Suit of the Week: Tiger of Sweden
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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 2025!
This isn't usually my color — but I do love this suit from Tiger of Sweden. (Hat tip to the reader who mentioned them last week, I had forgotten about them!)
I'm a fan of double-breasted blazers with single buttons, and I appreciate the little details here such as “kissing buttons” at the sleeve vent (they actually are quite cool), as well as their “signature double buttonholes on the lapel.” On the product page, they note that the suit is made from a “majority of recycled fabric,” which is a nice nod to sustainability.
The suit is $1048 for both pieces; they're available in European sizes 32-44.
Sales of note for 9/5/25
- Nordstrom – Summer sale has started, up to 60% off top brands
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- Anthropologie – 30% off clothing and accessories
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- J.Crew Factory – 50% off fall faves + extra 60% off clearance
- L.K. Bennett – 20% off all new-season
- Nordstrom Rack – Season Closeout: extra 40% off select clearance dresses, sandals, shorts, and swimwear(ends 9/11)
- Rothy's – Up to 50% off last-chance sales
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- Talbots – 25-40% off select fall styles + extra 30% all markdowns — here are all the reader favorites at Talbots
- White House Black Market – 50% off all sale styles (ends 9/5)
Ahaha! I’m the reader who mentioned them! Looooove them.
My everyday purse is from pre-covid and is looking ratty. Wondering what’s in these days. I carry a separate work tote with my laptop so I’m looking for a purse that I can take to work and also carry around on the weekends, so nice but not too fancy or too casual (no belt bag for me). I’m too lazy to switch purses. Does anyone here have and like the Madewell Essential Bucket Tote or a similar simple tote bag?
Thank you for any suggestions.
Portland Leather Company has some good options in that style.
+1 I really like Portland Leather Company. I’ve gotten their “Almost Perfect” versions several times and I can’t tell what’s wrong with them ever.
I’ve been eyeing the Naomi shoulder bag and the Devan bucket tote. Both have just a little twist on the classic tote.
I really want the Naomi! I love the simplicity and yet it’s still slightly different from the norm.
Tory Burch has some cute options – I have their small Romy bucket bag and really like it.
I have the Transport tote and I love it. I got it in a reddish color and it’s easy and light. That said, I use my Longchamp totes the most. I don’t know why these vinyl bags with leather handles have the best storage-to-weight ratio of any bag I’ve tried in the past 15 years.
My friend and I want to plan something fun for our “20th anniversary” Our friendship has been such a foundational part of our lives and continues to be really close and supportive. She’s like a sister or a platonic soul mate. Any suggestions here? We don’t live in the same city, but are a short (<2 hr) flight apart. A weekend trip might be fun, but nothing that's too hard to get to from Kansas City. Any suggestions on what we should do?
What do you like to do? What time of year? Some of my favorite continental US destinations are Napa, Charleston and New Orleans, but they probably have less appeal if you’re not into food/wine. I also love New England in the fall for the foliage. It’s so pretty and relaxing even if you’re not really an outdoorsy type. If you like spa stuff, a destination spa would also be really fun.
I love this idea!
I was originally thinking this time next year, but it’s totally flexible. My friend is disabled so nothing that includes a ton of physical activity like hiking. Otherwise, I think we would enjoy food, maybe a little bit of wine. I mostly imagine it being kind of lazy, like hanging around the pool with maybe 1 main outing of interest each day? She’s very crafty and we have done a painting class together before. Maybe there’s something like a pottery or glass blowing class that might be interesting? I think we’re pretty open as long as it’s not really physically intense.
I think Las Vegas would be fun but could be spendy for pool access. Most things are accessible and the dinner-and-a-show-and-sights vibe is so fun with girl friends, no gambling or clubbing required
Hear me out…Tacoma for glass blowing, Olympic national park for Ho rainforest and beautiful beaches, then Seattle for coffee/islands. Timing: between July 5-end Aug.
