Weekend Open Thread
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Sales of note for 9/4 (Happy Labor Day!):
- Nordstrom – End of season clearance, up to 50% off
- Anine Bing – Archive sale, up to 70% off select styles, online only
- Ann Taylor – 30% off you purchase, including new arrivals – $50 off when you spend $200. Readers love this easycare blouse and this blazer that makes a great separate.
- Anthropologie – 40% off sale! The reader favorite wide leg pants are on sale for as low as $86, including the pants I posted last week!
- Athleta – Up to 60% off + extra 30% off sale; readers love these pants
- Boden – 20% off everything – readers love these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- CVS – Epic beauty sale, $10 off when you spend $30 (Walmart is having its “Beauty Event” as well right now!)
- The Fold – 20% off, limited time only
- J.Crew – 40% off your purchase
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off all stores and sitewide, PLUS extra 20% off orders over $125
- J.McLaughlin – Extra 40% off sale (ending soon)
- Lilysilk – Anniversary sale, save up to 70% (ending soon)
- Me & Em – Sale! Up to 60% off (new lines just added, exclusively online)
- M.M.LaFleur – Labor Day Sale Event, save sitewide! (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Nordstrom Rack – Thru September 7: Extra 25% off clearance! Nice selection of Vince, Veronica Beard, Reiss and Rag & Bone, a ton of affordable work dresses from Calvin Klein, Maggy London, Eliza J, and Donna Morgan
- Sarah Flint – 20% off sitewide
- Talbots – Ends 9/4: 25-40% off wear-now styles
- Theory – End of season sale is on!
And some of our latest threadjacks here at Corporette (reader questions and commentary) — see more here!
Some of our latest threadjacks include:
Can anyone tell me how j crew (super 120s) suit sizing runs. I am usually a small or 6 is most clothes (hourglass shape), but have heard j crew can run big (also I’m an 8 in theory suits which run small). I think I would be a 6 in the j crew blazer but am not sure about the emmaleigh dress – does it run true to size or do you recommend a 4?
The Emmaleigh dress was TTS, in my opinion – even a little bit on the small side if you have wider hips.
Not sure about the dresses, but I find that the Super 120s skirts and blazers run big – I am usually a 2/4 (blazer/skirt) (including in Theory) and at JCrew my suiting size is 0/2. Not quite an hourglass – more boyish up top, small shoulders – but I do have fairly wide hips/thighs for my overall size and still found I needed to size down. The salesperson also specifically noted to me that their suits are “known for” needing to size down …
You sound about my size except I am also petite. I generally wear a reg 6 (on top; I am a c cup) or 8p at AnnTyler and BB.
However, I had heard that Jcrew ran small, or at least, very narrow and not cut for hourglass so I ordered my first item from them (Memo dress in super 120’a) in a regular 8 (this was also the only size left on sale ;) ) and it is definitely way too big all over – in the chest, waist, and hips.
Cat Vacuum Update:
The good news is, she loves the brushes.
The bad news is, the sound of the air with the the brush attached to the hose still scared the bejeebers out of her.
I am not completely defeated yet, however; I may eventually purchase a vacuum cleaner that has variable power and try again. But as I have 2 vacuums already (canister and upright), that will not be anytime soon.