Suit of the Week: Ann Taylor
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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 2025!
We haven't talked about mixing prints in far too long — but what a great example of mixing prints! I love how Ann Taylor styled this black/brown plaid suit.
Brown continues to be a trendy color, but it can be a bit of a question on what colors to wear with it — in addition to the blue striped blouse (pictured), there are a lot of pictures of the plaid suit styled with solid black.
The suiting is available in a bunch of options — a wide leg pant, a skinnier ankle pant; a double-breasted blazer, a notched one-button blazer. There's even a matching strapless midi dress (which always feels like you need to channel Rene Russo in The Thomas Crown Affair, but maybe that's me).
(Psst: here are my other favorite fashion movies for work outfits!)
Sales of note for 8/12/25:
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your full price purchase, and $99 dresses and jackets — extra 60% off sale also
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 10% off new womenswear styles with code
- Dermstore – Anniversary sale, up to 25% off everything
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off all sale
- J.Crew – 30% off wear-now styles & up to 60% off all sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 60% off everything and extra 60% off clearance
- Mejuri – Up to 25% off everything
- M.M.LaFleur – New August drop, and up to 70% off sale – try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off.
- Neiman Marcus – Last call designer sale! Spend $200, get a $50 gift card (up to $2000+ spend with $500 gift card)
- Nordstrom – 9,800+ new women's markdowns
- Rothy's – Ooh: limited edition T-strap flats / Mary Janes
- Spanx – Free shipping on everything
- Talbots – Semi-annual red door sale! 50% off all markdowns + extra 20% off already marked-down items
I’m the poster with the boyfriend who wanted to move to India eventually. We got engaged last week in Portugal! Wanted to provide an update since I know there had been a couple of requests for updates previously.
Congratulations!
Congrats! And what’s the conclusion of the moving to India discussion?
Congrats! Indian engagement/wedding ceremonies are so fun and elaborate! Enjoy all the events!
Hope Portugal was great! Any accommodation recommendations?
Giiiiirl.
The updates are entertaining though.
+1
Hope OP is excited to live with her inlaws and wait on them hand and foot like an Indian wife is expected to.
I genuinely hope she’ll be happy however this works out.
I hate to break it to you but Indian families are not a monolith. I’m so sorry I have to explain to you, likely a grown adult woman, that 1.45 billion people are not alike despite you thinking we are brown and therefore not individual human beings, like white people are.
You can say that there are massive differences in cultural norms between India and the US without painting India (or the US) as a monolith. Obviously India has dozens of languages, religions, etc. and there are differences between these groups (and other differences between urban vs rural, just like in the US). But on the whole there are massive differences between India and the US when it comes to expectations around in-law involvement, elder deference, the role of women and men in the family. I have Indian-American friends from various cultures/religious backgrounds and geographic regions of India, and they all agree there is a lot of common ground in Indian or Indian American culture about family involvement and it’s very different than white non-Latino American culture.
I am Indian. I have lived in both the United States and India. You don’t need to explain it to me. You stereotyped an entire subcontinent because you don’t see us as individuals. Read a book or something.
I (the 3:34 poster) didn’t make any of the other comments on this thread, and I read plenty, lol.
Really? Couldn’t tell. Good for you.
Why are you being so nasty? And how is saying “XYZ is a huge difference between India and the US” erasing Indians’ individuality any more than it’s erasing white Americans individuality? Yes obviously Indians are individuals and there are major differences across culture, religion and geography. That’s true in the US too. But it doesn’t erase the fact that the cultural differences between India as a whole and the US as a whole (especially for the white European subculture of the US) are far more significant.
My Indian friends and family are some of the most cosmopolitan, progressive people I know. But some keyboard warrior who has apparently polled her Indian-American friends is going to explain Indian culture like some sort of expert.
This is r a c i s t and a sweeping generalization. Most urban / affluent Indians don’t live with their parents or in laws.
Yep. My friends in Bombay and Delhi lead way more cosmopolitan lives than a lot of my friends in Ohio, and yet…
What a vile & ignorant comment.
I think the “jokes” about wanting an open marriage and threesomes were an even bigger red flag than wanting to move to India. But they will intertwine when you move to India, he flagrantly cheats on you and no one cares and you can’t leave the country without your kids (to be clear, not because Indian women are so oppressed, but because every country including the US gives serious preference to its citizens).
+1
Exactly this. People were worried because there were red flags AND you were considering moving to a country that will disfavor women in a divorce. That’s a rough combo.
By “disfavor women”, I meant “disfavor foreign women.” I know nothing about how Indian divorce law works, but international treaties around child custody generally favor kids remaining in the country they have been primarily raised in.
Correct! I am the above poster who is defensive about Indian culture and life. There were some issues with the original post which are valid and merit some reflection. Also, moving abroad with anyone has some risks. OP should think about those risks, and this doesn’t have to devolve into a conversation about how terrible Indian people are.
You people are something else.
congratulations!
