HEYSPRING = 25% off at J. Crew + Free Shipping No Min
Free shipping no min through today. Deal gets elevated to 30% off if you’ve got a J. Crew Card and use the code CARDLOVE. Meanwhile, J. Crew Factory is running a solid deal today as well. More on that at the end of the post.
Been a bit since J. Crew ran a 25% off almost everything sale. But that “almost” is a big one. No suits, no men’s shoes, and a few other exclusions. But sportcoats are in play, and they’re throwing in free shipping, no min, through today 3/19. So if you’ve been looking at something, even small, now might be the day to jump on it with the code HEYSPRING.
It honestly feels like it’s been a pretty slow few months for new arrivals (J. Crew & otherwise). Maybe it was the multiple Polar Vortexes (vortexi?), or for J. Crew, maybe it was the talks with UNIQLO’s parent company about a sale (those talks are dead now). Whatever the reasons, it now feels like things are picking up a bit. But it’s just a bit. A few new arrivals are found below, and as always, only items with a decent size selection at post time have been picked.
Ludlow Partially Constructed blazer in Italian Cotton – $171 ($228)
Hey now. Got one on the way for the upcoming “best blazers of the spring/summer” rundown. Has major potential. More casual patch pockets, Italian “brushed” cotton chino, and available in a brighter-than-navy, medium-blue that seems to perhaps avoid the shine of some other competing blazers in this shade. Wondering if that brushed-factor is gonna help it stand out, in a good way, from the sea of standard chino sportcoats?
OCBD Pop Over – $48.38 ($64.50)
Still expensive, even with the 25% off, but at least it ships free today. For those who like polos plenty, but don’t like the fly away collars. Here’s an option. It’s basically a short sleeve OCBD cut in a polo like “pop-over” style.
Leather & Cotton Web Stripe Belt – $29.63 ($39.50)
A striped spring/summer belt that you could even wear in the dead of winter. Perfect shade of green for that. Leather front helps as well. Made in the USA.
Bower Slim In Chambray Dot – $73.50 ($98)
A lightweight work pant with a bit of personality. Feel free to wear them on the weekends with a sharp polo out to lunch.
Abingdon Laptop Bag – $73.50 ($98)
For the guy that one day is gonna get himself a Filson original, but for now needs to put that $ towards something else. The less fortunate man’s rugged looking but still style-forward briefcase. Waxed canvas with leather accents. Ships free today too.
Ludlow Unconstructed Blazer in Mini-Houndstooth Cotton – $163.50 ($218)
Not available in exact chest sizes , but instead S, M, L, etc. So that means some tailoring will be a must for most. Has the potential to be the go-to spring/summer blazer for many. Unconstructed is a major plus.
Ludlow Unconstructed Sportcoat in Microstripe Cotton – $141 ($188)
The era of the “going out shirt” might be over, but is there such a thing as a “going out” sportcoat? If there is, it’s probably this one. Dark, vertical stripes… OH MY GOD IT IS A G.O.S. SPORTCOAT.
6.5″ Tab Oxford Swim Trunks – $52.13 ($69.50)
It is oddly hard to find a pair of decent swim trunks for cheap. These sure appear to be decent, and have many of the qualities plenty of us look for (mesh liner, shorter but not tiny legs, no diaper-like elastic waist band), but they still aren’t cheap. But… a pair of swim trunks, in an odd way, is sorta like a good coat. Once you got a good one, you wear that one quite a bit. It’s not like sweaters or shirts where you’ve got more than a couple. Most of us have just one swimsuit.
J. Crew Irish Linen Sportcoat – $171.00 ($225)
It’s back! And… this time they’re cutting it in more exact chest sizes. Last year it was a S, M, L, etc… sportcoat. Took some tailoring and it’s still a little relaxed in fit. Quite casual.
Stripe Webbing Plaque Belt – $29.66 ($39.50)
“The ship beneath you is not a toy and sailing is not a game.
Well if it’s that serious, maybe us landlubbers should just wrap something nautical in style around our waist. Like this belt. Skip the Spinnaker line. Brass buckle. Made in the USA.
BONUS: STOCKUP = 25% off $125+ at JCF
Factory Thompson Seersucker Jacket & Pant – $139.51 ($266) w/ STOCKUP
So here’s how this works. New Arrivals are 30% off, and you seem to be able to buy something even if you’re not a member of the “Factory First” email club. If you spend over $125 you can use the code STOCKUP to knock an additional 25% off that. JCF just got a new pair of Thompson suit separates in in seersucker (points for the navy… nice). Both the traditional striped jacket/pant combo, as well as the “yes I know it’s a dark colored seersucker and that seems oxymoronic but it looks pretty darn cool if I say so myself” navy pair drop to under 140.
Looks like this 25% off code HEYSPRING ends Tuesday 3/25. Many thanks to Jeremy and others for sending in the Style Tip about how UNIQLO’s Fast Retailing and J. Crew are no longer in talks for a sale.
