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
Some of the best silk blouses for work in 2026 include Kobi Halperin, Equipment, Everlane, Vince, L'Agence, M.M.LaFleur, Cuyana, Elie Tahari, and Ruti — also keep an eye out for Amour Vert blouses on resale sites. If you're on a budget, check out Quince.
Sales of note for 10/2:
- Nordstrom – Extra 20% off clearance! I rounded up my top picks on the Weekend Open Thread – lots of Veronica Beard and more on DEEP discounts (lucky sizes only)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your full price purchase, plus deal of the day: 10/2: 40% off wear-now styles
- J.Crew – 3100+ items in sale
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off all sweaters and pants
- M.M.LaFleur – Lots of blues and reds in the sale section. (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Nordstrom Rack – Extra 40% off select clearance
- Old Navy – The Old Navy x Altuzarra collab is in! All sizes (up to 4X!) of the blazer in the collab is still available, and it is eligible for today's Super Cash offer
- Talbots – 40% off one item, 30% off everything else
- Theory – End of season sale is on!
And some of our latest threadjacks here at Corporette (reader questions and commentary) — see more here!
Some of our latest threadjacks include:
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.