As our deals writer pointed out, Presidents’ Day is the only long holiday weekend until Memorial Day — meaning, deal freaks, you should get to shopping (especially for big-ticket items like mattresses and furniture). But one of the better deals we’ve seen isn’t actually marketed as a Presidents’ Day sale: It’s J.Crew’s “Pre-Spring Event.” It includes 40 percent off select full-price and an extra 50 percent off all sale styles with code SHOPNOW. Unfortunately, it’s all going fast. Fortunately, I rounded up every single cheap thing that’s still in stock in most sizes, from $14 turtlenecks to $10 tank tops. Almost everything here is under $100. The only exceptions are pieces from J.Crew’s designer collections with Anna October and Christopher John Rogers — but it would be wrong if I didn’t mention them. Don’t dally! (And make sure to sign up for the Strategist Sales Alert newsletter for more deals post-Presidents’ Day.)
Everyone from author Mary H.K. Choi to Catbird’s Rony Vardi (and even J.Crew employees) owns at least one.
’Tis the season of the long-sleeve T-shirt.
Inexplicably, this version of that tee is going for around $2 less. (Not that I’m complaining!)
Look at the puffs, as Anne Shirley says.
This is a pre-inflation price tag (and less than a carton of eggs in some parts).
For those who wear their hearts on their sleeve (literally).
The shirt’s print is of mariner chains — superstitious sailors believed they were a token of good luck while at sea.
This sweatshirt is among our deal editor’s top-three best Presidents’ Day deals (a resounding endorsement, if you ask me).
For when you’re feeling preppy —matching cardigan not included.
It’s a glorified polo that’s slightly more formal than the uniform of sporty coastal elites.
If you already have too many old J.Crew rollnecks, why not try a J.Crew turtleneck?
I don’t think any teddy bears were harmed in the making of this.
For comparison’s sake, that scarf-coat from Totême is going for $1,130 now.
This might be the cheapest price ever for novelist Diksha Basu’s low-maintenance, indestructible shawl.
It’s inoffensive for offices stricter than Severance’s Lumon.
To be worn when your Super Puff won’t do (you don’t want to be left shivering in a Contour Top, after all).
Apparently, the wool in these trousers comes from Tollegno 1900, a centuries-old Italian mill.
Well, the High Sport effect shows no signs of stopping anytime soon …
A few pieces from Christopher John Rodgers for J.Crew are miraculously still available. That includes these jacquard pants, which feel equal parts CJR as J.Crew.
You had me at “plaid cotton flannel.”
Fittingly, it’s named the Gwyneth for Paltrow’s style in those Emma and The Talented Mr. Ripley years.
The woman behind the wedding-guest dress spreadsheet (Love and Other Rugs’s Lily Sullivan) told me Anna October has been making the rounds in wedding circuits, if you need inspiration for the wedding later this year you already RSVP’d to.
A “day-to-night dress,” if I’ve ever seen one.
Some actual pointe shoes from Bloch cost more than these ballet flats.
Be ready for the April showers ahead (or just the slush of March).
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