Suit of the Week: Theory
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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 2026!
This “warm pink” suit from Theory looks perfect for a heatwave: both pieces are in the brand's Good Linen (a blend of linen, viscose and elastane, promising stretch & breathability), and the shrunken three-button blazer is one of their best sellers right now.
The pants are marked down to $171 from $285, but the blazer is full price at $465.
Psst: the special deal of the day in the NAS is for perfumes — I'm tempted by a number of them!
Sales of note for 7/19:
- Nordstrom – The Anniversary Sale has started! Here's our big roundup of the best workwear, as well as everything we've selected thus far.
- Ann Taylor – Semi-annual sale, 60% off sale and 40% off everything — readers love this blouse and I always love the variety of colors/textures for this jacket (it's a great separate)
- Banana Republic – Summer sale up to 60% off sale styles + extra 20% off
- The Fold – Up to 50% off, further markdowns
- J.Crew – 50% off select cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 60% off clearance
- Lo & Sons – Summer sale, up to 50% off
- Lululemon – Summer sale!
- Me & Em – Sale! Up to 60% off (new lines just added)
- M.M.LaFleur – 25% off jardigans (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Nordstrom Rack – Clear the rack, extra 25% off clearance! Nice selection of Vince, Veronica Beard, Reiss and Rag & Bone, a ton of affordable work dresses from Calvin Klein, Maggy London, Eliza J, and Donna Morgan
- Talbots – Red Door Sale! Prices start at $15
- Theory – End of season sale is on!
what is the best one week liquid fast to jump start a weight loss? like one of those delivery services? is there such a thing? like slim fast for grown ups?
Do you have really lousy health insurance, or why are you planning to DIY and not use your health benefits here?
There are no health benefits that help for this. Lots of water, low carb, no sugar, no eating after 5=the old school way. Otherwise look into GLP-1s.
My health benefits cover a conversation with my usual doctor about going on a liquid diet, as well as a consultation with a dietitian if my doctor refers me. There’s also a weight loss program I can opt into since my insurer doesn’t want to cover GLP1s, though I haven’t looked into it. I wouldn’t jump start any weight loss regimen without so much as a single conversation with primary care about it.
Your suggestion doesn’t seem to be a liquid fast at all, so it’s not what OP asked about. Physicians prescribe liquid diets for bowel rest in various conditions, so they may know which products are safe and reliable. They also know our health history, so they can steer us away from formulations that wouldn’t be right for us. And some products are regulated as dietary supplements rather than as food, so it can be a buyer beware product category.
She said to jump start a weight loss. Most people are not going to see a doctor about that. For very obvious reasons: no one will see you that quickly, the conversations are usually painful and dumb, and doctors don’t know a lot about nutrition except the extremely outdated advice of “eat lean meats and limit your dairy.”
Honestly OP, consult the internet for this.
I’m sorry your doctors are dumb? Get the referral to a dietitian if you want someone who knows a lot about nutrition. Bariatrics is a whole medical specialty. If you’re not overweight enough for bariatrics, there are still some labs a lot of doctors will order (weight loss with a normal A1C is a different ball game from weight loss with a high A1C, right?).
No reputable physician or dietician is going to advise on a crash diet.
Why would anyone do this? You will absolutely put the weight back on the moment you start eating again. It’s 2026; you don’t have to live this way. Get a GLP-1. They are miracle drugs.
Re: the GLP-1 advice. Keep in mind they don’t work for everyone. I used semaglutide (compounded) for 3-4 months and lost zero pounds. I told my online provider and they switched me to tirzepatide. I lost about 15 pounds and have been stalled for several months, even though I switched to the Lilly version! Now pondering whether to ask for higher dose (at higher cost), because it sure doesn’t seem worth it to spend $400 month and be six lbs or so up from my lowest weight on the compounded stuff. Yes, I eat high protein and lift heavy. Just am not sure maintaining a 15 lb loss is worth $5K/year.
