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Sales of note for 9.30.24
- Nordstrom – Beauty deals through September
- Ann Taylor – Extra 30% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off sale
- J.Crew – 50% off select styles
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 60% off everything + 50% off sale with code
- Lo & Sons – Warehouse sale, up to 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Save 25% sitewide
- Neiman Marcus – Friends & Family 25% off
- Rag & Bone – Friends & Family 25% off sitewide
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Fall Cyber Monday sale, 40% off sitewide and $5 shipping
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- White House Black Market – 40% off select styles
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Turtle Wexler
I need help! I took a pair of pants from a BR suit in today to get hemmed – the first pair I’ve ever needed shortened – and I had no idea what length they should be! I’ve heard that they should cover the heel of your shoe, but I plan on wearing these pants with my highest (4″) heels and that rule leaves a lot of space between my hem and the ground. I tend to like my jeans long and dragging, but I know that doesn’t work for dress pants … I just don’t know what does. Thoughts? Is there a hard-and-fast rule? How long is too long?
Sandy McSouthers
Best. Book. EVER!!!
I would bring to the tailor’s and wear the 4″ heels you want to wear the pants with and see what the tailor recommends/how it looks pinned.
Turtle Wexler
Why hello Mr. Westing :-)
I took the pants in to a random tailor a friend recommended. She took my lead and pinned where I sort of randomly decided it looked good, but then I got to thinking about whether I should call tomorrow and tell them to hold off/do it differently. The tailor, while nice, didn’t seem to have any particularized knowledge on the subject. Maybe that should be a red flag…?
Cat
If you will be wearing the pants with 4″ heels, they should look wrong and way too long when you’re barefoot. I like my dress pants to brush the top of my shoe (over the ball of my foot) — any longer and my foot disappears, any shorter and the pants flap around when walking and “feel” too short.
Julian R. Eastman
Sorry I’m late to the game ;-)
No seriously, I JUST reread this book yesterday because I remembered loving it as a kid. Great Corporette minds think alike?
Barney Northrup (usually known as Bunkster)
I posted about re-reading a childhood favorite a couple of weeks ago. It was The Westing Game. Now I’m reading it to my nieces.
The 6-year-old is keeping a notebook with all the clues. And all the other adults in my family (mom, sister, brother-in-law, etc) are listening, too. Apparently, I’m the only one in my family who ever read it.
Julian R. Eastman (lostintranslation)
You were probably the one who reminded me of it then. Thanks! Maybe it’s the nerd/engineer in me, but this book was way cooler than more contemporary young fiction (Twilight?!).
I think I’m the only one in my family who read it too. But my my brother is a humanities prodigy so he was probably reading Anna Karenina or the Fountainhead at that time, even though he’s 4 yrs younger… :-)
AT
The Westing Game is one of my all-time favorite books! I still remember my 6th grade teacher practically coercing me to read it… I don’t know why I was resistant, but when I finally picked it up, I couldn’t put it down! I can’t wait until my pseudo-nieces and nephews (i.e., children of friends) are old enough to read… they’re getting all manner of wonderful books as presents from me and they’re going to like it!
Anon
OMG, I am the only one in I know in real life who has ever read (and loved) this book. I can’t believe it.
Anonymous
My tailor always pins my pants so they hit the middle of the heels i’m wearing.
mamabear
Check out the topic “perfect pants length” on youlookfab.com.
Angie recommends pants hems no farther than 1/2″ from the floor. That means if you hem your pants for 4″ heels, you wear 4″ heels every time you wear those pants.
Since I read her posts, I have observed other women’s pants lengths walking around, and have become convinced she is right. Pants that are the proper length for the shoes being worn look more fluid and flattering than pants that stop abruptly two inches above the ground.
wifey
Ok, I do have bigger problems than this one, but I’m hoping for some empathy or ideas. My DH wears a suit to work daily and looks handsome and professional. However, when he’s not working, he wears casual clothes which I can only think to describe as fitting the “teenage-gangsta” look. He wears Ed Hardy t-shirts and ripped jeans. First of all, he looks like a thug wannabe, and secondly, those Ed Hardy tees aren’t even in style anymore!!! I have told him he is outdated but he doesn’t believe me. Frankly, I am embarrassed when I run into professional acquaintances, or even friends, when I’m with my husband dressed like that. FYI, he is in his mid-30s. Any suggestions?
