The Deal: Be the first to shop Piperlime’s sale for women
The Lowdown: Kick off Spring season in style with a fresh new pair of t-strap sandals, evening shoes, or a handbag (or two). Nothing transforms a casual outfit into a glam ensemble better than some stylish sandals and a chic weekender bag.
We scoped out Piperlime’s latest reductions to find these great Spring steals: an adorable pair of Nina Destiny Sandals with rhinestones, on sale for $49.99, originally $99; a comfy pair of Bernardo Macy T-strap sandals now $49.99, originally $99.00; and the Melie Bianco Rouched Satchel for only $39.99, originally $75; the bright orange color is a great way to perk up any dull day of Spring showers!
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The Deal: Enjoy up to 50% off on shoes and handbags at Piperlime
The Lowdown: We don’t know about you, but the winter doldrums are already starting to set in here at TBF, and assuming it’s in our budget (we’re balancing our checkbooks as we speak) the perfect cure might just be a fab pair of shoes. Or a handbag. We’re not picky. But they must be on sale—and free shipping and free returns on all orders, now offered by Piperlime, doesn’t hurt either.
Being practical and all, we want to get the most use for our money (remember Kathryn’s cost per wear formula) so if we’re spending more than $20 (which will get us all the trend we need at Tarjay, thanks) we’ll go for a neutral everyday bag like this Chinese Laundry Ring Tote for $49.99, or a shoe we’ll want to live in, like this Kenneth Cole Reaction Spice N Easy flat, $39.99, or these Unlisted by Kenneth Cole Ready to Spike ankle boots
, also $39.99.
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It’s the lunch hour, meaning you have ample time to check off some of those holiday gifts for less with these Cyber Monday discounts:
Smartbargains.com: Free shipping on orders of $50 or more. Get apparel, accessories, household goods, and more, including namebrand and designer items, at smart prices indeed. Even smarter? Taking advantage of free shipping.
Gap: Get 15% off your order at Gap on Cyber Monday with code GAP15, and right now, pick up holiday sweaters buy one get one half off.
Piperlime: Cyber Monday get 20% off at Piperlime with code MONDAY at checkout, and as always enjoy free shipping.
Old Navy: Get 20% off at Old Navy on Cyber Monday with code SAVENOW at checkout.
THIS COUPON HAS EXPIRED
The Deal: 20% off at Piperlime at the Sweet Deal Event. Ends Oct. 26.
The Lowdown: Get 20% off with this coupon for Piperlime, where stylish shoes are plentiful, and at 20% off, affordable. Want to jazz up that ho-hum wardrobe (you know, the one you haven’t had much cash to update lately)? We love these Rampage Clarissa boots, for just $48.50 at this sale.
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The Deal: Get big footwear savings at Piperlime’s sale on women’s shoes
The Lowdown: Piperlime has the namebrand shoes you want, and with great sale prices? They’re totally within reach. You could buy something for now, like this BCBGirls Scent on sale for $69.99, or something to tuck away for Spring—like these black Unisa Sarabenda heels which will be totally on trend, and are on sale now for $39.99.
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While doing a happy spring dance around my apartment to the hot sounds of 4 minutes by Madonna and JT, I received an email from Piperlime that reminded me that now is the best time to buy shoes for next fall and winter. The online store is having a “top secret sale” (I put it in quotes because how secret could it be once it’s on TBF?), with a coupon code for an extra 15% off already reduced fall and winter shoes. Just use the coupon code TOPSECRET
at checkout to score your savings.
What’s up with our favorite stores doing all of these questionable brand extensions? First, Gap, Inc brought us the Anne Taylor competitor Forth and Towne (GOOD). Then our friends at Gap, Inc brought us the Piperlime shoe site (BAD). Now everyone’s preppy favorite, J.Crew, has a new concept store called Madewell 1937 which is like a cross between Eddie Bauer and Forever 21.
I’m not sure why J.Crew feels that they need to do a “younger” line, especially one full of styles that any teen can scoop up at their local Abercrombie for much less. $100 bucks for a pair of jeans? $150 bucks for a dress? Uh.. No! And the name… Way too complicated… How about just Madewell?
Now in all fairness, I’ve only seen the press materials and have yet to go to one of their stores, (only two locations- Northpark Center in Dallas and Century City in LA), but I still think that J.Crew should just stick with being J.Crew.
Madewell 1937- Yea or Nay?
P.S. If you live in Dallas and LA, check out the stores and report back to us in the comment section.
Okay, I’m a bit confused about the Gap’s new shoe site, Piperlime. I’m sure some retail analyst somewhere told the copy that selling shoes online is the way to bring up dismal sales. However, there’s really nothing to compel me to shop at this site versus shopping at an established shoe site (with FREE UPS shipping and returns) and price guarantees like Zappos.com
or ShoeBuy.com Also, the initial use of Rachel Zoe as their “style expert”, was a complete misstep. Does anyone really care what Rachel Zoe has to say? Especially since her high profile clients have started to drop her (and Nicole Ritchie looks a thousand times BETTER now than when she was being styled by her, although she isn’t acting better)? In addition, the name Piperlime
sounds like some household product invented by the guy who invented Oxyclean..
Not everything is bad about the site. The site has a nice selection of shoes from designers like Hollywould, Steve Madden, and Kenneth Cole in a reasonable range of sizes (5-12 for women). The prices are just as expensive as Zappos.com and the site does offer free standard shipping and free returns. You can also use your Gap, OLD Navy or Banana Republic credit cards to make purchases.
Piperlime, yea or nay?
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