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Suit of the Week: Reiss

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've seen white suits and I've seen pinstriped suits, but I don't think I've seen a white pinstriped suit like this one from Reiss before. I do like it as a full suit, particularly as here where it's styled with a soft color to avoid the “gangster in a comic book” vibe that always goes with wide pinstripes like this. (I'd stay far away from crisp colors like red, black, even stark white — and even further away from anything with sparkle or sheen to it, like a hammered satin camisole or silk blouse.) That said, I think the pieces excel the most when worn as separates — the pants are fun and on trend while still being really versatile, and the jacket is just the right blend of oversized and sleek. The jacket (Rodeo Jacket) is $495, and the pants (Rodeo Trousers) are $295. This post contains affiliate links and Corporette® may earn commissions for purchases made through links in this post. For more details see here. Thank you so much for your support!

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  2. Long Distance Love

    Hi ladies,

    I feel as though I fairly often see some of you mention that when you were first dating your now partner you were long distance. I am 39 and after just crossing the point of feeling like I would quite possibly never feel that spark with a guy again, it happened this past weekend. The catch – he lives several (think more than 4, less than 7) hours from me. We met while he was visiting my town for the weekend, and we agreed that we would like to see where this can go.

    While a significant part of me is all “Squee!”, another part of me has no idea how this works. So I wanted to put this out to the hive for any thoughts/experience/encouragement. How do you do long distance right from the very get go?

    • KKRVF

      I did it with my husband from the beginning after a whirlwind five weeks when he was on course in my town. We were younger so the pressure was different but I think you owe it to yourself to not let geography get in the way. Lean in, way in and make it work. It requires attentiveness and commitment to be together as frequently as you can afford in time and money. I also found navigating the absence of daily familiarity difficult and we probably have some lasting damage caused by the pressure to enjoy every minute together and not ruin it hashing out the things serious couples need to hash out. I don’t have good advice on that aspect. But I will say, how exciting!

    • Anonymous

      I’m one of those people. I met my husband while I was a summer associate in California and I was in law school in NYC. So we only dated in person for a couple of months and then we lived 3,000 miles apart. I think the biggest thing is having some sort of end date in mind. For us that was relatively easy. I was graduating in a year and it was understood from pretty much the beginning that I would move to him when I graduated. (In fact I didn’t just move to him, I moved in with him, which many people were kind of judgy about but it worked out!) Assuming you both have regular office jobs, once things get relatively serious you need to have a discuss about who would move and when. Lots of variables go into that of course, like if he has friends or family in your city or you have more flexibility to telework, etc.

    • Wanderlust

      My now-husband and I did long distance for about 1.5 years. It was before we were engaged and he had accepted a job in another city, but we still wanted to continue the relationship. What got us through it was that we had a finite end date planned — We agreed I would search for a job in his new city, but if I didn’t find one by X date, I would move there anyway.

    • Anonymous

      Make a regular time to talk on the phone or facetime. We often cooked dinner together over the phone or facetime. Treat it like you are meeting them in person. If you wouldn’t cancel a dinner date, don’t cancel the phone date. Expect the same from him.

      Regularly see each other in person. With only 4 hours apart I would think at least once or twice a month.

      Talk about where it is going. After 6 months of long distance, I told DH I did not want to continue unless we shared an ultimate goal of marriage down the road. I was 23 but he was on the same page. We didn’t live together for 2 more years and married two years after that but long distance is more effort than in person so you have to make sure you are on the same page – whatever that looks like.

      • Never too many shoes...

        I totally agree. We were in two different countries (5 hour time difference) when we started dating and one of the first things we discussed was whether, down the road, one of us would be willing to move, otherwise there was no point in moving forward.

        One of the (slight) upsides of long distance is that because you lack the distraction of physical proximity, you can really just talk endlessly and get to know the other person which makes it move more quickly.

        • Long Distance Love

          I was thinking exactly that today (the possible benefit of a lack of physical proximity). I appreciate hearing that is a definite perk.

          In odd manners of circumstance, I already had my house on the market and have been leaning out at my current job in preparation for a change in career. I’m planning to rent short term (that has been the plan for months) until I know where the winds are carrying me next. So moving if/when the time comes wouldn’t be much of a hurdle.

