Wednesday’s Workwear Report: Classic Linen Single-Button Blazer
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Our daily workwear reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices.
My never-ending quest for a blazer that doesn’t make me feel like I’m cosplaying as a doctor or Miami Vice extra continues. This year I’m going to try a linen fabric, like this one from Talbots.
My office has been skewing pretty casual in recent years, so I’d try this out with some dark denim to see if I can pull it off. If not, expect to hear more from me as I try to figure this out!
The blazer is $189-$209 at Talbots and comes in sizes 2-18, 0P-16P, 14-24, and 14P-22P. Right now, you can get 40% off one item and 30% off everything else!
Sales of note for 5/15:
- Nordstrom – 3800+ items in “new markdowns” — I kind of wonder if they've started marking down stuff for their Half-Yearly sale that usually starts the week before Memorial Day. Good deals on Veronica Beard, Vince, Reiss (esp. coats), as well as Wit & Wisdom and NYDJ
- Alexis Bittar – Vault sale! 100s of re-issued archival styles up to 70% off, plus 25% off all full-price styles too
- Ann Taylor – Extra 40% off sale
- Boden – Up to 50% off with new styles added
- J.Crew – 40% off your purchase and 50% off dresses
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 50% off clearance + extra 20% off orders over $125
- Lands' End – Up to 60% off sitewide + extra 60% off sale and clearance
- Loft – 50% off your purchase, and 5/15 only: take 60% off the LOFT Versa collection
- Mango – Weekend exclusive, 30% off everything, and free shipping with $260+
- M.M.LaFleur – Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Supergoop – 20% off sitewide + free Glow Stick (also, free shipping with $50+)
- Talbots – Extra 40% +15% off all markdowns, plus Summer Fridays One Day Sale (5/15), $19.50 pocket tees and $29.50 relaxed chino shorts.
- Theory – 25% off sitewide
- TOCCIN – 30% off select items with code! (You can't stack codes, but on full price items try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off!)
- Vivrelle – Looking to own less stuff but still try trends? Use code CORPORETTE for a free month, and borrow high-end designer clothes and bags!
I want to move away from using my phone as a step counter so I’m not incentivized to carry it everywhere (and therefore look at it all the time) but am not sure the best replacement. I just started a new role that has me more sedentary and I need the metrics to incentivize me to take the stairs or go for a post-work walk despite the heat.
I don’t think I want a smart watch (see e.g. screen time concerns) though I can be convinced :) I am not super interested in other metrics, and am not a super athlete, just trying to fit some movement in. I WILL NOT use sleep tracker. I tried that it was one of the people for whom it disrupted sleep. I am subscription skeptical at this point.
What do you like? Fitbit? Oura ring? Smart watch? Old school pedometer you can point me to?
I have a garmin watch and really like it – I’m really committed to getting 450 active minutes a week (and more intense exercise counts as double). But the Lazy Genius recommended a bright yellow basic pedometer on a recent episode.
I had a Fitbit and it was a disaster. First it wouldn’t reboot and I had to send it back for replacement. Less than a year later it again wouldn’t communicate with my phone and was essentially a rock. Would not recommend.
Can you use your phone for a couple of known-distance walks – like, along the trail you use, or a certain number of city blocks – and then make a note of the steps accordingly? Like, if you want to take 4,000 steps, you then know you need to walk out-and-back to X intersection or landmark, or do Y number of loops around the park, or whatever.
Very happy with my Garmin Venu 3s. Does all the fitness stuff, but looks pretty elegant.