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Suit of the Week: Jason Wu

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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.

Pink suits seem to be everywhere lately, and I like this one on the fancier side of things, from Jason Wu — it's a very sleek, polished look. The pink pants are pretty high-waisted, and I like that they've got split hems, which is sort of a new trend.

They're styled in a couple of different ways on Net-a-Porter, and I have to say I vastly prefer closed-toe shoes with pantsuits. I think it looks very odd to see a model with sandals and a suit, with toes peeking out — but maybe that's just me.

In any event, this suit looks really gorgeous, and I love the rich pink; it's not the dusty pink that was popular a couple of years ago — Tumblr pink, it was called — and it's not the super-bright, put-your-sunglasses-on pink that we're seeing other places.

You could wear it with a dusty pink, however, and it would also pair well with red, black, navy, or white/ivory and similar neutrals. I think it would look amazing with charcoal or light gray, as well.

There are a lot of nice ways to wear these pieces, both as separates and as a suit. The jacket is $695, and the pants are $395. What do you think, ladies? Do you have any pink suits in your wardrobe? Do tell!

Banana Republic Factory has several washable suit separates in a very similar pink, and Banana Republic itself has both a brighter pink suit (labeled “ultra red,” but more of a hot pink on my screen): blazer, double-breasted blazer, high-rise flare pant, and curvy skinny-fit pant, most available in regular and petite sizes. 

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  1. Thought that people in this community might be interested to hear that the Wharton School just named its first female dean and she is also a woman of color.

    2. Wow what a great pick! She was a dean at Emory’s and UVA’s business school and has been admin or academic staff at Tulane and Harvard business schools. This woman is on her stuff!

  2. I have a hot pink suit that I love so much. I would love this one too, but I don’t have $1,100 to spend on a suit, as lovely as it is.

    2. Kat, Me too. Aside from the cost, I can’t wear pants suits @ work, so if I did (and I do not look particularly good with tight fitting pants of any color b/c of my slightly oversized tuchus), I would not get any reimbursement b/c the manageing partner does NOT want me wearing any pants, other then mabye jeans on a Friday when I do not have any conferences or court appearances and it is cold outside.

      But Kat, I DO like the pink color, so if you find a nice sheathe dress in this same pink color, please show that to us and I can show the manageing partner b/c he likes me in red, and pink should also be attractive to him. Thanks for showing it anyway! I appreciate it as does the rest of the HIVE! YAY!!!1

  3. My best friend just announced her pregnancy in a meeting at work (to share that she will be taking leave) and her idiot coworker said, in front of 20 people, “we thought you were just gaining weight.” My friend is overweight/obese, but in a good space mentally about it for the first time in her life (thanks to intuitive eating) and is able to brush it off, but omg HOW can someone be so thoughtless/dumb/aggressive? I just can’t.

    1. It is thoughtless, but “ha ha we just thought you were gaining weight” is a pretty common reaction to a woman announcing her pregnancy. I got it or some version of it several times and am very slender, so it’s definitely not intended to be a commentary about your friend’s weight.

      1. I’m sorry, but in what world could the phrase “we thought you were just gaining weight” not be construed as a commentary on one’s weight??

        1. I meant it’s not a commentary on her pre-pregnancy weight. This has nothing to do with your friend being overweight to begin with. People love to talk about pregnant bodies regardless of shape or size. She has nine long months ahead of her if she’s going to get upset about every comment like this.

          1. Wow, you somehow managed to turn this into a victim-blaming opportunity. Great work.

      2. You know a lot of assh*les then. You are also in a very different position to receive that kind of comment as a “very slender” person (not that it’s okay to comment on thin people’s weight either).

          1. Nope, try again. I’ve never commented on anyone’s weight. It IS a thoughtless comment, and I started my reply by saying that. But also, it’s incredibly common! She’s going to get a lot of comments like this and sometime it’s a better strategy to let them roll off your back than to get all worked up about each time it happens. For your own mental health, if nothing else.

          2. @ Anon 2:47 – your posts on this thread demonstrate you are an A-hole regardless of whether or not you’ve ever commented on someone’s weight. Victim blaming is nuts for this situation. It’s a totally inappropriate comment. One doesn’t have to ‘get used’ to garbage treatment like that. I feel sorry for you if you think this kind of behavior is normal or okay or frequent.

          3. Ugh, it’s not okay to call the poster an a-hole. I get what she was trying to say. She is not excusing that dude’s crappy behavior or victim blaming.
            –signed a mom of twins who heard it all and wanted to bash heads, but appreciates the sentiment that you shouldn’t let jerky comments steal your pride and happiness at a special time

        2. Recognizing that people say terrible, awful things to pregnant people does not make one an a-hole. Nor does acknowledging that mean that Anon 2:47 is “blaming the victim.” In fact, I’m more inclined to view anons 2:41 and 2:52 as the a-holes for going on the attack. This board has gotten so mean.

