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Much to my surprise, a lot of the day-after sales are even better than the 12/25 sales! (That said, I can't really speak to how the inventory changed between then and now — there may have been more stuff on sale yesterday.) ANYHOO: Here are some of the great sales going on today; my top 10 are in bold…
- 6pm.com – Clearance bags and accessories, outerwear, footwear, and clothing, all up to 80% off.
- Ann Taylor – Semi-Annual Sale: Up to 70% off, no code needed.
- Anthropologie – Winter Tag Sale, enjoy an extra 25% off sale items with code 25BELOW.
- ASOS – Up to 50% off “crazy ass holiday sale.” Further reductions.
- Athleta – Semi-Annual Sale, save up to 50% off. Enjoy an extra 20% off all sale items with code WINTER20.
- Banana Republic – Sale section marked up to 50%, extra 50% off sale with code BREXTRA50.
- Bare Necessities – Semi-Annual Sale, up to 65% off savings. Ends 1/2.
- Barneys New York – Thousands of styles up to 60% off.
- Beauty.com – Year-end clearance, up to 70% off select items from your favorite beauty brands. Also, 25% off select holiday gift sets.
- Bergdorf Goodman – Save up to 60% off at the BG Sale.
- Bloomingdale's – The Can't Stop Shopping After-Christmas Sale and Clearance — save up to 75% off on a great selection of items.
- Bluefly – Winter Wild Event. $79 and under, including Tahari ASL, Inhabit, James Jeans, and more.
- Boden – Sale is up to 60% off.
- Brooks Brothers – Semi-Annual Sale, save up to 50%. Save an additional 15% today (last day).
- Club Monaco – Take an additional 40% off already-reduced merchandise with code WINTER.
- CUSP – Save up to 60% off original prices when you take an extra 25%-33% off all sale items.
- C.Wonder – Wonder Sale, take an extra 50% off select sale items. Also, enjoy 40% off full-price jewelry.
- Dorothy Perkins – Up to 50% off sale, plus take an extra 15% off everything.
- Eastern Mountain Sports – up to 50% off sale.
- eBags – Winter Sale, save up to 70% off; lots of recent markdowns. Also, 25% off all Tumi Alpha Wheeled travel (select styles).
- Express – 50% off every single item, online and in US stores.
- eShakti – Year end sale, up to 50% off sitewide.
- Forever 21 – Sale, up to 75% off, with 1000 new markdowns. Also, boots and booties are 50% off (ends 1/1).
- Free People – today only, 25% off all sale items.
- French Connection – extra 50% off sale styles with code W13SALE at checkout.
- Heels.com – 25% off New Year's Eve sale with code CONFETTI. Also, free 2d day shipping and free returns.
- Henri Bendel – Winter sale top picks 40% off.
- Horchow – Last chance sale, up to 50% off clearance items.
- Intermix – One day only, online only: 15% off with $250+, 20% off with $500+.
- J.Crew – 30% off full-price styles with code GIFTNOW. Online only: extra 40% off sale items.
- Jones New York – Additional 50% off all sale styles.
- Kate Spade – Take 25% off all sale items with code DECEMBER25.
- Karen Millen – Further reductions taken; lots of pieces under $100.
- Kirna Zabete – Up to 60% off fashion perfection.
- Lands' End – 100s of new styles added, save up to 60%.
- Last Call – Extra 30-60% off everything, now through January 1.
- The Limited – 50% off on original ticket prices on new arrivals — plus all holiday dresses and all jewelry and accessories are 50% off.
- Loehmann's – 20-40% off selections sitewide, for a limited time.
- Loft – 50% off everything with code GOODCHEER.
- Lord & Taylor – After Christmas sale, save 20% on sale and clearance items with code AFTER.
- Mackage – Boxing day, up to 50% off.
- Macy's – One day sale, extra 25% off clearance, and free shipping at $75 with code JOY.
- Madewell – Extra 40% off all sale styles with code SALETIME.
- Modcloth – Treat Yourself Sale, beat the winter blues with 50% off.
- Naturalizer – Fit for You Sale, up to 50% off, plus an extra 20% off sale items with code SALE2ONT.
- Neiman Marcus – Save up to 60% off when you take an extra 25-33% off already-reduced prices.
- Net-a-Porter – Further reductions, now up to 70% off.
- New York & Company – The Big Sale, everything up to 80% off.
- Nine West – Sale up to 60% off, plus an extra 20% off select styles.
- Nordstrom – Half-Yearly Sale for Men begins today! Also, earn double points through 12/27.
- Pendleton – Up to 60% off new markdowns and bigger reductions.
