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Tuesday’s Workwear Report: Margeaux Blazer

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lavender linen blazer

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I’ve attended several conferences and other industry events recently where I’ve seen lots of folks wearing this lovely lavender color. It wouldn't normally catch my eye, but the way I’m seeing it styled is making me eager to add it to my wardrobe.

One woman was wearing a blazer very similar to this linen number from J.Crew, and she had it paired with wide-leg navy trousers and a scarf that incorporated both colors. (It looked a little bit like this one from Chico’s!) A flawless look from top to bottom. I’m still not confident in my scarf-styling abilities, but I’ll get there someday.

The blazer is $228 at J.Crew and comes in sizes 00-24, 00P-12P, and 2T-20T. It also comes in four other colors.

Psst: Here are our tips on what to wear to conferences in 2026 — and if you're looking for more lightweight blazers, here was our last roundup…

Hunting for lightweight blazers for summer in linen and other fabrics? There are a lot of great options in linen, including J.Crew, Ann Taylor, J.Crew Factory, Boden, Quince, Aritzia, Brooks Brothers, and Hobbs. Along related lines, check out M.M.LaFleur's Breeze line.

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J.Crew
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Brooks Brothers (linen-wool!)
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221 Comments

  1. I’m still a bit grossed out by the soda thread this weekend. Who talks about people this way and what do you get out of it?

    1. the word choice of ‘trashy’ is loaded, but questioning whether something that was once-commonplace is now seen as declasse is fair!

      1. It’s a health choice, no question. I used to drink 3 diet cokes a day and now maybe have one root beer a week. That is purely for health reasons, not style reasons. But people still drink alcohol, eat late at night, or bungee jump without the same kind of judgement.

      2. Right, I took it as more of a discussion of social norms and how they have (or have not) changed, not a personal attack. That’s interesting! It’s like a Seinfeld episode!

    2. I recognize people drink less soda than they used to, and it’s not like I walk into work with a Big Gulp, but I still enjoy an afternoon Diet Coke and didn’t realize it was considered trashy by many.

      You know what I truly think is trashy? Tattoos, vaping, and gambling.

      1. I don’t do those things, but eat fast food 2-3 times a week. We all have our pleasures.

      2. You know how many Diet Cokes I see in my office every day, from people at all levels? MANY. It’s just a drink, for crying out loud. Let people live.

        1. Exactly! I can’t drink, have never smoked and work in a profession that often requires clearance, so no mj. My Diet Coke is the only vice I have left and they’d have to pry it from my cold, dead hand.

          1. Same, but Diet Pepsi.

            And if you haven’t had a Diet Mountain Dew over crushed ice, it is exquisite.

          2. Absolutely. In my office, Diet Coke/Pepsi is the old lady drink (I am one) in a cybersecurity office full of loudly colored giant energy drinks.

          3. That’s how I feel about Diet Coke. There are so few vices I can enjoy at this point. Just let me live.

        2. Agreed. There is tons of soda drinking in my NYC big law office. I am not a soda drinker, but my office literally offers free sodas in the fridge, and many, many people partake. Both attorneys and non-attorneys.

      3. I would posit that gambling gives the same dopamine hit as internet shopping does (ahem…)

      4. I think it’s partly that there are so many alternative drinks right now, so people who shop at ritzy grocery stores are buying other colas.

        Stigmatizing tattoos is some good old fashioned isms though.

        1. I judge people who drink Ollie Pops because I know from experience that they are gross.

        2. (To be clear, you should learn more about the history of tattoos and the history of looking down on them.)

          2. Old Money that served in the Navy did. You had shore leave and woke up with a tattoo. Everyone did, aparently.

          6. I’m old money, like names on buildings money and 11/13 of us have tattoos. My best friend is from an old money political dynasty you have all heard and almost all his family members have tattoos too. But it’s the internet so I guess everyone can talk about things they have no lived experience with.

      5. I tend to think that getting indignant and self-righteous because some stranger might have a slightly negative opinion about something you like is pretty trashy. As long as they’re not trying to stop you from doing anything, why care so much what they think?

