Thursday’s Workwear Report: High-Rise Wide-Leg Drapey Ponte Pant
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I recently lost my favorite olive green Colette pants to an unfortunate salad dressing incident, so I’m looking for something with a similar vibe. These drapey ponte pants from Banana Republic Factory are the best replacement I’ve found so far.
Olive is a surprisingly versatile wardrobe color. I typically wear it with navy, red, or black, but I’ve also loved seeing it paired with dark purple, yellow, and sky blue. For summer, I would wear these pants with a crisp white oxford and some comfy flats.
The pants are $94.99 at Banana Republic Factory and come in sizes XXS-XXL and XXSP-LP. They also come in black and “cream white.”
Sales of note for 7/3 (Happy 4th!):
- Nordstrom – Designer clearance, up to 60% off!
- Alexis Bittar – 20% off sitewide thru 7/5
- Alex Mill – 40-70% off some of their favorite, small batch pieces!
- Another Tomorrow – Final days of sale, new styles added
- 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 – Extra 20% off semi-annual sale, up to 60% off reader favorites like Brookyn and Endless pants
- AYR – Ooh, good sale section — but lots on final sale. Readers love (LOVE) these comfy work pants and these jeans.
- Banana Republic – Summer sale up to 60% off sale styles + extra 20% off
- Boden -Up to 60% off plus an extra 15% off – readers love these dresses, these blazers, and the brand's fun suiting
- COS – New pieces added to sale, up to 60% off
- DeMellier – Summer sale: Final Reductions (ends soon!)
- Evereve – Extra 30% off sale!
- The Fold – Up to 50% off, further markdowns
- Hobbs – Up to 50% off, extra 20% off sale
- J.Crew – Summer sale – up to 60% off summer styles, and 40% off select cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off all stores and sitewide, plus 60% off clearance
- Jenni Kayne – Semi-annual warehouse sale
- Lo & Sons – Summer sale, up to 50% off (but 10% off sitewide!) (love their new weekender!)
- Lululemon – Summer sale!
- Margaux – Save up to 50% off, including archive sale
- M.M.LaFleur – Sitewide sale, up to 70% off! (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 – 15% sitewide
- Sarah Flint – Extra 30% off select styles (we just ranked these shoes as some of our top 10 most comfortable heel brands)
- Strathberry – Up to 30% off select styles
- Stuart Weitzman – Summer styles now up to 40% off
- Talbots – 50% off your entire purchase + free shipping
- Veronica Beard – Extra 25% off sale
I have so much loose skin after having two kids and I wanted to get a tummy tuck and breast lift. I have two concerns, 1) I know its a long and painful recovery period and I’m worried about my kids (girls, 11 and 8) seeing me in that state and being traumatized or scarred by it, and 2) this sounds odd, but they always enjoy playing with the loose skin on my tummy and they will want to know where it went and will likely feel sad (and I’m not exactly sure how to explain I got rid of it without them somehow internalizing it and viewing their own bodies differently as they grow). Anybody gone through this before or have advice they’re willing to share?
No advice on the TT piece since I’m still noodling it over for the same reasons you mentioned, but I had a reduction earlier this year and it was life changing – I had some discomfort but very little pain. I explained to my kids that I was doing it to help with my back pain, and they seemed to get it.
To me these sound potentially like healthy and age appropriate lessons about bodies and other people’s bodies in a best case scenario where everything goes really well. But there are risks, and I think I would worry about both these concerns (trauma and also how bodies are viewed) if things went poorly.
Help me find a pair of jeans I saw a woman wearing in an airport that looked perfect. I am kicking myself for not asking her where she got them.
Important info: she and I are both petite (matters for length requirements) and we are both very slim (making fitting challenging based on what I have already ordered and returned)
Jeans description: cropped hitting mid-shin, finished hem, appeared to be straight leg cut (not skinny and not flared), standard denim blue color.
I have tried searching at Nordstrom and Googled generally and am not coming up with anything that matches this description. I ordered one pair of Kut jeans that were “cropped” and hit my ankle and were too big anyway (no smaller sizes available).
Any help is greatly appreciated!
I would check out the brand Mother. They have petite cuts. They also have lots of straight leg jeans, and I find their regular length cropped styles are way, way to cropped for me (tall skinny person).