- Piperlime – Insider favorites on sale; extra 50% off with code EXTRA; ends 12/27.
- Rebecca Taylor – Enjoy up to 60% off; new holiday styles added to sale.
- Reiss – Up to 50% off online and in store.
- Saks – Designer sale, up to 70% off. Tons of really cute (and well-priced) flats and boots in their shoe section.
- Sephora – Extra 20% off sale items with code EXTRA20.
- Sierra Trading Post – End of Year Blowout, extra 25-30% off. New items in sale section.
- Shoes.com – 15% off sitewide, or 25% off sale items with code 25SALE.
- ShopBop – New items just added to sale.
- Target – Year-end clearance; save up to 60% on hundreds of items. (Also, online only preview on the activewear sale for the whole family.)
- Theory – Lots marked 50% off, including coats.
- Tory Burch – Extra 25% off sale styles with code NEWYEAR.
- Trina Turk – Winter sale, up to 60% off.
- Victoria's Secret – Semi Annual Sale. Save 25%-40% on select bras, up to 40% off on sleep, and up to 70% off clothing (800+ styles). In the clearance section, bras start at $14.99, and panties start at $3.99.
- The Walking Company – End of season sale, lowest prices of the season.
- Zappos – Post-holiday clearance.
Staples on sale....
To repost a useful thread….
Please post when you find that perfect staple/classic on deep deep discount this week! That perfect Tshirt that is part of your uniform, that cardigan you have in all colors, the perfect boot etc….
Last year you guys found me my land’s end tshirts that we’re down to $5 that I still wear constantly!
AnonInfinity
Only tangentially related to sales — What is the service called when a person comes to your house, looks at your closet, and helps you come up with new outfits or helps identify gaps in your wardrobe? I tried googling “personal stylist [my city]” and I’m not really coming up with the right thing.
Godzilla
wardrobe consultant? personal shopper?
AnonInfinity
Thank you! These turned up a couple of options — I think there just aren’t a lot of these people in my city.
Has anyone ever used a service like this online? I am intermediate at putting together outfits, but I’m in a rut. And also I think it would help me to have some sort of goal or theme or something for shopping.
Sydney Bristow
I haven’t, but please report back if you do!
I did read a book called You Are What You Wear by Jennifer Baumgartner, a wardrobe consultant. She went through the stories of some of her clients and breaks down rules and ideas based on these examples. It might be helpful to you. I think she might have included a section on how to find your own consultant, but I’m not sure. Overall I thought the book was just ok so I’d recommend looking for it at your library first.
saltylady
There’s this one blog called Style Your Life. The author does this service, in person and on line. The problem is that it used to be a lot better. I haven’t liked her stuff in a long time.
Ginjury
I just checked out that blog. While I do like some of the outfits she posts, she frequently uses “that” when she should be using “who.” For example, “This gift guide is for the gal that lights up the room.” I just can’t.
saltylady
The main thesis of the blog– hideous grammar aside– is that you should wear cute shoes, purses, and lots of jewelry. Probably a blazer, too. So really you don’t need her.
Godzilla
I think tcfkag does something like this? Maybe check out her weebly site.
Anonymous Poser
Image consultant, as well.
Godzilla
“Elsewhere on the Jersey Shore, Wildwood officials banned saggy pants on the boardwalk, pressing their crusade for decency with the threat of a $200 fine for pants that sag more than three inches below the waist. To those who invoked their right to wear low-slung pants, Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. said: “I have a right not to look at your rear end.”
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/23/us-usa-odd-idUSBRE9BM0DJ20131223?feedType=RSS
Anon
And I read that JWOWW is pregnant. Woo hoo!
Abby Lockhart
Pants on the ground, pants on the ground, lookin’ like a fool with your pants on the ground . . .
Sydney Bristow
“So okay, I don’t want to be a traitor to my generation and all but I don’t get how guys dress today. I mean, come on, it looks like they just fell out of bed and put on some baggy pants and take their greasy hair – ew – and cover it up with a backwards cap and like, we’re expected to swoon? I don’t think so.”
Anonymous
Love it.
Katie
Cher Horowitz will never not be relevant.
Baconpancakes
Anyone have any experience with DUO boots? I’m looking into investing in a pair of really well made boots that will last for 5-10 years, but the $300 price tag makes me uncomfortable. I was looking at Naturalizer or Fitzwell, but the leather on those boots always seems so cheap, and they tend to break or wear through in a year. And the cross-continental shipping is a PIA.
PinkKeyboard
I”ve had a pair of JCrew boots for 10 years but i’m not sure if they are still as well made. It might be worth looking depending on what styles they have.
