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How gorgeous is this for a rehersal dinner dress?? Or anytime dress for that matter. It is simply fabulous, and it is my number one lust at the moment. But I'm not going to buy it. At least not yet....
Why? Because I am a J.Crew bargainista. I would estimate that approximately 30-40% of my wardrobe is from J.Crew, but I have probably only paid full price for one or two items. Ever. The reason being that this store is pricey - the trick is to know when to snatch the items up at the primo time they go on sale. JCrew's sale section is quite extensive. The site just had a makeover in the last 4 months, and the sale section is now much easier to navigate (although they are still working through some "bugs" - like if you try and specify size 2 pants, color yellow, sometimes you get mens pants and sandals. Annoying. But just suffer through it.)
The sale section is amazing. $88 silk tops will get marked down to $40; dresses $200 and up down to $70. The trick is to get these when they have one of their 3-day "All Sale additional 20%" deals. I have gotten some amazing dresses for less than $40. There is nothing wrong with the dress - the season has just changed. And most of the time, they are so AHEAD of the seasons anyways, you can scoop this stuff up with plenty of time in the Spring/summer/fall left anyways.
The extra 20% (and lately with the fun economic crisis - extra 30%) deals will pop up after J.Crew announces Free Shipping on their final sale items. Once the free shipping deal ends, the 20 or 30% deals start. I told you, I'm a J.Crew Junkie.
So what to do about the dress? Nothing now. I can't wear it until June anyways. My strategy is to wait until May when the summer collection will roll out and they will be anxious to get spring out of the house, and snatch it up then. In the meantime, I can focus on finding the perfect pair of shoes :)
I think the dress is great. I am constantly shopping for new dresses. I look forward to hearing what you have to say :)
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