      6. Tattoos? Why?

        I’m in my 40s and getting ready to get my first tattoo! I’ve always wanted one but never felt like I could commit to something permanent. It’ll be floral and colorful and in place that it doesn’t show in workwear (on the outside of my thigh sort of wrapping around my quad). I can’t wait!

        1. Because I suburban white lady with an education from reality TV and an obsession with Carolyn Bessette thinks she’s the expert on a socioeconomic class way above her.

        2. Tattoos have come a long way but I still feel like I know something about the person the second I see them. I’m not sure what that is (not trashy) but a tattoo definitely speaks louder than a lot of other choices. But i’m shocked you would be shocked that people would be judgmental about them!

    3. Oh, I just went back to read it. I agree that trashy is a strong word, but I also like reading discussions like this. At this point in my life, I have accepted that I absolutely love a can of Diet Coke most afternoons. I also rarely drink alcohol and I am an avid runner. I am never going to win with everyone, so if it’s reading as “trashy” to my colleagues when I open a Diet Coke, I accept it. If it’s not the Diet Coke, it’ll be my hair or my tattoos or something else. I would like to think how I treat people says more about me than my afternoon vice.

      1. +1. There are a couple of posters here with a LOT of social anxiety about saying/doing/eating/drinking the wrong things.

        2. The cool part is that someday we will all be dead! No one will come to us on our deathbeds with a tally of how many pops we drank or what we named our kids or where our tattoos are and give a final score.

          And if archaeologists 2,000 years from now can tell how many Diet Cokes I drank from fragments of my teeth, more power to them! Someone can write their dissertation on it. I feel pretty good about that.

          1. I think the coroner will be able to tell how many diet cokes you drank much sooner than that :)

    5. I mean it’s fair. I’m a Diet Coke lover and totally unapologetic. Call me trashy. In fact, if that’s my trashiest habit I’m doing fine.

      Things I think are trashy: yelling at your kids, bragging about your kids’ youth sports, not reading books, counting other people’s money, hard seltzer, vaping, weed in any form, pretending to be “old money,” using paper plates or plastic cutlery inside your own home, insisting on drinking caymus and not bothering to learn anything else about wine, bigotry, bragging about your white ethic heritage, talking about your digestive problems in social situations and naming your kid after yourself.

      To be fair, people I love have done some of these things. I think the habits are trashy; that doesn’t make the person trash.

      2. You can take my hard seltzers and my paper plates (which I compost) from my cold dead hands!

      3. i just googled and apparently Caymus is a $40+ wine!? girl i’m fine with the $7.99 i guess we’ll never be besties

        1. It’s usually pricer than that. And it’s probably grosser than your $7.99 wine. That’s what makes it tacky: it’s show offy in an emperor has no clothes way. And if people would just bother to try a little harder to learn they’d be drinking much better wine for less money.

      4. I’m curious. Are drugs in any form trashy? Or just weed? Cocaine? Nicotine? All the barbituates people were on in 40s-60s?

        1. It’s the weed that gets to me because it’s done so often and it makes the user so extremely boring to be around. If I have to sit through one more dinner with gummy popping idiots I’m going to excuse myself and make new friends at the bar.

    6. I save my outrage for things that are actually outrageous. Not slightly spicy word choices.

      1. I consider trashy an unacceptable word to use about other people, not “slightly spicy.”

        3. I can’t imagine a scenario where I would use that word among professional women – I get that this is the internet but it’s still a website of professionals. Reminds me of the conversations here where a certain contingent of posters went to the mat insisting that calling a child a jerk isn’t name-calling because it’s “telling it like it is.”

          2. True. Some of these people who insist it’s ok to call people trashy due to soda consumption are raising children with questionable values.

          4. Huh. I think that’s just bad grammar? Name calling has two elements: “calling” means directing an utterance at someone with the intention of capturing their attention, and “name” means the utterance directed at them is used as if it is their name but it is not their name and is instead intended to cause offense.

            Referring to someone as a jerk is definitionally not name calling because it lacks the “calling” element. Telling someone they are being a jerk is name calling.