        1. +1. I was MASSIVE–I’m short-waisted, gained 50 pounds, and had a 9 pound 22″ baby born at 42 weeks–and I got zero comments on how I looked. When I was around 41 weeks, a stranger on the street looked at me and said “God bless!”–which I appreciated–but that is it.

        2. I was pregnant with twins. My manager brought in a new (male) coworker and when I stood up from my desk to greet him and shake hands, he visibly recoiled and remarked, “My, you’re huge.” He was socially inept in general and this was just a manifestation.

      5. This is what everyone at work and my clients said to me as well. Big law partner. I was skinny prior to pregnancy as well. I think it was folks oddly saying– wow, we had no idea! I honestly think a lot of folks though I’d never have children. I don’t think it’s right and folks should not say it, but I also think it’s very common. I’m glad your friend is in a good space right now such that this didn’t bother her!

    2. My jaw dropped – which I’m assuming was the same reaction as many people in the room. How awful!

      1. +1 I don’t care how common it is to *think* it, you don’t *say* it out loud. Just because it’s common doesn’t mean it’s not still rude.

    3. FWIW, after my own mother body-shamed me during pregnancy, I’m not letting her near my son until she owns up to it.

      No woman should put up with nasty comments about her body, let alone when she’s sacrificing it to grow her family. Seriously, basic human decency here.

    5. Freaking terrible. I will never understand why pregnancy makes people suddenly feel okay about commenting on your body.

      I am an overweight apple shape even when I’m not pregnant. I still will not eat at the lunch counter in my old office building based upon the following exchange with one of its employees during my pregnancy:

      Me:
      Her: How far along are you?
      Me: Seven months.
      Her: Are you having twins?
      Me: No.
      Her: Wow! Must be a healthy baby!

      I can’t recall wanting to tell someone to eat s*** and die more in my life, either before or since, and it’s been seven and a half years.

      1. When I was 8 months along or so, my husband and I did a tour of the hospital, and a woman who appeared to work at the hospital came up to another woman in our tour group and asked her if she was having twins. The pregnant woman looked horrified and said no. The other woman mumbled something and walked away. I was so mortified and embarrassed for both of them. Why don’t people just learn to shut their mouths?

    6. This is horrible. When I was pregnant, a stranger asked me how far along, and I said 30 weeks. She said, oh, you’re not going to make it. Meanwhile I was exactly average size. JUST STOP.

  4. Here’s an update on my new job: they are STILL doing a background check on me, and hopefully it finishes this week. I leave tomorrow for a weekend trip for my birthday, and my team is “celebrating my birthday” before I leave. I don’t like sweets so I asked if we could have champagne.
    I plan on quitting first thing Monday morning (background check permitting) so the last thing I will be doing at this job will be popping some bubbly. I have some guilt, but also am internally giggling. Cheers y’all!

  5. Think I’m mostly looking for hugs and any advice from those who have been here. I have a wonderful 16-month old baby with whom I had a textbook healthy pregnancy with no complications and a natural birth.

    In October, I had a missed miscarriage – we had seen a heartbeat at 6 weeks, but by 10 weeks there was none and the baby had stopped growing. We were told it was likely just a fluke chromosomal issue. I had a D&C. In one of the ultrasounds, the tech had mentioned in passing that I might have a bicornuate uterus, but we didn’t think much of it.

    We just got pregnant again and it seemed off from the start – the lines on the test were very faint. My initial beta HcG tests were good (more than doubling), but the numbers then stopped increasing at a normal rate and they confirmed this is not a normal pregnancy. I had an ultrasound yesterday at 6.5 weeks and they did not see any pregnancy in my uterus or elsewhere. In the meantime, the numbers continue to increase by like 20% every 48 hours. My OBGYN is strongly suspecting that this is an ectopic pregnancy. They also noted on the ultrasound that I have a septate uterus. On Friday they are going to make a decision around giving me methotrexate which is a chemotherapy drug used to stop an ectopic pregnancy. It sounds like I will have to stop nursing my toddler if I receive this drug, which is really heartbreaking.

    I feel totally overwhelmed. I’m 30 and have no risk factors for an ectopic pregnancy. It’s so bizarre that they’re telling me I have uterine abnormalities after I have had a healthy pregnancy where it was never mentioned. I’m so so sad to be losing another pregnancy and at the prospect that I have to quit nursing. Has anyone been through this? I don’t even know what questions to ask or what I should be looking out for.

    1. I have no advice, but I am sending you and your family all the hugs and good thoughts. I’m so sorry you are going through this.

    3. Can you pump and dump instead of quitting nursing?

      No advice, but have you sought a second opinion on options/what’s going on generally?

