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adea.indexedDisclosure: This is a sponsored post by Adea, luxurious yet modest every day clothing. 

With warmer weather finally upon us, layering is the name of the game — so I was delighted when Adea reached out (and that they're offering everyone a special discount code!).

I'm firmly on board with the founder's belief that “every woman's wardrobe should have a solid foundation of high quality basics that are reliable, flattering, and comfortable” — and I was intrigued to hear that Adea had sourced Italian-made fabrics “with the most advanced technology available” to create modern, body-conscious fits, particularly specializing in layering pieces.

They sent me two pieces to get a feel for their product. The fabric is silky smooth, breathable, and — hooray! — it's machine washable. I think Adea tops would be particularly great for travel (business or personal), because the pieces air dry in under an hour, so you can pack less. The fabric is touted as having such a high opaqueness that it is extremely effective at filtering the sun's rays, offering twice the UV protection of cotton. Another benefit is that the fabric is moisture-wicking, so you don't have to worry about embarrassing sweat marks under your arms. With both pieces Adea sent to me, they hugged my curves without riding up or being uncomfortable. Oh, and this is a big one — the fabric resists abrasions and pilling, so not only do the pieces themselves always look new, but you don't suffer the humiliation of spending serious money on a beautiful new blouse or dress and then realizing your outfit looks lousy because you have a ratty, nasty camisole peeking out.

The Adea collection is available in thirty (count 'em, 30!) colors, with most pieces available for under $100. I was impressed to see a lot of glowing customer reviews, and happily surprised to see some really great sales if you click around, depending on colors and stock. You can see how saturated some of the colors are, below:

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A few of my favorite pieces from their collection…

The bra-friendly camisole — this one strikes me as a great way to wear the sheer blouse trend to work. It's $59 at MyAdea.com, but note that Espresso, Seafoam and Sherbert are 40% off.

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Another tank top: the U-neck tank (made of a slightly different fabric than the other Adea tops) — it was $98, but is now marked to $24 (on final sale, in black only).

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I featured this chemise back when we talked about what to wear under wrap dresses — now that I've felt the fabric I'm even more in love. It's $89 at Adea (but only available in black, gray, and red.)

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Finally: it's not quite the season for a 3/4 sleeve top, but it's an Adea bestseller, it has a ton of glowing reviews, and — since it's one of the pieces they sent me as well — I actually feel kind of loyal to this great layering piece. You could, in theory, wear this one by itself, but note: it is very body conscious, so in my opinion it's best as a layering piece (at least for work). It's $74, but note that some colors are on sale for 40% off.

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And now, that discount code: Corporette readers can take 15% off through the end of the week (ending 5/19) with code CORP13. Code is valid for one time use on both full price and sale merchandise, cannot be used with other discounts or promos and expires on 5/19.

Readers, what do you look for in a luxury camisole or other layering piece?

 

15 Comments

  1. I love clotheing that breathe’s, especialy in the summer. I do love the look of the white Cami, b/c it will let me wear a nice jacket but still be cool enough so I will NOT over heat! Frank will stare, but all I can say is FOOEY on him! After all, he is MARRIED so he should NOT have to be stareing at me.

    Ed told my dad that Philip will be calling of texteing me this week, but he said Philip is scared of me! Can you imageine? A man beieng scared of me? I did NOT bite him–all we did is eat dinner at a resturant in Mid-Town, and then we each went HOME. Sepereately. No fooleing around, not even a kiss good nite. I do NOT know what he was so scared about. We did talk about our future’s — me about my job and he about his job, and mabye a littel about marrage and children, but to listen to Dad, Ed thought that Philip felt that Iwas interregateing him to make sure he was marrage material. So what if I was? At my age, I do NOT have the energy to pretend I do not care of such thing’s. I think I made clear that I need a man to suport me and the children in Weschester, or Mabye LONG ISLAND where dad lives, but that is NOT so bad. If he was so scared, then he should be. I do NOTneed another Alan, to drink, sleep over, and then have me do his smelley laundrey — Like MOM told me cleaneing his ring around his coller but with NO ring around my finger. DOUBEL FOOEY on that!

  2. I primarily look for cotton, or at least high cotton count in a blend. These look like they would all be too curve hugging for me to wear on their own, and for the most part I like my shells to be at least decent if I get hot and take them off.