Patch pockets on an Air Force Blue blazer from J Crew? For under 200 bucks? Color me impressed, I didn’t think J Crew had it in them
That’s exactly the kind of seersucker suit I’ve been looking for, but the timing just isn’t very good. :-S
Vortices.
I highly recommend the Abingdon laptop bag. I ordered during the holiday sale, and the quality was far better than I expected for the price. In fact, the quality is excellent, period. Not just for the price.
Still no 46L at JCF….
A couple things I want, but nothing that I need. +1 for self-control!
That air force blue sport coat is SPOT ON for the summer, except maddeningly that they don’t make them in 39 like they do may of their other sport coats. this winter too they made that beautiful light grey flannel patch pocketed blazer that i coveted so much, whose 38 shoulders were strained to bursting but whose 40 shoulders were clearly too large on me.
an open request to JCrew: PLEASE start offering these pieces in your 39 inch chest too!
In other news, does anyone else have a problem fitting in to those popovers? i have a moderate V shape due to working out, and simply cannot get those woven shirts over my wider shoulders. polos fit great because they stretch to accommodate, but the popovers don’t. bums me out too because i think they’re a great look.
Has J Crew ever offered things in a 39? It’s pretty rare for these stores to offer odd chest sizes. I would be very surprised if they did that.
they commonly have, and do, offer a 39 in many of their sport coats and suiting jackets.
https://www.jcrew.com/mens_category/sportcoatsandvests/Ludlowhalflinedsportcoats/PRDOVR~A2574/A2574.jsp
https://www.jcrew.com/mens_category/sportcoatsandvests/Ludlowlinedsportcoats/PRDOVR~03737/03737.jsp?color_name=navy
https://www.jcrew.com/mens_category/sportcoatsandvests/Ludlowlinedsportcoats/PRDOVR~03737/03737.jsp?color_name=hthr-charcoal
https://www.jcrew.com/browse/multi_product_detail.jsp?externalProductCodes=A0536-BL6860:A0537-BL6860%3AA0519-BL6860%3A65245-WD5598%3A02020-BR6453%3AA3151-NT0987%3AA9214-WO5846%3A18580-BR6011%3A46453-EC1499&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302028634&bmUID=kj2y4e7
etc…
they have a curious pattern though of what they choose to offer in the expanded sizes. the afore mentioned light grey flannel jacket was not offered, but the exact same thing in navy blue WAS offered in the odder sizes. Its a real disappointment because I really like what they’ve been doing lately with their casual sport coats, but can’t buy one to support these offerings.
Their pricing shifts are starting to wear on me. I’ve been eyeing those blue suede bucks for some time but felt that $198 was a little too high. A week or two ago I noticed that they were in the sale section marked down to $149. So I decided to wait for when they eventually ran a promo code on sale stuff. Well a week later they ran the promo. When I went to check out the shoes they had removed them from the sale section but kept the full price at $149. I thought great, they reduced the price and now I just have wait until they eventually run a promo on regular priced items. Well as soon as I saw this post I jumped over to the listing for the shoes and they’re back at $198! WTH! Does anyone have experience with their Kenton bucks? Are they worth $150 or should I hold out for something else?
Oh, yep, you’re absolutely right. My bad. That’s so strange – why would they offer a couple random odd sizes but not other ones? Hmm. Well hopefully the sizing range expands in the future.
Yeah it is odd, especially considering those blazers are fairly staple items, its not like they’re heavily patterned pieces that are less common. Guess ill keep having to give my money to Yoox instead. First world problem I suppose, but I would like to support stores that have actual brick and mortar locations I can visit (and in Fresno, CA, those are few and far between).
Okay, so that Irish Linen is definitely going in my closet…. but what about the dark micro-stripe? On the fence. Someone convince me.
Linen Sportcoat in size 41r, yay!
30% off at least for full priced stuff.
Also, a few JCrew Factory sport coats meet that threshold. I just picked up the brown glen plaid for right at a hundred bucks.
Joe, what are your thoughts on mix-and-matching the two seersucker suits? I typically feel that the traditional light blue seersucker is too overwhelming to wear as a full suit. Would I be committing a fashion-foul wearing the light blue jacket with the navy pants?
Actually really liking those swim trunks.
Seriously, it looks like the sleeve monster attacked that thing. That shirt didn’t need to exist. And 50 bucks!? Gotta be a practical joke.
So be prepared to wait. Yes, it can go lower, but 25% off with free shipping no minimum at the start of a season is worth a mention. Of course you could get it for cheaper once it hits a sale section and an extra % off code gets launched.
But sometimes the sizes aren’t there, or the item you’re looking at isn’t there either. Or, you waited 4 months for the price to drop, and you got hit by a bus in the meantime.
Hate it when that happens
Oy, yeah, I don’t think I’d do that… That’s a lotta pucker that doesn’t match.
I like the OBCD pop-over. I’ve always hated the collars on polo shirts, they never sit properly. But spending $50 on a polo shirt seems absurd to me and my budget. Are there any other cheaper options?
