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I just spent far too much time going through the priciest coats at Nordstrom, and this is the first one that I'm truly drooling over.
First, some notes on trends: lots of oversized coats. Lots of coats With Shoulders. And lots of wrap coats.
Also, this wild shrug. (Link fixed!)
This gorgeous alpaca and wool longline coat looks as warm as it looks luxe — that rich bordeaux color is fabulous. I also love the little details on the sleeve. The pictured coat is $2390, but the brand has a lot of similar options starting at $1790 in more solid colors and with shorter hems.
Some of our favorite classic coats for work as of 2024 include J.Crew, Sam Edelman, Aritzia, L.L.Bean, Quince, and Cole Haan. On the splurgier side, do check out Mackage, Soia & Kyo, Eileen Fisher, Fleurette, and Cinzia Rocca. We've also rounded up our favorite washable winter coats!
Sales of note for 10.24.24
- Nordstrom – Fall sale, up to 50% off!
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event, 30% off! Suits are included in the 30% off!
- Banana Republic Factory – 40-60% off everything, and redeem Stylecash!
- Boden – 10% off new styles with code; free shipping over $75
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off a lot of sale items, with code
- J.Crew – Friends & Family event, 30% off sitewide.
- J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything
- Lo & Sons – Fall Sale, up to 35% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Save 25% sitewide
- Neiman Marcus – Up to 30% off on new arrivals
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off entire purchase, plus free shipping no minimum
- White House Black Market – Buy more, save more; buy 3+ get an extra 50% off
Jules
The link to the shrug goes to men’s bermuda shorts (which would actually be wild as a shrug).
Jules
I can see that now, and oy!
Cerulean
This color and style are right up my alley.
Anonymous
Hugh Hefner.
Anon
Right? Looks like a bathrobe you wear while lounging on a bear-fur rug near the fireplace, feeding your concubine fondue. Hard pass.
Anon
I would be so confused if I saw somewhere wearing this. It’s a bathrobe, not a coat
Anon
Will be perfect for my Hugh Hefner Halloween costume.
Anon
I don’t think I have the shape for a coat like this. I always look like I’m wearing my bathrobe in a bathrobe-shaped coat. (Waist tie wrap style specifically). Whose shape does this work for? I passed on a great deal on a Max Mara coat at a consignment store because I felt like a babushka in it.
Anno on
I love this shape and neckline. I am tall and pear shaped and it is very flattering.
Anon
I just ordered a black coat like this from Pendleton.
Anonymous
This shape works for me I’m a mid height smallish pear.
Anon
I cannot figure these out. I used to be a sample size in my 20’s, tall, skinny, and model-shaped, but this kind of coat still looked like a bathrobe on me.
Anon
It not only looks like a bathrobe, but specifically a bathrobe an elderly playboy would wear.
Anonymous
I can do a wrap coat if it has a notched collar and is in a color not commonly associated with bathrobes (white) or dressing gowns (this red).
Anonymous
I quite like a bathrobe coat and like this pick, but I need a narrower collar for it to work.
Size 6 hourglass here, and look smashing in a dropped sleeve, narrow collar and belted bathrobe coat. For me a dropped sleeve adds width to balance the layers at the waist and hips.
anon
Has anyone bought shoes from Vivaia? How do they feel in person?
I can’t do heels as much anymore and Rothys have no arch support. I like the look of some Vivaias but they seem to be marketed at older women. I’m 38.
Jules
I have a pair of the basic pumps, and they should be super-comfortable. There is great padding and support in the soles, and the heels also are cushioned so they don’t rub at all. But the shoes rub the tops of my toes – it’s like the toe box is not tall enough. (The shoes are not too narrow or too short.) I’m taking them to the cobbler to see if they can be stretched. They are bland looking on their own but cute with one of the little adornments I bought (black bow and opal-like freeform).
Anonymous
I have 2 pair. Very cute and comfortable but in the summer my feet sweat like crazy. They are not made of a breath fabric.
anon
They are the most comfortable, supportive, arch-loving shoes I’ve ever had. And as someone with high arches and plantar fasciitis, I’ve tried many. I too bought a couple sets of bows.
As far as the target market, you may be on to something. I first developed plantar fasciitis exactly at 40. But! They allow me to walk more youthfully, so there’s that.
Anon
Awful, they cut me in all kinds of weird places. I threw them out.
Crocket
I had two pairs and didn’t find them comfortable. I have wide feet with bunions so right in the market they are aiming for, but I found them very uncomfortable to walk in during my metro commute. Soles too thin, not enough arch support. I gave both pairs away and won’t purchase again.
Anonymous
where are you guys recycling batteries? (or are you just trashing them?) the little baggie where I’ve been saving them is overflowing.