    1. I had some microfiber tops from Target that were amazing a few years back (some have held up very well; others died in various household accidents).

      I found that if I sized up, they were fine sans jackets and were terrific also in casual wear.

      I should have stocked up — these look like they would be good replacements, esp. the 3/4 sleeve one.

    2. I prefer cotton or cotton blend too … those feel just better on my skin after a whole day than an elastane or polyamid blend

  3. For similar fitted shells in cotton, see a brand called KikiRiki. Specializes in the Orthodox Jewish market (and to be honest, sizes are like small junior sizes), but can be googled and bought online. The cotton is good quality and really holds up.

  4. Early T/J-

    I’ve been looking to move and finally found a promising place. The only gripe is that it’s an owner-occupied building with 4 units, which is not covered by Chicago Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance (which has a lot of tenant-friendly rules). I want to somehow attach RLTO to the lease with some sort of verbiage that makes the rules in RLTO effective even if it’s not a covered property. Could you ladies help me draft a quick sentence or two to put in the lease to make this work? This CPA here knows nothing about this stuff! I haven’t seen the lease yet, but I want to be prepared in case this is not included. Thank you!

    (I know some people might not be a fan of having their landlord a few floors below them for creepy/privacy factor, but I feel comfortable with that as the tenants in other units have lived there for a while and they all seem to get along fine. I just want to make sure I’m covered by RLTO.)

    1. You can write a provision where your landlord agrees to abide by the RLTO standards, but you cannot make yourself “covered by RLTO” when the property isn’t covered. You can contract for the standards but you can’t amend the ordinance by contract to makeyourself actually covered. (Meaning, if there is a violation, you can’t bring a RLTO action; you would have to sue for breach of contract).

      1. Thank you- perhaps covered wasn’t the right word. I want to have the same rights as any other tenant living in a unit that is covered by the ordinance without having to rewrite the whole lease basically. So having a sentence like “the parties agree that the provisions of RLTO apply to this agreement” would make it effective right? I apologize if this is a silly question–just want to make sure this would work.

        1. I am not from Chicago and am not familiar with the property maintenance codes in your municipality.

          I just gave a brief read to the RLTO though and I can imagine the landlord saying no to abiding by this since it would likely require substantial bookkeeping and banking expenses/acitivities that he is likely not already doing. These seem to be pretty onerous for all landlords to abide by and I can see why the City excluded small scale operations.

          Also, be warned that some parts of this are enforced by the City’s code enforcement agency. Even if you guys signed an agreement to abide by the standards in the RTLO, the City would not cite the landlord for violating your private agreement like they would for a larger landlord violating the code.

          My advice to you is to figure out what are the main points to this RTLO you really want to see incorporated into your lease (notice for entering your place?) and then make sure the lease incorporates those points.

          I am also a landlord myself and I would rather walk away from the tenant than sign on to an agreement that included all of these things with the tenant’s ability to seek monetary judgments if I did not follow them. It’s not a renters market. I just had a property I own rent for more than asking after a bit of a bidders war.

          1. If you haven’t seen the lease yet, you may be getting prematurely worried. I agree with the advice to figure out what particular sticking points you want (notice of entry, early termination, etc) and be prepared to negotiate those points. You can probably find an overview of tenants’ rights for Illinois (try the attorney general’s office or legal aid) that will give you some guidance on state laws.

    2. It is not good to add new conditions to a lease that are not applicable under Chicago’s RLTO. Why would you want to do this anyway?

  5. I love Adea for winter layering. The 3/4 sleeve top that’s posted is the perfect thing to wear under sweaters for x-tra warmth and to avoid frequent dry cleaning.

  6. I have now bought several of the Adea tops–both the 3/4 sleeve and the camisole–after they showed up on this site. They are perfect for under jackets. They’ll send you a set of swatches for free, which I highly recommend so that you can see the exact colors. I also recommend going up a size unless you’re at the bottom of the measurements so that you can take your jacket off; it will still be form-fitting but won’t be indecent. They’re dressier looking than cotton. I am really pleased with the tops and with the fast service.

    1. I bought these because of this website as well, and am equally pleased. They’re great for travel because they wash and dry so quickly. They look terrific under a jacket, and I particularly like the high neck versions. You might want to consider going even two sizes up if you like a little give. Just ignore the size!

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