Frugal Friday’s Workwear Report: Ruffle Short-Sleeve Sheath Dress
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Our daily workwear reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices.
We are moments away from fall (sartorially speaking, at least), so I was feeling pretty excited when this short-sleeved dress from Maggy London came across my screen.
Wear this gorgeous berry-toned number with bare arms while the weather is still warm and add a camel or gray blazer when things get a little chillier. It does say that it’s machine washable, but I would put it in a delicates bag to avoid too much snagging or twisting.
The dress is $49.97-$54.97 at Nordstrom Rack and comes in sizes 0-16. It also comes in three other colors.
Sales of note for 8/28:
- Ann Taylor – End of summer sale, last call — extra 70% off all sale, new markdowns added.
- CVS – Epic beauty sale, $10 off when you spend $30 (Walmart is having its “Beauty Event” as well right now!)
- The Fold – Up to 50% off, further markdowns
- J.Crew – Last chance summer styles on sale
- J.Crew Factory – 40% off new arrivals, extra 15% of $100+ orders
- J.McLaughlin – Extra 40% off sale
- Lilysilk – Anniversary sale, save up to 70%
- Me & Em – Sale! Up to 60% off (new lines just added, exclusively online)
- M.M.LaFleur – Labor Day Sale Event, save sitewide! (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Nordstrom Rack – Clearance, new markdowns up to 75% off! Nice selection of Vince, Veronica Beard, Reiss and Rag & Bone, a ton of affordable work dresses from Calvin Klein, Maggy London, Eliza J, and Donna Morgan
- Talbots – End of summer clearance, 70% off markdowns, including lots of colors of the reader favorite cardigan!
- Theory – End of season sale is on!
I feel like jcrew had a version of this once upon a time, and I bought it and felt ridiculous. But I’m not really a ruffle kind of person, I now know.
I think the ruffles are SO cute but this would be an office dress, unfortunately my office (and every office I’ve had prior) is basically the arctic tundra and ruffles don’t fit under a jacket, cardigan, etc.
They totally did! I remember that too. I never bought it because my work is more informal but I always thought it looked so chic.
JCF had a great lined sleeveless version of this. IMO this is the right amount of office ruffle.
Picture framing Q. I understand that museum glass is what I want to avoid reflections. Do I have to get a framer to build a frame and add this as my glass type? Or do I just go with a basic frame from Michaels and take it to a glass store to swap out the glass? I have some items for a room with windows and this is one room where I think that splurging on fancy glass makes sense but I’ve never done this before.
I’ve never heard of taking it to a glass store to save money, but this might work and save some money. Be prepared for major sticker shock if you go to a professional framer — custom framing is just really expensive (but potentially worthwhile for something you really care about). Just having a regular frame with regular glass is far, far cheaper. It’s up to you what you want to pay for all this.
Take the whole thing to a framer if you’re looking to do something nice.
If it’s already framed and already has glass, you could try one of the anti-reflective sprays or even a film and see if that’s good enough or not.
If anyone needs a good podcast for a long drive, I really like Des Linden and Kara Goucher’s Nobody Asked Us. I’m not a runner and still find listening to two women runners talk about running and other things. For years now. My neuroma makes me a hiker and a walker who runs in short bursts in tennis and it is just great and they are delightful.
They are the best.
On that note, anyone have any podcast recs for outdoorsy moms? I love the topic of identity and taking risk in motherhood. Not a runner but may give this one a try too!
This one? Kara has a son.
I’m the camping parent and my kids are in scouts and I’m not aware of anything in point. I like the first aid ones but they are all by dudes (still great though). There are a lot of mom podcasts and I have never loved any.
Ordinary Sherpa. I think they stopped creating content now that their kids are grown but there’s an entire back catalogue. She spent a year on the road with her kids and podcasted the entire journey.