Suit of the Week: BASLER

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1. This is gorgeous. I could see Alicia Florrick wearing it when she wants to be a badass.

   1. Does anyone remember the Baroness Schrader? I think that if TSOM was updated for modern times, she would wear something like this.

      I imprinted on her as what grown-up women should look like (I love you Fraulein Maria, but that’s not my going-out-and-being-seen-fantasy-look).

      1. I do throw some gay parties, and I have the finest couturier in Vienna.

      2. Frau Schrader’s charming, Georg!

2. I’m over leather accents on clothes.

   1. Me too. I think they look tacky.

   2. I’m just getting into (faux) leather! I bought the black and green leather pencil skirts at Ann Taylor! I don’t like leather trim on clothes, but I love a completely leather piece.

      1. Completely leather pieces are a totally different story. Love a good leather jacket or skirt.

         1. I agree. My dad say’s get the real thing or get nothing at all. That means do NOT get FAUX anything, including leather. I think once you dry clean FAUX leather, it will peel off, or crack. FOOEY on FAUX leather!

            I have been workeing so hard that I just got home. DOUBEL FOOEY b/c I do NOT get paid for overtime! It was suposedly a nice day outside, but I was workeing my tuchus off submitting 11 breif’s for court on Friday. Mason will not be in on Friday, so I will have to carry my own paper’s and brief’s into court. TRIPEL FOOEY b/c the manageing partner will NOT let me take Lynn b/c he needs her to answer his phone. I wish the manageing partner would just pick up his OWN phone b/c he is just sitteing around reading about the Met’s in the Sport’s pages and talking with Frank about baseball like they manage the Met’s. FOOEY!

            1. Ellen-

               Your spelling is horrible sweetheart!

               Go Royals!

3. I like the pieces on their own but not as a suit.

   1. +1. Love and would wear each of them individually but not together.

   2. I love the skirt and think the jacket is ok. I agree that they look a little off when put together.

      1. At first I thought the skirt was a dress and now I wish it was.

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4. Beautiful. But for almost a grand, you would think they could trim in actual leather.

5. Love the suit. Wish that I could afford it right now.

   Under a lot of stress. Former smoker and looking longingly at cigarettes. Trying to up the work out game just to destress and because it makes me feel healthier (eat better, recognize how much healthier my body is without cigarettes). Just trying to hang on until the end of the week. Trying very very hard not to walk into my boss’s office and quit.

6. PSA for those asking about linen bedding last week: Restoration Hardware is having a sale on their linen bedding, some colors/sizes are more than 50% off.

7. This is going to be perfect for my GC of the WWE position.

   1. I think you’d need a prop at that point. Riding crop? Folding chair to smash over someone’s head? Or a WWE championship belt — the perfect shiny accessory for defining your waist and making an outfit really come together.

      1. Folding chair would take away from the suit’s sleek lines, I think. And I worry that a crop would be too on the nose. I like the idea of a championship belt, maybe something small like the intercontinental title, or I could always just do a feather boa for a nice pop of color.

         1. Feather is a nice contrast to the heaviness of the leather.

8. Is there a winter equivalent of crocs (something slip-in, soft footbed, rubber sole) for wearing around the house?

   I don’t to wear crocs with socks. Faux Uggs (I am the last person not to have or have had these)(or is that too Basic?)?

   Not looking for Hunters or other wellies. LLBean boots and shoes aren’t soft enough on my feet (and not much of an in-the-house-and-yard shoe). Even clogs are too hard on my feet after a hard day in work shoes.

   1. I wear the faux fur lined minnetonka moccasins around my house all winter long. They are well priced, soft, completely flat and have a rubber sole. I buy a pair every year.

   2. Shearling slippers are what I wear in the winter. LL Bean and Ugg make high-quality ones; there are lots of cheap knock-offs.

   3. LLBean Wicked Good slippers, if slippers are ok and you’re not concerned about going outside. So soft, so warm, so cozy.

      1. Absolutely these!

         I am right now sitting at my desk dreaming about going home and putting on yoga pants, a giant sweatshirt and these.

      2. +5000. I love all the LL Bean slippers – I have shearling ones and fleece ones.

      3. Thanks!

         Our winters are wet more than snowy, so a few steps outside can be icy/slippery/generally damp-to-wet ground / steps. And in suburbia with children and trash/recycling outside, we are always indoors and outdoors if we are awake even if we never leave home.

      4. +1 million. Minnetonka great too of course.

      5. I have the LL Bean Slippers with a rubber sole (moccasin style) for this.

   4. Sorel makes slippers for women. My husband has a men’s version; they are very good quality and outlasted a couple of LL Bean pairs.

   5. Fleece lined Crocs: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RELPRBU/ref=asc_df_B00RELPRBU3951445?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&linkCode=df0&creative=395093&creativeASIN=B00RELPRBU&tag=wwwshopstylec-20&ascsubtag=1677995157

   6. I wear Fit Flop slippers. You can check them out online. They are fuzzy and warm on the inside but have a sturdy enough sole to be foot-supportive and to be worn outside. Because I probably wear them for more hours that people are supposed to wear slippers.

