Defending the Old Navy Blazer on The Choosy Beggar
The Choosy Beggar knows how to shop. The Choosy Beggar also knows style.
The Choosy Beggar… is pretty choosy.
Which is precisely why when asked by The Choosy Beggar to defend a personal favorite, The under $50 Old Navy Twill Blazer, I jumped at the opportunity.
Based in New York City, The Choosy Beggar is a terrific resource for guys everywhere, but especially living in that part of the country. This guy (or these guys as the case may be) are all over sample sales, clearance blowouts, and all manners of marked down fashion. They include addresses plus times and dates of these shopping events in NYC. If you’re a fan of Giltman or similar shopping sites, they have a pre-sale shakedown of what brands will be available. Their site is peppered with some seriously big fashion names, but they don’t ignore the more accessible brands like J. Crew or Land’s End Canvas either.
But Old Navy? Is that dipping too low? Check out how The Choosy Beggar opens the trial of the $49 Twill Blazer:
“Frankly, when we think of Old Navy, we think of brands the world would be better without. For research purposes, we do visit the store, but only to find the highly-disposable, mostly-unwearable dregs of a huge clothing conglomerate. Still, we love to be proven wrong…”
Click here to head on over to The Choosy Beggar and see if a good case was made.
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Nice write-up and photos Joe. Certainly wouldn’t be able to tell that it’s a $49 blazer from the nice tailored fit and construction. Too bad the only color available right now is black. Might have to snag one up when more colors come in stock.
Nice job. It was an excellent review and covers all the bases showing how the jackets after altering can be a great value.
Found one this weekend at the Old Navy outlet for $18.49… I like the fit, but admit it’s not my favorite color. However, with a better looking ginham shirt, it will look rather decent on Fridays.
Thanks for the information…
Thanks for the heads-up. I went by my local Old Navy to see if they had any in stock to try on. They did, it fit, and I bought it. It was on clearance for $10!