J. Crew 30% off Sale with code LOVEIT
Takes 30% off factory sale items as well. Careful of the “final” sale items though, you can’t return those.
J. Crew’s sale section has been a little dry lately. Like, Gobi dry. But with new fall arrivals starting to move in, they’ve started this week with the extra 30% off sale code LOVEIT, and helped out by dumping a few more items in their sale section. There’s also a couple more pieces on sale over at their factory site. Most of it makes you wonder if there’s either enough summer left to wear it, or for other items, if there’s too much time until the weather cools off to buy it. That’s up to you. Beware the final sale items. Code expires Thursday, but you know how fast these items move.
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J. Crew Factory Tweed Sportcoat – $117.60 ($198)
Was $168, and the exta 30% off drops it to the very palatable level of just under $120. A wool/nylon mix, and if it’s anything like last year’s tweed fabric, it’ll be very warm, have some good texture to it, and the blazer should fit well off the rack. That is… IF… it’s like last year’s. Full review of that one over this way.
J. Crew Factory Herringbone Sportcoat – $131.60 ($198)
Whereas the tweed is described as “wool/nylon”, this one is described as “wool.” So if it holds true to the pattern that the Thompson suit seaprates have established, that means this is 100% wool (I know, seems obvious, but sometimes item descriptions on some other retail websites can be either inaccurate, confusing, or in rare cases, oddly misleading). UPDATE: Careful here guys, there’s two comments down below that says the quality on this one is really lacking. Maybe a dud first run?
J. Crew Factory Washed Button Down in Payette Tartan – $31.15 ($56.50)
A big, bold plaid that’s going to turn up the volume on a more subdued sportcoat (like either of the two above) or sweater (like the merino V-necks you’ll find a couple of scrolls down). Washed poplin that has a flannel like pattern, but you won’t overheat in.
J. Crew Factory Wool Blend Thompson Suit Jacket & Pant – $221.20
This is the original, not the new all wool worsted numbers. Those aren’t on sale, and thus, won’t get the 30% off discount. You guys have seen this plenty. Review here in case you want to reacquaint yourself.
J. Crew Factory Merino V-Neck Sweaters – $31.15 ($64.50)
These are a steal for thirty bucks. A personal favorite. Bought one last year, and while I’m not real kind to my sweaters and have blown out more than my fair share of armpits on other v-necks, this one is holding up extremely well. Durable, has some texture without being rough, and fit is neither constricting nor wide. Thickness of the fabric is nice. It’s not paper thin, but it’s not doughy either. The V dips, but it’s not exaggerated like the well liked BR Silk Cotton Cashmere V-necks (as shown above.) These are the Goldilocks “just right” porridge of sweaters. Note that the sweater above is last year’s version.
- Also now available in slim, for a few bucks more.
- And there’s crew necks too. Nice.
J. Crew Ludlow Suit Pant in Irish Linen – $62.99 ($158.00)
Nope. There’s no matching suit jacket as of right now. Was lucky enough to snag a 38R during the last 30% off sale in this deep indigo color, and along with the pants it makes a hell of a suit. Just the pants themselves are absolutely worth the $63. The quality of the fabric is outstanding. This is not cheap, thin, department store brand linen. It’s dense enough that if you work in a chinos type of office, then there’s no reason you couldn’t wear these into the fall or even winter. Careful though, these are final sale.
J. Crew Cashmere Crewneck – $69.99 ($225)
A great fall color that’ll look more than good with jeans, made from J. Crew’s cashmere. One of those “doesn’t ship till” items, with the ship date being October 9th. A final sale item, so, you gotta wait, and then you can’t return it. Large and XL left at post time.
J. Crew Marled Stripe Linen Sweater – $55.99 ($89.50)
A splurge at $56 (plus shipping of course) but it’s a 100% linen sweater. Not the easiest thing to find. Linen knits have this weird “it’s light but it’s beefy” thing going on for them. Should breathe extremely well, and the colors and pattern mean you can wear it year round.
J. Crew Washed Cotton 5-pocket pant in slim straight fit – $48.99 ($96)
Grey 5-pocket pants are the easiest friggin’ thing to wear when you want to bridge the gap between dark blue denim and khaki colored chinos. They look slighty dressed up, even though they’re not. Those blue sweaters and blazers you’ve got on hand will look real good with them, paired with a white shirt and brown shoes or boots. Comes in the slim straight fit.
J. Crew Corded Cotton Sportcoat – $118.99 ($188)
Another final sale item. Don’t be scared off by the light color and the fact that it’s almost football season. You can wear this with jeans in the fall. Hell, why not in the winter over a black sweater. These have felt a little stiff in the past, so the fabric might require some break in time before they start to feel as comfortable as they can.
It’s good, but not amazing. Sale LOVEIT expires on Thursday 8/23. Again, be careful of the final sale stuff.
Do you know how the fitting is on the slim fit V-neck sweater? Or what size you (Joe) would wear based on your measurements? They have a fit guide on the website, but they dont specify anything for slim fit.
Do I go for the tweed sportcoat or the Thompson suit?
I picked up the herringbone sportcoat a couple weeks ago, and was really unimpressed. Off the rack fit was terrible, I was swimming in it. Also some issues with the padding in the shoulders, and the fabric just felt very cheap. It’s only partially lined, and feels really poorly constructed. Needless to say, I sent it back. I would not reccomend it, even at that price.
Question Seconded! I NEED 2-3 Merino V Necks, but I want to make sure that this really is a very trim fit.
If memory serves, there wasn’t a slim fit option last year. Oer the usual, I buy a medium in the normal sizing from J. Crew. There’s a little room at the sides, but it’s not clingy either. Right in between.