    • Ellen

      You have to make sure he is worth it, b/c long distance is NOT the easiest. When I went to college in DC, a guy from BU I knew from high school kept asking me to be his girlfriend. I was busy in school and frankly did NOT even think of him romantically in high school b/c he was tall and geekey. So I kind of did NOT respond until he took the hint and stopped calling me. In your case, you are older, and may not find another guy. If there is a real shot at romance, go for it. After all, if other local men are not beating a path to your door, what is the down side? A few hours in the car driving to see him or vise verza? Just do NOT feel pressure to have s-x with him once you get there b/c you will likely have to sleep in the same apartment — he should sleep on the couch if he is a gentleman until after you feel comfortable sleeping with him. Good luck!!!! YAY!!!!

    • Anon

      My fiance and I started long distance. It works because we were both looking for the same thing (marriage, kids if I am not too old), and agreed about two days after we met that one would move to the other if it worked out.

    • Anonymous

      I’m a few months into one of these. It’s not easy, but it can work if you’re both willing to put in the work. We agreed to talk once a day every day, and we schedule it in advance to make sure it happens. Sometimes it’s only 5 minutes, sometimes it’s 2 hours. We also video chat at least once a week, and make sure a visit happens at minimum once a month. We had the where-is-this-going talk really early on also, to make sure we were on the same page about the future and make sure this was even worth our time. So far, it is.

    • Anonymous

      My husband and I met at a professional conference, and dated for 3 years while living several hours apart. Within 2 months, we had talked about that we were committed for a long-term partnership. We were also both in fixed term contracts, so one of us moving eventually was always on the table.
      It helped that we are both homebodies, who would often have the skype on while we had dinner or sat on the couch and spent time together that way most weeknights. We only lived 3 hours apart, so we saw each other most weekends, but we skew on high on the codependent scale, so YMMV.

    • Anonymous

      My DH and I had been friends for a year and ended up hooking up literally the day before he moved to another city, 4 hours away. It was tough but we had an end date in mind – I was almost done with grad school, I only had one more year, and we talked about the idea (very, very early on, surprisingly) that when I graduated we would move somewhere together. I ended up moving to the city he was in because I found a good job there and we’ve been here over 20 years now.

      It was tough, but we made it work. I agree with the above suggestions about frequent contact and making sure that you treat phone dates just like you would in-person dates. Don’t cancel unless there’s a real reason. We didn’t have cell phones or FaceTime back then but we did spend a lot of time on the phone. We also set a schedule to see each other every third weekend, no exceptions. (Fun story: one of the weekends he was supposed to come visit me, his car broke down and rather than skip the trip, he got on a Greyhound bus.) Those trips were our lifeline and I wouldn’t have made it if I hadn’t been able to see him semi-frequently. Also – I would go out with friends and I lived my life, but I didn’t allow myself to flirt with other guys or even really consider anyone else, and my DH did the same. We were really in love, though, and I don’t think considering other people was really that appealing even if we did miss each other.

      I understand you don’t want to rush things or rush into a DTR conversation too quickly, but I think it is important to be as clear as possible with each other as soon as you can. I know a lot of women who don’t think a man is worth giving up their job for and I know others that would give up their job in a heartbeat if they met “the one.” But relationships fail and sometimes they fail because one person feels they sacrificed too much for the other person. You’ll have to feel your way through this one, but I think open communication and staying positive helps a ton. We went through a point where I was like “maybe this just isn’t going to work” because I missed him so much and it was really distracting me from my grad work, but my DH stayed positive and it all worked out. Good luck to you!

  3. Hats?

    I’ve just started a job with a walking commute and am having problems with sunburn in the part of my hair. Do y’all have an recs for sunscreen that won’t make my hair gross or hats that won’t look ridiculous with business casual?

    • Anon

      I pull my hair back into a clip/bun while I walk so there’s no part to burn. I find that clips, as opposed to elastics, are loose enough so that there’s no crease when I take my hair down.

        • Anonymous

          I struggle with this as well.

          First tip is to wear a hat. I’ve never been a hat person because I have a larger head and most hats that you can buy at Target and the like just don’t fit me. Turns out that if you find a hat company with various sizes, you might actually like hats! I now have a collection of floppy hats (for the beach), a baseball cap for weekends, and I’m seriously considering a fedora. Check out Goorin Bros Hat Shop to see if you like any of their styles.

