Thursday’s Workwear Report: Short-Sleeve Rib Polo Sweater Dress
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Our daily workwear reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices.
The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is still going strong, and this polo dress from Julia Jordan is one of my favorite workwear pieces I’ve come across. The olive green color is lovely, and I really like the contrast trim detailing to make it feel a little extra special.
Add some flats, and this would be a great option for a business casual setting where the other folks are wearing chinos and polo shirts.
The dress is $84.99, marked down from $139, at Nordstrom and comes in sizes XS-XL. It also comes in black.
Sales of note for 7/19:
- Nordstrom – The Anniversary Sale has started! Here's our big roundup of the best workwear, as well as everything we've selected thus far. Don't forget to check to see if their daily beauty deal is a good one for you – e.g., 7/23 Lancome; 7/24 YSL; 7/29 up to 40% off select lip products; 7/31 Bobbi Brown; 8/1 Jo Malone
- Ann Taylor – Semi-annual sale, 60% off sale and 40% off everything — readers love this blouse and I always love the variety of colors/textures for this jacket (it's a great separate)
- Banana Republic – Summer sale up to 60% off sale styles + extra 20% off
- The Fold – Up to 50% off, further markdowns
- J.Crew – 50% off select cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 60% off clearance
- Lo & Sons – Summer sale, up to 50% off
- Lululemon – Summer sale!
- Me & Em – Sale! Up to 60% off (new lines just added)
- M.M.LaFleur – 25% off jardigans (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Nordstrom Rack – Clear the rack, extra 25% off clearance! 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 – Red Door Sale! Prices start at $15
- Theory – End of season sale is on!
Who exactly does ribbed material flatter?
The very toned
I wore the hell out of stuff like this in my late teens/20s. It’s a no-go for me now (especially at this price point) for full body pieces. I am liking open weave knits for tops/sweaters and they’re flattering as long as the sizing is more generous or the weave is thicker.
Something like this works much better in my 40s:
https://www.varley.com/products/mindy-contrast-stitch-knit-dress?variant=44540294987949&Color=Cilantro&Size=L
Fortunately for me most everything I loved there was sold out in my size 😂
I think it’s more of a subtle “if you got it, flaunt it” sort of thing since it makes the most of curves.
I get that, but it doesn’t do wonders for this model either.
I think she’s too thin for it.
You have to be incredibly thin and have curves for it to be flattering. And most people who have curves are not incredible thin … which makes sense, since you need a little fat for those curves.
This is a long shot, but can anyone recommend (or warn me off of) a Boston moving company for a small apartment move?
And yes, of course this is Sept. 1 and in Allston.
Are we still calling them geriatric pregnancies? My teen daughter used that term yesterday and I was really surprised. I had her at 39 and that wasn’t remarkable for my part of my city at the time. I gave her my non-medical take that it’s mainly an increased risk of chromosomal abnormalities in the baby + how health generally declines with age in all respects, but these pregnancies are generally fine if your health is fine, which is also true for when younger women get pregnant.
I wonder if social media starts skewing trad-wifey even in teens because I can’t really figure out how she even came across this term.
For better or worse, it’s a medical term that has been adopted by the mainstream. It’ll be up to ACOG if they end up changing it as it’s been increasingly common for patients to have 35+ pregnancies.
ACOG has switched to advanced maternal age. But I don’t think all providers have changed their language, especially those in areas where pregnancies at 35 or later are uncommon.
It’s the technical medical term for it and I think because it’s such a harsh-sounding way to describe a 35+ pregnancy, it’s more widely known than you’d think!
A lot of providers use the phrase “advanced maternal age” now, which I think sounds a bit better.
I’ve had two pregnancies after 35, and my doctors always used advanced maternal age. That’s what was in my medical file and paperwork, so I think the AMA switched to that term.
I think it varies by provider. I was labeled geriatric in the 2020s.
I think they’re shifting to “advanced maternal age.”
It’s bad when women who want to start families at younger ages are hindered by the timelines of educational and career paths originally designed solely around the needs of men. It’s not trad-wifey to want to change that. I get that it could be trad-wifey to react by simply opting out.
That and “habitual aborter” are two phrases that I feel like people should be prepared to duck and run after saying to me.
It’s a widely known medical term and used all over the place. Maybe your daughter is reading high quality writing on reproductive health issues and that’s how she learned it. I was when I was a teen.
As others said, some providers are shifting to “advanced maternal age” but “geriatric pregnancy” was the standard medical term for a 35+ pregnancy for decades and the term originates with medical providers, not social media. It’s used in plenty of books and TV/movies, so it’s possible she came across it that way? I think you’re overthinking this.
+1 to way overthinking.
During labor, my sister vomited on the nurse who had handwritten “geriatric pregnancy” in sharpie on her chart and I consider it one of my greatest real life karmic victories.
My android phone fell in a pool yesterday. It was fished out quickly and seemed to be okay but I have discovered that there’s a problem with the sound – videos are all silent, and phone calls only work on speaker. If you’ve had something similar, did the phone eventually dry out and return to normal?
You could buy some dessicant packets and seal your phone up in a plastic bag to see if that dries things out more.
Put it in a Tupperware box filled with rice, and snap the lid on. It overnight or for a day or two and it will help dry out remaining moisture.
Hi all, I am hosting a party and I would rather not have giant amazon ads on the page. It seems that Paperless Post and Evite are a bit pricey to remove that feature for 50+ guests (50 to 70 dollars). I don’t need tons of information but track RSVPs. Any other option besides Partiful (not a fan of Palantir). Thanks
you could build it yourself on Google sites w/embedded form for rsvps
my hair is fine and while not curly has a sort of frizzy wave about it. I blow it and mostly it’s fine but has anyone had any luck with a permanent or semi permanent process that takes out the frizz without making it super flat and straight? does that exist? i went to my college reunion and an event at my jewish sororority and all these women who had had beautiful curls when we were kids now wear their hair like cher in 1973 and, honestly, it’s not so flattering on an aging face. I don’t want to loose the fullness and body, just the frizz.
I thought a keratin treatment was supposed to do that. They iron it straight when the apply the treatment, but once it’s fully set, if you don’t straighten it, the natural wave is still there.
+1 to some sort of smoothing treatment. Do you use any products in your hair before you style it? I’d start there before jumping to a salon treatment.
I’d add a lightweight heat protectant, and colorwow or some sort of smoothing/frizz product. I’ve got thicker, wavy/curly jewish hair and the Olaplex oil is great to tame the frizziness, I bet the oil mist would be good for finer hair.
Fully agree on the Cher look being not so flattering as you age, my aunt who had thick curly hair my entire life starting doing keratin about 15 years ago and it’s wrecked her roots/curl pattern which she regrets.
Keratin treatment is extremely toxic.
Keratin itself is fine, but you can get it from product; Paul Mitchell Awapuhi is a popular line.
I think the salon treatments are relying on toxic stuff and then calling it keratin to make it sound better.
This sounds more like a product question to me.
I also wonder about the blow drying. Would using the fine hair version of the old Bumble & Bumble “don’t blow it” and letting it air dry still result in a lot of frizz?
Magic Sleek. It defrizzed my hair, and I told the stylist I didn’t want it super straight. She adjusted accordingly when she got to the appropriate step.
I have similar hair, and my hair is actually wavy without the frizz using the right products. Innersense daily shampoo + Jessicurl Confident Curls and Gelebration Spray are what I use.