Check It. Gap coupon for 30%.

If you're looking to make your wardrobe more springy, or need some excellent professional clothes, this weekend is the time to head to Banana Republic, Old Navy, or the Gap.

Through March 20, the retailers will be offering 30% off in-store check out with this coupon.

So get shopping!

-- Lauren Williams

Check It. 40% off an item at Banana Republic.

Banana Republic sometimes has some really great stuff - and sometimes they don't. Right now, they do (pictured above), and you can get it on sale. That's right, brand-new, full-priced items, for 40% off. Next Wednesday, July 28, is the last week for the '40% off on Wednesdays' series that began July 7.

I picked up a coupon card at the reception counter at the Grove's Marmalade Cafe the weekend before last, and finally made it to Banana last night to take advantage of the deal. I ended up finding a great pair of pants that were $69.50 - which meant I got $27.80 off.

Get your hands on a coupon card, and pick an item you'd like from Banana Republic that you can get next Wednesday for a great price. It's the benefit of sale shopping (money off) with none of the downfalls (clothes that are tattered or makeup-stained from being around so long, your size not being there, etc.).

In-store only, one item, July 28, with coupon. While you're at it, check out Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale, on till August 2.

Banana Republic is located at 189 The Grove Drive in Los Angeles, and other locations worldwide.

-- Leslie Anne Wiggins

Photo credit: www.bananarepublic.com

Do It. 'Mad' style.

So Chau already told us about the very excellent Mad Men pick up lines, but there's also a new retro line of clothes coming out that are inspired by the 1960s show. I love the classic outfits on the show (who doesn't?) and now Banana Republic is partnering with AMC to bring these old school styles to the masses.

Vintage clothes aren't too hard to come by in Los Angeles. We've got the Melrose Trading Post, 4th Street in Long Beach, and dozens of other regular flea markets around the city, but the likelihood that classic styles survived 50 years of storage with all their buttons, zippers, and material intact and unstained is pretty rare.

And the new Banana Republic line blends these classic fashions with current trends so they don't look too anachronistic. Plenty of reason to mark your calendar for the new line coming out in September.

Also, for those who love all things vintage a casting call is starting this Wednesday going through Aug. 11 for those with "Mad" style. Submit a photo of yourself in your best retro to madmencastingcall.amctv.com and you're eligible to win a spot on the show or up to $1,000 at Banana Republic.

-- Lauren Williams