Coffee Break: Easy tote

Coffee Break: Easy tote

I always think of one of my favorite fashion movies, How to Steal a Million, whenever I hear or see anything Givenchy — Audrey Hepburn and Peter O’Toole are planning a big heist to steal a sculpture (“it’s valued at a MILLION DOLLARS!“) and O’Toole decides Hepburn should dress up as a member of the cleaning crew…

house ad reads CORPORETTE PICKS FROM THE NORDSTROM ANNIVERSARY SALE; click for more! in the background is a collage of women in work dresses
Coffee Break: Alice Skimmer

Coffee Break: Alice Skimmer

I was intrigued to see that Cole Haan has a new “Grand OS” technology for comfort, now that their Nike Air collaboration has ended — and even more intrigued to note that the only place you can really find out which shoes have the new technology is at the Cole Haan website, as there is…

Coffee Break: Fulton Moccasin

Coffee Break: Fulton Moccasin

Commenters were recommending this flat the other day, and I really like the look of its clean, neat lines. Zappos has it in a ton of fun colors right now, but Amazon has some nice deals on basic colors like this “luggage” leather (also in black leather and black suede). It was $99, but is…

Coffee Break: Kate Spade Surprise Sale

Coffee Break: Kate Spade Surprise Sale

There are some great deals going on at the Kate Spade Surprise sale that just started — including this lovely little ombre wallet. $49! It comes in pink and blue (I am of course lusting over the blue, but I also really like the pink), and I like the fact that it has a little…

Coffee Break: Bethe Rope Necklace

Coffee Break: Bethe Rope Necklace

Longtime reader/ mid-level associate R wrote in to recommend this necklace a few weeks ago: The necklace was a Christmas present this year, and promises to become my new favorite opera-length accent piece. (Today I’m wearing it with a cream silk blouse and gold studs.) According to the website, the entire collection is made by…