Wednesday’s TPS Report: Ellen Tracy Stretch Wool Skirt

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The below content is about the 2009 Nordstrom Half-Yearly Sale.

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.

Nordstrom's half-yearly sale has begun, and there are some great pieces to be had at great prices (although it does seem like a lot of sizes are under-represented).

For today's TPS, we're liking this beautiful, ladylike, comfortable skirt from Ellen Tracy — how perfect to tuck in silk blouses (or wear with a bodysuit); we'd also wear it with a cropped blazer or perhaps a wrap if we were cold.

Was $248, now $147 with the sale at Nordstrom's. Ellen Tracy Stretch Wool Skirt

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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