Coffee Break: Hooded Ribbed Cashmere Scarf
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Ooh: a lot of Labor Day sales are starting already. NET-A-PORTER has a lot on sale, including this (very!) expensive hooded scarf. It is STILL very expensive, even though it is 40% off, but I really do like the idea of it.
I've always loved the wrap or ruana as a topper for a blazer because it's such an easy layer — it goes on top, it looks intentional, you don't have to do the whole “hold my cuffs while I put my arm into my jacket” dance (or buy a coat a size or two up to accommodate a blazer). This version makes it even better, at least, by adding the hood. Head warmth + hair protection = sign me up.
The scarf was $4000, but is now marked down to $2400 at NET-A-PORTER. (Two other finds in the sale that are a bit more reasonable in price: I love this Gabriela Hearst scarf in dark green, as well as the colorful print on this gorgeous Acne Studios scarf.)
Sales of note for 9/11:
- Nordstrom – End of season clearance, up to 50% off
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase + extra 15% off when you spend $200
- Anthropologie – Extra 50% off sale! The reader favorite wide leg pants come down crazy low in some colors/fabrics, but they're down to lucky sizes
- Athleta – 30% off select styles (including my favorite sweatshirts as well as these reader favorite pants) + extra 30% off sale
- AYR – Archive sale, up to 60% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles – readers love these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- CVS – Epic beauty sale, $10 off when you spend $30
- Design Within Reach – the semiannual sale, 25% off everything! (readers love the Herman Miller Aeron and Sayl!)
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off all stores, plus an extra 10% off when you buy a pair of jeans
- Me & Em – Sale! Up to 60% off (new lines just added, exclusively online)
- M.M.LaFleur – Labor Day Sale Event, save sitewide! (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Nordstrom Rack – Extra 40% off select clearance
- Talbots – Buy one get 50% off everything
- Theory – End of season sale is on!
Does anyone have the Sue Sartor Montalcino dress IRL? I think I like it because it’s not so ruffle-puff. My office is casual, so it could be a weekday item for me.
I would appreciate your best tips for (1) getting stink out of athletic shirts, (2) getting stink out of athletic SHOES (I have tried lysol spray and sunlight, neither worked), and (3) getting Tide smell out of clothes (we only use free and clear, kids’ clothes came back from being lent out smelling like Tide). TIA!
For athletic clothes – fill tub with clothes, warm water and a healthy amount of nathan’s sport wash (think half a cup). Check on it every few hours and swirl it around – think stirring a cauldron, not a vigorous wash. By the end of the day, the water will be a disturbing grey. It was works with oxy clean.
A vinegar soak for a pair of pants I ordered on eBay is the only thing that got the super scented detergent stink out.
for foul odors:
in a spray bottle mix equal parts of wintergreen rubbing alcohol and peroxide together
spray on item, smells like a dentist office for a few minutes, then poof, gone.
old school for sneakers: crumpled up newspapers stuffed in them overnight
Scented detergent give me a raging headache. I do not have a tip for that.
Won’t peroxide bleach the color out though?
That has not happened to me yet. Test a spot if there is concern though
Benzoyl peroxide will have a bleaching effect; hydrogen peroxide will (typically) not.
Soak the clothes in a tub with a hefty amount of white vinegar for an hour or two, then wash as normal on the hottest wash setting safe for the clothing. Repeat a few times. For the Tide smell, try a few washes with no detergent so any excess Tide can wash out.
For the shoes, you can spray vinegar inside and let it dry. You can also stuff them loosely with crumpled dry newspaper after wearing to help pull out any dampness, then place a charcoal briquette inside each shoe to absorb odors. Baking soda sprinkled inside (only when dry) can absorb odors. Don’t mingle the baking soda and vinegar because they neutralize each other; the fizz doesn’t do anything for the smell.
Do you wear wool socks?
My sneakers stank as a child. But I’ve worn wool / nylon socks and there is no stink. Might help: rotating shoes so it’s not 10+ hours in the same pair day after day.
Fill a spray bottle with rubbing alcohol and spritz it on the armpit area. For both the workout gear and Tide-scented clothes add vinegar when you run the washing machine.
Cheap vodka in a spray bottle. Works wonders to remove odors.
For workout clothes, use Hex detergent. For shoes, mix cheap vodka and water in one of those fine-mist spray bottles that hairstylists use. Spray and let air-dry.
For fragrance, you could try steaming and/or the vodka spray.
I am a devotee of the laundry subReddit. you want to soak the workout clothes in a detergent that has lipase. Most detergents don’t in the US and biz booster is a good way to do it. There are a whole bunch of recipes on the sub Reddit for this involving citric acid and ammonia, but I just soak things in biz for eight hours and you’d be amazed at what comes off of it. It can take multiple times, but everything is so much better.
I’ve washed my running shoes in the washing machine, they hold up really well.