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Coffee Break: Cashmere Ombré Wrap

I'm one of those people who, despite being fully vaccinated, is still mostly comfortable eating outdoors — which has led to some chilly (but delightful) nights recently, catching up with friends. So I've been reaching for allll of my cashmere wraps. (I'm 90% sure this plain black one from Nordstrom is the one I've had and loved for years, but mine is kind of thick so I need to go confirm. It might also be this $59 one from Halogen. Hmmn.)

Cashmere wraps are great because you can pick out your perfect outfit, then grab the wrap. Feel like layering it on top of another jacket? Great. Feel like using it to cover your legs? Great. Feel like not using it at all? That's fine too, just fold it into a square and tuck it behind the small of your back so you don't forget to take it with you.

If you're looking for a colorful, happy one, this pink ombré one at Neiman Marcus caught my eye — it also comes in blue ombré, gray ombré, black/white, and red/pink. Love. It's $250 — it does look on the thin side but given that it's 100% cashmere I'll bet it's plenty warm.

Do tell, readers — if you're a fan of wraps, which brands/styles are your favorites? In general, what lightweight jackets are you grabbing this year?

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Psst: some of my favorite office pashminas/blanket scarves if you're always freezing…

Some of our favorite office pashminas as of 2024 include ones from J.Crew, Nordstrom, and this super affordable one from Amazon. If you're looking for more of a ruana jacket, I highly recommend the Brooks Brothers' ones!

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Amazon
woman wears oversized cashmere wrap like a ruana
J.Crew
tissue weight wool and cashmere wrap
Nordstrom (Cash/Wool)
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Nordstrom (Cash/Silk)

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  1. I am having the opposite problem – the “sheds” that many restaurants built were great in cool weather, but can be stifling in hot! I am in the market for a few breezy dresses that are (a) not covered in flowers or ruffles, and (b) not midi length…

    2. Check athleisure brand dresses. They tend to be lightweight and come in neutral solids.

    4. I saw an article on the mom edit today with a bunch of linen reformation dresses that might work.

      1. I don’t think you could wear a br@ with any of those dresses. I find the brand in general to be puzzling. How does one actually wear any of their clothes to move around and do things? I think they are only practical for posing for the ‘gram.

      2. oh wow I want the life for reformation dresses… the one she recommended for Barcelona is perfection.

  2. I actually am struggling to find a business-appropriate light jacket,so this post is timely. Everything in local stores looks like I’m either on my way to spin class, or standing on a riverbank tying flies for fishing.

    Why us it so easy to find decent formal winter outerwear, but not spring outerwear?

    1. Banana Republic Factory has a pique moto jacket – it’s very minimal, so would work for a more casual business setting. I saw a quilted barn jacket recently that might also fit the bill. Cuyana has a cropped trench that’s kind of interesting!
      Eileen Fisher has some nice choices, as well.

  3. Trying again since I got not replies this morning…

    I recently came across a professional women’s networking group called Ellevate. Is anyone a member? Can you share more about the network and whether you like it and find it valuable?

        1. Not Anon at 2:47, but stranger networking (although that site looks like a services sales aggregator) isn’t useful. The most useful networking IME is built off a personal referral or relationship. Your existing connection connects you with others and so forth and so on. I would have no trust in a stranger I met on that site, whereas, I have more trust in a personal recommendation.

          2. Okay, you’re definitely just trying to market this thing, right? Nobody replied to you on the morning thread for a reason and at this point I think you’re doing your brand a disservice.

          3. 4:31 Anon, I said the same thing below. No other reason I can think of for being so defensive / argumentative…

      2. +1, I don’t see how this would be useful. Better off joining industry specific groups like a bar org, etc. this looks like a money grab disguised as a networking opportunity.

    2. To be honest I never know what to do in these kinds of groups – they’re so generic that they don’t really help me. I do better connecting with people from the same industry and even same corporation.