I keep checking UNIQLO’s site and their regular (not Michael Bastian) shirts for their button down collar polos. I love those things. Haven’t seen any yet this season though.
Oooh. Oxford cloth scrubs. Dr. Comfy is here for the operation.
If only they were black. Then maybe Dr. Acula would show up, too!
I don’t get pop-overs at all. They’re in this weird deep-V no-man’s-land between the polo and the button-down.
On the other hand, take the collar away and you have a henley. And I love henleys. I should probably not try to reason this one out.
A word on the laptop bag. Don’t expect anything close to the bulletproof construction or heavy waxed cotton of a Filson. It’s very… limp. And there’s no padding for the laptop. However, it does a good job of being an unstructured, casual bag for weekend stuff, and with a laptop in there to pull it into shape won’t look out of place in a business casual office.
For the longer legged among us, the 7″ board shorts look like winners as well.
I have the JCF version of the bag, and it’s a sad, floppy mess.
Just one swimsuit? Come to Florida and that’ll change fast.
Lining? on the factory Thompson Seersucker Jacket?
Can you (or anyone) say a bit more on why you think the navy microstripe Ludlow is a “going out” blazer? Aren’t going out shirts kinda weird (and tacky)? This SC seems pretty nice, and similar to the cotton twill one that they had last season.
I actually really like it and was just kidding around. But it does hold the same characteristics as what many would consider a going out shirt (dark, striped). But, it does do away with unnecessary accouterments.
Accouterments… ACCOUTERMENTS?!?!
(naughty language ahead)
http://youtu.be/WDQQfBrSUs0?t=4m22s
Same experience, was sitting on a sale code after these were dropped into sale section last week and was ready to pounce on them Monday with the 40% off. For a $100, these shoes would be a steal; still a good deal at $150. I bought the natural pair last summer and got lots of compliments.
If memory serves correctly, not very. I bought the warm navy chino suit and the bottom of the pants measured at 8 inches. I had to have my tailor slim and taper the pants from the thigh down as they were way too roomy for me.
Got it for $76 during the vday sale. Didn’t like the shoulders so returned. Sucks cause it was a really nice jacket.
I have two. A long sleeved chambray hooded number from lands end that gets a lot of play in the spring summer months (or in florida we call that year round) and a short sleeve white seersucker. I bought the white one to throw on with a swimsuit when going to the beach. Maybe it’s the fit and I regret not sizing down in hindsight, but the the short sleeve hangs in my closet and gets almost no play. The long sleeve I use it almost like a hoodie and throw it over white jeans and a polo with some vans or boat shoes and I’m great. Love that thing.
I’m in ft. Launderdale. I have 4. 3 from j. Crew and a lands end canvas number. Looking hard at the solid navy tabbed number for #5.
Called them. The seersucker is fully lined with polyester.
WHY? Why would you do that?
I have the Abingdon bag and I’ve seen the factory bag at a local outlet. They’re not comparable products. If you’re thinking of the Factory bag, you should absolutely pack your lunch for a week or do whatever to come up with another $30 for the J. Crew bag.
As for the Filson, I’ve never handled one, so I don’t know how it compares to the Abingdon. Of course, it does four times as much, so I certainly hope it’s noticeably nicer
All in all, I’ve been very happy with my Abingdon, and I don’t hesitate to recommend it to others.
That settles it. I’m going to pull the trigger on them. Can you comment on the fit, especially the width? Joe’s review and a forum post have conflicting opinions.
I was able to use the code for Kenton suede bucks, so it appears a few of the men’s shoes are included.
Still can’t figure out why J. Crew refuses to do slim sizing on their short sleeve popovers and button-downs.
I have a 36-long inseam and have yet to skip legs day over the last year…so I’m strangely enough trying to find an early James Bond type short trunk. I may not be as hairy as Connery (by choice) but I easily have as nice legs and stomach. Time to bring sexy back!
Try Orlebar Brown’s Setter or Bulldog trunks. They’re mighty expensive, but you might get them on Ebay or elsewhere (like Gilt) for a reduced price. I, too, have been looking for James Bonds trunks. I think these J Crew trunks are a great alternative.
I own six at any given time. Swimsuits are my favorite article of clothing. I wear them as shorts throughout the summer. I’m wearing one now, in fact, from Parke & Ronen.
I know! I really like these.
Setters look like what I want, but $150-$240 is just too much for me justify. I will put these on my radar for any sales.
I concur with Joe. Go with your dress shoe size. I would not size down because they might be too snug. I wear 11.5 in AE and that is what I wore in the Kentons.
I know this is late but I’m hoping you can help me again. I ended up getting the Kentons. They just came in and they are tight. Can I expect any stretching in the leather and any compression of the footbed? The size up was too big so its either I gamble and hope they stretch or I play it safe and return them. Any thoughts? Sorry to be a bother but your experience and opinion would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Ehh i would return. I initially sized down and it was tight for a couple of wears and i returned and sized up. Not sure how many wears it would take to potentially break in but i didnt want to take the risk. My problem was tightness in forefoot not the toes per se.
They’re going back. Thanks again.