          5. What did I just read. I am pretty sure it is it’s name calling to refer to this commenter as an ignorant pedant.

          8. They can’t be jerks for the same reason they can’t be convicted of murder. Being a jerk requires mens rea, and children can’t form it.

          9. Depends on the state you are in. Plenty of kids have been convicted of adult crimes and given adult sentences.

          10. Sure. I don’t think anyone is talking about 16-17 year olds when they use the word kid.

        4. +1 Caste by Isabel Wilkerson is a great read on this subject. I do guess that people who use the term “trashy” haven’t read it, though

        5. Boy, you’d hate to hear the words I thought about you while reading your comment!

    7. i know a lot of people who drink diet coke. i do find it a bit odd when i see adults drinking something like mountain dew at 9am

      1. Some of us having hard lives need something to help power through. Cocaine is expensive and can kill you quickly. Do the Dew!

        1. LOL! But for real. I think we all know that soda isn’t the healthiest choice, but as far as vices go, it’s a pretty tame one! It is just not something I’d judge a person for!

      2. I used to think that was weird but it’s really not that different from having coffee.

        1. Breakfast soda gives me a headache but breakfast coffee does not. I just do unsweetened cold brew with whole milk (50/50)

      3. I don’t see people drinking traditional soda in the morning, just those energy drinks that are actually super-caffeinated diet sodas but pretend to be cooler.

    8. It’s probably the same poster who was scandalized that a coworker drank soda during a morning meeting.

      1. That’s wild. We put sodas and ice out for meetings where I work. I think we have coffee also, but it’s so particular that we expect that most people will hit the coffee shop they pass on the way in.

    9. I don’t drink coffee and imagined that it was quite hard to make it consistently well (or get, in the time before Starbucks) and expensive, so I never tried to find a way to like it. There were always soda machines. I like a can in the morning (and prefer a can to a bottle). Over crushed ice in a large lidded cup with a stray is amazing.

      I think I’m bougie because I will wipe a can before sipping out of it. But sip out of it I will.

    10. I hate to think what you’d do if you got invited to a “classy or trashy” theme party.

      1. From where my people are from, you can go from the trailer and back in three generations, if not faster.

        Being kind is a choice though. Everyone gets to make it.

        2. Huh? How is this even responsive? This is basically a generational difference. Mine doesn’t get so easily offended.

        3. Some of us are proud to have grown up trashy and think those of you who are classy are stuck up and annoying.

        1. Too funny; I also avoid dressing to a theme at work. Many team members love their holiday themed stuff and I am not going to make fun of them with an ugly sweater event.

    11. I’m still drinking at least one fully leaded Coke a day, unlike all you diet soda losers.

      1. I will agree that Coke is a superior mixer. But a soda with sugar makes me thirsty at this point in life. So I either need a LOT of ice or no sugar.

        1. I mean this seriously: you may want to consider getting screened for diabetes or pre-diabetes.

          1. I’m good! You’re not wrong to flag it though. I’m just old and my flavor profile / mouth feel / internal chemistry just is what it is at this point. I think I eat so little sugar-sweetened things that I instantly feel it when I do. Like a margarita — I do need a water chaser after that (but seltzer + lime is just awesome when it’s hot and sticky out).

            [I am still all-in on the salty-savory-umami axis of snacks that I am vigilant lest I start to get swelling hands and feet. I don’t want my kidneys to hate me for any reason.]

          2. Your reply makes me more concerned. Remember your A1C may not be capturing your glucose tolerance well if you indulge seldomly. Also a lot of us are able to eat whatever without getting swollen hands and feet. These are things to bring up with your doctor at your next appt.

      2. I am not bothering with a soda unless it contains actual sugar. Bonus points for cane sugar. Artificial sweeteners taste nasty.

      3. Haha. I love this. Ma’am I have nothing but respect for you drinking those Coke heavys.

      4. LOOOOL. This made me giggle.

        Also, I drink Kirkland brand sparkling water. Not sure what this makes me?!!!

        In terms of diet soda, I don’t drink it often. Aspartame makes me feel awful. However, I had a Zevia last weekend and that SLAPPED.

