• Coffee Break: Diamond Double Row Huggie Earrings

    These double-row huggies have been hovering back and forth between available and sold out for the past few weeks — I love the double rowed bling with the comparatively small size. Fun question, for those of you who’ve bought a lot of “fine” jewelry at department stores: Which department store is your favorite for purchasing fine…

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    Workwear Hall of Fame: ‘Varina’ Leather Flat

    We’ve mentioned this shoe a lot over the years, but I don’t think we’ve ever featured it by itself in a Coffee Break. Meet the Varina, a long-running (looooong-running) bestseller from Salvatore Ferragamo. At $525 the shoe makes AGLs look downright affordable, but sometimes a girl’s gotta splurge, right? Nordstrom reviewers seem to all note…

  • Coffee Break: Uber Clutch

    I was just gifted a cobalt blue clutch from GiGi New York, and it may be one of my favorite clutches ever — the blue is bright, the leather is supple but not so delicate, and the clutch is big enough for all my stuff. For work I’m more a fan of this slim clutch,…

  • Coffee Break: Oversized Sunglasses

    I forget where I read it (Fashionista maybe?) but somewhere, a while ago, I read about how great Old Navy sunglasses are. I happened to notice these while hunting for classic sheath dresses today, and they struck me because the red ones look so similar to my MIL’s fancier designer sunglasses. Either way: it’s hard to…