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Suit of the Week: Armani

Suit of the Week

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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.

I mean, can you go wrong with an Armani suit? This one looks sleek yet simple. I love the contoured piping (especially on the back! gorgeous!). The blazer is $2,795, available in sizes 0–14, at Neiman Marcus. (I believe these are the pants, over at sister site Bergdorf Goodman, for $875…. and this architectural, cool dress looks like it's also a match for fabric although I don't see why you'd cover that up with a blazer.)

Readers, what's the most expensive suit you've ever owned (or tried on)? Which of the “fancy” suits are really worth it to you? I need to update our suit post, but in the past we've recommended Dolce & Gabbana, Max Mara, Burberry, Akris and Escada… I'd also include Armani (obvs) and Alexander McQueen.

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  1. Playing the suit game

    I would get a Paul Smith suit, been very happy with that brand. Or Hugo Boss.
    Wool only.

    • nuqotw

      $3500 is custom suit territory. Pantsuit with a waistcoat, preferably deep purple wool, grey silk lining.

  2. Anonymous

    Sorry for the TMI question but does anyone else get gassy/bloated etc. AFTER their period or say starting day 4 or so of it? I don’t recall this being an issue when I was younger but I’ve noticed it in recent years – say age 37 onwards. The gas/bloating sometimes results in upset stomachs too. I’m 41 now. Anything you all take for symptom relief that could help – whether the stomach meds or just gut health generally? Is this the type of thing probiotics could be useful for? Took them for a couple years in my mid 30s and don’t recall these specific issues then though IDK if it was just being younger or if having a healthier gut had some effect.

    • Anonymous

      It may be an age thing. I’ve eaten broccoli all my life. Now, 40s, I need a gas-x for anything like that. Ugh. It is crazy. On BCP (that I take without a break), so I vote for age.

    • Anonymous

      I have IBS (gas and diarrhea) and notice variations in symptoms that correlate to my cycle. I do tend to get painful gas in the first half of my cycle, especially right before I ovulate. You could certainly try probiotics. I really haven’t found anything that made a difference, except maybe a short course of antibiotics for SIBO. I am not 100% it helped but I think it may have. I’m 44 and have been dealing with this for a few years now.

    • roxie

      I recently started products from Hilma and they might be helpful for something like this (i am in no way connected to or benefit from recommending this company!)
      https://www.hilma.co/

    • Anon

      I would feel a very sharp, stabbing pain when I ovulated. The egg bursting from the ovary really hit me!

  3. Anonymous

    I have an Akris cashmere suit that is almost delicious, the fabric is so prefect. Unfortunately, COVID-15 may make it go up on Poshmark if don’t reverse that trend soon . . .

    • Anon

      Why not keep it and wear it as separates? Is the style classic enough? And a delicious fabric… Mmm. Can you post a link?

  4. Anonymous

    Career advice… what would you do?
    I was recruited to join a regional firm (under 100 lawyers, flyover state) a few years ago. The pitch was: join the firm, Partner A is retiring, come specialize, you’ll get his book. For Reasons (out of my control – and knowledge up until recently), it turns out Partner A’s book is way smaller than I was told. It has sustained him in his winding down years but is not even close to what I want as a young partner trying to make and save money.

    I feel like my options are: 1) stay here, try to develop business, hope it pays off in 3-5 years, and bite the bullet on likely 3-5 years of fairly low compensation (maybe 100k). Or 2) job search – most government and in house roles in my practice area are starting at 150-180, more if I’m willing to move.

    I am not sure I have the energy to both commit and invest in business development – writing articles, scheduling lunches, etc. – and search for jobs simultaneously . If you were me, what would you do?

    • Anonymous

      Not clear from your post – in order to get a gov’t or inhouse job would you need to move or are there some that are local to you? If it means you’d have to move, why not make this a geographic decision — if you like where you are and want to stay, start building a book; if not, then start job searching.

    • No Face

      Definitely leave. If you still want to be a partner with a book, I would explore other firms where you can make more while building your book. If government/in-house roles pay so much more in your practice area though, that seems like a better option to me.

