Suit of the Week: Reiss

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1. I love this, and will seriously consider pulling the trigger on the jacket. I find that I have a lot of blue, black and gray pants in my wardrobe, and I think the yellow will be a good contrast. I’m not sure I can pull off yellow pants.

2. I would totally wear this to work (non court day, non client meeting day). I have a similar hot pink pants suit that I adore and rock and get tons of compliments on.

   1. +1 to this whole post

3. I love this color and it looks great on me, but I can’t imagine wearing this as a suit. Separates, yes.

   1. Yeah, yellow head-to-toe seems a bit much.

   2. I would love this in a dress.

      1. Ooh, me too.

   3. I love this, but yellow does NOT work for me b/c it is to much like my hair color. That’s why I prefer black or red. Does this come in Red? Kat? If so I would consider getting it and wearing it OUTSIDE of the office, b/c I love Reiss! YAY!

4. I have a sunny yellow jacket from Talbots that I wear all summer long with blue, gray, black, and white. More versatile than you’d expect!

5. I love yellow (I’m wearing it today), but I so rarely need to wear a suit to work that I don’t know about wearing a full yellow suit, lol. I think the separates would be awesome.

6. I don’t wear a lot of suits and skinny pants just read casual.

   Are any of you doing pant sutis with skinny pants? I always go with BR logans (largely b/c they fit my monster hips with minimal alterations).

   1. on the contrary, I’m a pretty skinny person so skinny pants make me feel well-dressed, better tailored, and overall more powerful.
      I’ve been wearing Theory suiting – I don’t know that they’re skinny? Maybe they’re called “slim” fit? from Bloomingdales. the height is good for tall women – 5’11

      1. I hear you — it seems like you live life vertically. I’m challenged in the department — hippy and 5-4. I feel like I need the fuller legs of BR Logan pants to balance my hips; the skinny legs make me look like I am shaped like a sweet potato.

   2. I wouldn’t consider these “skinny” pants though, they’re cut slim but not clingy or tight. I actually have multiple Reiss suits with very similarly cut pants that I wear to my relatively formal office, and think they’re very professional. Like new job, I’m pretty skinny and I’m built straight up and down (i.e. the perfect body type for Reiss and Theory), but I could see the cut working less well for someone more generously endowed. I don’t think this sort of cut is inherently casual, though.

      1. e.g. I bought this suit last week – https://www.reiss.com/us/p/puppytooth-printed-blazer-womens-perla-jacket-in-black-white/

   3. What sorts of shoes do you wear? Heels? Flats?

      And where do you hem them to — above the ankle?

      I can never figure this out and when they show heeled sandals, I don’t even have a good visual reference of a DO, just a DON’T way to style all this.

      Signed, Likely Slight Bootcut 4Ever By Default

   4. Have you seen The Bodyguard on Netflix? The Home Secretary in that show rocked the hell out of her suits with skinny ankle pants!

7. I enjoy wearing my yellow suit with my matching yellow hat, and the monkey I care for enjoys it too.

   1. Haha! I had the same thought! I would wear the jacket OR the pants but both together is a bit too much.

   2. Ha!

   3. Just leave the monkey there while you go to work, and tell the monkey “don’t be too curious!” I’m sure it’ll all work out all right.

      1. Thanks! You’d think I would have learned the last time.

   4. hmm…my thoughts go to Tuck Everlasting, actually…

8. “Would you dare” always makes me think of Cup of Jo. She uses that phrase a LOT.

9. Any Houston folks have experience with any of the Nordstrom stylists? I’ve recently lost 15-20 lbs and realized when packing for this week’s work trip that none of my business clothes fit – pants too big in the waist so they’re now dragging the ground in my heels. I normally work from home in my workout pants hadn’t really noticed. I scrambled and cobbled together enough for this week, but have several other trips coming up in the next couple of months so want some help putting together a capsule wardrobe for this. The Woodlands location is closer but have been unimpressed with their selection recently so will probably head down to the Galleria.

   1. No advice but good luck making it to the Galleria. :)

      1. Hahaha! Yes, I rarely leave my bubble. Traffic on 610 is no joke! But I can do off-peak hours and need to hit the IKEA anyway so seems like it’s worth the hassle.

   2. An alternative would be make an appointment with a MM Lafleur stylist at their showroom on Woodway in the Decorative Center. Pricey, but excellent capsules, especially for work travel.

10. Hi! I will be giving a 20 minute class on contracts 101 for a group of sales people. Any ideas or resources for not boring them to tears? I was thinking about using fun cases like the Hairy Hand, but would appreciate any advice or resources!

    1. What’s the goal of the training? I like to use real world examples (without company names of course) to show how bad contracts can cause real problems. It has to relate to their role in the process. The sales people I work with are the POC for incoming contracts often, much to my dismay, so I stress how important it is that they send them to me immediately, what information I need to review, etc. I also always stress that they should not talk contracts with the customer (as they are generally clueless about contracts).

       This is specific to my role of course, but hopefully it helps a bit.

    2. Are they really going to need and use the knowledge or is this more of a “learn a little about X” type of presentation? Because if these sales guys are going to be negotiating contract terms they don’t need to know about the Hairy Hand or the intricacies of offer and acceptance, they need to learn about the kinds of contract terms they will negotiate and what they mean. It’s not a time for “let’s make this fun”. They can probably pay attention for 20 minutes.

