Bargain Friday’s TPS Report: Old Navy’s Open-Front Cardigans
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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.
Pricewise, it's hard to go wrong with this feminine cardigan: it's practically meant to be that sweater you keep in your office in case the A/C is too cold.
The sweater comes in a ton of basic colors — some marked as low as $8, others full price at $19 — and we love the soft Pima and Modal blend, as well as the soft draped shoulders. Note that it comes in both tall and petite sizes, as well as.
This color — Cabot Cove — is on sale for $8.00 at Old Navy.com. Women: Women's Open-Front Cardigans – Cabot Cove
Some of our favorite classic cardigans for the office as of 2025 include those below. Check Talbots and J.Crew Factory if you're looking for plus sizes, and Quince if you're on a budget. Veronica Beard and Brooks Brothers both keep a bunch of options in stock. Two other reader favorites: Anthropologie and Sézane.
Sales of note for 8/29/25 (I'm bolding the ones I'm checking out first):
- Nordstrom – Summer sale has started!
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your full price purchase, $99 dresses, jackets and shoes, and 60% off sale
- AllSaints (some of the best leather jackets!) – Clearance event, up to 70% off
- Anthropologie – Extra 40% off sale + 25% off designer denim
- A.P.C. – Last days, 50% off!
- Athleta – Up to 60% off + extra 30% off sale – readers particularly love these casual pants
- ba&sh – Extra 25% off Labor Day Sale – readers love these cardigan lady jackets; some are marked down to $190
- Banana Republic Factory – 50%-70% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 20% off everything – readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- Brochu Walker – Labor Day Sale, up to 30% off
- Everlane – Summer sale up to 70% off – reader favorites include their scoop tee, their ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and their oversized blazers!
- Frank & Eileen – Lots in the sale section up to 40% off
- Kaai – 10% off work bags and 50% off Loop bags
- J.Crew – 40% sitewide (readers love this blazer, these pants, these sneakers, this suiting, and their sweater blazers and winter coats in general. Also note that they've expanded their size range up to 3X/24! See our full roundup of what to buy for work at J.Crew.)
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything and extra 60% off clearance
- L.K. Bennett – Sale items up to 70% off, lots of shoes and more in the sale
- Me + Em – Up to 60% off, online only
- M.M.LaFleur – Save up to 70% Labor Day Weekend – Take an additional 20% off already-discounted items
- Naturalizer – Last call! Up to 70% off
- Neiman Marcus – 15% off select beauty & fragrance including DIOR, Nars, Chantecaille, Victoria Beckham, SK-II, and La Mer (ends 8/30)
- Nordstrom Rack – Clear the Rack, extra 25% off clearance (we recently featured this great $30 sweater blazer, but I think it comes in more colors now)
- Rothy's – Up to 50% off last-chance sales
- Sarah Flint – 25% off sitewide
- Soma – Sale up to 70% off, bras 2 for $65, $6 panties with any purchase (also buy 3 panties, get 2 free) – readers love these PJs and these no-VPL panties
- Spanx – End of summer sale, extra 30% off sale styles with code — reader favorites include these pants in regular, petite, and tall sizes all up to 3X (the very rare option for a plus-size petite!); Nordstrom also has a big collection!)
- Talbots – 70% off markdowns final sale + 25% off regular purchase – readers love this classic cashmere sweater, this classic cardigan, and their suiting (available in petite, regular, plus, and plus-size petite!) (here are all the reader favorites at Talbots)
- White House Black Market – Extra 60% off sale styles for up to 80% off, also $50 off your $200 purchase, and $30 off all pants
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Not sure if this is a ‘duh’ question or not, but what do you do with the front of the cardigan when you’re out walking around – does it just flop around in the breeze?
Coincidentally, I went into an Old Navy last night (it’s been years since I was in one) and picked up a gray pencil skirt for $2.50 and some navy slacks for $9.50 – they had an extra 50% off the clearance racks. Not the best quality, but for that price I’ll take it.
I own this cardigan in both this color and the medium grey it comes in. I adore it! It’s great with jeans or khakis for a more casual look or anything else basic.
JE: Yes, it just flops in the breeze, but you can “close” it with a pin/brooch if it bugs you or just fold it around you when its flapping is bothering you.
Love it. Just ordered this color and the white. Been looking for a great cardigan to go over summer dresses. Thanks!
Old Navy? *shudder*
I have this cardigan in khaki and black and wear them all the time with jeans and tank tops. The cotton blend is really soft and doesn’t feel cheap. The black has started to fade with washing, though.
I was surprised that I recently found some great v-neck cardigans from Old Navy that I thought were pretty reasonable… I will check this out.
I had high hopes for this cardigan, because I’ve been looking for one for a while. Tried it on at Old Navy this weekend and was bitterly disappointed — it’s paper thin and the arms were skin tight. Definitely can’t wear this over any kind of sleeve whatsoever.
Are you sure about this one? It looks like a gym jumper. I wouldn’t wear that one even at the dinner with my parents…
I agree with CPJ. I ordered it online and paid shipping. Arg. Color was pretty but fabric was way too casual for work. The sleeves were skin tight so how could it possibly be worn over anything but a tank top–which isn’t really appropriate office attire either.