      • Anon

        This is what I was going to say: Option C. Find a new firm that pays more and start building a book.

    • Serafina

      Do you want to work for government / in-house? Do you want to do business development? Where do you want to be in 5, 10, 15 years? It sounds like you care about comp – what would your comp look like, realistically, under either option?
      3-5 years isn’t short, but your career is much longer.

  5. AnonATL

    Our lovely neighbor brought over a large bag of tomatoes he grew. With these and our grocery store supply, we are swimming in tomatoes. Any favorite recipes to use these up?

    • anon

      I don’t have a specific recipe, but omg gazpacho with a hint of coarse salt on top… chef kiss. mwah.

    • Anonymous

      I don’t have a particular recipe, but tomato pie with pimento cheese.

    • sfc

      Wonderful!

      Lots of BLTs. Like every weekend for lunch, with corn on the cob.
      I love a beautiful piece of bread, toasted. Sprinkle with a good EVOO. Goat cheese + thickly sliced tomatoes. Finish with salt and pepper.

      Lots of indian food, that always tastes wonderful with cut up tomatoes thrown on top for the acid.
      Toss them in at the end of scrambling eggs, or any sort of egg dish.
      Make a gazpacho.

    • Yum!

      Gazpacho! Skin and seed the tomatoes (or skip the seeding if you are not picky), put them in a blender with salt. Blend. Add a glug of good olive oil. Blend again. Then add (depending on taste and how chunky you like your gazpacho) chopped tomatoes (I usually use 1 for every 4 blended), chopped cucumber/red pepper, garlic, shallot, and red wine vinegar/lemon juice to taste. I realize the classic recipe calls for bread to thicken but I do not find it necessary.

      Good tomatoes and good olive oil make it so this is my go-to when I have really good tomatoes. It varies depending on who is eating it. My daughter likes is really smooth so when I am making it for her I tend to leave out all the things that make it chunky and just include a very small amount of garlic but it is really easy to customize.

    • Anonymous

      Caprese, Greek or tomato and onion salads.
      Pizza.
      Roasted tomato and butternut squash soup with chili.
      Tomato and avocado tacos.
      Homemade pasta or pizza sauce for the freezer.
      Broccoli and tomato pie.
      Bloody Marys with homemade tomato juice (use any leftover pulp or skin in a sauce or soup).

    • Dread Princess Roberts

      Half our kitchen counter is covered in tomatoes right now.

      Favorite recipe for using them up — and not having to heat anything — is Cowboy Caviar. I can’t find the recipe I use online, so here it is:

      15 ounce can of black beans, drained and rinsed
      11 ounce can of Mexicorn (or whatever size the can is now)
      Handful of sliced green onions
      Chopped fresh cilantro if you like it
      Large firm-ripe avocado, diced
      Fresh tomatoes, diced (whatever amount you want)
      2 tablespoons red wine vinegar or balsamic vinegar
      1/2 tablespoon olive oil
      1 clove minced garlic
      Dash of black pepper
      Tabasco or other hot sauce to taste

      Mix together everything except the avocado and tomatoes, and refrigerate. Toss in avocado and tomatoes shortly before serving. Tortilla chips are good with this.

      I know the amount of dressing seems skimpy, but somehow it’s enough.

      • Anon

        As a twist to this, I just saw an awesome NYT cooking recipe called Paneer con Tomate. I am considering making it this weekend, it looks delicious!

    • Anon

      OOH, I make Marcella Hazan’s simple tomato sauce which is 5tb butter, a bunch of whole tomatoes, and about a teaspoon of salt. Let it simmer about 3 hours until your house smells amazing. I run it through a food mill to get rid of the seeds. I make some for dinner tonight and some to freeze.

      I also can tomatoes for later use, which involves peeling them, commercial lemon juice (not fresh) and a canner, but if you don’t have that you can peel and freeze them in jars. It’s so nice to pop open a jar of summer tomatoes in December.

      For fresh applications, homemade salsa is hard to beat.

