Coffee Break

Accessories for your suits and other office wear.

  • Coffee Break: Skedaddle Laptop Backpack

    It’s been a while since we rounded up the best laptop bags for work or backpacks for work. As I’ve said before, they’re not super stylish — but there are a million reasons you may be in the market for one, whether you’ve got back issues, or you prefer it for your commute, or you just like the…

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    Coffee Break: Things

    As I’ve mentioned in the past, I love Remember the Milk for a lot of my to do list requirements, but I still have my complaints — one is that it doesn’t work with Siri; another is that it doesn’t let you do nested to-do lists (so you can break a project into pieces). A…

  • Coffee Break: Wallice Mule

    Sometimes, you see something marked down and wonder, what the heck happened? For example, here: there are a ton of really cute colors left in this mule, in a ton of sizes. (The metallic magenta is totally calling my name, but let’s go with the more subdued metallic blue to feature.) The product has high…

  • Coffee Break: Born Pointy Toe Pump

    I’m always a fan of a low pump, and this cute kitten-heeled one from Butter Shoes has such an interesting black and white pattern it’s hard not to love. They’re calling the pattern “Aztec,” which… I don’t see. At first glance I thought it was a very large animal print; at second glance (and third…

  • Coffee Break: Dolce Vita Cassius

    These boots are highly rated and look great — especially in black, which would go really well with tights, but also in the gray and taupe. I like the slightly pointed toe and the simple zip up the back. They come in sizes 6–13 and are on sale at Zappos, from $140 to $96. Note that…