Coffee Break

Accessories for your suits and other office wear.

  • Coffee Break: Reversible Tote Bag

    This tote bag at Amazon comes in 10 colors, but as far as reversible tote bags go, it’s not that different otherwise — it’s synthetic vegan leather, and it’s a big bag. What’s interesting about this one is that it’s the bestselling tote bag on the site. I like the light blue color because it’s…

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  • Coffee Break: Block-T Leather Tote

    I’m sure I’ve ogled Tory Burch’s simple block bags on here before, but when I saw that a) Nordstrom has them on sale, b) including this happy blue color, I had to post. There are several versions on sale, including large totes like the one pictured (also in black, as well as a navy/cobalt iteration…

  • Coffee Break: Audrey Flats

    These embelllished flats are all kinds of cute — and they’re only $118 over at J.Crew (marked down today from their full price of $158). In my mind, they’re the perfect kind of thing to wear with a really neutral outfit, such as an all navy or all black monochromatic look — perhaps with a…

  • Coffee Break: Cookie Cards

    Oooh: in my latest “things I’ve learned from the readers” column, it’s that there are totally awesome single cookies you can send to someone for less than $6 (and personalize it for just a few bucks more). (Here’s the recent comment thread about it.) What a great way to make someone else’s day and go…

  • Coffee Break: 3-Pack Hair Tie & Clip Set

    Here’s a question I don’t think we’ve talked about in a while: what KIND of hair accessories do you use the most? Are you a fan of the simple elastic-on-the-wrist (bonus points if it matches your hair, but I must admit I always just have black elastics against my brown hair) to use for a…