    12. Yeah; the posters eager not to signal lower class white status by their choice of children’s names, how they dress or what they eat or drink seem really misguided. We live in a multi cultural society with permeable class barriers and that is a strength, not something to try to hide from.

      1. I think this is a little generous, as if this is all about class status among whites. People need to think about cultural bias against people who aren’t white at all as well as against mixed race families.

    13. I used to visit this site regularly, but haven’t been around much over the last five years or so, maybe a little longer. Maybe I’m just getting old, but it feels like the comment section has gotten so mean.

      1. There’s sort of been a cycle over the years. It gets worse and then better again.

        1. I agree that used to be true, but now it seems like it’s in a death spiral. Less than 50 comments on afternoon threads, morning threads not much better…

    14. Idk but my very wealthy, very country clubby in-laws keep a few cokes in their fridge and it is their indulgence to “have a (coke) zero” mid afternoon.

      Maybe what is “trashy” is drinking soda with every meal like we did in the 80s, and what people are saying here is recognize it for the vice it is. Same thing with candy bars, beer, cigarettes, and cocaine.

    15. I haven’t seen the thread, but in general, I dislike moral judgement around food. Pleasure is good for you — even if it comes from a soda or a cupcake.

      1. Moral judgement about food is no good, but all we have a lot of choices about what we enjoy (especially since tastes can change accordingly).

    17. Most people talk about people that way. In fact, you are talking about people who talk that way in that way. Pot, kettle.

  2. If you only wear contacts occasionally (like a few times a year), how often do you get new ones and where do you buy small quantities? (Also why do almost no ophthalmologists do contact fittings or whatever?)

    1. Contact fittings are an optometrist thing. I buy small quantities through my optometrist’s office. I think they will sell as small as a 30-day supply.

    2. Regular eye doctor. I always walk out with one free pair after each appointment, unless you have a really unusual prescription.

      If you only need to wear them a few times a year, you could just literally use that pair, just refresh out the contact solution periodically.

    3. I buy the dailies kind and I only get a month’s worth at a time. They don’t expire for years so they last.

    4. i have acuvue disposables. i only go through a box or so a year. i’m not sure i agree that no opthamologists do contact fitting, i don’t think that’s true. i do think they charge extra for it and it isn’t covered by insurance.

  3. My family is reading about nitrate and nitrite in water. I have a legal-ish question. Can a state in the US set a different maximum than the EPA? Looks like EPA and every state is 10 ppm. Is this a … preemption thing? Where states can’t set a different (lower or higher) level? Or they can legally do this, just none have?

    1. Also interested! I suspect most states aren’t interested in holding themselves to a higher standard without the electorate pressure to do so.

    2. IDK but pls realize that a lot of us have our own wells. Not everyone is on public water.

      1. Not relevant. I also have my own well but drink public water at work and have an interest.

      2. Being on a well doesn’t make this irrelevant or protect you from contaminated water. It just means you are responsible for knowing about and managing the safety of your water for yourself.

        I am also on a well in an area with recently discovered PFAS plumes in the groundwater. Thankfully we are upstream from the (current) known problem area. It seems inevitable that we will learn in coming years that our aquifer has also been contaminated with something this whole time. Public water is being run to the known PFAS area but not to my neighborhood. If we had public water available, we would hook up to it.

        1. Do you have any recommendations for an independent water testing lab that does PFAS testing? We moved to a house with a well last year and did testing before we moved, but I need to do it annually and want to include PFAS testing because we’re in a state with lots of PFAS contamination.

          1. I feel like every community has this and even in a rural area found someone to do it as it was a condition of sale when I sold my parents’ house.

            The septic system (other / “downstream” side of the lot) was a whole other story and more $$$.

          2. No, I don’t. Seems like something you would need to find in your area anyhow. Does your local health department have suggestions?

      3. Not to be dense, but how does the original post betray that the OP doesn’t realize that?

    4. I have no idea how this works. Is it something like minimum wage, where there is a federal limit and individual states can mandate something better than that but not worse?

    5. Not a lawyer and not in the US, but normally states can set more restrictive (lower, in this case) values, as the federal guideline acts as a minimum requirement.