      I also like a fresh tomato pasta which is uncooked chopped fresh tomatoes and a bunch of basil cut in chiffonade – throw in in a big bowl, top with hot drained pasta, olive oil and salt, toss. This is perfect as-is if you have the freshest tomatoes and really doesn’t need another thing.

      • Anon

        Same—the Marcella Hazan hot pasta/cold sauce but mine has garlic. Both of my adult kids now make this, so it is enduring across the generations.

      • Anon

        Vaccinated people are less likely to get Covid. If they get Covid, they are less likely to have symptoms. If they have symptoms, they are less likely to need hospitalization. If they need hospitalization, they are less likely to die.

        That does not mean that nobody who is vaccinated will get Covid, have symptoms, or need hospitalization (or die). And as the share of the population that is vaccinated goes up (but not enough that the virus is not circulating in the community – i.e. no herd immunity)), then the total number of people who need hospitalization will go down. But that share of the hospitalized who are vaccinated (as a percentage not a total number) will go up.

        As far as I know, no vaccine is 100% effective so if you have community spread there will inevitably be people who are vaccinated who get the disease. This is why the whole argument that vaccinated people have not stakes in other people being vaccinated is erroneous. Even setting aside children and the immune compromised, as long as the virus is circulating vaccinated people are at risk – even if they are at much less risk than they would be if they were not vaccinated.

      • anonshmanon

        It gets at the point that speaking in percentage terms can be useful sometimes, but needs to be viewed in the context of how large each ‘base’ is.
        If 0% of people are vaccinated, 100% of hospitalized patients will be unvaccinated people (all grey circle).
        If we were to reach 100% vaccinated, you would still get breakthrough cases, and 100% of hospitalized patients will be vaccinated people (all red circle).
        So while it is a testament to the efficacy of the vaccine *at this point in time* to say ‘the majority of hospitalized cases are unvaccinated’, they will not stay the majority if we increase the share of vaccinated people. That’s a mathematical reality, but could be misunderstood as the vaccine being not effective.
        The visualization shows that the red circle might grow, but the total number (red+grey) shrinks, and that’s important.

      • Anon

        As you vaccinate a higher % of the population more of the cases will be breakthrough cases. The extreme is when you have 100% of the population 100% of the cases will be breakthrough. It’s just math. Assume the rate of infection is 10% in unvaccinated and 0.1% in vaccinated. You have a population of 1 Million people:
        Vax rate. cases. vax % of total
        0% vaccinate – 100k unvax 0 vax 0%
        10% vaccinates – 200k unvax 10 vax 0.05%
        20% – 80 k unvax , 300 vax. 0.375
        50% – 50k unvax, 500 vax. 1%
        90% – 10k unvax, 900 vax. 9%
        100% 0 k unvax, 1000 vax. 100%

        • Anon

          These numbers are totally made up, just used them for easy math. And even though the % of breakthrough infection is a greater % of the total infections as the vaccination rate increases, the total number of infections is less.

    • Anonymous

      Not Anon above, but agree that the linked, giffy visualization was hard to read, for me simply because it was a gif. I love illustrations and infographics to have concepts explained, but I greatly prefer it if they don’t move. Would rather have four still pictures of the steps.

      Same with learning by example, I do better with charts or step by step photos than a video, so probably a hard-wired preference.

  7. Anonymous

    How does maternity leave work for equity partners? I’m currently an income partner and I’ve had a great couple of years, enough to put me in a really good spot for making equity partner in a year or two. I also haven’t had kids yet and want one or two (DH would like 2). I’m trying, who knows how long it’s going to take, but I’m wondering how much of a career/financial hit I’m going to take depending on how my mat leave lines up with equity partner considerations. Any insights?

    • anon

      Very firm dependent. At my firm, partners generally take 18 weeks, and it doesn’t directly impact compensation for that year, but we are not lockstep, so who knows how it impacts go forward compensation. I had my kids while I was an associate, before I made partner, so I don’t have personal experience with this.

    • Alanna of Trebond

      I took 16 weeks of maternity leave as an equity partner at a lockstep firm – no compensation hit.

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