    3. I would actually say don’t use cases at all. Walk them through exercise of forming a contract (you can come up with a simple buy/sell transaction between class members, agree on pricing, delivery date, etc) – that helps take them through the elements of what a contract is, how mutual assent is formed, etc. Then walk them through the elements of a claim for breach of contract: “what happens if Sally doesn’t deliver the pencils on the promised date and then the customer sues because Jack in turn can’t deliver the pencils?” And then you can explain damages. I’d do it all with practical examples, and have lots of interaction, and omit cases.

    4. I would guess that the goal of the training is for them to better understand what your department does, part of which is to tell them “no” to terrible ideas that they think work well.

       If this were me, I would pick out a handful of clauses that your company refuses to negotiate on (no matter how hard sales screams at you), and discuss why they matter. “We cannot make this software product a work for hire, because elements of it are used in preexisting products, as well as products that we make in the future. WFH means that you can get this one sale done, but it hinders every other sale after that: we lose the right to resell the same technology.”

       “We have a clawback provision that cannot be removed. All of our products are sold to the government under terms in which the government must get the best price. If we accidentally sell this to a customer at a lower price than we give the government, we are obligated to reimburse the government for the difference, i.e. give the government the lower price on every single item it orders throughout the entire year.” Then have them do a calculation.

       1. As a stupid Sales person, this is what I would love to hear about.

    5. I’ve had to teach sales staff often in my role. In my experience they learn best through listening and doing — they aren’t big on reading, as attorneys are. (I have a J.D.)

       I would explain — and illustrate through memorable pictures — what’s needed for an enforceable contract.
       Then maybe provide some hypos, asking, “Is this a contract?” with some examples of things that might seem like they should be a contract but aren’t. (E.g. an email saying, “OK, we’ll buy 10 widgets.”) Why is Example 1 a contract but Example 2 isn’t?

       In my experience salespeople like to compete, so if you can find a way to integrate that in — points for correct answer and then keep a leaderboard — that would help keep their attention. If it’s a large group then divide them into competing teams.

    6. I made a high school class watch Merchant of Venice and discuss it for contracts to illustrate strict construction. Probably too long for 20 minutes though.

11. Is there a good internet resource for starting salaries by profession by city (CPA, RN, etc)?

    This is for helping college-aged stepkid — there should be an office at his school for this, but it is a huge school and maybe this is a kindness to him to help him think through career paths, majors, etc.

    1. https://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm

    2. Direct him to the career center at school! If it’s a big school, then they usually have many different opportunities.

       Many of the career clubs on campus will bring speakers from different professions as well. Many companies will give presentations. There are also career skill building workshops.

       Investing time in all of these will help with the career decisions.

12. Maybe too late in the day – for those of you with health/weight goals, how do you keep momentum going, particularly when your weight fluctuates 1-5 pounds regularly? I feel like I’ve been dieting for 30 years and it’s so hard for me to stay on track for more than 3 weeks.

    1. Two things – Myfitnesspal and a buddy. My friend and I have been doing this together and we text or email with questions, updates, congratulations, and links to fun clothes we want to buy in our new sizes.

    2. Keto helped me lose 40 lbs when nothing else reliably had. Have you tried it?

    3. I joined Stronger U. You pay for a coach to tell you how many grams to eat each day of fat, protein and carbs. You decide what food to eat to make your numbers work. You track it and send in a spreadsheet with your intake and your weight — you send that in once a week and get adjustments as necessary. I’ve lost 15 lbs and am holding. Its pricey but for me the combination of flexibility and accountability works. I first did 12 weeks, now I’m on a year, I don’t think Im going to stop. its about $1200 for the year, $25 a week, totally worth it to feel skinny and fit. Also I’m not hungry or unhealthy, I feel so much better eating healthily.

13. I love this suit, but yellow makes me look deathly ill. I’m jealous of anyone who can wear it.

    1. Same. I have to stick to colors like purple and bluey-green for my fun suits.

14. I’m a 4th year biglaw associate about to be seconded full-time to a SI client of the firm. In my firm I was working mainly with FI clients, some of whose portfolio companies are in competition with the SI client (that I’m being seconded to). I had never worked with this SI client before my secondment, and it’s likely I will go back to working with the FI clients (rather than this SI client) when I go back to my firm.

    QUESTION: Should I/Is it okay to tell existing clients exactly “where” I’m being seconded and/or is it okay to post the position on my Linkedin account (as “Secondee”)? Or would this run the risk of rubbing some clients the wrong way?

    I obviously 1) haven’t asked to be placed on this secondment and 2) will need to tell the exiting clients that I’m being seconded full-time so won’t be around for awhile (I’ve been consistently and almost exclusively working with these FI clients as a “core team” member for the past few years) promising to will follow up for whatever they need… but I’m not sure that telling them the name of the SI client is acceptable.

    My thinking is that the FI client’s won’t care, or will be happy that I will presumably gaining some expertise on the industry (although obviously won’t be disclosing their info to SI and vice versa), and I’m inclined to put it on my Linkedin for resume purposes, but wanted to be cautious just in case the FI clients might be sensitive.

    1. and apologies for the multiple typos and grammar errors sticking out like five sore thumbs…need to go home. aaargh.

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