Coffee Break: Nude-For-You Camisoles

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Ladies, let's talk camisoles for work and demi-camisoles — where are your favorite camisoles from? We haven't done a full Hunt for camisoles in a loooong time, and I went to update it and wondered if it's even something people are “hunting” for now (versus grabbing whatever's available at a store or from your drawer).

I have, historically, been on Team White Camisole with White Blouse, but there are two good options if you want a specific “nude for you” camisole — the pictured option, from Nordstrom's (new?) line, as well as Banana Republic's “True Colors” line.

Readers, over to you — are you “hunting” for camisoles or demi-camisoles these days, or just grabbing whatever's available? Some of the reader favorites are below…

Some of our favorite camisoles for work in 2025 include Commando's Butter camisole and Honeylove's shaping cami. If you're on a budget, try J.Crew Factory (reversible and several “nude” shades) or Amazon's multi-packs. Other options: demi-camisoles from companies like Halftee (Amazon also has a lot) — or chemisettes!

Sales of note for 2/7/25:

  • Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
  • Ann Taylor – Extra 25% off your $175+ purchase — and $30 of full-price pants and denim
  • Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 15% off
  • Boden – 15% off new season styles
  • Eloquii – 60% off 100s of styles
  • J.Crew – Extra 50% off all sale styles
  • J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything including new arrivals + extra 20% off $125+
  • Rothy's – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
  • Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
  • Talbots – 40% off one item + free shipping on $150+

Sales of note for 2/7/25:

  • Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
  • Ann Taylor – Extra 25% off your $175+ purchase — and $30 of full-price pants and denim
  • Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 15% off
  • Boden – 15% off new season styles
  • Eloquii – 60% off 100s of styles
  • J.Crew – Extra 50% off all sale styles
  • J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything including new arrivals + extra 20% off $125+
  • Rothy's – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
  • Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
  • Talbots – 40% off one item + free shipping on $150+

And some of our latest threadjacks here at Corporette (reader questions and commentary) — see more here!

Some of our latest threadjacks include:

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  1. We’re getting the entire interior of our house repainted this summer. The painters we hired use only Pittsburgh paint. I see lots of Sherwin-Williams and Behr colors recommended, but anything for Pittsburgh? I really have zero interior decorating skills or theming, and was planning on grays/neutrals/whatever is fashionable. FWIW, 1200 sqft house in the Midwest with a living/dining room/entry, three bedrooms (kids are one girl and one boy), one full bath and one half bath, kitchen, bonus room in the back which currently functions as office/Peloton/playroom. Most of the house has wood floors with yellow undertones, bathrooms both have beige tile, and we have a tan couch for the living room.

    Honestly can I just paint my entire house one gray color and be done with it?! Ugh.

    1. We actually sort of did. Hallway, living room, dining room, playroom and kitchen are interconnected and one warm light grey color. Kids got to pick their own bedroom color (within reason – nothing is like hot pink). Main bedroom and bathrooms are a very light blue because I find blue soothing for sleeping and blue works with like basically all bathroom towels/accessories.

      Red oak floors with a clear finish so not yellowy and greige tile in bathrooms FWIW. Tile will eventually get changed out.

    2. Given the warm undertones you’re working with, I think you’re going to be hard-pressed to find much in the gray family that doesn’t clash. I’d look more toward light beiges.

    3. I would pick the paint colors you like regardless of brand – any big brand of paint has the other brand’s colors preprogrammed into their system. You don’t even have to bring in anything to get matched, you can just order it easy peasy. :) If you want a nice neutralish color that goes with beige, I like Sherwin Williams sea salt.

      1. Yep! We are painting two bedrooms with Benjamin Moore colors …matched in Sherwin Williams paint.

    4. It doesn’t matter. Just pick a color you like in any brand and have it color matched. In the early days of color matching, yes, the computers got things wrong, but today, it’s just not a concern that we mere mortals need to worry about. Sure, maybe a color expert from some paint company could tell the negligible difference between their paint and their color matched into somebody else’s base, but you and I aren’t going to be able to.

      And yes, you can just pick one color and have the whole house painted that color. Any of these would probably be good bets. Go to the store and grab the chips and check them against your floors and tile. https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/color-overview/color-palettes/most-popular-colors

    5. Would you mind sharing the cost of what they quoted you? I dream of doing this but have no clue how much it would cost.

    6. Do you mind if I ask how much it’s costing? We just bought a house and need to do the same.

      1. $5000 for everything. I balked at the price at first (I thought it would be around $3500) but we got multiple quotes all in the same ballpark.

