Coffee Break

Accessories for your suits and other office wear.

  • Coffee Break: Ruby Flat

    Ooh: I’m always excited to see a sleek but comfortable flat, and this keyhole flat from Sam Edelman looks fabulous — and it’s on sale. Of course the sapphire blue caught my eye, but it comes in a zillion colors at Amazon (with some lucky sizes as low as $44!), Zappos, and Nordstrom. The pictured…

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  • Coffee Break: Grid-It! Organizer

    I think a reader recommended this — it’s a Grid-It! organizer with lots of little straps that hold things in place. I can see this as being helpful in a number of ways — if you’re the kind of person who carries a Mary Poppins–type of tote bag with a ton of space inside but…

  • Coffee Break: Kate Satchel

    This bag from Steven Alan comes in both merlot and ink green, and I kind of love the latter color. The satchel itself is very ladylike, and it reminds me of bags we’ve featured that were in the four-digit range, although it’s a lot more affordable at $395. It has a top handle as well…

  • Coffee Break: Okira Strappy Pump

    There are a ton of nice Naturalizer pumps at Zappos with HIGH, high ratings. These strappy pumps look a bit like dance shoes in the picture, but if you watch the Zappos video (here’s a screencap) I think they’re actually that mythical strappy pump where they stay comfortably on your foot, have a flattering dip…

  • Coffee Break: Abbey Road Sunglasses

    I was in the Free People store recently and couldn’t resist buying these slightly crazy green sunglasses. (I also took a quick picture for the blog’s Instagram story. They’re huge sunglasses even for me, with a mirrored lens that’s more of a tint than a dark glass. They’re $20, exclusively at Free People — and they…