Here’s a round up of the best of what’s going on for men’s style when it comes to all the after Xmas sales. This post will be updated as more deals roll in.
Launched on Sunday (12/28.) Everybody following the above logic? Final means final. All that stuff is tagged as such and thus can’t be returned or exchanged. It’s an extra 50% off unless you get three (or more) final sale items. That’s why there are 3 item combinations shown above.
Now onto the normal stuff, which should be able to be returned or exchanged. 25% off isn’t nearly as deep as J. Crew can (sometimes) go on their full-priced styles, yet code NEWYEAR works on a few things that are normally (but not always) excluded. Not bad if you got a gift card and want to stack it up.
Lots of new items added. An additional 200 styles to be more precise. It’s a mix of regular sale and final sale items, so be careful with anything tagged as the latter. Final means no returns or exchanges (and yes you’ll hear that get repeated often in this post). But picks above shipped and returned for free at post time. So there’s lots of regular sale in there which should do the same (ship/return for free.)
Banana Republic’s seasonal clearance has now begun in earnest. Plenty of new styles from this past fall/winter’s release(s) have been added to their sale section, and an extra 20% is coming off at checkout, no code needed.
Same deal, this time just at the dressed up end of the spectrum. A reminder that if you received (or purchased) a gift card to Gap or Old Navy, those should also work on BR stuff as well. And in regards to that velvet dinner suit, if you’d like to tone it down a bit, try wearing the jacket with a pair of regular black dress trousers/tuxedo pants.
So they expired a code on Saturday night, yet on Sunday the normal sale prices dropped to just about where they landed with the code. That’s super cheesy, Nike. *sighs*… Nice prices though. Still.
No code needed this time. And while the selection is… minimal (34 watches at post time,) there are a couple of models in there one wouldn’t expect to see.
Quick reminder about Target Clearance: Just because a style is on sale doesn’t mean all its colors are on sale. Sometimes it’s only one color that’s getting the price reduction, and then it could be extreme sizes which are the only ones left. Picks above had at least a decent size selection left at checkout. Stock in-store can often be different, if you wanna brave Target during the after-Christmas period.
Lots of final sale stuff in there. It’s a mix of regular sale and final sale, so be careful. Anything tagged as such can’t be returned or exchanged.
No returns or exchanges. Free shipping won’t kick in until $99.
Nothing says an REI sale like a rare discount on (novelty!) Darn Tough USA Made merino blend socks. That and Vuori. More so than normal this time, even if it is predictably odder colors and styles.
Discount varies by item (key words are “up to”) and not everything is on sale. Far from it. But some bestsellers are getting some price cuts, and Spier’s quality to cost ratio is pretty great, especially for their suits, sweaters, and blake stitched shoes. If it’s your first Suit/Sport Coat, Shoes, Dress / Casual Trousers, Outerwear, Knitwear, or Dress / Casual Shirt purchase with them, then it ships and returns for free (see returns policy and USA tab here.) Sale runs through January 4th.
Totally random. Watches, cheap khakis, and the “Final Boss” of cordless vacuums. Also, don’t be overly surprised if some of these (and other sale item) prices expire at speed.
Net is 60% off (100x.5x.8=40.) So, it’s a good sale for them. Maybe not an all-timer as they’ll occasionally do flash sales which go 64% – 70% off, but still quite good. And while we’re here on BR Factory, has anyone had a better 2025 than them? They’re the step-down, more affordable brother-brand to mainline Banana Republic, and BRF’s price/style balance is pretty terrific. Sure they’ve had a few duds here and there, but more often than not they make pretty great looking, good feeling, nicely priced stuff.
Picks above are from their Nordstrom house brand, which usually delivers good quality and lower prices than some of the other (3rd party) brands at Nordstrom. I mean, a 100% cashmere blazer for ~$400ish is pretty unheard of. And yes, everything ships and returns for free.
And now these picks above are selected from some of the 3rd party brands Nordstrom carries. Because at their core they’re a department store, and thus they carry lots of stuff from other brands. As always, everything ships and returns for free.
The Pick: Samba OGs – $75 w/ giftcard use ($100)
So if you can buy a $100 giftcard for $75 (limit 2 per gift card purchase transaction) that means anything over $100 is effectively $25 off. If something is in that $75 – $100 range, then it’s $75, and you’ll leave a little gift-card credit on the table. Not a bad way to save some cash on styles that aren’t always on sale. Deal ends New Year’s Eve.
As deep as Brooks Brothers goes on their full price styles. Know that free shipping won’t kick in until $200, but as it’s Brooks Brothers, that’s not always the hardest tier to hit. Runs through January 4th, but don’t be surprised if some of the more popular stuff starts getting picked over/running low on stock before then.
Guessing most of you knew about this one already, as our picks post has been live for a bit now. Stuff is selling quickly on common sizes. If you got a giftcard in your stocking, now’s not a bad time to check in if you had your eye on something that could sell out. A few new picks above. Sale runs through New Year’s Day.
If you’re a member you can return this stuff in-store for a gift card. So at least there’s that. But no through the mail returns and no cashback. For the non members, final means no returns or exchanges anywhere, period.
They’ve positioned it as an “extra 20% off, prices as marked” event, yet overall, prices feel unusually high for a “Sale’s on Sale” event. Especially on their stock of on-sale shoes. Still a few gems in there though.
Yes, Charles Tyrwhitt is widely known for their dress shirts and constant promos (including snail-mail) marking down their shirts specifically. But plenty really like those shirts, AND Chucky Tyrwhitt makes a heck of a lot more than shirts. It’s during these End of Season Sales where the “heck of a lot more” sees significant price reductions. Suits, sportcoats, shoes, outerwear, sweaters, etc… All done with a nod to contemporary tastes but firmly rooted in a classic & timeless aesthetic.
Smart blazers, wool outerwear, and yes... lots of pants too.
Brooks Brothers extra 25% off, AE Shoe bank sitewide, etc.
4 style scenarios mined from J. Crew's mega end-of-season final-sale clearance blowout.
The how-to lists, call-backs, and tips, which made up last year.
On trying to buy our way out of feeling bad. (No counselor's couch required.)
Suede bombers, knit "swazers," & old radium lume divers.