Coffee Break: Tory Pointed Toe Flat
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These LK Bennett flats look great — and they're on sale! In fact, Nordstrom has a ton of LK Bennett shoes marked down right now, but some of the selection is down to lucky sizes. (Ooh, lots of LKB clothes on sale, too.)
These pretty flats are available in most sizes in black, but the brown colors are dwindling — perhaps because the LK Bennett site has the black ones on sale but the brown ones full price at $410.
Nordstrom has both the black and the brown ones marked down to $245… if you're buying the black ones you might try to call them and see if they'll match the price at the LK Bennett site, $205.
Sales of note for 10/9
- Ann Taylor – 40% off must-have styles, and 30% off your full price purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – 40% off everything + extra 25% off
- Boden – 10% off new womenswear styles with code
- The Fold – Up to 25% off with their Workwear Mix and Match offer
- J.Crew – 40% off sitewide
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything + extra 60% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Fall style event! 25% off $500+, 30% off $750+ — try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Nordstrom – 1000+ new markdowns!
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We’re planning to go to DC as a family over spring break (late March). I haven’t been to DC-proper recently (only Tysons or National Harbor). Ideally we’d like something centrally located, where it’s not a ghost town at night, and suites/spaces with a kitchenette would be a bonus. Budget is roughly $300/night but could go a bit higher. Before I default to an Embassy Suites I’d appreciate other ideas!
I feel like that is hard, close-in (Dupont-ish?). I feel like close-in, it’s for work travelers who don’t need a kitchen or a suite. Further out, it’s more budget school travel places. Maybe the Club Quarters near the White House? Our firm used to put people up there.
I would look in crystal city. No particular hotel recommendations, but it’s going to be near impossible to find a hotel with a kitchenette or a suite at that price in DC proper, especially because late March is prime tourism season
Try Arlington or Alexandria or Bethesda. Not sure of the prices but that’s where you want to be.
I’d like these so much more without the buckle. Not ever accessory needs an accessory.
Same- the buckle (and, tbh, the other LK Bennett shoes that are discounted) look very 10-15 years ago to my eye. Like, the Sledge is in there. Even Kate Middleton gave those up ~2015. Stuart Weitzman makes a similar flat with no detailing.
It’s a classic style that has been around for 70 years.
Talk to me about wool. I used to love wool (wrinkle resistant, warm, can look a bit more polished than cotton). Now, my skin can deal with merino (primarily in socks and some winter underpinnings). But even cashmere needs an underlayer now. It doesn’t itch so much as it feels like brillo resting uncomfortably against my skin (LL Bean birdseye sweater — a classic I’ve had since high school) to the point where I swear I can feel the scraping through a turtleneck. I don’t think I’m allergic to wool (see merino effect). Maybe, as Parker Posey said, I’m just not meant to live an uncomfortable life?
What’s your question?
I do not understand how anyone can wear wool or cashmere next to their skin. Do they just ignore the discomfort? Or does it really not bother them?
For me, it’s “really truly doesn’t bother me”. Don’t make yourself wear uncomfortable fabrics!
it does not bother me at all, at least cashmere and merino don’t
Most cashmere and merino feel like nothing to me. Wool blends, however expensive or purportedly ‘soft’ will annoy me within minutes.
They’re soft and cozy.
Is your skin more sensitive to other things? I’ve sometimes had “nerves on end” type sensitivities when I had deficiencies or other things going on that resolved together with those issues. I remember not being able to wear denim because it felt so harsh and scratchy. Now I live in jeans again, but it is a strange contrast.
Definitely no need to be uncomfortable!
Ha — pants are only uncomfortable when I wear them at my prior size. I’m about half a size up now and really should complete the re-shopping for things without a stretchy waist.
I guess I usually do wear something under my wool or cashmere, although I am comfortable wearing short sleeve shirts under wool or cashmere cardigans.
Weirdly, although acrylic blends do not itch when I put them on, they make me sweaty and then I feel sweaty and itchy. So, I am Team Wool or Cashmere, preferably 100%, which is becoming harder and harder to find except for $$$$. Or in boring colors from Quince.
Yeah, I just can’t do wool or cashmere. I’ve tried so many sweaters and they just go unworn. Even with an undershirt, I feel the fibers, and it’s an unpleasant sensation. It’s gotten worse with age. I don’t think I’m allergic or anything, I just can’t stand how it feels.
I know there’s a lot of hate for acrylic, and I get why, but a cotton-acrylic blend generally works for me.
Skin can get sensitive to things at any point, and it doesn’t always rise to the level of allergy. Sounds like that’s what’s going on here.
Okay, don’t wear it! Just like yesterday’s poster doesn’t need to wear suede shoes. These posts are so bizarre to me.
It’s often the same poster who is paranoid about following some “rules” for how professional women or women of a certain age should dress.
I bought a cashmere sweater from LL Bean last year and the quality was horrendous. It’s now in the trash. Maybe it was just their cashmere, not all cashmere, if you’ve been fine until then?
This is an extremely common sensitivity. Just something you have to avoid.
if you have a summer or very seasonal hobby, what do you do when it’s done? feeling a bit lost now that the gardening season is over
New seasonal hobby! Hiking, knitting, cooking, skiing, whatever, take lessons in something new
I picked my rec league sport completely based on its season falling in the muddy middle months between the end of skiing & the beginning of good backpacking season, so that’s an option. I like living in a 4-seasons climate; and now I have matching hobbies to swap out with my clothes boxes!
I also grow a big garden every year and love it; and I realize part of what I love is the quiet, productive routine of caring for it – and so I make sure to keep a few inside winter plants, that at least need me to water them and clip the dead leaves and maybe repot occasionally – it gives me that touchstone through the winter without taking much time.
Find a hobby or activity that can be done in cold dark weather. Indoor sports, exercise classes, art classes, dance classes, specialty “sports” like indoor rock climbing or bowling, trivia leagues, music and theater, mahjong (my 30 something friends do this) poker night or other card games, volunteering, book club… Also small things you can do at home like cooking projects, puzzles, games, indoor plants and flower arranging
As a gardener myseif I actially love winter! You get a little rest, then in Jan/feb is when allll the pretty plant and seed catalogs come! and you get to snuggle up with all the catalogs plus the new gardenung books you bought to plan the coming season.
It’s hard. Nothing really replaces gardening, but I try to lean into reading, baking, and crafting.
Is br**st sensitivity age related or a perimenopausal symptom? Mine have been far more sensitive in the past year or two (age 38) than even when I was pregnant (youngest kid is 3). Anything brushing against them is uncomfortable, I basically jump scare when my DH touches them, and I’m always desperate to take off my bra.
Yes I’ve noticed mine are more sensitive for a couple years. I’m 40 and in early peri.
yes, especially if it’s before my period, but every night the bra is coming off earlier and earlier
Mine are definitely more sensitive. However, if they’re so sensitive that brushing against them hurts, I would see the doctor right away. I had a time when one of mine was uncomfortable if my arm brushed it and they made a point of checking it right away. It turned out to be non-lactational mastitis (I had been done nursing for a couple years) but apparently it can also be a symptom of more serious concerns.
It’s always good to get things checked out but my OBGYN told me pain/sensitivity is almost never a symptom of breast cancer.