Suit of the Week: Abercrombie & Fitch
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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!
I found this fun suit while updating our guide to the most affordable interview suits.
(I wouldn't wear a gingham suit to an interview, but it is a nice option for spring and summer.)
The blazer is $120, available in sizes XXS-XXL, and the pants are available in regular, long, and curvy options, on sale for $59. There's also a matching vest on sale for $45.
Looking for something similar? Boden has a linen gingham blazer (with, sigh, matching shorts).
Sales of note for 5/8:
- Nordstrom – Savings event – up to 25% off! Good deals on Veronica Beard, Vince, Reiss (esp. coats), and Boss, as well as Wit & Wisdom and NYDJ
- Ann Taylor – Mother's Day Event: 40% off your purchase. Readers love this popover blouse, and their suiting is also in the sale.
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code
- Express – $39+ summer styles + 25% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off swim, dresses, and more
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 60% off everything, and extra 50% off clearance
- Lands' End – 50% off sitewide — lots of ponte dresses come down under $25, and this packable raincoat in gingham is too cute
- Lo & Sons – Mother's Day Sale: Up to 40% off — reader favorites include this laptop tote, this backpack, and this crossbody
- Loft – 50% off your purchase + free shipping, plus 2 for $28 tanks and tees
- MAC – Enjoy 30% off lip products and receive a 4-piece Mother's Day gift with $90
- M.M.LaFleur – Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off.
- Ruti – Take $55 off your purchase with code 55ONUS
- Sephora – Free same-day delivery for Mother's Day with code
- Talbots – 50% off wear-now styles (5/8 only)
- The Outnet – Extra 30% off select styles, including Veronica Beard, Victoria Beckham, and Marni.
- TOCCIN – Use code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off!
- Vivrelle – Looking to own less stuff but still try trends? Use code CORPORETTE for a free month, and borrow high-end designer clothes and bags!
I’ve reached a place in life where I can work because I want to, not because I have to. I’ve been in health tech for 2 decades, in product/engineering, then strategy, serving as an SVP over product. For the past 6 years I’ve been a consultant in a similar role and really flexing my schedule to be present for the kids. I’m about to be 45 and just…kind of ready to do something else with my career or just time in general.
I’m interested in something 20-40 hours/week, if it’s closer to 40 it would need to be remote or remote friendly. I’ve had random thoughts like working for a nonprofit, or working as a paralegal, a school admin (like, secretary), a ski instructor, or just working for the local town government and hanging out with all the townies (I’m okay being a townie!). I do not want to teach or otherwise work directly with kids. I don’t want to deal with patients. I don’t really want to work for myself for the next 20 years.
Salary doesn’t matter much. I’ve made $250k and I’ve also had years making $50k (as a consultant when non work life was super busy and I just noped out of projects).
We recently inherited money that has taken basically all pressure off both of us. Kids’ college is funded, we could pay the house off if we wanted to. DH has a really cushy job (great hours, very high pay).
Thoughts??
I’m in the same position but 5 years older and I’m trying to read books about planning for retirement, having something to retire into, etc. Some of the FIRE forums are helpful for this. my plan is to not search for a unicorn job that I’ll do half-heartedly but look at it from the early retirement perspective.
I haven’t read it yet but How to Retire by Christine Benz looks helpful. I’m also reading the Designing Your Life book. (Didn’t realize it was originally a Stanford class taught by product designers!)
DH is a fan of the Two Sides of Fi podcast for these sorts of topics, particularly what does post-retirement look like (if I recall correctly, one guy teaches a wine tasting class at a vineyard once a week, which is a retirement gig I could get behind).
Think about what connections you have that could get you one of these jobs. I say this because the job market is tough and every single employer at a nonprofit, etc, is going to look at your resume and chuck it out the window. Transitioning to something new within the same industry is tough; changing fields is nigh impossible. You’ll need connections to keep your resume from being thrown out in two seconds, particularly in a world with AI screening.
Have you considered volunteer roles? That seems more compatible with your desire to lean out.
If money is truly not needed, I’d just volunteer. You’ll have a lot more say in your hours and responsibilities and can just stop and find a new volunteer gig if something ceases to be fun. Working is always going to feel more like work, even if you enjoy what you do.
I can’t speak to all of these options, but nonprofit or paralegal would likely be lower pay, but without the work life balance you’re looking for. Those jobs both tend to require a serious time commitment above and beyond the stated hours.
If you want to work PT and be choosy about your daily projects I don’t think a non-profit, paralegal, or local government job is a good fit. Nor do I think a school administrative job is the right one if you don’t want to work with kids. At least none of these seem like situations where you would be good for the organization or the people they serve. So maybe lean into the ski instructor idea?
When did A&F begin selling suiting?? We’re talking about the same store that scandalized mall shoppers with semi-n0de models in the ’90s, right?
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch, I’d take her if I had one wish . . .
Oh, you know you were singing it, too.
I think suits are trendy and therefore available at places they normally wouldn’t be. Kind of how Forever 21 was awash in black pants and knee length skirts in the late 90s.
Okay, Abercrombie is actually amazing for my 40 year old self. Long torso bodysuit? Check. Great work tops that are still interesting? Also, check!
Just wanted to share a good-news medical thing in case someone here is in a situation similar to my own. I’m two weeks post-op from a laparoscopic hysterectomy (big bulky fibroids were causing uncomfortable pelvic pressure, fullness, and bloating) and I feel amazing. Recovery has been so much easier than I thought it would be. Before the surgery, I was wondering if I was just being a wimp about my symptoms, especially since I didn’t have the bleeding and incontinence symptoms that several of my friends have had from their fibroids. But zero regrets and so thankful that I went ahead with it! I didn’t know I could feel this good at age 50.