    6. States can set stricter water contaminant limits than the EPA under the Safe Water Drinking Act.

    7. I’m not sure what was happening legally, but my middle and high school had the drinking water shut off because of high levels of nitrates. All the water fountains were stopped up and we had to tell opposing schools who came for sports games not to fill their water bottles in the sink. I graduated nearly 20 years ago and I’ve heard that the school is only just now about to take a step to connect to a different and newly established water supply. This was in the poorest part of one of the richest counties in CA, FWIW.

  4. I keep reading that dancing workouts are great for aging because it’s social and active. And I like the videos of people working out to “the songs we danced to in the clubs” in the 90s/2000s. But where do you find those kinds of classes – is there some hot new chain or franchise like CrossFit or Orangetheory? The only things that seem to be around me are Jazzercise and the occasional ballroom dance class. Not near a Crunch or super boutique gym.

    1. Several of the gyms in my area offer dance classes that rotate through all kinds of music. Line dancing, oldies, EDM, hip-hop, you name it. These are gyms of all kinds, some are the fancy boutiques and others are just basic ones that have group classes. Maybe call around the gyms in your area?

      Another thought – does your local library or parks service host exercise classes? They might offer something like this, or know of places that do.

    2. Look for adult classes at a dance studio. I haven’t seen an adult hip-hop class yet, but I’m sure those exist. I have taken adult jazz, ballet, theatre dance, and tap. You could also try salsa or bachata.

      1. i’m in the suburbs so a lot of local dance studios have websites that were last updated sometime in the 2010s. the local rec center puts their schedule out on PDF, i kid you not.

    4. The LesMills classes are very dance oriented (some of them). Gold’s Gym has them in my area and they attract a really wide range of ages and fitness level. My favorite is BodyAttack. I think they’re incredibly fun and a really good workout.

    5. I take a hip-hop class at my gym. Learning new choreography feels like exercise for my brain!
      I’ve also done Zumba at dozens of places over the years. It gets my heart rate up and it’s really fun (**with a good instructor).

      1. I’m the LesMills commenter above and this point about instructors is such a good one. The energy and knowledge of the instructor make a HUGE difference in these types of classes, and you won’t really know how you vibe with them unless you try a bunch.

    6. I do a class called WERQ (it’s like a franchise /licensed thing) at my gym and it is really fun although I am terrible. Also my block does an annual Richard Simmoms birthday party at the library where we dress up in 80s workout gear and do an old Richard Simmons video. 10/10 recommend. I really enjoy having more fun with some of my workouts (I enjoy running etc but it’s not the same )

      3. ooh thank you WERQ was the correct google search! going to see if i can recruit girlfriends and we’ll make a night of it.

      4. I also do WERQ and I LOVE it. There’s a really nice community of women around my age who go every week.

        Definitely depends on the instructor and playlist, though, so if you don’t love your first class, try another!

    7. Dance trance is a very fun franchise if there’s one near you. I also recommend moves with Molly on you tube!

  5. I’ve always worn basic ribbed tank tops in the summer. Now that I’ve gained a little weight in my belly area, I don’t love how they look anymore. I always liked the look because it was clean and sleek, and this is not it. I hate to give them up altogether. Can I save these by layering strategically? Or do I just need to let them go? *cries perimenopausal tears*

    1. What do you mean by “layering strategically”? Do you mean wearing a shirt over the tank top? If so, that’s not going to give you the “clean and sleek” look that you’re habituated to.

      I vote give them up temporarily and wear something else for this summer. Then revisit next summer when you might be more at peace with changes in your body, more open to wear tank tops in spite of, or more open to change to a different style.

      1. Yeah, that’s what I mean. I’m just bummed. I know basic tanks aren’t high fashion, but it was the easiest thing to throw on with a pair of linen shorts.

        1. Honestly, it sounds like you are just realizing that there is a trade off and you have to consciously decide between familiar comfort and fashion. It’s not necessarily either/or, you can find cute tops that are also comfortable. You will need to give yourself some grace and update your old school ideas about what clothing is flattering, though.

