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 4/18/25 (Happy Easter if you celebrate!):
- Nordstrom – New spring markdowns, savings of up to 50%!
- Ann Taylor – 40% off + extra 15% off your entire purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – 50%-70% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 10% off new womenswear
- The Fold – 25% off selected lines
- Eloquii – extra 40% off all sale
- Everlane – Spring sale, up to 70% off
- J.Crew – Spring Event: 40% off sitewide + extra 40% off all sale
- J.Crew Factory – 40%-70% off everything + extra 20% off orders over $125
- Kule – Lots of sweaters up to 50% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Earth Day Sale, take 25% off eco-conscious fabrics. Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Rothy's – Final few – Up to 50% off last chance styles; new favorites added
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off + extra 15% off all markdowns
And some of our latest threadjacks here at Corporette (reader questions and commentary) — see more here!
Some of our latest threadjacks include:
- I'm fairly senior in BigLaw – where should I be shopping?
- how best to ask my husband to help me buy a new car?
- should we move away from DC?
- quick weeknight recipes that don’t require meal prep
- how to become a morning person
- whether to attend a distant destination wedding
- sending a care package to a friend who was laid off
- at what point in your career can you buy nice things?
- what are you learning as an adult?
- how to slog through one more year in the city (before suburbs)
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.