ST
If you’re going somewhere the clothing is actually inappropriate for — the theater, a nice restaurant, a work-related social event — I think it’s fine to tell him that he’s dressed too casually. Otherwise, you need to let it go. You’ve mentioned your opinion to him, but what he wears is ultimately his decision. And it’s a lot more annoying to be the person who tries to control every aspect of their partner than the person who wears unfashionable clothing.
eaopm3
Does your H like to shop? If he does and he’s buying those sorts of outfits because he likes them, then I don’t know that you can do much about it. But, if he’s only wearing that stuff because he has it already, he doesn’t want to go shopping, and he knows it was “cool” at one point, that’s a better problem to have. I shop for my H. He hates to go and would wear some really atrocious things if I didn’t just replace items periodically. You might try to purchase him a few things and tell him that the outfit caught your eye and you think he’d look great in it?
wifey
Yeah, he does like to shop, but lately it’s been for work clothes. His “gangsta” clothes are all very old. I suspect they are very comfortable and he is probably trying to hold on to his youth. I just think they are simply ugly though. I do encourage him to buy nicer clothes and compliment him on it but then he’ll continue to pull out those old clothes to wear.
TCFKAG
Hmm…perhaps it’s time for some coordinated washing of new pink/red clothes with his old t-shirts? (Just kidding…sort of).
But I think I agree with ST, if he dresses appropriately for work and when you go to events, there is not a whole lot you can do about the casual clothes. Half of my fiance’s shirts have holes in them…
mamabear
Be careful what you wish for. Judging from my husband’s friends, the new casual look is “unwashed hipster,” complete with scraggly un-groomed beard. Thankfully my husband’s casual look is still 1950s Weekend Dad.
Chini
I’m thinking about upgrading to a smartphone. I’ve used Blackberries for work in the past, but my current job has no requirement to be connected around the clock. So this would be a strictly personal phone (as in, I’m paying), with work-related stuff kept to the bare minimum.
I would like to stick with T-Mobile, so that makes the iPhone less of an option unless I buy an unlocked one and cut down a SIM card. Doable, but an expensive hassle. Plus, I recently bought an iPod Touch, and I rarely use it because it’s too big for working out (I stick with my nano) and too small for surfing the web for extended periods (stick with my laptop). Plus, I find touch screen typing to be incredibly tedious. But an iPhone! Everyone has one! I want too! Though wouldn’t I feel silly for buying one now when the next gen is supposed to come out in a few months?
I’m leaning toward a Blackberry Bold. I like the physical keyboard, the international capabilities (GSM and relatively inexpensive roaming charges on T-Mobile if I don’t pop in a local SIM card), the ability to connect to any T-Mobile hotspot for free (useful for many hotels and airports, which would allow me to get the cheapest data plan). But I’m not crazy about the small screen, and I don’t know too many people who use Blackberries if they’re not required for work. Everyone has an iPhone! (Or a Droid.)
I’m hesitant to lock myself into a two-year contract, but I’m not impressed with the smartphones available on pay-as-you-go plans.
Any thoughts?
kz
You should probably repost this on a thread tomorrow for more responses, but here are my thoughts…
I know a handful of people who use blackberries when not required for work because they like having a physical keyboard. I’ve got an LG touchscreen phone running android platform, which I got solely because it was the cheapest smartphone option, and it’s fine, but the lack of a physical keyboard does annoy me sometimes (though it does have this awesome swipe-to-text feature where you sort of trace the word on the keyboard rather than lifting your finger to hit each key). I honestly don’t think there’s that much difference between iphones and android-powered phones, except maybe for some higher-end features that I personally would never use (I also am really not a fan of Apple because, with some exceptions, I don’t think their products are actually any better, and sometimes worse; they just have good marketing). I think it depends on what you want a smartphone for. In my case, I really just wanted email/web browsing, so I just went with the cheapest option. If you want to watch videos or stream music, you should probably get something better.
Oh, also, on feeling silly buying something now when the next generation is coming out in a few months–don’t. The next generation will always be coming out in a few months. Whatever you buy, it won’t be the newest thing for long. That’s just how technology works.
kz
oh, and I’m on Verizon (which is great as far as coverage, in my experience), so I can’t help with strictly T-Mobile options. Also, I think T-Mobile was recently purchased by or is in the process of being purchased by AT&T. I don’t know what that will mean for their service/networks, but you might want to look into it before you lock yourself into a long contract if you don’t like AT&T.
mamabear
My husband bought a blackberry for his personal phone and sorely regretted it. Web services are just not good, and there are almost no good apps for the blackberry. When his phone was stolen 2 weeks ago he was almost gleeful. He did a lot of research because he wanted an iPhone but our service also blocks a lot of features. So he ended up with an Android phone that is basically an iPhone copycat. It has a lot of features, it’s cheaper and less restricted than an iPhone, and it has a ton of memory.
The fake keyboard does take some getting used to, though. I don’t have one, but many of my friends have iPhones and I am amazed watching them tap away, quite rapidly!