The archive
Every week we report on what's new in tall at the stores that actually cut for long legs and long arms. Roundups, edits and sale radars: all of it lives here.
Sale Radar ·
Athleta added seven tall jackets this week, including the Coastline Jacket at $189 and the Endless Blazer in tall 0 to 16. The promotional rates stepped down again, so the Skyline barrel pant went from $83 to $97 and the Endless pant went back to the full $109.
Sale Radar ·
Gap changed almost nothing this week. Roughly 19 of every 20 tall styles carry the same price they did seven days ago, every tall jean is still marked down, and the fall CashSoft sweater pants and flannel arrived in the tall shop.
Sale Radar ·
J.Crew's 40% off denim rate expired this week, sending the tall slim-wide jean and the Charley kickout back to the full $148. Every clearance price in the tall range held, including the Stratus satin pant at $50 and the Gramercy empire-waist dress at $70.
Sale Radar ·
Old Navy's sitewide 50% off event expired this week. About three quarters of its tall styles cost more than they did seven days ago, the PowerSoft leggings went from $20 to $24, and the fleece sweatpants went from $22 back to the full $45. The clearance racks held.
Sale Radar ·
Old Navy's 50% event, Athleta's flat rate and J.Crew's 40% denim promotion all ended in the same week, raising prices across the tall ranges. Gap held almost every price. Here is what still costs what it did, and the trick for telling the two kinds of sale price apart.
Sale Radar ·
Athleta's tall sale shrank from about 70% of the store to half of it in a week. The Elation legging went from $53 back to full price, the Endless pant went from $65 to $76, and the $60 Skyline barrel pant sold out.
Sale Radar ·
Every tall jean at Gap is now marked down, but the typical cut fell from about 40% to 30%. The $23 jeans we flagged three weeks running are $39, while the fall knits started their first real markdowns.
Sale Radar ·
J.Crew's tall dress selection shrank again a week after it rebounded, and fall trousers and skirts took the space. The sale share fell from about 70% to 60%, and the slim-wide jean is newly 40% off with a full waist run.
