J.Karma and Career Wardrobe

Reasonably-good-cause alert!

From J.Karma Boutique, at 62 N 3rd St. in Old City, there’s a donation drive for Career Wardrobe with an added bonus:

November 2nd starts a MONTH long accessory drive for work appropriate shoes and handbags which will be donated to The Career Wardrobe, a non-profit organization which provides free work appropriate clothing and workshops designed to educate and inspire women returning to the workforce.

From November 2nd thru November 30th, J. Karma will be accepting much needed donations to benefit this important cause. During this time, please stop by and donate your gently used work appropriate shoes and handbags – we will also be accepting scarves & jewelry.

In exchange for your generous donations, J.Karma will offer a coupon for $10 off your next purchase of $50 or more OR $20 off your next purchase of $100 or more.

Arright, so $10 off $50 and $20 off $100 are kind of sneaky not-real-coupons, like those standardized Banana Republic/Gap/Express/whichever-mall-store sales in which you always run around trying to find something that’s exactly $5 to go with that $45 skirt and end up buying more than you would have (or maybe that’s just me), but!

The Career Wardrobe is a legit good cause, and I don’t think it’s going too far out there in feminist-land to say that it takes far more effort and money for a woman to outfit herself for most living-wage jobs than it does for her male counterpart, and that on top of that, women tend to be judged more than men on how they dress at work. Like, say you only have two or three work-type outfits and one pair of shoes: way less likely to be noticed if you’re a guy.

So even if you’re not in the market for a new pair of shoes, you might consider the Career Wardrobe when you clean out your closet for the season.

But if you’re looking to take advantage of what they’re offering, here’s some things we like at J.Karma at the moment, in addition to the Melie Bianco bag at the top of the post: