Coffee Break: Cat-Eye Acetate Gold-Tone Sunglasses

Coffee Break: Cat-Eye Acetate Gold-Tone Sunglasses

These lovely cat-eye, purplish sunglasses from Tom Ford are great for springtime because they’re a little lighter at the bottom and they’re not your typical black or dark brown glasses — they have a little spring-y pastel. They’d be nice for dealing with those gray spring days that have a little bit of a sun but aren’t too bright. I think the cat eye…

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Coffee Break: Daisy Ballet Flat

Coffee Break: Daisy Ballet Flat

Readers have been swearing by the beloved AGL flats for a thousand years — but they often look a bit on the clunky side. If you’re looking for a sleeker ballet flat that is also super comfortable, these newer flats from AGL look great — we’ve pictured them in the black leather, but they’re also…

Coffee Break: Vegan Leather Tote Bag

Coffee Break: Vegan Leather Tote Bag

We’ve featured reversible tote bags before, as well as vegan tote bags, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a reversible vegan tote bag. Urban Outfitters has them in black/ivory (pictured) and black/honey and they look great, especially for the price: it’s only $59. Huh — looking around UO it seems like they have a…

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Coffee Break: Leather Legal Briefcase

I’ve gone back and forth over the years, and I know the readers have too, over whether I want a briefcase for women, or for men, or whether I’ll just carry whatever. If you happen to be looking for a specific briefcase kind of look, this one has a built-in 3-ring binder, three interior pockets, six credit card pockets,…

Coffee Break: Audra Loafer

Coffee Break: Audra Loafer

These loafers come in medium and wide sizes 5.5–11, and they’re very highly rated at Nordstrom. Lots of women seem to really like them, and in fact they’re among the most highly rated loafers there. We’re picturing the “luggage,” but there’s also a really lovely grape red as well as neutral colors like black, rice…