Summer Dresses

Maybe it's just the Memorial Day marketing, but all I can think about it cotton poplin summer dresses. From top, Apiece Apart leandro dress, $277 with the 20% off code MEMORIAL2015 at Mille; tennis ball-colored cotton dress from Hache on eBay with a starting price of $100 and 4 days left; and black poplin 6397 dress on sale at the Dreslyn for $222 (was $395) with code MD20.

Slingbacks

File this under the ever-growing list of things for when the weather ever gets better. These black leather slingbacks from The Palentines are basic but interesting, made in LA, and on sale for $125 (were $305). This yellow pair by Phillipe Model is available in dwindling sizes on the Barney's Warehouse site for $101 (were $425) during the extra 40% clearance sale.

Spring, Please

I love this digitally printed silk skirt by Partimi, on sale for $138 (was $460) at Mr. Larkin. I guess it works with tights and a sweater too, given that warm weather is probably not around the corner.

Work Jewelry

This brass wear-everyday washer-type necklace is on sale at Of a Kind; 35% off $130 (through Monday, 2/2) brings it down to $84.50.

Sales Most Wanted

Of the sale items still floating around the internet, I have my eye on this tan fuzzy cardigan by Demylee at Kickpleat, $213 this weekend with code "EXTRA20" (was $380), this yellow version of the greatest bag ever by AANNDD (confession: I already have it in black) on sale for $153 with code "now15yeah" at Beklina (was $290), and these Anntian sneakers at Totokaelo for $154 (were $385). The sweater is still too pricey and the sneakers are probably too crazy...but I really like the bag.

Back, for the Love of Sales

I'm back to tell you all (all 3 of you) about a really good sale happening at Los Angeles boutique Althouse right now, albeit with limited sizes. I'm mad that this Apiece Apart silk patterned dress, at $118 (was $475), is even cheaper than what I paid for it elsewhere on super sale (though mine will look different than this image after I have the sleeves and possibly the bottom hemmed). These Dieppa Restrepo gold and black striped oxfords are only $66 (were $265). More sale PSAs to come.

Rachel Comey Sale Roundup

I am doing my best to restrain myself this sale season, but I do like these Barbaro studded boots in navy suede at Totokaelo for $210 (were $420), and this denim shirt at the Rachel Comey site for $132.50 (was $265). Other good RC finds from around the internets include this top on eBay, currently under $10 with 9 days left, this gold leopard-print dress at Bird for $209 (was $690).

Shoes shoes shoes

There are so many beautiful shoes on sale right now, though perhaps not on sale enough. I am keeping an eye on, from above, No. 6 shearling boots at Totokaelo for $266 (were $380); Dieppa Restrepo loafers in copper metallic at Kickpleat for $186 (were $265); Reed Krakoff heeled oxfords at Century21 online (!) for $153 (originally $625); and size 9 Rachel Comey quilted Logan boots on eBay for $90 with no bids and 6 days left (originally $400).

Of A Kind Sale

Everything is 35% off at the great limited edition site Of A Kind until January 4. I like, from above, this camel and indigo bucket bag from Baggu for $91 (was $140) and this black and gold linen tablecloth throw thing by Caroline Z. Hurley for $81 (was $125), but there are other bags, jewelry and home goods galore. 

Shawls

If you've wanted a Virginia Johnson shawl and don't have a particular one in mind, now might be the time to go for it. Today the site is having a flash sale where 4 shawls are $50 (usually $195). I like this brown and magenta one, but there's also a nice orange lobster print. I also like this black and white one on eBay with a starting price of $75, 4 days and no bids. Now if only they'd only just bring back the heavier wool ones.

Holiday Sales

Happy Holiday$! I have been laying low the last few months; the Thanksgiving/Christmas holiday season and sales paradoxically make me not want to shop. But these Rachel Comey Mars boots in grape embossed leather and suede for $126 at Saks are tempting. Originally $400, they are on sale for $140 with an extra 10% off if you join the Saks email list.

Pool Time

Photographic pool scene + triangles overlay = badass print by fashion darlings Proenza Schouler. Silk snap shirt on sale in a size 6 for $206 from $790 at Forward by Elyse Walker. Download and buy it with Forward's iPhone app and take an extra 15% off, bringing it to about $175. Free shipping, too.

Bananas

I have mixed feelings about the fruit -- apparently it is nearly all sugar, and the process by which it is picked in Latin America and shipped to the U.S. is a study in the problems with globalized food consumption -- but I do like these facsimiles. From above, zipped lined hemp tote with leather handles and a silkscreened image, $73.75 (was $295!) from Virginia Johnson. Clever resin banana bowl by Areaware on eBay for $59.99 with zero bids and 1 day left, or buy-it-now for $100 (usually retails for $140).

Weirdly Shaped Bags + Columbus Day Sales

Are calling out to me. Of a Kind is offering $50 off any purchase of $150 or more through today, the 14th, with the code OCTOBERBEST, including this hexagonal shaped cream leather bag with black trim (the other one is sold out, sadly) by Metalepsis Projects -- made in LA -- for $124 (was $174). I also love this still-pricey bright orange pentagonal bag by for $270 (was $450) by Imago-a -- made in NYC -- at Pour Porter.

Other Columbus Day sales, as Racked NY aptly says, "in honor of a man that definitely didn't discover America,"make aspirational items slightly more within reach. Creatures of Comfort took an extra 10% off everything today only (no code needed); Maryam Nassir Zedah has a 15% off coupon, columbusday, good on everything through tomorrow the 15th; and La Garconne is offering an extra 20% off all sale items through today with code FALLOCT20. More comprehensive sale lists are here and here.

Comey Cardigans

A bunch of Rachel Comey from seasons past has been posted on eBay, including several nice size medium cardigans, with starting prices of $50. I particularly like the shiny blue one, but the others are perhaps a bit more practical.

Back-to-School/Work Geometry at CoC

Creatures of Comfort is finally marking things down to 70% off. I like this short-sleeved silk top by the Creatures of Comfort in-house brand, $54 (was $180), and this long-sleeved cotton button down by Emmanuelle for $87 (was $290). Both very work appropriate.

Dusen Dusen

One of my favorite print creators, Dusen Dusen, has a lot of nice stuff on sale on her site and elsewhere. I like, from above, this orange silk dress from seasons past at Pour Porter for only $59.75 (was $239); this silk blue and beige patterned top from the designer's site for $81 (was $192); and this fruit patterned shift dress on eBay for $88, which I'm probably too old to wear but which I can admire from afar.

Alternative Wedding Dress Ideas

I have had at least a few requests to look for affordable alternatives to the standard type wedding dress over the last few years, but it's so hard to find something like that when you're looking. Perhaps the first in a random series, this Rachel Comey fringe dress is so pretty and is $169 right now from Bird in a size 6 (was $690 -- still way less than I think wedding dresses tend to run, but my knowledge is based solely on Say Yes to the Dress). For a bit more bling, there's also this.

Ace & Jig

Before it cooled down a bit and was all kinds of hot, Ace & Jig seemed like the only reasonable sartorial option. There are a bunch of the super soft cotton pieces on sale at Ace & Jig's online shop affiliated with Of A Kind. Elsewhere, from above, this dress is $59.95 at Anthropologie (originally $198); these tops are both $95 (were originally around $150) from Pommettes and Founders & Followers, respectively; and these shorts are $80 (were $161) from Spindle & Canister.

Otte NY

Is taking an extra 40% their entire sale section with code EXTRASCOOP through July 14.