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A genuine suede moto jacket for under $200? Yes please!
I love wearing a leather or suede moto jacket over a sheath dress for a slightly edgy office look. This jacket features an oversized notch collar, zipped cuffs, and an asymmetrical front zipper. The cropped cut works equally well with dresses and higher-waisted pants. It will go from desk, to dinner, and straight into the weekend.
Blank NYC’s Suede Moto Jacket is $197.95 at Zappos. It’s available in sizes XS–L and comes in eight colors. Chocolate truffle is even on sale for $111.80 (lucky sizes only)!
If genuine suede is not your thing, there are lots of great faux options, including this one from Levi’s (it’s even water repellent!) for $88 at Nordstrom (sizes 1X–3X) and $79.99 at Zappos (XS–XL).
Sales of note for 4.18.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 50% off full-price dresses, jackets & shoes; $30 off pants & skirts; extra 50% off sale styles
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything; extra 20% off purchase
- Eloquii – 50% off select styles; 60% off swim; up to 40% off everything else
- J.Crew – Mid-Season Sale: Extra 60% off sale styles; up to 50% off spring-to-summer styles
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Spring Mid-Season Sale: Up to 50% off 100s of styles
- Nordstrom: Free 2-day shipping for a limited time (eligible items)
- Talbots – Spring Sale: 40% off + extra 15% off all markdowns; 30% off new T by Talbots
- Zappos – 29,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Up to 70% off baby items; 50% off toddler & kid deals & 40% off everything else
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off spring faves; 25% off new arrivals; up to 30% off spring
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Up to 60% off sale styles; up to 50% off kids’ spring-to-summer styles
- Old Navy – 30% off your purchase; up to 75% off clearance
- Target – Car Seat Trade-In Event (ends 4/27); BOGO 25% off select skincare products; up to 40% off indoor furniture; up to 20% off laptops & printers
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Anonymous says
How much do you pay for kid shoes — and how many pairs do your kids wear at a time? Kind of scandalized at the prices for the teeny shoes that need replacing every 6 months…
Anon says
We buy Adidas sneakers. I want to say they’re about $50? My daughter only has one pair of sneakers at a time. A slightly outgrown pair lives at daycare for emergencies. She doesn’t wear sandals or fashion boots anything like that – she hasn’t asked and we haven’t suggested it because she’s not super coordinated and because we don’t feel like buying lots of kind of different shoes that will quickly get outgrown. We do get a pair of snow boots every winter, but they’re only worn if we’re going sledding or something. For daily life (with a car commute) she just wears sneakers.
Anonymous says
We always have at least two pairs of shoes that fit in case one pair gets wet.
EDAnon says
W usually buy Adidas from Nordstrom Rack. I try to pay $30-$35. As my kids have gotten older (and have preferences), I sometimes spent more but never more than $50. My kids are 3 and 5 (and only the older one has much say).
EDAnon says
We try to have two pair
jz says
One to two per season right now since he sizes out of them just about every 6 months. One in the summer that are just water shoes (Keens) and 2 in the winter that includes sneakers and a pair of snow shoes. They’re usually in the $50-60 range
Anonymous says
It sounds like you have a young kid. When mine were young they had 1 pair of sneakers and one pair of other shoes, plus any random hand me downs we had.
Now they are a bit older. And all girls. We have a truly out of control shoe situation. Luckily they are staying in their sizes longer, and I have a constant hand me down source. We do a good pair of athletic sneakers, a seasonal shoe (chelsea boots, birks, Uggs, fashion sneakers, that sort of thing), plus rain and snow boots, and flip flops. Plus other misc as well as sport related footwear (cleats, cheer sneakers, bball sneakers, ski boots, ice skates, rollerblades and on and on)
My 6 year old has $60 new balance sneakers, $60 hot pink doc martens, a pair of $14 old navy lace up sneakers, a coupe pairs of hand me down uggs (free), and a pair of light up cowboy boots she on purpose bought too big so she could wear them for a long time.
Spirograph says
We pay full price for new sneakers $45-60 and Crocs. Dress shoes are from H&M or consignment (Kid to Kid), so less than $20
Anon says
FTM to a toddler and I’m floored at how expensive kids shoes are. I didn’t realize Crocs were 40$+!!!
Anonymous says
Target does a good water shoe dupe (Crocs and Keens). Also a good Boggs/neoprene dupe rainboot.
Anonymous says
You can get them on sale frequently for around $25. For little kids, Saucony Jazz are pretty inexpensive and cute. They are not super durable but my son always outgrew them before they really died. When my son was younger (under 6ish) we generally had just had one pair of sneakers at any time, plus water shoes (crocs or sandals), rainboots, and snow boots in the winter. He no longer wears rainboots and tries to wear crocs all winter now. We are heathens living in NYC and he never has occasion for dress shoes. I can generally dry wet shoes out overnight by the radiator.
Anon says
Pre-walking we went with Old Navy. Bogs dupes at Target for toddler rainboots. Puma sneakers for the spring and fall toddler to preschool years (they are leather and can be sprayed with waterproofing). With sandals, water/beach shoes, two pairs of sneakers a year, snow boots and rain boots we easily pay $200 a year for shoes. I try to buy them on sale a size up at the end of the season and always pass them on (especially the boots — they’re usually in the best condition). But I put my kid’s clothing budget into shoes and outerwear and regular clothes are from Target.
Anonymous says
For non-walkers, I was gifted some Robeez but wouldn’t buy them myself. My oldest didn’t start walking til 18 months, so starting around 20 months we had one pair of sneakers and one pair of church shoes. I used to buy sneakers from Nord Rack but now I just buy from Walmart or Target. He’s 5 and ruins them in about three months: I try to make it til six months to replace because he can usually go up a size then. Church shoes are usually boots from Target on clearance if I can find them. Those he outgrows before he ruins. I’m always shocked when people recommend Plae or Keens. I just can’t stomach paying $70-80 for kid shoes.
Anon says
I think the more expensive shoes last a lot longer than three months, so people who buy more expensive shoes may not spend more total, assuming your kid is not outgrowing them super fast.
GCA says
Okay, so. When my first was little and DH was in grad school, we had a tiny budget. I got a lot of toddler shoes secondhand from neighbors and off eBay. At that age they outgrow shoes faster than they wear them out. The very tiniest shoes were handed down to kid 2 and are still good for one more wear so they are now going to other neighbors.
Now I have a 6yo who is hard on shoes. Soles fall off, holes, wear and tear from scooting and dragging feet, etc. I buy new for him. (And – the height of luxury for me! – I buy new for kid 2.) I still stack coupons and stalk sales/ flash sale sites for ‘new in box’ overstocks or seconds to try and push the price down to $25 (toddler/ little kid) or $35 (little kid/ youth sizes) per pair.
Anon says
1 pair of New Balance at a time as the primary shoe (~$40 from Nordstrom Rack), and 2-3 ‘extra’ pairs from Goodwill or Once Upon a Child. The dog, of course, only chews up the New Balance ones …
For reference, baby is 20 months old.