If I had $100 to spend at Talbots

I know, Talbots, right?  I always thought of it as the store too old/too expensive/too tall/too preppy for me.  The too old is no longer a valid excuse, but the others made me stay away for a long time.Then  I made a discovery or two there, which made it a store worth checking out periodically.  How easy it is to get me to shop somewhere.

My List of Why I Now Shop at Talbots:

• You can usually find one or two things that are very of the moment.  I have seen insanely cute dresses and chic skirts. The fashion forward stuff goes fast, though, so if you see something truly incredible don't wait for it to go on sale. 
• The quality of construction and materials is impressive. Beats most mall stores, so when you are trend shopping, you can get a reasonably priced trend piece that doesn't look like it was knocked off in a late night sweat shop.
•  The. Sales.Are.Epic. (something makes me want to capitalize and use weird punctuation when I talk about this store). I know what I said about the fashion forward stuff going fast, true enough, but  the rest of what they have can be very wearable. To that end, see what I found for a summer-is-almost-over-I-am-sick-of-my-closet outfit.

$18!

 

Nubuck for $24

$18

$24! Look at the supercute standcollar!