Congrats! Are you moving?
Congrats!!!
Congratulations! Beautiful place to get engaged:)
Does anyone know how Queen of Sparkles clothes fit? I need to get a dress or two-piece set for a milestone event. This is not Kim Mulkey, in case you were wondering.
Generally true to size. If it has a lot of sequins and you are between sizes, I’d size up since there won’t be any stretch in the sequins.
what’s everyone eating with seasonal fruit and veg? dreaming of a BLT for dinner tonight or tomorow :)
Fig and prosciutto pizza with caramelized onions, goat cheese, and basil.
Stop it. Between this and the blt im drooling…
I’ve been living on peaches.
Me too, and blueberries.
Panzanella and berry cobbler are our summer go-tos.
I got zucchini’d by my neighbor yesterday, so I’ve got that to contend with. Otherwise, it’s been a banner year for raspberries and chokecherries, so I have enough jam and jelly put up to last the winter and for Christmas gifts.
I wish I’d get zucchini’d; I’ve been wanting zucchini latkas or fritters for breakfast lately.
I’ll let my neighbor know and you’ll soon be overrun!
Zucchini basil soup! (with grilled cheese)
A mess of grilled vegetables and peach sorbet
Ooh if you’ve got the grill fired up, can I recommend also grilling a peach sliced in half. Then peach sorbet *in* the grilled peach bowls.
Can’t get enough of ripe plums and fresh gherkins.
Corn. Nonstop.
+1
Pesto pasta salad with roasted zucchini, corn, and tomatoes
Lentil salad with dill and tomatoes
Thai basil pesto noodles with baked tofu and red pepper
Thai basil eggplant
(My basil and dill plants have been very productive this summer. If anyone has other good ideas for vegetarian recipes that use a lot of Thai basil, I’m happy to hear them).
Fresh rolls!
Beautiful Michigan Cherries
Peach crisp. I’m thinking about making a galette. One kid has an unpleasant oral pollen reaction to raw peaches, so I like to make cooked peach desserts so we can all enjoy them!
If you need more cooked peach recipes, halfbakedharvest has one for a “peach dump” that is amazing. It could not be easier to make. You bake whole, unpeeled peaches with a stick of butter, cup of brown sugar and a teaspooon of vanilla. I made the optional brioche cinnamon sugar bread crumbs and served with vanilla ice cream. Felt like I’d won the dessert lottery (delish, fool-proof, easy clean-up).
They may like peach pizza with a balsamic drizzle. You can add prosciutto too.
This is my peak.
This week it is BLTs and pesto – all made from my garden.
I was wondering about how the poster is doing who posted not long ago about finding an urgent renal ultrasound. Are you feeling better? Were you able to get a diagnosis and treatment? I hope things have smoothed out for you!
I’ve got Shots Shots Shots covered, but can I get some other encouragement? I had an interview for a job related to a career pivot and they said they loved me and I would come back and meet the owner and then they completely ghosted. [I followed up politely once and it has been long enough, and there were multiple PT and FT options so I know it is a ghost.]
Ugh, that’s frustrating. But if it helps, multiple openings of all kinds and they are ghosting candidates? Either they are not real and were just data farming, or they are a hot mess, dreaming they could capture you and realized you are out of their league.
my husband had one of those interviews a few years ago – he came back and was so excited and said “well i not only killed the job interview but i think met my new best friend!” and we never heard from them again.
I’ve been applying for jobs for a few months. I’ve had multiple interviews, sometimes twice for some jobs. Always ghosted or a generic not selected/job cancelled email. It’s the new norm and so sad. I just want to be employed again.
I’m sorry this happened to you.
I have no idea how we evolved to just ghosting people. It’s unbelievably not normal. I have no idea what people are thinking when they behave like this.
It takes very little to say thanks but no thanks.
I will just say you never actually know. I’ve been the second choice for a job, not gotten a “no” because they want to pursue first, had things not work out with first and get an offer many months later. You truly have no idea what’s happening on the other side and it’s a mistake to read ghosting into these situations. If you clicked, stay in LIGHT touch and see what happens. Play a longer game than you are now.
Anyone want to talk me out of rage-quitting my job today? The usual refrain of “you have a mortgage and the economy is bad” isn’t quite getting the job done.
You can always quit when you’re calmer! Don’t do anything in rage; instead, take a breath & a break.
There with you. I need more than a day to get my tech affairs together, complete annual medical stuff, and prepare my game face.
I’m not saving lives in my job and I’m guessing the same is true for you. We need to care less. I know, easier said than done.
+1 care less. Lean out for a day, a week, a month. If they notice it will still take a long time to get fired and you’ll have all the extra income in the meantime. If they don’t notice, maybe that should be your new normal – at least while you job hunt.
There’s a saying in thru hiking of “never quit on a bad day.” Applies to work, too!
I have a friend who used to say that she was going to make them fire her so she didn’t have to do the work of quitting.