          Second, for the sunscreen, I use Elta MD on my face (the clear spf 46 version) and just (like this week) started using it on my part line. I was just in Caribbean and was very good about wearing a hat, but I think it helped. It did not make my hair greasy. Just be sparing when you put it on.

          • Anonymous

            I also have a big head and can’t fit into most women’s hats (like, at Target). I usually go to the men’s department to get my straw fedora.

          • Anon

            Tilley Hats came in sizes and there is a wide variety with very good sun protection. I have three of them in different styles for different uses.

    • JEB

      There’s a Phillip Thomas Roth mineral sunscreen that comes pre-loaded in a brush. I dab a little of that on my part. I have brown hair, and it doesn’t show unless I accidentally put way too much on (and even then, I can brush it out).

  4. Juvi

    a newish manager has just asked that her team of attorneys cc her on every email communication.

    This is weird, no?

      • Juvi

        every every.

        i feel like when you insert someone into email convos, it makes people in the chain feel like it’s being escalated.

    • Anonymama

      I think it’s not that unusual for new managers who are trying to get a feel for how things work, they want to see everything until they know what’s going on and then they can step back or reorganize as needed.

    • Anonymous

      this woman is certainly trying to mark her territory! Give her what she wants with a smile on your face and once she gets several hundred extra emails in her inbox each day, she will beg you guys to back off.

      • IHHtown

        +1 Added bonus if you cc her on random lunch plans with your coworkers that go back and forth 10 to 20 times deciding on a place to eat. “YOU SAID EVERY!”

    • anon

      Definitely weird. I’ve had two separate managers ask this of me. I have ignored both times with no appreciable consequences–one reminded me a few weeks later to do it, and I just told her I wasn’t going to do so, and we moved on. But if you don’t feel comfortable just ignoring, I love the suggestion to clog her inbox!

  5. Anon

    Want to get an unbiased opinion here. Say you leave a company and your previous job as an “accounting” director is carved up among several people. The replacement (Jane) coming in does a fraction of it as well as some new responsibilities. My friend who is secretarial for the department (who is not an accountant) just informed me that “S, this will be of interest to you, your former position has been terminated along with Jane. She was let go today. I am now moving into a new role where I will be working along side of (primary vendor I worked with) on “accounting” projects. Who da thunk it!”

    Do you think she’s being friend or foe here sending me this message?

    I probably shouldn’t care. But the whole “your role was terminated” thing kind of makes me wonder whether this is an acquaintance worth continuing or if there’s some weirdo competitive thing lurking there that’s just better to stay clear of entirely.

    • Anonymous

      I don’t understand why it matters? It’s not your job anymore. Who cares?

    • Anonymous

      It’s not your job anymore. Why are you concerned about this? She’s sharing something she is probably excited about. Shrug.

    • Flats Only

      So your “friend” who was a secretary got what sounds like a promotion, told you about it, and now she’s an “acquaintance” and “weirdo competitive”? What am I missing here.

    • Anonymous

      I think she’s just excited and thought you might be excited for her and wouldn’t be competitive because you’re happily settled somewhere else.

    • Anonny

      I think you’re salty that a ‘lowly secretary’ has taken over some of your duties.

    • anon

      If this is her way of waging her campaign against you such that you should be wary of her, she’s being extreeeeeemly subtle. It’s fine.

  6. Kelsey

    I recently noticed that about 8 eyebrow hairs look like they broke off pretty close to the roots and are now slowly growing back. They are on the same eyebrow and are not right next to each other, but pretty close. I don’t recall any trauma to the area (I did not wax or tweeze these hairs, since they are right in the middle part of the eyebrow). Has this happened to anyone before? Is there a reason why a bunch of eyebrows would just break off?

    • AnonZ

      I finally figured out that the reason my right eyebrow is sparser on the tail end than the left is that apparently I sleep with the right side of my face aggressively jammed into my pillow. I don’t know if something similar could cause a bunch of breakage in the middle of the brow but maybe you were really tossing and turning one night.

    • K

      Do you use eyebrow makeup products? Maybe you scrubbed it a little too hard with a makeup wipe.

    • Anonymous

      I had a pair of eyeglasses once that would grab my eyebrow hairs if I pushed the frames too far up my nose, and ended up with many broken eyebrow hairs as a result. See if this happens with either your eyeglasses or your sunglasses.

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