Coffee Break

Accessories for your suits and other office wear.

  • 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 THE BEST SUITS IN 2025 FOR EVERY BUDGET, click here for the roundup, and features a collage of 5 women wearing stylish suits
  • 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

    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

    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

    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…