          1. Literally everything. Trim, walls, ceilings, windows and door frames. Also includes minor plaster repair in one room.

        1. This sounds like a great deal. I was quoted $5,000 just to paint the walls, no ceilings or trim, in a 2,000 sf house 15+ years ago. A relative was just quoted $1,500 to paint just the walls in a family room.

    7. My old place was a carefully curated blend of colors, with tons of time spent agonizing over what walls you could see from what rooms, so that all the colors would coordinate. New house is all a pale warm gray (SW Worldly Gray) and the simplicity makes me so happy. So go for it, just make sure you pick a warm enough color to go with your floors.

      1. I feel this to my core. We moved into our house 10 years ago and I agonized over paint colors. We will probably repaint in the next couple of years, and I’m strongly leaning toward picking one main color and just going for it.

      2. Open floor plans are a nightmare. I have a literal line down the wall where my foyer morphs into my dining room and they aren’t the same color. The goal was to paint them to match, but an ongoing thermostat issue has one wall perpetually torn open, so the patching and painting is endlessly postponed.

    8. If you have time, I suggest doing a colour consultation using a colour specialist or interior decorator. Someone like Maria Killam. She will take into consideration your current surfaces that are not changing (floors, counters, bathroom tile, furniture, etc) and give you suggestions. Given your brief description, it sounds like you need something in the ivory/beige family vs gray.

  2. Does anyone here wear On running shoes? I think the brand is “On.” I’ve seen them on a couple of women recently and I’m wondering if they are good shoes or if they are just trendy and cute. I wear shoes for years so I would prefer not to get anything that’s going to be a passing trend.

    1. They are good running shoes and are popular with friends who run very long distance races, but NO running shoes should be worn for years, except as yardwork/lawn mowing shoes.

    2. You should be replacing them every 300 – 500 miles, so unless you never run or walk in them they will wear out long before the trend dies.

    3. I can’t run in them. I find them unsupportive (and I’ve tried two different styles) and there’s a lot of heel slippage (and I don’t have super narrow heels). I do like them for knock-around shoes.

    4. My husband wears them. In my southern city they’re all the rage among carpool moms. Not to disparage carpool moms, as I am one! I just don’t want the same shoes as the rest of them.

    5. I know a ton of people who have them and love them, but they’re all serious runners

    6. They don’t work for my feet (for running – I’m sure they’d be fine for walking), but they’re my husband’s favorite running shoe, and he’s had his current pair for a while so they seem to hold up well.

    7. I tried them on about two years ago at a running store and hated them. I’m a non-serious runner.

    8. Are you wearing them for running or for casual wear? I feel like this is highly dependent on what works for your feet.

      1. my husband does ultramarathons and likes them. But ditto that 300-500 miles is the lifespan.

  3. I’m the “glass pieces to go on top of my bedroom furniture” poster from this morning. I just had a chance to look at the replies, thank you for the input! I don’t know if there is a local glass store here (Richmond) but I’ll look around.

    I wanted to ask though…do you all really think this is an bad/old-fashioned look? It’s going on top of the IKEA Hemnes line in white stain (they do offer some glass tops but not in the right sizes for what I need). I wasn’t doing it for water rings…I was doing it because my previous Hemnes furniture got banged up on the top because it is a bit soft.

    1. No I don’t. I’m writing to you from a wood desk covered in glass, and I think it’s genius. I had a PB white desk previously that got SO banged up and is essentially worthless at this point. I also know my sister was devastated when her gorgeous custom wood desk got a major dent in it from something being dropped on it. I plan to cover more surfaces in the future, where appropriate. Typically, that would be soft woods (like you mentioned) or ones that will get a lot of surface wear. My dresser is a high chest of drawers so the top doesnt get a lot of stuff moving around on it, but I could see doing it on a long, low dresser.

      1. Yes, it is a long, low dresser! And two nightstands. My current nightstand is really banged up from regular use and I wanted to try to prevent that this time around…just wondering if it is as old-fashioned as plastic covered sofas, per a morning commenter :)

        1. Nope I saw that comment and thought it was a bit odd. I would definitely consider a plastic covered sofa as old-fashioned, and mostly just weird. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a piece of glass nicely fitted to protect a wood/wood-like surface from damage, and agree with SA that a banged-up piece of furniture would definitely look worse than a nicely maintained piece with glass on top.

        2. If you like it and it works for you, then it’s perfect. My kitchen table has a linen 1940’s tablecloth covered with a clear vinyl sheet. If anyone has a problem with me happily recreating my grandma’s kitchen table, they are free to look/stay/eat elsewhere.

        3. You do you. I don’t think it’s quite as old fashioned as plastic slip covers, but it’s definitely not my style. That said, different strokes for different folks, so I thought the comment this morning was a bit unnecessary. If I saw this in somebody’s home, I wouldn’t think twice about it.

        4. I find it a little old-fashioned but do be aware glass is a lot more annoying to keep clean. A quick swipe of a damp rag will work for getting dust off the regular Ikea finish, but will leave you with streaky lines on the glass. Windex will be your friend!

        5. I think the poster might also have mixed up her comment, you can’t clean off water rings that have damaged wood but you do just wipe it off glass. Honestly I think glass is super easy to keep clean.

          1. Whoever said you can get water rings out of wood definitely doesn’t own high value or quality pieces.

        6. I think glass-topped furniture only reads as old-fashioned if the overall furniture and decor is old-fashioned to start with. Otherwise it is like tofu, it just takes on the flavor of whatever you pair it with.

    2. I think a glass top is going to look a lot better than a banged up piece. Plus if it’s in your bedroom not many people are going to be seeing it anyway. (Caveat: I am an Old.)

    3. Richmond, VA? Binswanger Glass is a chain, but I’ve been happy with the Broad Street location for other glass work. I’ve also heard Ace Glass recommended.

    4. I am all about the glass top. I think it’s a great look and highly functional. I’m 27 so take my data point for what you will.

    5. You definitely have a glass shop because I’ve lived in places smaller than Richmond with glass shops. It’ll be over in the industrial part of town and probably won’t be a “store” so much as a workshop where they happen to have a cash register.

      It does remind me of my mom and grandma and my achingly formal, material possessions are precious upbringing, but that’s a me thing, not a you thing :) I’d probably use it if I wasn’t so committed to purposefully living a feet on the coffee table, muddy paw prints life now ;)

    6. Facebook groups is my go to place to find out that sort of info. My local town’s group is rife with questions like that and fun gossip. But fwiw I think it looks fine when on modern furniture. On grandma’s mahogany chippendale dining maybe it would look a little old.

      1. I think this is a good point. Although we put a glass top on an antique chest when we converted it into a bar/liquor cabinet and je ne regrette rien.

    7. I put custom-made glass on my antique walnut nightstands and have never regretted it. Life is too short to worry about ring marks, pen marks, oil marks from night cream. And I’ve never found the glass hard to clean–damp rag followed by drying with a cotton tea towel–I’ve never had to use Windex. I’d say the glass is less cleaning fuss than the walnut tops of the dressers. And when you have lamps and other things on the nightstands, your eye does not focus on the glass.

  4. I do have a favourite cami! It’s an M&S one which has a lace trim (but not *too* lacey, which I’m not a fan of) around the top. I have a lot in navy and black, a few in white, one in grey, and a couple in a pale pink which is close to nude-for-me without actually being my skintone.
    Link to follow in reply!

  5. Ugh just need to vent. A judge I clerked for is retiring and his former clerks (about 40 of us) are putting together a virtual celebration for him. Of course two of his former female law clerks organized this and only the female law clerks so far have volunteered to help with the program.

          1. Right? I was gonna say “draft them and force them to help” but that would guarantee they would get 110% of the credit!

    1. This is such a persistent issue. Just the other day I was in a conversation with three men (one client, three lawyers) trying to schedule something. The client asked “someone” to circulate a calendar invitation. I did not expect the client to do it, but I knew the expectation from everyone would be that I would. So I didn’t. And then hours later I got an *email* from one of the male lawyers (my equal in all respects) asking if I was going to send “that invitation.” I wanted to scream.

      1. This is why I always make sure to say, “Bob, why don’t you send that out” in the moment. Always delegate, preferably to a junior male.

      2. Did you reply, “No, you can go ahead and do it. Thanks.” Because I’m pretty sure that’s what I would have said.

    2. Put it out there. “Do you think of yourself as an enlightened male? Do you believe sexism is no longer a problem? Then why are only women doing the work on this event? Step up.”

      Send it to the group of 40.

  6. I wear tanks under a lot of clothes for the smoothing aspect. I do have a nude one I like to wear under white tops from J. Crew factory. It’s the Reversible layering tank top.