    3. I always want to do things like this b/c I need them and then realize that I would likely be seen as a senior person with advice to give and that thought is so horrifying to me. Honestly, my only mentors who have been any good have been men and I’ve love to hobnob with more successful women (but they probably would see that as outright charity with nothing in it for them, can’t say I disagree with that) to learn their secrets, especially if they are parents (which is my big hurdle to clear, especially after this year and change).

    4. IME industry-based societies are worth joining, but generic “girl power” groups just descend into complaining and outdoing each others’ shoulder chips.

    5. My friends in anything related to commercial real estate have spoken highly of CREW — Commercial Real Estate Women in various cities. One did mortgage servicing work, another worked on interior space buildouts for commercial tenants (office furnishings also?) and another did leasing.

    6. I think in part it depends on what kind of business you are marketing. I am not familiar with that group. However, I started going to a monthly women’s networking lunch I found on Meet Up. It was a mix of professionals and MLMs, skewing very heavy on the MLMs. However, I work for a general practice law firm and even MLM #girlbosses get in car accidents, get divorced, file for bankruptcy etc. It met my goal of meeting more people in my community and getting lots of free samples! I even got a free legit spa treatment.

      1. This comment is amazing. I have clearly been doing networking wrong this entire time.

    8. I’m opposed based on the grounds that the organization didn’t even spell Elevate correctly and turned the name into a weird feminine version of a real word.

      But no, never heard of this group.

      1. I agree that Ellevate seems like a waste of money but am kind of cracking up that you made this comment on … Corpor-tt-

        1. Apologies if you aren’t the OP but you sound really defensive about this group. Do you work for them?

          #neverforgetGlamBot

        2. No clue what Ellevest is, but yeah, I’d be against that too. I don’t need to be pandered to.

    9. Wow. The comments on this thread alone remind me why I stopped reading a year ago.

    10. The only think this post achieved was to inspire me to go see if all of this company’s marketing efforts are equally as bad.

      1. Well the former Goldman Sachs broads refer to “Goldman Sach’s old headquarters” on a main page of their website, so I am out. Plus it is a B Corp. Not interested.

        1. Elevate used to be called 85 broad, the Goldman women’s network. Janet someone took it externally and it was for banking women . It was cheeky name from the location

          Sallie krawcheck bought it after she eas exited from boa or citi and renamed it, cranked up the fees and watered it down. 85 broads was pretty cool, I founded a chapter and it was a very active and supportive group. I left after the renaming, as it turned into all fees and no benefuts as she tried to recoup investment. and I’ve been a member a few years ago. There are networking groups but very hit or miss. I suggest as above to find other groups.

          Ellevest is the investment arm of same company and also Sallie.

          Hth

  4. I have a personal trip to plan and OMG I had forgotten how awful booking sites can be for non-large-chain hotels. Even for large ones, I feel like I am practically an employee there with the amount of data I have to input to do anything. And calling a #? I have to enter all the data and then tell the person all that again (like why did I have to give it twice)? If I could get away with it, I’d look at campsites, but it’s a shower-preferred good-hair sort of trip.

  5. I need to find a cocktail dress for a wedding next weekend (because yes, I did wait until yesterday to try on all my special occasion dresses and realize none of them fit any more, thanks Covid weight), so I’m doing some “pre-shopping” online to try to figure out which stores to try and why in god’s name does everything have ruffles, off the shoulder, or spaghetti straps? I just want a basic cocktail dress I can wear a real bra with and apparently my view of “cocktail dress” and the fashion world’s have diverged dramatically during this pandemic.

    1. This is why I wear nicer work separates and a beautiful shawl. Although I would totally also wear the $525 Marina Rinaldi dress from the other day, except for the $525 part.

      1. Holy crap I didn’t realize that dress was $525. That’s crazy. It’s not even made of a natural fiber.

    2. Can you buy Joseph Ribkoff in the states (assuming that is where you are)? Lots of choice there, good prices on the sale stuff. Forgiving fabric and cute but real-bra-worthy styles. Also the shop 1er Avenue in Montreal might ship internationally.

    3. Zappos tend to ship really fast, if you order quick you could try a number of things at home, in case that adds more decent options.

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