        2. Just look for plain cotton tanks/tops that are a bit looser. Ribbed clothes are meant to fit tighter, but there are non-gathered shirts that have a looser fit. Try to find the golilocks fit where it almost skims but is loose enough.

    2. I gave these up when my weight changed. Sorry. Time to update your style for the body you have and your age. I still wear shorts and tops! Just ones that fit differently. (And yes, even after I started my GLP and got my former weight back.)

      1. I am now beginning to understand why a lot of women change to more flowy styles as they get older. Even if I lose the weight (questionable), I can’t deny that my overall shape is changing. It’s been a hard adjustment. While I’ve never been one to wear form-fitting clothing, I have always gone for trimmer, simpler pieces. And that’s just not working for me anymore.

      2. Speak for yourself. I look dumpy when both my top and bottom are baggy, but put-together in a fitted top and flowy pants. I’m 49 and only 5’6″, not some 23-year-old gazelle.

        1. But two inches above the average height for a woman in the US! Imagine how difficult is is for those on the other side of average.

        2. but there’s a world of choices for fitted tops that aren’t a basic ribbed tank. That style itself is not a particularly on trend look.

          1. A basic ribbed tank with a low neck and thin straps is not in, but one with a higher neck and wider straps cut high on the shoulder feels current.

    5. Love my ribbed tanks, although I mainly wear them as PJs these days and opt for looser tees for public wearing. I currently like both loose, flowy knit tops that are long enough to tuck in and have some neckline interest, and boxier tees in a sturdy cotton fabric that aren’t so cropped that they show skin.

      1. This may be the right answer, but it is hard to find the right shirt. Especially if you are short and have 40″ hips: then you are in a men’s large, which is a giant rectangle of fabric on a short woman and never looks good (so, ahem, I have taken to gently altering a tee I like and it makes a world of difference. I can also rock some youth XLs because I am more shaped like a husky kid than a guy who is often 6″ taller than me.

          1. Not OP, I want to like it and have a couple, but it’s thin material and cut slim. Great for some but probably not what OP is looking for.

        2. I have 47″ hips and find that women’s tees fit and feel so much nicer than basic men’s tees. The proportions of the armholes, neckline, and hemline are better for my body and the finishing details are nicer than a multi-pack of men’s Hanes or FOTL, too.

          I like GAP or Banana Republic and wear between a L and XL depending on how much ease a top has. It is a mindset adjustment if you are used to snug ribbed tanks, but once you get used to a different silhouette you may realize that wearing tight clothes with too little fabric just makes you look like a sausage stuffed into a tight casing. Snug clothes don’t automatically make you look slim.

          1. I agree but will note that there are never enough tees for women (and tees for this 50ish woman, who is not shaped like the lithe not-short people that some women’s tees are cut for). For my college, I like to have a tee from the school for the various events I go to locally, but it is so hard to find one that looks good on me and doesn’t just represent.

          2. I have 47″ hips; that is also not lithe and I find options that fit me just fine. It’s not that hard. If men’s clothing in the wrong size doesn’t fit you, stop wearing it. Literally just try clothes that are your actual size rather than ones made for a different size and shape.

          3. I’m a size 18 and I still manage to find t-shirts that fit and look just fine. It’s not hard.

          4. I’ve always had difficulty with t shirts, both women’s and men’s cut. I’ve got broad shoulders, small breasts, tiny waist, average hips. I can usually find a t shirt that works well for 2 of those, sometimes 3. But all 4 takes a miracle or tailoring. Fortunately, it’s not difficult to alter a t shirt if I want something that fits better than “standard men’s cut t shirt”.

          5. Same. I can get some of what I need. I try to get the best fit from a wide variety of options. If it’s merely too long, that’s an easy fix. My small college has a clothing section, not a woman’s petite department, in its bookstore.

        3. OMG stop overthinking. Yes you can wear a t-shirt. Buy women’s tops if you don’t like how men’s fit.

        4. If you stop shopping in the boys and mens sections, you are more likely to find clothes that fit you better.

        5. Why are you wearing men’s shirts? Of course they don’t fit. Go to the women’s department.

    7. I bought a honeylove tank based on some influencer who swore she wore them like regular tank tops. You could also do a bodysuit from one of the shapewear lines.

