Coffee Break

Accessories for your suits and other office wear.

  • Coffee Break: Flossie Pump

    I’ve had these fun “confetti” pumps on my list of things to recommend for weeks — and now the shoes are part of the excellent Nordstrom sale going on. I love to think of them worn with a white suit like the one we featured last week (which is also on sale now, I believe 40% off), but…

  • house ad reads THE BEST SUITS IN 2026 FOR EVERY BUDGET, click here for the roundup, and features a collage of polished women wearing stylish, classic suits
  • Coffee Break: Defense Refresh Setting Mist SPF 50

    At a recent conference I spoke to a Supergoop! representative about this new product, which promises to fix a number of problems for working women. It’s a refresher with sunscreen that is also a setting spray for your makeup; Vogue included it in its roundup of several similar products last spring. Here’s the rep’s pitch: For working women,…

  • Coffee Break: ‘Marles’ Multicolor Woven Coat

    I was perusing Nordstrom’s “emerging designer” section, which is definitely aimed at the sort of woman who prefers color, texture, and novelty over, you know, function, form, and, well, whatever else one could do with money rather than spending it on very expensive, odd clothes — but this multicolored coat appealed to me. I even like how…

  • Coffee Break: ‘Izzie’ Square Leather Strap Watch

    I know readers were just discussing someone’s first good watch purchase, and this probably won’t fill that “basic watch you wear everywhere” kind of need. But it sure is a pretty and fun watch, isn’t it? I first noticed the more minimal style of the ivory/gold version, but this green/gold one is gorgeous. It’s $395…

  • Coffee Break: Individual 10 Tights

    I just saw a thing in O magazine about how Wolford just introduced nude tights in ten shades, which is great. They’re winning rave reviews over at Zappos, aside from a few reviewers who seem confused by the fact that Wolford named them tights. At 10 denier, though, they’re definitely more in line with sheer,…