12 Can't-Miss Picks From J.Crew Factory You Can Buy Now—and Wear When We Actually Go to Work Again

According to my calculations we’ve been working from home for the last (checks math) ten thousand years. But now, with the more and more people receiving inoculations, it looks like we’re finally rounding the corner into something resembling a halfway normal world. Where there was once darkness there is light. Where there was once virus there is now vaccine. And where there were once sweatpants there will soon be stylish fits. Pack your bags boys, we’re heading back to the office.

I, for one, am STOKED for this because we need separate spaces for work and for home. When your bedroom doubles as your desk (and your cafeteria and your daycare center), you kind of never get unplugged and always feel stressed out. Personally, it not only gives me reason to fly from my home on the west coast to NYC to have overdue drinks with my favorite Esquire staffers and pester them about the fashion in films like La Dolce Vida (hi Nick!) but it also gives me an opportunity to seriously punch up my wardrobe with a much needed refresh.

The perfect resource for that is the J.Crew Factory’s sale. The Crew is offering up staples (denim! chukkas! button-ups!) that feel both timeless and fresh at prices that will leave enough leftover cash to comfortably pick up a bar tab later. (Remember those?)