    8. I’d swap to the open weave knit short sleeve sweaters that are in style now. I’m wearing one today by Varley but I’ve seen them everywhere from Loft to Old Navy. Same (mostly) sleek silhouette, but the knit supplies a bit more heft so the top skims rather than clings.

    9. I gave up fitted tees and went with a mix of crisp cotton poplin tops and gauze tops. They skim nicely without giving that weird flowy look. I don’t like the long flowy tops, I like more structure.

    10. My go to summer uniform is a Duluth no yank tank (with built in bra) with a linen or cotton gauze short sleeve button up shirt worn open over it. This is probably really unstylish (and for sure not sleek), but I will sometimes also tie the front tails of the button up to help cover my belly area a little bit.

    11. I vote for putting them away for this summer and revisiting next Spring. Your ribbed tank tops are being mean to you and need a time-out for the season.

  6. A friend used to swear that there were 6 different kinds of Coke or something like that – can, bottled, Mexican, McDonalds fountain, etc. does one rank higher/lower on the trashy scale? If you’re going to treat yourself which will it be? Fwiw I think Red Bull/energy drinks are trashier but I’ve primarily seen teens drinking those.

    1. The elite Coke/Diet coke will always be from McDonalds, I swear they put fairy dust in the machines or something. For migraines, a large McDonalds Coke slush is even better than a full sugar fountain coke, the extra iciness really helps.

    2. I’m a Coke devotee and the different kinds absolutely have different tastes. Fountain Coke from McDonald’s is the best, with Coke in plastic bottles at the very bottom of the list.

      Also I don’t give a shit if soda is trashy.

      1. Me too. Plastic is the worst. At home I prefer a can from the garage fridge. Don’t ask my why it tastes better from that fridge.

    4. If you aren’t drinking diet, the ones with real cane sugar are really much better. IIRC that the Mexican versions still use real sugar.

      2. apparently there is a special Passover version of coke in the US which also uses real cane sugar, but only available at Passover, I’m guessing.

        1. yes we can’t have corn derivatives at Passover so they make a limited edition Kosher for Passover Coke with cane sugar instead of corn syrup. It’s different than Mexican coke, which has both cane sugar and corn syrup. I believe the KFP coke is only sold in markets with significant Jewish populations.

          1. If you get the Mexican Coke in glass bottles, that is still cane sugar only, no corn syrup. I’ve only seen the kosher Coke in 2-liter plastic bottles – better than regular Coke, but not as good as Mexican Coke in glass bottles.

    5. I just discovered sprecher colas (cherry cola and root beer specifically) and love them

    6. I hate the term “trashy” but I secretly think energy drinks are déclassé.

      1. I think they are just straight up bad for you. I drank a lot of them a few years ago and know I’m better off without them. No convincing the teenager soccer team I coach though. Their parents are A-ok with them drinking these things.

    7. I would imagine any Coke you drink in Georgia is probably going to be classy. Same with Dr. Pepper in Texas. Cheerwine in North Carolina. People like serving their native drink.

    8. Mexican Coke in a glass bottle is elite, followed by McDonalds, then in a can, Plastic bottle is for emergencies only.

  7. It’s not really just that some stranger might have a slightly negative opinion about something that you like. It’s the use of the term trashy, which is loaded, and the OOP was not only expressing the opinion but inviting others to join in the shaming and judgment. “I think soda is too sugary and bad for your health” is a slightly negative opinion. Trashy is a value judgment that extends to the person. An opinion kept to one’s self is one thing, an opinion shared and an invitation to pile-on is another thing entirely.

    2. Interesting that some of you think that saying some behavior is trashy means that you think anyone who does the behavior is trashy. I feel like I can say “doing X is trashy” without saying that everyone who does it is trashy, like everyone gets a few trashy vices in their life free of charge. It’s only a problem if most of your habits are on the trashy end of the spectrum.

      1. Like it or not, “trashy” is a word that connotes value judgment that often, if not always, is reflected on the person themselves. Your effort to avoid dealing with the actual point I was making by trying to twist this as if *I* was saying that someone who does a trashy thing is trashy is emblematic of what is so problematic about the commentariat here lately, on top of the plain-old meanness, is the failure to engage in good faith.

