Bargain Friday’s TPS Report: Banana Republic’s Cotton/Silk Pleated Blouse
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Our daily TPS reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices. We begin the week in splurge mode, with our most expensive suggestions, and wind our way to Friday, where a less expensive item of clothing might be just what you need to make it to the weekend.
We're loving this cotton and silk blouse from Banana Republic — we love it in all the colors it comes in (white, yellow and green), but particularly the green. It's fresh and springy, but not dusty at all like pastels can be sometimes. We'd wear it with navy trousers, dark gray, or even black (so long as there was another major color in the mix so you don't end up looking like a mint cookie). Each color of the blouse is a different sale price; the green is now $29.99 (was $59). (If you end up buying more than $100, you can take 25% off your entire purchase, which would bring the price down to $22.50 — use code SUMMER.) Cotton/silk pleated blouse – Sea green
Sales of note for 4/10:
- Nordstrom – End of Season Sale – Spring styles up to 50% off – lots of great deals from Natori, Boss, Vince, Veronica Beard, Reiss, Spanx, True & Co., Hanky Panky, Commando, Tory Burch, Theory, Zella, CeCe, Eliza J, Halogen, Vince Camuto, and more.
- Ann Taylor – 30% off tops and sweaters, and (4/10 only) 25% off dresses, skirts and shoes
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code
- Brooklinen – 15% off sitewide, plus up to 50% off bundles
- Brooks Brothers – Friends & Family Event, 25% off sitewide. Lots of cute florals and stripes in the sale.
- Evereve – 1000+ items on sale, including lots from Alex Mill, Michael Stars, Sanctuary, Rails, Xirena, and Z-Supply
- Express – $40 off $120, $100 off $250
- J.Crew – Midseason sale: Extra 40% off sale styles, 200+ new styles just added!
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 60% off everything
- Lands' End – 50% off full price styles and 60% off all clearance and sale – lots of ponte dresses come down under $25, and this packable raincoat in gingham is too cute
- Loft – All jeans $41, 40% off entire purchase
- Macy's – 25% off already reduced prices + 15% off beauty & fragrance
- M.M.LaFleur – Spring Sale Event – Buy More, save more! 10% off $250+, 15% off $500+, 20% off $750+, 25% off $1000+ (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off if you find any exclusions.)
- Sephora – Spring sale! 20% off for Rouge members starting today, and 30% off the Sephora Collection for everyone — if you're looking for a really muted everyday eyeshadow, I like both 106 and 301 here!
- Talbots – 40% off regular price tops + 30% off everything else
- Vivrelle – Looking to own less stuff but still try trends? Use code CORPORETTE for a free month, and borrow high-end designer clothes and bags!
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I went into BR a few weeks ago fully intending to buy this blouse in yellow. However the sleeves are too puffy (not like in the photo) and the fabric too transparent to wear by itself. I really wanted to like it, but I passed. Maybe under a summer blazer.
I have a huge favor to ask of you wise people. When you post things in colors that are not standard (standard to me is white, black, gray, navy blue), can you indicate what sort of coloring it takes to carry this off? It will help me to escape from my drab, dull, wardrobe…
LPC – I suggest investing in the book Color Me Beautiful. It is older and old-fashioned in that it doesn’t adequately differentiate between darker skin tones, but it nonetheless is a good start for figuring out what family of colors will look best on you and it has handy pull out color swatches for your color family that you can take with you when shopping.