  7. Uniqlo Airism are my go to for undershirts like this! Seamless, light, and super cheap. I prefer the tank tops so I don’t have to deal with straps sliding down during the day. Only downside is that they don’t come in a bunch of different skin color.

  8. I’m over camisoles except for the one black one I keep on-hand for my DVF wraps. I refuse to buy tops that aren’t sufficiently opaque. This means I have only one white blouse and I’m fine.

    1. Yep. I wear them under sweaters for comfort reasons, but I am done with buying shirts that require another layering piece.

    2. For me they are a warmth thing probably more than they are a ‘decency’ thing. Even today I’m wearing a long sleeved Uniqlo heattech under a needlecord dress!

    3. Yeah, I only wear camis under sweaters when I want the extra warmth, so Jockey brand is fine.

    4. I haven’t worn a camisole since I stopped trying to channel CJ Cregg back in the early 2000s.

    5. I only ever layer under sweaters due to itchiness or to prevent single-use laundering, so camisoles are useless because I need underarm coverage.

  9. I have a drawer full of camis/tanks of many colors (mostly The Limited and Target) that needs to be culled, not added to. But that Commando cami looks so soft and light that it makes me want to just toss all of what I have and upgrade to those.
    I do like camis to smooth me out a bit under shirts and, of course, to address the sheerness issue of so many blouses these days. I have several silk shirts from the 90s that no longer quite fit, but which I have held onto in the hopes of dropping a size or two because they are of such classic cut and high quality. I can’t find anything, no matter the price, that matches the quality of these decades-old shirts from BR, Tahari, and Classiques Entier.

    1. Hot take: every time I’ve gotten rid of something from The Limited since they closed, I’ve regretted it. Their stuff was so great.

      1. I really loved their basics, especially, and I guess I thought so much of their camis that I have multiples in all the basic colors and I really do not need 5 identical cream camis.

  10. Does anyone know if United Business Class is refundable at the moment? There’s an option to get economy or economy fully refundable but not option for business or statement either way.

  11. I never wear camisoles. They don’t work with my shape, which is very busty on a narrow back. A camisole fitting the bust will pad out my waistline to a ridiculous amount, and a camisole fitting my waist squashes my bust like an ill-fitting sausage casing. Unless they have strap adjustment, they are always to low on a high bust. I think a well-fitting bra is the best undergarment for my shape.

    But I don’t wear white, and truly don’t care if my bra or nipples or whatever shows through a top or if there is cleavage. (I guess that might be a no-go professionally in the US, based on the many, many AAM questions about busts?). I have reached an age and a mindset where the fucks are all used up, none left to give.

  12. All my experience is in white collar jobs, research etc. But I am currently unemployed, a friend suggested I make up a fake resume since my real work experience would eliminate me from retail jobs in my current area (he said based on his experience). I am in a situation where I dont mind doing any job not sure how to navigate this. Advice?

    1. sounds like bad advice to me- honestly I’d list older jobs only (even if that means it’s your after-school job at the Gap 20 years ago) and omit your current experience rather than make anything up.

      1. OP here: I have thought of this, unfortunately the only experience I have similar to this is in a clothes shop my mum had and I would help out on weekends. I grew and went to college outside the US so no US retail experience. Plus they ask you to apply online where the system also wants dates and a full resume. I am also know if someone was to Google my name they would find my real background.

    2. Can you just put your full resume? Unfortunately due to biases I think this is less of a problem for women, and your average of Joe is less likely to consider a woman ‘over qualified’.

    3. Definitely don’t lie. I would just be honest, but try to describe your experience in terms of working with others, responding to feedback, fulfilling requests, etc.

      1. The problem isn’t that retail hiring managers think white-collar workers can’t do the job, it’s that they assume that the person with a history of an office job is just taking the retail job as a stopgap and will leave as soon as she finds a “real” job. It’s the same thing that happens with “overqualified” candidates for white-collar jobs.

        1. I understand but she can’t change that. The best you can do for any job is tailor your resume and apply.

    4. If you’re currently unemployed, sign up with all of the temp agencies. They can send you out on $12/hour jobs answering the phones, on a far more regular schedule than you get in retail, and many of them do higher-level temp work. If you are deliberately looking for a not-9-5 schedule, consider waiting tables.

    5. If you are actually applying to restaurants and retail etc then you actually fill out an application for each one, so the resume update isn’t going to help there. I think you could be honest but just outline the parts of your job that were customer-oriented. Plus if you have a lot of availability, that could be good for hiring.

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