Anonymous
Regular alkaline batteries can go in the trash. Lithium or rechargeable I take to our city’s dump, which will take them.
Anonymous
My town has e-cycling days where you can drop off batteries and dead electronics.
anon
My city will pick them if I put them in a baggie on top of the recycling cart on one of our twice yearly clean up days where they also pick up items too big too fit in the bins.
Anonymous
I throw away regular batteries, which is what you seem to be collecting. Any electronics go to our city’s special recycling center for hard-to-recycle materials. It’s a great resource to have and conveniently located for me, so I use it often for all kinds of things.
Anon
You need to google this for your city, but you shouldn’t put them in the trash, even if it’s technically allowed (it’s illegal in some places). I’ve lived in a lot of places, and some collect them with regular trash if you separate them in a bag on top of your can, some have 2x a year e-waste pick up, others you have to take them to the hazardous waste dump yourself, which isn’t actually that hard and usually free (batteries have been free everywhere I’ve lived, but sometimes larger electronic waste has a fee). There are also a lot of hardware or electronics stores or other places that collect them, and I’ve worked at multiple universities, all of which had collection boxes around campus.
Anon
Every place I have lived both the local public library and the fire department accept household batteries for recycling.
Anonymous
my office has a battery recycling bin, but the library also accepts them. or I take them when I make a run to the county dump/recycling center if I have other stuff to drop off. the recycling center is AMAZING, I am fascinated by the logistics of it.
Anonymous
Staples
anon
Staples
Anonymous
any plus size ladies here (3x+) who have favorite panties? been shopping for new ones for a while.
Jmllmj
I like Wacoal panties and bras.
Anonymous
If you like cotton, I like panty drop’s Kade & Vos https://www.pantydrop.me/collections/kade-vos
and also torrid cotton ones with the thick lace border.
Anon
My favorite are Soma. I’ve been up and down the scale, weight and size-wise. I wore 20w pants at Talbots at my max and the Soma Embraceable Brief in XXL fit me.
Anon
https://www.soma.com/store/product/Embraceable-Brief-Panty-with-Super-Soft-Enchanting-Lace-5-Pack/570340713?color=3898&size=0173&sem=pmax&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADqcMZf7AjAYkACVXvteKZZfj414V&gclid=CjwKCAjw68K4BhAuEiwAylp3ksb7KJKy8eYlsknuSTvlhxkuGGvfoG_5FOaKLNhE2OGE1pXVkX1QZxoCUXsQAvD_BwE
Anon
Lane Bryant is a good choice and if you can catch a sale of $35 for 5 or 7 pairs or other end-of-season colors/styles you can get some pairs for about $3-4.
Anonanon
Kindred Bravely’s non maternity panties
Anon
Re getting filler isn’t always bad? I see so much bad filler, but maybe there is good filler that doesn’t register as such. I think I’m too afraid of bad filler to ever do it but I’m trying to keep an open mind.
Anonymous
I love botox, but filler not only scares me, but I think it always ends up looking somewhat fake.
Anonymous
You don’t notice good filler which is why it’s good. You only notice the bad stuff. A friend of mine gets her lips done and it just balances her face, she’s very cognizant of not overfilling though.
Anon
You notice bad filler. There’s lots of filler out there that you don’t notice, I promise.
Anon
If you are in NoVa, or specifically the town of Vienna, is there a county dump you can use when trying to empty out a parent’s overstuffed house? I’m hoping that doing it by the car load will be intentional and not traumatic. Starting with the stuff that is in “my” room, so I have free rein. Bringing in a dumpster could be needed in the future, but I anticipate tossing more than will fit in the trash can (and if we keep it for a bulk pickup, I worry that my brothers and sister will talk mom into “keeping” this mouldy junk because they may someday want / need it, so it needs to GO). The things I see online seem geared towards recycling and this is all straight junk.
anon
You’re very kind to think of this and I wish I had more on point advice.
When I had to have my childhood home cleaned out in NoVa, the clean out service (which also provided support to elderly moving to assisted living) was able to bring in a dumpster just for a day at a time (so as to draw the least attention possible–better than a dumpster sitting around for weeks). Real estate agents tend to be able to provide specific referrals for this kind of thing.
In my part of the country, which is far from NoVa, there are companies that will issue enormous bags to pick up less-than-dumpster-more than-garbage-bins loads.
Anonymous
Here is what I found with a web search:
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks/recycling-trash/locations-hours
Anonymous
This is the answer. I’m local and the I-66 Transfer Station is about 15 min away.
Cat
Does Bagster operate in your area?
Anon
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks/recycling-trash/locations-hours
I’ve used the Lorton one. Very nicely run, friendly staff, clear signage.
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