A friend and I went to Woodloch Lodge in the Poconos, which was $$ but might check a lot of your boxes! We did spa services together and a coloring class, but also split up for individual activities (e.g., journalling, work out classes). It was close to 80% female while we were there, with lots of groups of girlfriends.
maybe farther than you’re thinking, but highly recommend a girls’ weekend in palm springs – vrbo with a great pool to lounge by, cute restaurants, lots of great art/vintage shopping.
is there anything you always talked about doing together ‘as grown ups’ when you were young?
also just have to say I love this idea & the celebration of strong friendships <3
I LOVE that you two are celebrating this
Are there any bands from early in your friendship that are doing throwback tours? If the weather is good, Red Rocks in Denver is just an incredible venue, ~2hr flight (lots of directs available) from Kansas City, and perfectly nice for some lazy activities too (maybe Meow Wolf if you two are kind of artsy; and otherwise just nice city parks, a rooftop beer with a good view of the mountains, etc)
I would like to try curling my long straight hair for special events, but whatever I am doing is not working quite right. I have a long barreled curling iron with adjustable heat and use heat protectant spray and finishing hairspray, but it’s not that wavy to begin with and then the wavy doesn’t stick for very long. I just want it to look wavy for a few hours. Can someone here give me some tips or tricks or product recommendations?
as a fellow straight-haired person whose hair has trouble holding a curl, I would recommend:
– get a smaller barrel curling iron (1″ or 1.5″)…the curls from the larger irons just fall out into nothing
– try an aerosol hairspray (the garnier fructis volumizing one works very well)
– don’t brush out or even really touch the curls for the first 5-10 min.
– turn the heat high (higher than you’d think or than the guide on the curling iron or in the packaging would lead you to believe is correct)
– make sure you’re curling small sections at a time
+1 to all this. My hair is actually pretty wavy but doesn’t hold a curling iron curl well, but I can get it curled with these tips. Also even if the curls sort of “fall out” it looks better than it did before curling, so take don’t let perfect be the enemy of good!
1 inch or 1.25 inch curling iron (1.5” is too big). I set it to 425°. Don’t overdo the heat protectant or your hair will be too wet. Curl a small section then immediately pin it up with a small metal clip. A box of 100 is a few dollars from Sally Beauty Supply. Let the clips stay in for at least half an hour. Apply hair spray after removing the clips- I like L’oreal Elnett. Your hair might look crazy at first but it will settle within 20 minutes or so.
yeah you’re totally right that 1.5″ is too big! and overdoing the heat protectant is another culprit (and you can definitely fudge it/not use much if you’re only using heat on your hair occasionally!)
For curling irons, the drybar three day bender works well for me. Turn the heat up. Spray the hair with hair spray before you curl it. Cheap aerosol hairspray – $10 max. Let the “crunchy” curl fully cool before you break it apart – I skip the pinning for everything other than the top curls. Then use finishing hair spray. But, really, you just need to make a 1980s hairspray sacrifice and turn up the heat.
As a fellow pin straight hair haver, here’s what I do:
Wash hair and skip conditioner. Start with damp hair, work in mousse. If you want waves, curl with the iron parallel to the ground. If you want ringlets, curl with iron straight up and down. Curl small sections until they go from wet to dry, then pin in place and hairspray the ever living crap out of them. Break up gently when cool with fingertips and then don’t touch for the rest of the night.
I have better luck with hot rollers than an iron- i leave them in till they’re cool and its not more time than curling + pinning+ unpinning later.
Do you have any suggestions or recommendations for a hot roller set?
I have a Conair hot roller set that is amazing. I don’t know what version, it has two different sizes of rollers. I have to use it on bone dry hair, then let them sit until all the way cool, then DO NOT BRUSH the curls when I remove the rollers. Just very lightly finger comb and spray the ever living daylights with hairspray. Once that is fully dry, then I finger comb again and the curls look amazing.
My hair will hold these curls all day, but they don’t last if I try to sleep on them.
I have an expensive-to-me L’AGENCE Vibrant Striped Button Down silk Shirt that I used to wear with black pants or skirts for work meetings and somehow it looks really dated to me know. I am 5 feet short and curvy. Would love some ideas on how to style this to look modern/good. Link to follow.
Is it this one? https://poshmark.com/listing/LAGENCE-Vibrant-Striped-Button-Down-silk-ShirtNew-without-tags-688fe2d4ff353afe982d87fc
Oh, I see yours below. Phew! The one I posted is not great.
