If you need to fill out that whole corporate casual section in your closet, save some bucks by shopping in a department store. Blueprint for Financial Prosperity writes:

A nice button down shirt (for someone in their twenties) should cost you between $20 and $30 a piece. I usually try to go with wrinkle-free or iron-free shirts because they require little to no ironing.

Personally, we’re urban, lazy and enjoy returning clothes by mail., but people living in more normal parts of America where they have things called malls may find this useful.

Also, if you’re unable to live without a new piece from Banana Republic or Express, trying hitting the department stores first. Get your basics covered and then, if you have money left over, go to one of the boutiquey joints.

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