I agree that fasting can be counterproductive for weight loss, but people do sometimes fast for all kinds of reasons. A relevant healthcare provider can weigh in on pros and cons. And if you’re dead set against GLP1s, it’s not like it’s the only thing they have to offer!
Just don’t get some social media weight loss meal replacement formula that’s about to be recalled for containing unlisted stimulants.
I do water fasting for autophagy benefits—mostly because I’m terrified of dementia.
I have not used it, but Grace at The Stripe recommends Kroma Wellness and has talked about doing the reset a few times, and has a 15% off code ‘GRACEA15’.
Seriously? Did we time travel back to 1992 here?
Yes, this place is depressing sometimes. But as we know, the unhealthy waif look is back. Sadly.
Water and electrolytes.
Looking for advice. Lawyer, private practice. I recently moved floors and am now sitting near a group of first year associates. Many cry weekly and everyone is extremely stressed. I genuinely don’t recall that type of stress as a first year. We’re known as a ‘lifestyle’ firm, our billable requirement is (literally) hundreds of hours less than most firms our size in our market. I have started asking a few questions and it seems the themes are: 1) being a first year sucks because they’re realizing school doesn’t teach them how to do anything, they expected to know answers and they don’t, 2) working with different clients and partners is really challenging and everyone has different expectations, 3) they don’t have control over what clients want or when, and they don’t know how to prioritize yet, and 4) hearing the first year is tough and time makes it better/experience helps doesn’t make them feel better.
I don’t think this is unusual. I’ve talked to our firm’s associate development group and they are thinking about having the next monthly coffee on the stress/phases of being an associate – especially focused on the stresses 1st and 2nd year associates face. The first years have started talking to me more, even though I don’t work much with them, and the committee wants me there. I know one hour long coffee is not going to solve anything. But I’d like to offer any kindness, support, wisdom to help them through this stressful period. And I recognize I either didn’t have it that bad or just straight up don’t remember it. I still have stresses today, my job has stress – but not to the point of tears or keeping me up at night. I’m not sure I know how to help but I’d like to try. Any suggestions for what to say, offer, how to support? Any suggestions or reality checks for me?
Is this a smaller firm? They are often lacking in training and support for new attorneys, and more seasoned attorneys can be a wildly mixed bag in terms of management, training skills, and reasonableness of expectations. A one hour coffee isn’t going to change the types of issues you’ve listed, and trying to normalize a working environment that lacks adequate structural support won’t help either. Is there a mentorship program that pairs them with mid levels or younger senior associates? Items 1-3 are all things that can be directly addressed with some training and guidance, and a person closer to their level is often a good resource.
I’m not a lawyer, but work with interns. Can you talk with them about how your prioritizing competing work and how to communicate that to whoever is giving them the work? To me, in the list you provided, that’s where I see the biggest impact could be. I’m sure that everyone thinks their thing is the most urgent, but helping them come up with a system to actually figure that out or how to have the conversation with whoever is assigning work.
Any recs for New Buffalo, MI + surrounding areas? We plan to go there for the day soon.
The Stray Dog.
It is summer and my body cannot handle either gravity or salt. Going on a walk pumps blood into my swelling hands and gravity dumps it into my feet. Any salty food does the same with retained fluid. Why is this? I can eat and stand and walk just fine the other three seasons. Blood pressure is normal; no medical conditions; kidneys are good. I’m just eating dainty lady foods and keeping my feet elevated.
Could just be age, but things that have helped my mom (who experiences similar symptoms) and that I found helpful when pregnant during the summer: more water. More than that. So much water. You will pee so much for the first couple weeks of consuming so much water, but then your body figures it out. Also some electrolytes – magnesium and potassium pills were easiest for me, but stuff like tofu and spinach and bananas certainly don’t hurt. When walking for an extended period, elevate your hands. Whenever I spent a lot of time walking, I had a backpack and I would hold on to the straps to give me somewhere to put my hands. Also, regular exercise really does help. Every day from 15 minutes was better than 3x a week for an hour on the swelling/circulation front. And compression socks if you’re sitting all day.