The J.Crew Sale Is Your Paint-By-Numbers Fall Style Guide

With all due respect to a certain Jeffrey P. Bezos, Prime Day ain’t the only source of menswear deals in town. In fact, the just-launched J.Crew sale makes Amazon’s tentpole savings event seem downright quaint in scale. (Sorry, Jeff—please don’t check our order histories.)

Right this very moment, the Crew is putting Amazon to shame with discounts of 40% off its entire site—and that’s just the beginning. As of this week, the retailer is also lopping an extra 20% off sweaters and outerwear so you can stay toasty without dinging your credit. But wait, there’s more! Mosey over to the dedicated sale section and you’ll find bargains that top out at a staggering 60% off, too. Math was never really our strong suit, but even we get the gist: that’s a lot of savings.

And the timing couldn’t be better. With fall in full swing, we’re ready to really start dressing, and have a nagging suspicion you are, too. So we trawled the depths of the J.Crew sale and aggregated three foolproof autumn-coded outfits for any and every context, no matter where your apple-picking, foliage-ogling adventurers take you. Don’t linger here too long, though. The fits may be fire, but the deals will extinguish soon.

The Corporate Chiller

These days, the line between dweeb and steez is blurry, and the off-duty-corporate-drone look can swing either way—but that’s why it works. (For a better idea of the frisson we’re talking about here, take a look at the ultra-cool Scandinavian lads at Mfpen). The difference between a guy wearing this totally unaware that it’s cool, and you, a guy wearing this who can’t stop telling people how cool it is, is a little less tangible. It’s how you carry yourself or accessorize (and maybe how interesting your haircut is).

The Material Master

To woefully misquote that legendary Salt-N-Pepa jangle: let’s talk about texture, baby. Right now, your outfits should be bursting with it, from scuffed suedes to scuzzy corduroys to every highly-pettable fabric in between. Heck, even nubby linens can be a galaxy-brain fall play, provided you layer ‘em accordingly—over a brushed terry mockneck, say, or a button-up so cozy your PJs just quaked.

The Pared-Down Prepster

Ever flip through a battered copy of Take Ivy and find yourself wistfully thinking “damn, these blue-blooded young’uns look epic”? Us too. To harness a little bit of their preppy insouciance, start with a cropped trucker jacket, grab your heartthrob-iest V-neck sweater, and shimmy into J.Crew and Beams Plus’ delightfully kooky chinos. (Bonus points if you anchor the entire shebang with cool-again kiltie loafers.)