Hmmmm. Well that stinks. Thanks for the update Chris. What’s your height/weight and what size did you get?
they really need to do a 40S.
i’m 6′ 170 lbs and wear 40R sportscoat. size small have usually worked with the factory v-necks. waaaaay too baggy with mediums.
with fall around the corner i’d go tweed sportcoat.
Is that the regular width ones or slim fit ones? ‘Cause I’m 6’5″ 185 (probably around as thin as you, just a bit taller, I’m a 40/41L). So I feel like I really need a large for sleeve length…
Just picked up three dress shirts and to Bedford slacks. The shirts are running 40% off in factory stores. Starting a new job next week so little wardrobe update was due.
That sucks. I already ordered the herringbone (in addition to the tweed blazer). I hope that I am pleasantly surprised but will end up returning it if it is anything like you said it is.
I just bought it and the tweed sport coat since 36/S is usually hard to come by. We’ll see how they fit.
Joe, I picked up and returned this year’s J. Crew Factory Herringbone Sport Coat. The quality was absolutely terrible. The weave of the herringbone was so loose in the back that I was able to see through the jacket when I held it up. My shirt was visible through the back.
I have those linen pants – bought them as a second set of pants to go with an Aldridge suit. Very very nice – and yes, they’ll work in fall and even winter (wore the suit to a hot summer funeral too). The only downside is they’re dryclean only – so not quite as day-in-day-out as I’d like.
Looking into the laptop bag too..comes out to $35. http://www.jcrew.com/mens_factory_category/bestfall/PRDOVR~54056/99102580018/ENE~1+2+3+22+4294967294+20~~~205+16+4294966722~90~~~~~~~/54056.jsp anyone know free shipping code to stack on top?? Thanks!
I got JCrew Factory’s Tweed sports coat last year but ended up returning it – button stance was weird, lots of shoulder padding, and I didn’t like the half lining.
Going to jump on AE’s herringbone tweed blazer… fully lined, tall sizes, free shipping to Canada, for a total of $84 with code 86277041 (15% off).
https://www.ae.com/web/browse/product.jsp?catId=cat380145&productId=0107_9390_020&editId=ci46796032123&sizeName1=L-Tall&sizeName2=
Thanks for the heads up. I just ordered the XS. We’ll see how it compares to the Factory sport coats that I ordered.
Whew, (my wallet) survived another post. I was not impressed with the quality of the translucent
J. Crew Factory Wool Blend Thompson Suit Jacket & Pant either and ended up returning it.
Whoa, that’s two strikes against it. (See Chris M down below.) That’s weird, being that last year’s tweed was so good. Really hope that’s not a sign of what the tweed will be like this year. Thanks for the heads up sir.
I also picked up and RETURNED this years J Crew herringbone sport coat. I feel the fit around the midsection was horrible, while the sleeve length and shoulder feel was pretty spot on. Im a 36s with a rather lean muscular build and the midsection fit really boxy, I could have taken it to my tailor, but it wasnt worth it given what I initially paid for it Granted I did like the color and feel>>> The other person states the quality was terrible, I feel that although the quality was subpar which is to be expected on a product like this. I didnt detect where the herringbone was so loose to the point where it was almost see through in certain parts.
Just picked up that herringbone sportcoat, the laptop bag and another filler item to get free shipping. I have a factory store relatively close by so if they don’t work I’ll just make a trip and return them.
Going to order the wool & tweed AE sportcoats too and see how those compare. I figured J Crew quality should be better than these considering that it’s 100% wool, while the AE items are a combination of recycle wooled, polyster etc…
I hate you damn yankees that can wear blazers and sweaters.
I’m 5’6, 120 lbs and have a very slim build. The slim-fitted sweaters
(size xs) hug all parts of my body fairly close, but not glove tight,
whereas the regular-fitted jcrew sweaters are a little bulky on me. I
would say, if you are of an average or athletic build, the sweaters
would fit tight and on guys who are leaner/slimmer, they would look
fitted and body-conforming.
Joe not sure what the story is on the cashmere sweater but the did NOT come up when applying the code. Was it only on the tan color? Apparently that one is out.
Finally got the suit – 221 isnt as slick of a deal as in the past, but they finally have my size this time around
6’2″, 190. Ordered the 42R.
I know it’s not on sale, but I got the Navy Thompson suit at the weekend, after being in urgent need of a suit due to a custom one I won from work turning out like crap. I’m 6’2″, 182lbs, 31″ waist and 40.5″ chest. Went with the 32, 30 for the pants (normally I’d do 32″ inseam but these run pretty long so the 30″ was perfect for minimal break), and a 38″ R for the jacket. It fits pretty slim and I can feel a bit of pull, but that’s how I like it, and I still had enough manoeuvrability to get on the dance floor in it and throw some shapes. Overall I’m really impressed with the fit off the rack, needs no tailoring at all and I got loads of compliments. Just thought I’d share this because I know a lot of people are waiting for a big sale on this suit, big thumbs up from me!
Joe, can I ask what you think of the new selection of sports coats at Banana Republic? I just got a nice brown pinstripe blazer at 30% off for a total of about $130. The fit is excellent, slimming, and the material feels soft but tough. I’m a big fan of the new line and would love to see dappered do a review of the new stuff at BR. Regarding the current J. Crew sale, what do you think of the washed cotton jeans? They have a pair on sale but I’m unsure about the quality and fit. Thanks for any advice.
thanks for the AE link, I have the factory tweed coming in soon so i’ll just compare.
Comments and reviews welcome on those that receive the tweed jacket!
Just received my tweed sport coat, fits great and good quality! I’m 6’1, 195, bought it in 42L, sleeve length is good as is jacket length.