Baconpancakes
Unfortunately, I have wide calves. J.Crew’s “extended calf” sizes, hilariously, are under 16″, which is where most boots start their wide calf sizing.
anon
I’ve unfortunately had a not-great experience with Duo. I have narrow calves and was able to get the calf measurement right (yey!) but the first pair I ordered were ridiculously too big (in the shoe part). I returned – which cost $20 and was a PIA – and reordered a size smaller. The smaller size was way too narrow, to the point that I didn’t think I could break them in, and my feet are not particularly wide. At the same time, the foot part was still too long. So they went back again (another $20). But the quality of the boots was great, and the customer service was great too. They always have coupons and promotions, if you get one with free returns it’s probably worth a try.
Sydney Bristow
I know we’ve talked about what books we read this year and recommended so for a slightly different idea what books are you looking to read next and why?
I’ll go first. I read The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle this year and have become fascinated by the learning/talent/mastery idea. For Christmas, I received a bunch of books on the subject and am having trouble deciding what to read first! Here is the list of what I’m really looking forward to though:
So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport
Mindset by Carol Dweck (this is referenced in every book I’ve read on this topic)
Flow by Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi (also referenced in all the other books)
The Straight A Conspiracy by Hunter Maats and Katie O’Brian
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
And a few unrelated books:
Double Down by Mark Halperin and John Hielmann (I really enjoyed Game Change)
Vagabonding by Rolf Potts (I’m hoping it will be inspiring in a way similar to The Alchemist)
Zealot by Resa Aslan (I read The God Delusion this year and realized that I don’t know as much about the bible as I thought despite nearly 16 years of going to church 3 times a week and that I’d like to know more about the historical person of Jesus aside from the religious version from the bible).
How about you?
Baconpancakes
I need to get my head down and actually power through the six (SIX!) non-fiction titles I picked up in the past year and started reading but never finished. They are:
Guns, Germs, and Steel
Essential Agrarian Reader
The World According to Monsanto
Snobbery, the American Version
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
Yours Ever – People and their Letters
I’m also reading McCulloch’s John Adams biography, but that’s an Audible book and is pretty easy to get through, since it’s audio and I just listen on my commute. I think I might make it a habit to listen to non-fiction instead of trying to read it, since it keeps my attention better.
Mary Ann Singleton
Oh hey, these are some good recommendations. I looked up a few of those and added them to my list. Going to try to read (listen to) more non-fiction in 2014 and stop wasting my commuting time.
Baconpancakes
Yes, they’re all really good (The World According to Monsanto starts out slow and dry, though), but I am just a fiction junkie. Also strongly recommended: Salt, A World History; In the Footsteps of Eve; everything by Michael Pollan; Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. And anything by McCullogh is going to be fantastic. He’s a great storyteller who just happens to be working from history.
Mary Ann Singleton
I just finished reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and I loved it, although it makes me want to quit my job and go live on a farm. Minus the slaughtering of turkeys part.
Abby Lockhart
I have taken up the practice of listening to non-fiction via Audible, particularly when doing chores around the house or driving distances, and I find it makes it much more efficient to get through the books, and chores and driving much more enjoyable, too.
Baconpancakes
Now that I’ve finished the Outlander Series, it’s easier to make myself listen to non-fiction, but when I was in the middle of those, it was impossible to resist! It’s fun listening to racy stories about hot Scottish men in a crowded metro train, knowing no one has any idea what you’re listening to!
AIMS
Oh my god, you just brought back such memories with that series. I received the first 3 books (?) from my boss (female) for my college graduation so I could “finally do some fun reading!” I spent a whole summer with Jamie and it was awesome (except for what happens to him when he gets captured – very not cool).
I am usually more a fiction reader, but on my reading list:
Just read the Flamethrowers (hard to get into, but ultimately very enjoyable);
Reading The Cookoo’s Calling (the JK Rowling mystery under a pen name) (easy, fun read);
Got Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking (memoir) and & Sons, really looking forward to reading both.
Oh, and maybe the best of all: started reading What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire on Dan Savage’s hearty recommendation and it’s quite interesting – good winter vacation reading.
espresso bean
Great picks! I loved Flow and Snobbery: The American Version. I’m adding many of the others above to my list…
I asked for books for Christmas and the family listened, so this is what I have lined up next:
The Lowlands — Jhumpa Lahiri
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work — Mason Currey
Amsterdam: A History of the World’s Most Liberal City — Russell Shorto
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found — Suketu Mehta
Rules of Civility — Amor Towles
Sydney Bristow
The Daily Rituals book is on my list too, I just haven’t bought it yet. I’m fascinated by that sort of book.
