If you know anything about the blogging world, then surely you’re aware that fewer things are more sacred to a blogger than the beloved Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. That being said, I could hardly consider myself a lifestyle blogger worth my stripes if I didn’t dedicate some time to easing the pain of navigating this cherished event.
Shopping the sales—known as les soldes— is as much a French past-time as it is an American one— although traditionally, retail sales in France are advertised twice a year, with most shops and boutiques all participating at the same time, so that everyone knows exactly when it’s time to shop til you drop. Kind of like our own Nordstrom Anniversary Sale—the event is anticipated annually, allowing for plenty of time to prepare and hydrate accordingly.
Although c’est la vie, the official blowout sale may have already come to end—as all good things inevitably and proverbially do—I’ve rounded up some French designer favorites that you can still snag on sale right now—without the need to queue up outside the store at dawn, or throw elbows in the crowd while breaking down the entry doors, as our seasoned sale-shopping forebears once did.
We owe it to them to save 60% the civilized way—and the one that God and the government have both essentially mandated in 2020—online.
Also, you can get $40 towards your purchase when you open a Nordstrom card. Just saying!
TIE DYE PUFF SLEEVE TOP $274.00 (60% OFF)
2020 will go down in the fashion history books as the year we all made tie dye happen. I don’t make the rules.
PRINT SATIN SLEEVELESS MIDI DRESS $780 (60% OFF)
Summer definitely doesn’t seem to be over yet, so it’s quite possible to still get some mileage out of this one this year, or perhaps let it kick off the first official garden party of 2021. This updated take on the toile print isn’t going anywhere.
TIERED PLEAT MIDI DRESS
$238.00 (60% OFF)
For those of us who went deep into Cottage Core this summer—you know who you are—I dare you to say no to this frothy pastoral dream.
MONOGRAMME LOGO ESPADRILLE $345 (8% OFF)
Perfect for transitioning into fall, I can’t decide if these canvas flats make comfort look effortlessly chic, or if they make looking chic seem suspiciously comfortable. Either way, I’m sold.
61 MM AVIATORS
$236.98 (40% OFF)
Aviators have always been my sunglass shape of choice. A fun hybrid of retro-glam, they pair perfectly with 2020’s hottest accessory, the face mask—seriously, I’m seeing them EVERYWHERE this year.
(Just a little Covid humor!)
