Suit of the Week: Reiss
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For busy working women, the suit is often the easiest outfit to throw on in the morning. In general, this feature is not about interview suits for women, which should be as classic and basic as you get — instead, this feature is about the slightly different suit that is fashionable, yet professional. Also: we just updated our big roundup for the best women’s suits of 2026!
This charcoal suit from Reiss looks lovely… and they have a very interesting matching bomber jacket.
When I rounded up how to wear bomber jackets to the office a few months ago, I don’ t think I envisioned the bomber-jacket-as-suiting. And I still feel kind of mixed about it here; something about the stand collar and zipper feels more “polished track suit” than bomber jacket. But altogether it’s an interesting look, and one that I think could be worn to the office. I’d be more inclined to treat them as separates, but that’s me.
The more classic suiting looks great — I like the “mottled herringbone weave,” as well as the pick stitching, full lining, and working button cuffs. The pieces are $320-$480.
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I have a bomber jacket suit. It looks great, but works better for industry events and not for a very formal or serious occasion.
I cannot even begin to imagine that for my life. I did go check out the bomber jacket link. Fashion is an interesting beast.
Compared to the link, my jacket is a little cropped, has a smaller collar, and the sleeves aren’t elastic-y.
In my role I am usually looking more for pieces that generally look good than strictly business professional/formal
I can see a bomber style working in a different color or fabric. In this incarnation however, it looks much like a mechanic’s coverall to my eye.
Agree. The examples in the roundup generally look like they could work in my finance bro office. Today’s bomber reads like it’s oil change time, though.
I think the bomber is fine. I actually really like some of the new suit options – bomber in suiting material, or button-up shirt in suiting material. It can look really cool.
However, I think what moves this into pyjama territory for me is the drawstring and loose pants that the bomber is styled with. Maybe with a crisp cigarette pant this would look very stylish.
I like the linked one quite a bit and think it looks very stylish.
I have a bunch I wear to the office too, it’s a great third piece when I don’t need to be business formal.
I’d love a pair of wool herringbone trousers that aren’t too wide leg or slouchy. Any good finds? The Boden Canonbury in hunter green are tempting me. I love the green, but a neutral might get more wears with my closet.
Those are gorgeous, and FWIW a green like that acts a neutral in my wardrobe.
+1, that’s the type of color that practically acts like a neutral. Love those.
i feel like j.crew had some that looked nice
Sezane has a few options in wool that are lined.
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I wanted to reach out to the reader who posted about getting a molar extracted and having mixed feelings about it. I have had two molars extracted, implants put in and crowns added, all within the last few years. I have had many ups and downs for different reasons (bad reaction to anesthesia once, the implant top screw somehow came unscrewed – twice, etc.) BUT, after it’s all be finished I could not be happier with the results. My teeth all feel like real teeth and look like real teeth and I do not have any pain anywhere in my mouth, nor do I have two wiggly molars. Trust me, your future self will be grateful that you finally did something because waiting on this was not going to make it better and could possibly make it way worse (one of mine got a cavity in a place that was not visible and started hurting like h-ll). The only advice is that you take it easy on yourself and check with your dental insurance to see if you can spread out your steps so that you can get additional coverage (e.g. implants in one calendar year and crown the next calendar year). Dental work is not cheap.
I’m not the OP of that post, but I replied with my own story about recent extractions. Thank you for posting this. I still have a way to go in my process and your message is making me feel so much better about it.
for the poster considering 1 inch hex tile for the bathroom, give a thought to how much you like scrubbing all that grout! might look cool but will be a nightmare to keep clean.
Am I the only one who never scrubs grout? Unless it has, like, spaghetti sauce spilled on it or mildew spots or something? I just do not care if it darkens over time.
I think people who scrub grout aren’t the type of people who clean weekly. Grout doesn’t get that dirty with basic maintenance.
+1
It depends on the humidity. Where I live, even if you clean weekly mildew starts to grow.
Eh, I agree for penny tile across the whole bathroom. The issue isn’t so much grout generally darkening over time, as it is super obvious where it DOES thanks to the areas that don’t see much wear (like along the sides near the wall). Even with neat bathroom habits – like not splashing water everywhere – and a thorough mop & cleaning every week to two weeks max, that stuff shows everything.
Nope. I dunno, maybe my housecleaner does but this is never something I’ve noticed as an issue and I have white grout.
People actually scrub their grout? Life is too short. Stain it dark and live your life.
Yeah, get dark grout and call it a day. I got white grout once and let’s just say never again.