Thursday’s TPS Report: Brooks Brothers’ Toursade Necklace
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Our daily TPS reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices.
Reader C wrote in to alert us to the great steals in the Brooks Brothers' clearance section. Beautiful scarves, wraps and jewelry — including this lovely chunky necklace. Ten rows of resin beads means it's a statement piece, without being too flashy. And the price is one of those why-can't-they-all-be-like this prices: was $328, now $65. 17.5″ Toursade Necklace
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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 a chunky black necklace (wearing it today) and it is my version of a power tie. I feel so powerful, chic and a little bit bad a** wearing it!!
This sale is awesome. Thanks for the alert. I didn’t buy the featured necklace, but bought another!
Sorry, but I think this necklace is a holdover from the “twist-a-bead” craze of the early/mid 80s. I’ve noticed there have been a lot of 80s inspired peices, like the pleated silk dress (so Dynasty), and the black and pink cardigan last week – a very familiar color combo and pattern from about 1988. This isn’t a knock on Corporette, just a resigned sigh that the 80s seems to be back.
resin beads? how do you explain that original price!!
Fashion seems to go in 20/30 year cycles. Next up is grunge.
meh – I totally agree. I was shocked to see the original price.
That said, $65 is a pretty good price, in my opinion. There’s also a coupon code (ireg1x) that gives $10 off, so that covers the shipping, which makes it even better.
I would love to see this actually worn by someone. Corporette, any plans to have readers send in, “I Wore It Like This” shots? And, yes, I agree, the 80’s are back. I had a blouse…but never mind.
I love the 80’s pieces! I love the silk blouses with the tie, the wide belts, and the beautiful bead necklaces. Awesome!
LPC: What defines a High WASP?
V, I agree about the cycles, though it still feels stale. However, I can’t wait to see “corporate grunge” here on Corporette in a few years :) I was in college in a small university town in those days, so I don’t know how it could translate to the office. I can amuse myself by guessing, though.
Meg,
It’s a long story with a lot of tongue-in-cheek, since no one died and made me Queen that I have heard. Here’s the code of conduct as I know it. http://amidlifeofprivilege.blogspot.com/2009/03/high-wasp-code-of-conduct.html. And here was my brief definition. http://amidlifeofprivilege.blogspot.com/2009/03/little-break-what-is-wasp-again.html. But if you have no patience with clicking – which I certainly understand – I would define High WASP as a White Anglo Saxon Protestant whose family has spent enough generations in the United States to make a fortune, lose a fortune, and spend an ungodly number of years in well-known universities while so doing. There’s a certain way of dressing that goes along with the background, and I think this way of dressing has some useful attributes, in corporate settings particularly.
They also have some wonderful basic turtleneck silk sweaters for just over $30 a steal since I purchased a gray one last year for $100+. Colors are limited but I was able to snag a navy blue one.