    4. all of the hugs. all of this is very emotional, particularly the weaning. you might seek out a therapist who specializes in these issues or just someone to talk to more generally about all of these feelings.

      not myself personally, but i do know of some people who’ve had totally textbook pregnancies the first time and then learned that they have some issue. sometimes these are issues that are actually a result of the first pregnancy (i myself am dealing with something like this now, but we had twins so are done having kids), but other times they were there all along, but since there weren’t any problems then no one was looking for them. it is ok to feel anger at the medical professionals (i had a whole other issue in my pregnancy journey where i was misinformed about something). also- while i generally strongly discourage googling medical issues, i had no idea what a septate uterus means and from my quick search it sounds like something that happens during fetal development and can be treated fairly easily. you should obviously be consulting your own doctor, but if your current obgyn practice is not doing a good job explaining these different challenges to you, then i would encourage you to find a practice you feel more comfortable with. it is so hard not to get overwhelmed during medical appointments, so i have found it helpful to develop a list of questions to ask in advance.

    5. No advice, but anecdotally my mother had an ectopic pregnancy before she had me in the 80s, when she was in her 20s, and went on to have me and my sibling. Like so many things in life – particularly health-wise – things happen, risk factors only account for so much, and some stuff is just really crappy. I wish you the best.

    7. That sounds tough, big hugs. Pump and dump is a real possibility. Take a look at the book by Thomas Hale, Medications and mother’s milk.

    8. First, this is a lot, and I’m sending you strength. Second, related to medications and nursing I would call Infant Risk. They are affiliated with a university research center (I think in TX). They take a nuanced approach—as in, is your kid a premie that is 2 weeks old v. a year plus with no health issues. It may still be contraindicated, but it doesn’t hurt to do some research and it’s a phone call.

    9. Hugs to you, OP. This sounds so scary and sad.

      As someone dealing with infertility – I really recommend that you seek out a reproductive endocrinologist for another opinion. They are SO USED to dealing with uterine issues, ectopic pregnancies, etc. – and, in my experience, are far better at explaining and treating more serious issues than a regular OB-GYN. (Not that OB-GYNs aren’t capable….these sort of issues just aren’t their specialty in the same way they are for REs.) Once this possible ectopic pregnancy is resolved safely, I’d recommend that you request a recurrent loss panel in addition to the RE’s usual workup. They might be able to help you figure out if there’s a reason for the previous miscarriage and this ectopic (or whatever the diagnosis ends up being).

      Sending you all the good thoughts I can muster.

    10. Hugs. Take some time for you to just breathe and relax, as much as you can with a toddler. I am thinking all good thoughts for you.

  6. There was a recent comment string about backpacks used for short trips (in place of a 22″ carry-on wheeled suitcase) but now I can’t find it. Does anyone remember the common recommendations? Or have other recommendations? I googled some out of curiosity and they looked really great but they’re not my thing (I don’t travel enough to need different options of that sized bag) so I didn’t commit it to memory! My dad is now wishing for one and I can’t remember the brands. Thanks in advance!

  7. I need some hive advice – my serious partner just got a vvv big job offer in DC so I am moving. I am currently a 4th year (as of 1/1) CapM associate but I really wanted to do Funds and couldn’t make it work at my firm. I did as much I could by taking work from other offices and my office’s Funds group but in the end they couldn’t support a new associate. I’m thinking this might be an opportunity to reset my career by lateraling into a Funds position and maybe dropping a year in seniority. I spoke to one recruiter but wasn’t impressed. Does anyone have recommendations for DC recruiters and thoughts on DC biglaw funds groups? I know it may be a difficult lateral search.

    1. If you have the bandwidth, I would try to research at least a few firms that you might want to talk to and reach out on your own. It’s more work on your end, but I’ve generally found that firms are more than willing to give you a signing bonus if they can forego a recruiter fee. Just a thought!

    2. DC cap markets associate here with a good sense of the funds practice here. Want to drop a burner email so I can get in touch?

      1. i’ve posted my burned a couple of times now and it won’t show so sorry if these end up all coming through. it’s dcfundsmaybe [@] gmail DOT com
        Thanks for the offer!!

    3. Sorry if this shows up multiple times but if you drop a burner I can chat with you about the DC funds/cap markets market. Current DC cap markets associate here.

  8. I live in a very warm climate and am going on a ski weekend for the first time. What shoes do I need to get to walk in the snow without slipping and have my feet be warm? My feet get cold easily, and I have slipped before on ice while wearing less-tread flats.
    Would prefer to spend a small-ish amount on it because I am not going to get much use out of this and rarely go to snowy locations.

    1. You need snow boots. Many have good treads, make sure you check before you order. Don’t get cute Ugg-like fashion boots. Sorel is one of the best brands, but you can find brands that aren’t too expensive at Nordstrom Rack or Zappos.

    2. I live in a warm climate and just use my hiking boots when I go to a ski resort. I go skiing about twice a month in the winter/spring. You generally don’t go out and wander around in the snow, and sidewalks/parking lots tend to be cleared of any deep snow anyways unless there was just a blizzard.

    3. You might not see this as I’m commenting a day late, but whatever boots you get, I’d also buy a few pairs of Smartwool socks. I have Reynaud’s and wool socks have made more of a change in my cold feet than any particular brand of boot.

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