I have the L´Agence Pink Tyler Silk Blouse Top (not able to link to it for some reason) and used to wear it with basic black pants or skirt but it looked really dated when I wore it this AM. It is expensive to me so I don’t want to lose it and would appreciate any ideas on how to make it more modern and look good on my 5 feet curvy frame.
Trying to post a different link here in case it makes through mod: https://poshmark.com/listing/LAgence-Womens-Pink-Tyler-Silk-Blouse-Top-NWT-XS-68a0de1a4fab7b2476bfd20e?utm_source=gdm&utm_campaign=22827280963&campaign_id=22827280963&ad_partner=google&gskid=pla-2266934035090&gcid=765499490552&ggid=182734185333&gdid=c&g_network=g&enable_guest_buy_flow=true&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22827280963&gbraid=0AAAAADwcDC-1hGNwwICrzOE5_JksSvwYH&gclid=Cj0KCQjww4TGBhCKARIsAFLXndTPvDzCgwqWPOoTweCBRJXRV0hU8C_9wfQ78X49wjngdLEPDEdh4SwaAg5YEALw_wcB
Do you have any pants in navy blue or cream?
That would be lovely, I can see it with Chanel flats.
I really like this top. With the caveat that I’m not the most fashion savvy person, I wonder if it’s pairing it with a black bottom that makes it look dated. The colorful shirt/black pants/black pencil skirt seems very 2010-2016 to me. Nothing about the top itself seems dated (perhaps not fashion-forward, but collared silk shirts are wardrobe staples), so perhaps you just need a new bottom. I would suggest one of those flowy pleated midi skirts in a color that compliments the blouse, but as a fellow 5′ person myself, that might not work for you. What about pairing it with colored (navy, or a tan neutral) pants and a blazer?
lol didn’t see this before I posted but yes! same page
I think it’s the bold color + black making it feel dated – that’s a very 2010-15 color combo. I think it’d look great with wide leg jeans or a midi skirt
+1, this would also be great with a colorful suit if you have the perfect match and personality for it!
Black does not go with “everything” and that is the hill I will die on.
Navy, purple or cream wide-legged and high-waisted trousers, tucked in.
Under a dark purple or burgundy boxy knit sweater vest, dark blue straight jeans.
Pleated midi skirt, burgundy or dark purple.
This top is gorgeous! Pair it with wide leg navy pants.
try pairing it with the pale grey stripe in the shirt – either with pants or a sweater to wear on your shoulders with it.
Some of this will depend on your coloring – do you look better in high contrast or low contrast patterns? Dark or light colors? I think this would look great tucked into pleated wide leg trousers in a lot of not-black colors. Anything deep and cool in the navy-indigo-purple wedge of the color wheel will be the lowest contrast. A cool light to medium gray would be higher contrast. You can play with pinks, reds, and burgundies, but the tone has to be just right. Winter white would look amazing. A cool mauve, taupe, or cocoa could work.
Thanks everyone for the ideas so far! I guess i have to make a separate post about needing help on WHY the pleated midiskirts look so great on others but so bad on me… i think my height and build make me look stumpy on those and believe me I have tried (exhibit A: my gorgeous navy silk pleated midi skirt that am yet to wear but tried on many times/still looking for a perfect match). Navy pants seem the safest/best option I think for now.
Is it too long? I often have to hem midis to get them to the right length.
What is the female 2025 equivalent of khakis, a quarter zip, and loafers? If I wear that, which I realize women can, I feel like I’m in corporate drag. But what is casual but not too sloppy as a female business-casual uniform equivalent?
wide-leg pants, loafers, blouse, sweater vest?
Work pants, nice blouse or shirt, cardigan, flat shoes.
I’m so jealous that men can be appropriate for what feels like 90% of work AND social situations either khakis and a buttondown, polo, or quarter zip.
Same.
I’m… intrigued that the Charlie Kirk story is the very top of the front page of the NYT. Forget about Poland, I guess
Don’t worry, MSNBC already has spin going on about how it was a supporter who fired off a gun in celebration.
It’s right up there with whinging about how Trump was only shot in the ear, as if the fact that the shooter missed by a quarter-inch made it okay.
lol Trump wasn’t shot he was hit by shards of flying glasses. An AR 15 bullet going through an ear doesn’t leave an intact ear.
Best punishment of all for you: you have to live with yourself.
