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<p>I have a job but would prefer to spend my money on other things. :)</p>
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<p>As long as you’re hitting the beginning of August/mid-January sales, then you’re doing it right (or thrift stores if you like that route). </p>
<p>Target is my friend. I get all my pseudo-politically-active shirts there. You know–the people sporting Vote Green shirts with big trees on them even though they’ve never heard of the EPA. That’s me. But I do it for the right reasons: they’re the cheapest shirts available come sale time.</p>
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<p>Feel free to pass up on alliteration. The average Joe’s went that route.</p>
<p>^for winter wear, the best time is during the Spring, when stores are trying to get rid of old stuff.</p>
<p>[The</a> Best Times to Buy Anything, All Year Round](<a href=“The Best Times to Buy Anything, All Year Round”>The Best Times to Buy Anything, All Year Round)</p>
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<p>I don’t care what that link says. Mid-January is the time to buy winter clothes here in Madison. JCPenney, Target, and others have blow out sales with 75% + addition 40%, which adds up to 85% off. </p>
<p>I trust my experience more than that site =).</p>
<p>While that may be the case for Madison (and more specifically, the places that YOU shop), I wouldn’t say that that’s the case elsewhere. For instance, I bought a Lands End jacket that I saw going for $70 during Winter Break for $30 in early May. In general, places like to clear out out-of-season clothing.</p>
<p>Definitely–you obviously should shop when the stores you like have sales. I’m just saying the dates listed in that link aren’t anywhere near universal.</p>
<p>It seems strange to me that a store would choose to pay the holding costs of keeping a jacket until May and THEN clear it out for summer. Did they expect the sales of winter jackets in March/April to offset the costs of holding onto them? The end of winter is not exactly the peak for winter clothes sales.</p>
<p>But it is what it is. You need to know the sales at your own stores, not the stores that some guy on a website frequents or the the stores that some random poster going by justtotalk shops.</p>
<p>Buy clothes off season.</p>
<p>The timeline was to a certain extent more of a rough approximation than a precise timeline to closely follow.</p>
<p>As for your experiences, it just seems kinda strange from an economics standpoint that a store would put winter clothes on a huge sale right around the peak in demand for winter clothes. If anything, you’d think that’d be the best time not to put stuff on sale. But I guess if it works for them, whatever.</p>
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<p>Yes it does seem strange. I think the January season is simply post-christmas inventory. And August is pretty close to the end of summer, so I guess it’s not too far off.</p>
<p>Not sure why christmas clothes are different from winter clothes, though. It’s not like I’m buying sweaters with Evergreens on them.</p>
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<p>PS. This thread is the lolz</p>
<p>PPS. Personally, I think freshmen should be forced to dress like this: <a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_zKCUG20xs[/url]”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_zKCUG20xs</a>.</p>
<p>Under $10 is a good price at our house. Free is an even better one. ;)</p>
<p>Kohl’s = final clearance of winter stuff in April. By then we knew S2 was headed to either Chicago or Boston. Cleaned up big time!</p>
<p>" I guess it would seem expensive if you don’t have a job. "</p>
<p>Or if you have a job and don’t blow your money on overpriced clothes.</p>
<p>As for when the best time to buy winter clothes is, in my experience dept stores have big after christmas sales, then prices creep back up, then everything goes on sale at the end of the season again. Last January I got a pair of Vera Wang jeans for $15 at Kohls, and I got two suits from JCPenney for like $60.</p>
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<p>This explains the conflicting clearance times above.</p>
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<p>Well, things are marked down when they’re not in season. But there are specific times when all stores will have awesome deals (after Christmas/right before school).</p>
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<p>QFT.</p>
<p>I was waiting for someone to say this explicitly. :)</p>
<p>Well, I go to Cornell, which is a fairly preppy school, but I get complimented on my style nowadays more than when I just wore polos all the time. I think it’s important to have polos and stuff, and of course formal clothes if you plan to rush/go to formal events, but v-neck t-shirts and plaid shirts/wool shirts seem to be making a reappearance and I personally think they are comfortable. Also, baggy pants aren’t really that popular anymore…I’m not saying to get tight pants, but generally the bigger isn’t better.</p>
<p>I think if you’re wearing ANYTHING “all the time,” your wardrobe can use some work. I do like polos, but some variety is nice, too. I am not sure how I feel about v-neck mens shirts. Hmm.</p>
<p>“Or if you have a job and don’t blow your money on overpriced clothes.”</p>
<p>Fair enough.</p>
<p>Re: overpriced clothes – S2 has a job, but he sure as heck isn’t going to spend 10 hours’ work of hard work on one pair of jeans. He’s pretty tight when he’s spending his money (and to be fair, when it’s my money, too).</p>
<p>^^^ That right there. I’m working 2 jobs right now and theres no way I’m blowing a whole paycheck on a couple shirts. Thats absurd.</p>