A Selection of Sales for Memorial Day Weekend

I've mostly been keeping sales over at my little side-blog, Morning Mist, but this list was getting long, so it gets to be featured on the main blog.

As a side note, for those who hadn't caught on, I've been posting much more frequent, much less perfect pieces on substack. I still think of The Second Button as my main blog, this is my baby. But I put a lot of effort into crafting every post here, and I spend a long time editing, so I'm just not publishing as often. I do have two or three pieces that are >90% done, but that last 10% always feels like a mountain.

Table of Contents

• Clothing
• Footwear
• Accessories
• Skincare & Stuff
• Home Stuff (like, furniture or whatever)
• Other including tech and food

Clothing

• Banana Republic is 30% off full price, and the sale section is “up to” 50% off.
  • Here are some things I like from them.
• Billy Reid is 20-40% off depending on how much you spend.
  • Luckily, the leather and suede jackets hit that 40% off mark in one go, meaning that my awesome black suede jacket is down to $960.
  • Billy Reid is good at jackets.
• Madewell has an extra 30% off its sale selection.
• Rag & Bone’s sale goes until 5/25, with 30% off some styles.
  • But some of their regular sales are cheaper than that. So idk how good a sale that is.
  • I wrote this in the past. Is this overshirt on sale now? They sent it to me, I like it. A super soft tencel blend.
  • Here, I picked a few more things I like.

• Huckberry is having a sale.
  • They always have something on sale, but still, some good stuff here.
  • Like these 100% wool cable knit beanies for $25. Seriously, why would anybody ever want an acrylic beanie?
  • Or Service Works stuff. These are good prices for good pieces inspired by the service industry.
  • Here’s a selection of way too many things from said sale. I need a new hobby, this is not a sustainable use of my time…
• American Trench is up to 25% off a very large selection.
  • If nothing else, use this as a chance to buy a mountain of socks from them.
• Nordstrom's Sale is going until 6/1. But after spending all that time on Huckberry, I do not have the energy to go through Nordstrom's stuff, too. Good luck.
• Same goes for Mr. Porter. There's some good stuff in there, probably.

Footwear

• Beckett Simonon is having its two pairs for $359 deal.
  • I think they do this every MDW
  • It’s an especially good price for boots, since those tend to be pricier.
  • They also do women’s shoes, and the deal for women’s shoes is 2/$289. I don’t know why they’re cheaper, but I guess most of these pages aren’t saying anything about construction, so maybe they’re fused and not blake stitched?
  • Remember, they’re made to order. You won’t get your shoes for like 2-3 months.
• Toms is 30% off everything
  • This brings some of their espadrilles to $45.50, and suede options down to $56. Yes, that’s rather cheap.
  • As I’ve said before, espadrilles are supposed to be cheap. If you don’t have a person selling them at a stand near you, this is a fine option.
  • “Alparagatas” is just another name for Espadrilles. Same thing.
• Allen Edmonds is up to 60% off its sale section.
  • Here are some of my picks. I’d recommend sticking to these unless you really know their product offerings. They’ve introduced some strange stuff in recent years… Focus on the classics and a few others.
    • Their oxfords are classics. If you wear suits often, get a couple of pairs.
    • This is a great price for a very solid boot if you have a EEE width.
  • Also, they’re an extra 20% off seconds. If you don’t know what “seconds” are, they’re not-quite-perfect shoes, but usually still very good quality. Sometimes the error is so small you’ll never notice. And it’s never, like, a structural problem. It might be a cosmetic issue with the finishing, that might be something you can solve with a polish.
• Saucony is "up to" 50% off.
  • I never know what I should do with that. "up to," thanks.
  • What's the good stuff going for? That's what I wanna know.
  • But again, I'm tired.

Accessories

• Ebbetts Field Flannels is up to 40% off its sale section.
• Aforementioned mountain of American Trench socks is 20% off.
  • Anything in the retro stripe family is highly recommended. And the Statement Crew. And the wool silk boot sock. And… you know what, yeah, just get a mountain, you won't regret any of these.

Skincare & Stuff

• Elemis is 25% off sitewide for skincare and stuff.
  • Oh, they actually have shaving and beard care products! A small selection, but still! So many skincare brands seem to forget that men exist…
• Grove sells a lot of things, but I’ll put them here.
  • 20% off for first time customers.
  • They carry a bunch of brands that market themselves as eco-friendly or healthy or, you know, otherwise better. I believe that at least some of that marketing is at least somewhat accurate.
    • They do have a Chief Medical Officer, who is an actual doctor and medical professional. That seems like a good sign.

Home

• Kathy Kuo Home is 30% off sitewide.
• Alice Lane Home Colleciton is 20% off sitewide with a free tote at $250.

Other

• Camp Snap Cameras are on sale.
  • The idea is, they’re digital, but they don’t have screens, so you gotta just take photos and hope you got the shot you wanted.
  • Maybe try out their video camera that looks kinda like one of those Super 8 style cameras. Cute.
  • Don’t go republishing my code, this apparently became a problem at some point, but it’s TSB7, and it gets you an additional 7% off.
• Bose has some of their nice headphones and speakers and other audio stuff on sale.
• Fishwife is 20% off very good tinned fish.