When Gabby Giffords was shot, I prayed. I never said a single bad word about her, or implied that it was a hoax because no one could survive that.
Sorry you suck.
I bet you feel like a really good person after having written that. I hope you find inner peace <3
Every liberal politician/influencer who has made a statement so far is unequivocally horrified and condemning political violence.
That’s untrue.
Well, Kirk said himself that some gun deaths are worth it to keep the second amendment: https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-says-gun-deaths-worth-it-2nd-amendment-1793113
K, who? Am I’m not talking another Joe Blow internet commenter
MSNBC.
MSNBC isn’t a person… and I’m sure they are talking about the horrors of gun violence
Please cite.
Awful human being. And disgusting how the president will ask for prayers for him but not after the recent school shooting in Minnesota. So tired of all the shootings regardless.
Multiple things can be simultaneously true:
(1) Charlie Kirk is a terrible person;
(2) This shooting (like so many others) is a natural consequence of the gun policies he and his ilk espouse but that they only seem to care about when one of their own gets shot;
(3) Political violence is a terrible thing, both objectively and because the results are often the exact opposite of what the shooter wanted; and
(4) Charlie Kirk may be a terrible person, but I genuiine wish him a swift and complete recovery because he is still a person.
It’s not a good thing for this country and I abhor random gun violence, but I don’t feel personally saddened for Kirk himself. I’m not in the camp that says that all deaths are tragic, which I understand upsets a lot of people.
Same. For all the people out there squealing “oh but he’s someone’s family member!” Okay. Fine. I’m sad for his family because they lost their family member, but he’s not my family member, and I don’t have to grieve him just because he’s someone else’s family member. He was a misognyistic, racist, anti-Semite who thought the deaths of children was an acceptable trade off for gun rights. He also thinks empathy is “new age word” that “does a lot of damage,” so maybe I shouldn’t feel for his family.
+1
I don’t feel bad for him getting some karma, I do feel bad for his children.
At this point in my life, I’m not pretending to feel sad about Kirk. It’s like when I hear that a brutal r@pist has died in prison or a wife beater drank himself to death. My response is “ok.” I care about gun control, not about him.
Update: he died. My heart aches for his children.
I think this event is going to be a turning point and we’re going to go downhill even faster.
Oh yeah – we’re cooked. More troops in cities by the end of the week (tho probably not Orem, weirdly)
Same. I’ve been watching the horrifically racist and bloodthirsty comments on reddit/Fox News from conservatives about crime in cities, the Charlotte murder, and now this. The conservatives are out for blood, screeching and hollering about how “the Left” is brainwashed, delusional, mentally ill, hates conservatives, wants them all dead, would gun them down in the street. Wouldn’t be surprised if more violence from the right follows.
I’m absolutely sick of all of it.
Thoughts and prayers.
Random question – anyone here have Orthostatic Hypertension? I’m recently diagnosed after going to the doc to figure out why I was dizzy sometimes. My blood pressure is normal sitting/laying, but drops 30 points (and my heart rate goes up to compensate) when standing.
They recommended better hydration, but im pretty well hydrated already, and wearing compression socks, but my ankles aren’t swollen at all.
Anyone else have this and how do you manage it?
Damn autocorrect – it’s Orthostatic HypOtension.
I saw a cardiologist when I was in my 20s because of some dizzy spells — he never quite gave me a diagnosis but it sounds maybe like what google says orthostatic hypertension is. anyway the best tip he gave me was to squeeze your glutes when you stand or feel dizzy — it helps with blood distribution i think.
You need thigh high compression stockings to make a difference. Knee high is not sufficient.
Most women pool water in the places where we have the most space for it, not in our feet. So the relevant compression garments wouldn’t be socks. You may find that shapewear helps or full length compression stockings, but it’s not likely to be enough to just compress your feet (and there is research on this).
There are underlying conditions that can contribute that range from nutritional deficiencies to autoimmune conditions. If your doctor isn’t doing much work up, you may want to follow up with one who will. If it’s a simple deficiency in a B vitamin or magnesium, that could be an easy fix!
does anyone else feel like they need a full on nap by 5pm? i hate it
That’s me. I hit the wall and need a nap each day after work. I am so exhausted after running interference all day long.