Brooks Brothers is having a Mother’s Day promotion where you can earn a free $25 eGift card for every $150+ eGift card you purchase online. Those gift cards are as good as cash, which means you can use them on already-discounted items. The best thing about this promotion? It’s running concurrently with two special sales.
The first is a shirt sale, where you can get a 25% discount when you purchase three or more shirts. The promotion applies to Brooks Brother’s famous oxford-cloth button-downs, which come in solid colors and various types of stripes. Since the company upgraded to its unlined collar a few years ago, the price jumped from about $90 to $140. With the two current promotions, however, the price comes down to $88 — lower than the previous years’ retail. I find light-blue oxford button-downs can be worn with anything described as Ivy, Americana, or even workwear (e.g., suits and sport coats, field jackets, or brands like Engineered Garments). I hesitate to call anything a wardrobe essential, but for me, an OCBD is as close to essential as anything comes.
Brooks Brothers also put their two most iconic loafers on sale: their tassel loafer — which comes in calfskin, shell cordovan, and two shades of brown suede – and their unlined shell cordovan penny loafers (both styles made in the USA by Alden). Those shell cordo pennies are among my favorite shoes. Not only can they be worn with your usual sport coats and flannels, but they can also work in surprisingly contemporary contexts. Kyle at No Man Walks Alone pairs them with jeans, t-shirts, and slim corduroy sport coats. I sometimes wear mine with fatigues and chunky Arans.
For something slightly dressier, the black tassel loafers can be used to make a sophisticated statement. Use them any time you can wear a black silk knitted tie — with casual suits, or navy sport coat and grey trouser combinations. If you stack these sales with the current gift card promotion, the tassel loafers start at $368 (down from $558), and the shell cordovan penny loafers are $486 (down from $748).
Some notes about the gift card promotion:
- You get a free $25 eGift card when you buy a $150+ eGift card online. That means, if you plan on purchasing a $300 gift card, I recommend checking out twice with a $150 gift card so that you can get two free $25 gift cards, rather than just one.
- You will receive the eGift cards by email immediately upon paying. Note that the free gift cards expire in six months upon issuance, but the ones you purchase have no expiration date (this shouldn’t be a problem if you use them immediately for this sale, however).
- I’m told each customer is limited to five gift cards, which means you can check out five times with $150 eGift cards for a maximum of five free $25 eGift cards.
For more great deals, browse through Brooks Brother’s sale section. The gift card promotion can be stacked on other already-discounted items, such as these perf-toe oxfords and suede cap-toe derbies. One of my shoemakers, Nicholas Templeman, also wears Brooks Brother’s slim Milano fit chinos. I think he looks rather good in them.