        1. i disagree with this. almost every human being has engaged in a ‘mean behavior’ at some point in their lives, but i don’t think that makes every single human a mean person

          1. Again, you do not appear to understand the point I am making, or you’re being disingenuous.

            Reading comprehension skills used to be a lot strong here, too, good lord.

    3. People are really mean here and it can be super toxic. That OP felt very on brand for this board.

    4. I feel the use of the term trashy doesn’t represent this board; it is outlier. Maybe that is another kind of snobbery if it’s not something people ever have reason to think about at all, or maybe it’s just because it’s loaded language like you say.

  8. My poor sensitive cat had her world rocked when our toddler was born and now she’s going to have it rocked again when we move next week. We’ll finally have normal vents/an HVAC system in the new place (we currently don’t have central air and only have baseboard heaters) and I was thinking that she might like a little hammock or something that can go over the floor vent so she can feel the heat or the cold air on her fur. Any recommendations for something that would work well for this?

    1. I don’t think this is a great idea for a couple reasons. 1. You don’t want to block airflow. 2. Cats aren’t particularly known for enjoying cold air blowing on them. Unless you know your cat has unusual preferences, she’d probably be much happier with place to sit in a sunny spot where she can look out the window (preferably somewhere out of reach of the toddler) or a heated bed in the winter.

      1. She loves a fan on her! Preferably within millimeters of her eyeballs, actually. She has odd preferences.

      2. I use a elevated mesh bed from K&H Pet products for my large fluffy dog to sit over the air vent and its his favorite thing. I know they make them in many smaller sizes and other options. Its nice because the air flows under it and through it and you can buy replacement pieces for it online.

    2. My cat just plops herself directly on top of the vent. I think if you got a hammock you’d find your cat under it more often than in it.

      1. Yep my double coated dog steals the floor vents in summer and looks at us like we’re dumb dumbs for not also sleeping on the vents.

        1. Ditto. We have an aging lab and I just got a cooling fan to point directly at her crate as she isn’t dealing well with the heat in her golden years.

      2. This. My tiny cat moves from heating vent to heating vent all winter long and then sprawls all over the dog bed living her best life in summer. The fatter cat and dog do the opposite and hug the air con vents for dear life once it gets over 75.

      3. Maybe one of those raised sling bed things with a square frame and legs, so it can hover over the vent? But I agree that a cat may hide under it just as much as being on top of it.

        Until we rearranged, our large hair-monster had a habit of sealing off the vents completely. Waking up freezing during the winter with no heat in our room because his fat butt was blocking all air flow was too much; we thought the furnace died. Furniture was shifted around to prevent that from happening again.

    3. No, but do repeat the experience from when you brought her home of starting her in a small space that she can get comfortable with.

    4. Good luck and godspeed! None of my cats have ever used a bed I have intentionally bought for them. I even have a bed that came with one kitten that she allegedly used in her foster home. She’s never used it in our home. Her not-littermate-brother uses it though. He does not use the identical bed that I bought for him so he wouldn’t feel left out.

  9. Anyone in NYC area planning to go to the Knicks parade on Thursday? I work Midtown and am strongly considering taking the morning off (would not be an issue with my job to do this) to see the parade and then going to the office, but I don’t know if it will just be complete chaos and not worth it.

    1. I expect you’re correct that it will be complete chaos, but whether that’s worth it or not is up to you. I don’t like huge crowds so I’m not planning to go, but if you’re a massive fan and don’t mind chaos, I’m sure it would be memorable!

    2. Yes! I don’t actually care if I can see the parade just experiencing the vibe on a side street will be a thrill

    3. As someone who skipped my city’s last Big Sports Parade for something I thought was more important, I still have regrets. Even though I am not a die hard fan, it would have been really fun to celebrate with everyone feeling so much local pride. And our teams have not been great since, so there’s not been another opportunity.

    4. I took my Celtics fan daughter to the Celtics one 2 years ago and it was busy, crazy, and chaotic but it was amazing and a major memory for her.

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