Coffee Break: Square-Toe Buckle Slingback
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Ann Mashburn is having their seasonal sale, and there are a ton of nice pieces marked 50% off — including these lovely slingbacks.
We just gave a shoutout to this brand in our updated roundup of the best brands for comfortable heels — so it's great to see the prices come down by so much. These slingback heels have a cute square toe and buckle detail to make them just a bit more interesting. (As the brand page says, it's “one of Ann's favorite (and Frenchest) ways to zhush up a pair of jeans.”
The slingbacks were $395, but now come down to $197.50 at the sale. (The sale also has a ton of clothing and other accessories.)
Sales of note for 8/2:
- Nordstrom – The Anniversary Sale ends August 9! Here's our big roundup of the best workwear, as well as everything we've selected thus far. Don't forget to check to see if their daily beauty deal is a good one for you – e.g., 8/5 beauty tools from Omnilux, Dr. Dennis Gross, Dermaflash and more
- Ann Mashburn – Seasonal sale, up to 50% off – we just included them in our updated Top 10 Brands for Comfortable Heels!
- Ann Taylor – 50% off summer styles + 60% off clearance — readers love this blouse and I always love the variety of colors/textures for this jacket (it's a great separate)
- Banana Republic – 30% off your purchase (ends 7/31)
- The Fold – Up to 50% off, further markdowns + extra 10% off
- J.Crew – Up to 30% off
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off sitewide
- Me & Em – Sale! Up to 60% off (new lines just added, exclusively online)
- M.M.LaFleur – End of season sale! (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Nordstrom Rack – Clearance, new markdowns up to 75% off! Nice selection of Vince, Veronica Beard, Reiss and Rag & Bone, a ton of affordable work dresses from Calvin Klein, Maggy London, Eliza J, and Donna Morgan
- Talbots – 25% off your entire purchase
- Theory – End of season sale is on!
I just saw a long-time “career expert” post about how she is truly broke and trying to reinvent her life. I think she’s angling for a viral audience, book deal, and future Oprah appearance (best wishes to her) but it’s painful to watch someone publicly reveal their deepest failures to everyone and anyone. Why can’t she go get a job and earn money that way? Why the confessional? I hear the phrase “bring your authentic self to work” so many times these days, but I think most people would do well to just keep their heads down and value you steady paycheck. Isn’t there value in working through your struggles in private? It does remind you that a lot of “experts” are really the opposite.
Who is it?
These things are complicated. A “functional medicine doctor” I know (I use scare quotes because she did not have a medical degree but used that title) just died of cervical cancer that was diagnosed at stage IV, which…shouldn’t happen to wealthy white women in the richest country in the world. This woman had newsletters going out for years about how cancer was due to inflammation and bad juju and all the rest. Isn’t dying of cancer the ultimate failure of her ideology? But even with thinking she was wrong and that this was preventable, I still feel sad for her family, friends, and community. Watching people’s failures can bring up a lot of emotions.
You’re nicer than me – I can’t stand that kind of grifter. FAFO.
It’s so funny you post this today. There’s an article today in The Cut about how we never posts failures online and it warps our brains.
To the poster this morning who was looking for articulation/presence recs, what, specifically, are you trying to address?
Lorraine K. Lee has some LinkedIn Learning courses that might be useful if it’s overall “show up well and be remembered” coaching that you need. She’s also part of a Masterclass course with Matt Abrahams, Vanessa Van Edwards, and another exec, who each bring a slightly different flavor of expertise to this area. All of them have free content available on their websites, podcast, LinkedIn, etc. if you’re looking to consume/coach yourself, and I think they offer 1:1 coaching or guided cohorts if you want live feedback.
If it’s accent reduction or purely articulation, the recommendation to read aloud to yourself is a good one. Also, practicing with non-familiar or intentionally-difficult phrases, like tongue twisters and Shakespeare. Say them out loud, fast. Read out loud from a page, at a reasonable pace. Put the phrases on slides that auto-advance, and practice “presenting” them as they advance.
If it’s breathing, sometimes a good PT can help.
This is so useful! Thank you! I realize my post was unclear. I’m looking for resources on presentation skills and how to make myself more articulate in day-to-day interactions (less working on the actual physical articulation of sounds, more increasing my polish and authority.). I appreciate these suggestions.