   7. Birks are kind of ugly, but so, so comfortable: http://www.zappos.com/birkenstock-boston-shearling-black-black-suede

   8. I live in -Uggs Dakota style in the winter. They are moccasin style, with a good rubber bottom (I can run outside to the mailbox but wouldn’t wear them outside more than that just due to style). Our flat was built in 1850 – its cold, the spiral staircase is slippery – these keep my feet so happy. If you wear down the inside you can simply pay to replace the liner with a new one. So they last forever.

   9. I’m on my second pair of these and love them to pieces. http://www.amazon.com/Merrell-Womens-Encore-Slip–Leather/dp/B003JJ780O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1445459810&sr=8-2&keywords=womens+merrell+clogs

   10. If you like crocs, you could try their fleece line version.

9. I have this dress http://www.dillards.com/p/-/504582431?cm_mmc=Email-_-Acknowledgement_V2-_-Body-_-MerchImage that is both too small and too short for me (I’m 5’10”). Before I donate it I thought it would see if anyone would like to have it. Its a size 8.

   1. This is amazing – I am a size 8 and would LOVE it. Would you ship to Canada? Please? Happy to pay!

      1. I haven’t ever shipped anything to Canada – does it require something special?

         1. that was me

            1. I can’t thank you enough – I am so excited about this. Not something I could afford to buy at the moment (if it were for sale)! Please email me at my g mail account for this s!te and we can coordinate!

               creamtea000123 @ g mail . com

         2. Just increased postage… and a kind request from Cream Tea that you don’t mark the value of the dress over $20.00 to avoid duties.

   2. If for some reason Cream Tea changes her mind, let me know and I would gladly take it off your hands!

      1. I would help out as well. In USA. It’s lovely indeed.

   3. This is not my size, but it is lovely! How generous!

10. I have a couple ongoing assignments that I’m supposed to turn in at the end of this week. They kept getting pushed further and further down my docket as other higher priorities came in, and I’m disinterested and not focused on them. I may be able to squeak them out this afternoon, but I’m not sure I’ll get them through the approval process in time (I am a contractor and work with subject matter experts). I’m at a loss at this point. I’m actually going for an appointment with a psychiatrist because I think there might actually be something wrong with my ability to handle and prioritize workload, but it’s not like I can tell me client that. Thought about calling my PM, who is new in the role, but I just have no idea and am starting to freak out.

    Any advice?

    1. Some of the specifics I can’t help you with, of course, but it sounds like you’re having a problem most of us face – choosing the urgent over the important. Shorter term/immediate tasks give you a more immediate positive feedback upon completion than longer/more boring ones, and it’s too easy to get into a pattern of being short sighted and avoiding something.

       My advice would be to diagram out what it’ll take to do those assignments into your minimum functional period. (5 min? 15? 30?) Then you can plug away at those elements based on a schedule you create. If you’re not particularly good at that, find someone who is and have them guide you through it, with you adding the specifics on timing.

       I would definitely call your PM and see if maybe tag-teaming the problem can get you through this week so you can address the issue more wholly.

    2. Okay, first of all, deep breaths, because freaking out is not going to be productive. Neither is thinking that this is a problem with your ability to handle and prioritize your workload. Make a detailed list of everything that needs to get done, step-by-step, and figure out if you can do it. Making yourself a schedule might help. If you cannot do it all without assistance, then yes, call your PM and say that you have several competing deadlines and you will need to have someone else help you.

    3. Ditto lost academic that this is not a unique issue.

       Schedule it like a meeting – and hold yourself to it like a meeting. Figure out how long it takes you and when it needs to be done in order to complete the necessary hoops and checks before deadline, and set your meeting time.

    4. I deal with this all the time – I have lots of ongoing projects that I have to hold myself accountable for, and there are plenty of them that I just don’t want to do.

       My advice: set a timer and get to work. No matter how urgent another issue is, it can wait for half an hour while you just put in 30 min of work on this project. Get a little bit done and see how you feel. Often starting is the hardest part, and once you’re doing a bit of work, you get yourself over the hump and finish it. Otherwise, you’ve at least done 30 min of work and you can keep doing it in little bits over the next couple days.

11. I’m growing out my bangs. I seem to be OK wearing them side swept but I think I need to diversify into a few hair accessories to keep them to the side. Any recommendations? I don’t want to look school girlish.

    Would also welcome recommended adaptations that don’t involve accessories – products, hairstyles etc.

    The rest of my hair is a just above shoulder length layered bob.

    1. Bobby pins to hold them under your hair? Or if they’re long enough, a little pouf? Also check out the beauty department – they had an article about this i believe.

       1. Thank you. We are both using the same generic handle so it looks like I’m having a psychotic break and answering myself.

          Or am I really?

          No.

          You sure?

          1. lol. I crack myself up.

             1. Me too.

             2. Roses and red, violets are blue, I am schizophrenic and so am I.

    2. Whole different “Anon” but also growing out full bangs which are more at the long side-swept stage, but not yet to behind my ear stage. I’m partial to the twist – twisting them and working gradually over towards my ear and collecting some of the longer hairs in the process and then pinning above my ear. My hair is thick and wavy, so this works well with its texture. A bobby pin usually is not enough to hold all day, but I use little barrettes which are the same color as my hair. I’ve had compliments, so I think it’s working for me…

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