It’s been a big Gap summer here at the Strategist, from trying out the Gap x Dôen collab and hunting down the perfect white tee to perusing the new-arrivals page now that Zac Posen is the company’s creative director. All of that is to say: Gap is good again! So I was especially enthused to see that Gap is running an excellent sitewide sale this week with 40 percent off almost everything. Some sale-on-sale deals are available as well (including on our writer Liza Corsillo’s favorite minidress, which was originally going for $70 and is now $30) with the additional discount showing up at checkout. I combed through the entire site and highlighted what’s worth getting, including a tank top seen in Laura Reilly’s Magasin newsletter and the Americana-inspired button-down from a Dapper Dan collab. Surprisingly, all of Gap x Dôen is included in the sale. Unsurprisingly, sizes are going, going, gone. So act fast.
Women’s
A “deceivingly simple” dress that’s so nice Strategist senior writer Liza Corsillo bought it twice. “Thanks to the linen blend, it feels like you’re not wearing much at all,” she says.
You could wear this shift dress to the office and then to happy-hour drinks.
Drop-waist silhouettes are making a comeback — though I like that this dress doesn’t sit too low on the hip.
If you’re over your Outdoor Voices Exercise Dress (or in need a replacement for a worn-out one).
Another find from Ro: A linen-blend, buttons-in-the-back tank top she’s been wearing all summer long.
I’ve heard good things about this boatneck tee, which shows a sliver of collarbone.
You can tuck a T-shirt into this denim skirt now and a turtleneck later.
An “unfussy cutoff that has a cool, downtown, not-trying-too-hard” look, according to artist Melly Wirtes.
Pair a bikini with these wrinkle-crinkle shorts for the last few summer weekends.
The barrel-leg jean is the jean du jour — here’s a take on the trend for under $50.
In her hunt for a pair of dark-wash jeans, writer Mya Gelber found that “the wash of these jeans was exactly what I was looking for, and they were long enough to cuff.”
This jean jacket has earned a best-in-class blue ribbon — and it’s less than half the price of the Levi’s and Madewell styles on our list.
Former deals writer Leah Muncy called these thongs “peak underwear” for their high leg and dipped waistline. “I don’t think a better pair of underwear exists,” she says. Buy them in bulk.
I regretted not buying this sheer, sexy little number during the Summer Sale. So I’m adding it my cart as we speak.
Men’s
One of the best black T-shirts out there for less than the price of a whole pizza. And musician Hayden Frank, a black-T-shirt collector, says it “works just as well at the gym as at the restaurant.”
A polo that wouldn’t look out of place for a round on a golf course (and easily works for the office, too).
Dapper Dan’s newest pieces for Gap include this Oxford shirt that has a nod to traditional western wear with embroidered bandannas and fedoras.
These are nothing like your dad’s khakis, thanks to their slouchier, cooler fit.
If you want a jean that’s not a straight-leg or a bootcut, go for a baggier (read: roomier) cut.
Kids’
For the kid who’s a proud Samantha Parkington–doll owner.
A delightful denim dress that’ll be the talk of the playground.
Attention parents: These graphic T-shirts are each only $10 ahead of back-to-school season. Here’s one for the budding Deadhead and there’s another for a future paleontologist.
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