I’m adding a bunch of these books to my always expanding list!
AnonInfinity
I’m in two book clubs, so I usually read those books before getting to anything else. Or at least I make a good-faith effort at reading them! I’m totally putting your mastery books on my fun list, Sydney Bristow. Those look quite interesting.
Also on my list are some books I’m reading for work at the request of the partner I work with most. Something about making better PowerPoints and a few books that are big with plaintiffs’ lawyers. Probably not very interesting to most people, unfortunately.
Sydney Bristow
If you want some others on the topic, I’ve read and recommend Drive by Daniel H. Pink, Focus by Daniel Goleman, The Little Book of Talent also by Daniel Coyle, and Mastery by Robert Greene. They all are different threads of the same general topic and I really enjoyed them all, especially Mastery and The Talent Code.
Sydney Bristow
Guns, Germs, and Steel has been sitting on my Kindle for 2 years unread. I figure I’ll get around to it eventually!
CJ
I hear ya. I just can’t get into it myself!
Parfait
I would just like to say that the combination of a slow work week and light posting on this site is making me a very sad dessert confection. I miss all the chatter!
Moonstone
I know! I have a million things to do but I am not being very productive here at work. I like to check in here every few hours to read about other people’s lives, and it’s throwing me off that there is no one to read about. This SHOULD help me cut back my addiction to this site, but instead it’s just making me miss everyone.
January
Me too! I feel like I’ve reached the end of the Internet.
Sydney Bristow
Oh my gosh yes. This is exactly how I feel!
Godzilla
DITTO. RAWR.
Katherine
There’s a remedy for that: cracked.com. You’ll never run out of Internet again!
Rosalita
Would a “Post-Holiday Open Thread” really be that hard to post? Come on!
NbyNW
Anyone have any tips for finding or founding a book club? I know that there are some listed on meetup but wonder about going to one where it will be hard to develop a connection to other members.
I’m not on facebook but I wondered about using linkedin or sending emails out to all my friends/acquaintances. I am short on time, so I’d want it in quick driving distance from my house. I am not picky as to genre or fiction/non-fiction.
Anon
I would not use LinkedIn for something like this, but think sending an email to friends would work, and invite them to pass it along to others. The best way might be to just set a concrete meeting date to invite people too with the caveat that together you will decide what the books will be, how often to meet, etc.
AnonInfinity
I know of people who have had success with different methods of bringing a book club together. One friend got to hers through meetup, and it just happened to really click.
The most successful ones have been through email invites, though. In my experience, people usually will send invites to folks they think might be interested with a suggestion for the first book, meeting time, and promise of food. Those tend to be the best of the ones I know about.
I’m in a book club that has been together for about 5 years (wow, it’s weird to type that) with the same members and no additions or subtractions. We were all members of a much larger book club and didn’t really like the book selections, so we broke off and started our own thing. It happened very organically.
mascot
Email a few friends who you think might be interested and set a date and a book. In our book club, the hostess (rotates each month) generally picks the book or offers the member a choice of 2-3 . We have the meeting either at someone’s house or a coffee shop. We use a Facebook group, but I think email or evite would work just as well. Ours is low key. The only rule is that if you didn’t finish the book and you come to the meeting, you can’t get upset about spoilers from the other members.
Marla
Can anyone help me figure out what to wear under a leather jacket? I bought one for the first time ever (except for one of those silly Matrix-length ones I work 10 years ago) and am freaking about what to wear with it. It is similar to this one:
http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/la-marque-leather-jacket/3584300?origin=keywordsearch-personalizedsort&contextualcategoryid=2375500&fashionColor=Champagne&resultback=167&cm_sp=personalizedsort-_-searchresults-_-1_1_B
But I got it at Nordstrom R-ck so it isn’t quite the same. I have read everything I could find on here about leather jackets, but need to find some shirts I can wear under it with jeans because I pretty much need to be able to wear this thing every weekend day for the rest of my life to justify it. I should probably return it, but the last 3 months have been the worst in my life professionally and personally, and when I tried this one I felt like I had some swagger back. And I need to go into 2014 with some swagger again. Any suggestions for shirts that I could wear under this silly thing would be appreciated!
IMMJ
Wow, the jacket you linked to is gorgeous. I would keep the focus on the jacket and wear something simple like an off-white scoop-neck top like this: http://www.myadea.com/product/34-Sleeve-Scoop-Neck-Layering-Top. Maybe with a scarf? I’d be interested to see more adventuresome suggestions
Marla
What a great idea — thank you! All my long sleeved t-shirts either have logos or have seen better days — may just have to place an order. In for a penny, in for a pound, right? :) Thank you!