Thursday’s TPS Report: Banana Republic’s Fitted Non-Iron Shirt
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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. Today’s TPS report is written by City Girl, who writes about a variety of topics pertaining to city living as a professional woman, including beauty and fashion for the workplace.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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“I have no idea what the technology behind it is, but I am sold…”
City Girl, I hate to break it to you, but the “technology” is usually formaldehyde resin. Personally, I’d rather iron my shirts than knowingly expose myself to a carcinogen on a daily basis. For that reason, I avoid non-iron shirts like the plague.
I love this shirt, but bananarepublic.com has been out of a lot of sizes/color combos for quite a while. I am not into citrus so I guess I’ll have to wait!
I am rather busty, and I find that BR’s fitted shirts don’t (ahem) accommodate my assets very well. Their classic shirts fit me perfectly though, but alas there is the French cuff problem.
I’ve never tried BR’s no-iron shirts, but I wear the Brooks Brothers ones pretty religiously. They are pricey, but worth it, and they do go on sale and/or are available from outlets. I have a couple of the semi-fitted or fitted ones that have french cuffs, and I NEVER have to iron them. They come out of the dryer looking perfect. Am I just lucky?
Anyone know if these shirts can be put in the dryer without shrinking?
I bought a couple of the classic fit ones — just couldn’t get the sizing right on the fitted ones, I was in between 2 sizes. Don’t really care for the french cuffs, but whatever.
I have been looking for a cotton long-sleeved shirts that don’t required ironing, this is good info, thanks. I always thought Brooks Brothers was the only one who had them!
I love Banana, but I have the same problem as “j” with the fit of these shirts. Gaping buttons at bra level = not so attractive.
Lands End online also has no-iron shirts….and if you don’t like them you can return them for free at any Sears.
Eddie Bauer also has noniron shirts, and some of theirs have a bit of stretch to them. They fit a little bigger than I’d like (the sleeves are really roomy for some reason) but they don’t gap.
Two notes:
To Anon_K, these Banana shirts shrink over time like it’s their job (or at least mine of a year ago did) if you put them in the dryer. In fact, I heard from a menswear place that you’re supposed to put non-iron shirts in the dryer for five minutes, then take them out and hang them up. I am too lazy to do this, so I stick with Land’s End shirts, which I haven’t found to shrink, which leads me to note 2 . . .
I second the Land’s End suggestion. If you basically order a size down in a Tall, you get a fairly fitted shirt with a profile I found similar to my Banana shirt (pre-shrinkage). This might not work for the petite ladies out there, but it’s gotten my 5’9″ frame some perfectly fitted, well-behaved shirts.
banana also has non-iron *tailored* shirts which are roomier in the bust area. i personally don’t need it but i could get them a size down because they have some great colors in that style.
br is great. also try van heusen and geoffrey beene for mens no iron shirts.