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Sponsored: Happy Holidays with Ann Taylor

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Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Ann Taylor, but written by your usual friendly blogger Kat Griffin.

Good news, guys: Ann Taylor is having a one-day sale and halving prices on a TON of great items, whether for you yourself to wear to work, or to get as gifts for your friends and loved ones. (Only the new arrivals are excluded, alas!)  Some of my current favorite items are priced $30-$114 after you use code HOLIDAY50. Note that today is the last day for standard shipping to get orders before the holidays.

Pictured at top, clockwise: blackberry dress / mesh scalloped heels / sweater dress / pom hat. 

Some favorites, below:

 

As I've mentioned before, I love this vine print Ann Taylor's been showing this season. While bold women will want to wear the dresses or blazers showcasing the pattern, the pattern (and strong orange color) is much more wearable as a scarf. Vine Print Scarf
It's the constant struggle: finding a cute hat that doesn't make you look 20 years older — or younger — than you really are. This great acrylic/poly hat with a fun diagonal weave looks perfect. It's pictured here in navy, but it also comes in chianti and black. Ribbed Pom Pom Hat
This cutout scalloped dress looks graceful and unusual — a perfect desk to dinner option. (Just throw a blazer or sweater over it at work if a bra strap peeking out isn't exactly your style.) It's pictured here in washed blackberry, but also comes in black in regular, petite and tall sizes, 00-18. Cutout Scalloped Dress

This cable sweater dress looks like a hit. I love the chunky cable knit, as well as how soft it is. It's available in regular, petite, and tall sizes XXS-XXL, for $149 full price, $74.50 after using code HOLIDAY50. (I also kind of love the “silk little” they've styled it with here — readers have long been apprehensive about wearing scarves this way, but I think if you have any interest in it, now is a great time to get into the style. Particularly when viewed alongside chokers and bandanas, it's a more sophisticated, feminine take on a very similar look.) Pictured: Cable Sweater Dress

I'm loving all of their shoes right now, too — but there are a LOT of lucky sizes left, so filter by that before you fall in love — most shoes are also marked 50% off.

Pictured below: booties / velvet leather pumps / Mary Jane pumps / mesh scalloped heels

 

12 Comments

  1. I am wearing AT’s ponte boatneck top that is around $15 on sale after discounts- I love it. Great top for “winter” in Houston, it’s the right weight for the season even if the day is warm. As to yesterday’s boatneck discussion, I am broad shouldered and small chested. Size up if you’re in between, as it has a very nice structure.

  2. Love Ann Taylor! So easy to coordinate and most pieces are fairly easy to wash. Wish they had more suiting options!

    1. I wish their suiting went on sale more! It’s the best affordable suiting I’ve found, fits well, and feels soft. I also wish they had more interior pockets like J. Crew, but you can’t have everything I suppose.

  4. I have one issue with Ann Taylor and it’s all of these sales. Frankly, their stuff is on “sale” every single day. Literally.

    Why not just price the items fairly from the get-go so that your sales don’t seem silly? That and the mandatory $175 minimum for free shipping both drive me nuts.

    I end up putting everything I like in my shopping cart, waiting for it to go on “sale” and then applying the typical “extra 50%” or sometimes “Extra 60%” off promo codes. I also end up buying one random item to complete the $175 to get the free shipping even if I plan on returning it.

    The plus side is that ever since they got their new creative designer (who I believe came from Oscar de la Renta?), their selection has gotten so much better. A lot of stuff actually has an Oscar de la Renta feel…

    Slight rant over. :)

    1. Because JC Penney’s tried that and it didn’t work? People liked the psychological thrill of getting a “deal”. It also lends a level of urgency to get people to buy things, even if you rationally know it always going to be on some flavor of sale.

      1. The psychological thrill of the deal is null and void when you know the “deal” is not really a deal whatsoever. What it actually does is have the reverse effect on the consumer- i.e. makes them question your MSRP and the quality of your product. Of course, this varies by demo.

    2. Yes, but it is BETTER for it to be on sale then NOT on sale! That is why I love Ann Taylor and Anne Klein! I also love Calvin Klein, but his stuff is NOT on sale very often and then only when it is on closeout.

    1. I bought the 3″ heel tortoise patent pumps and love them. For reference, the other brands that fit me are Cole Haan and Coach.

  6. Also love the AT heels. Classic and hold up really well. I’ve bought a bunch of them over the past few years and they’re consistently good.

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