loafers and fashion sneakers at the moment.
I have hammertoes and bad feet in general, never wear any sort of heel, and I just bought a few pairs of low block heels which are actually comfortable.
This one has executive style: Miz Mooz Gilda Heel. May not be low enough for you though.
The other one is slightly more trendy: Cole Haan Paxton Mary Jane.
IDK why I am sad about Daveigh Chase (among other roles, Rhonda Volmer in Big Love, which she was chilling and terrific in) dying. I guess it seems so familiar: an accident, a legitimate Rx for pain meds from a doctor, descent, bad friends. I saw her mom on the news and her story just was so awful — searching for her daughter, seeing in the news that she had died.