Coffee Break

Accessories for your suits and other office wear.

  • Kat’s Favorite Accessories of 2014

    Like our workwear recommendations, we recommend one accessory appropriate for the office on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. On Mondays I try to pick a budget-friendly piece, and the price rises on Tuesday and Thursday. I generally try to include one shoe and one bag each week, but the third item varies — we’ve done watches,…

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  • Coffee Break: Ariella Pump

    Nordstrom has a bunch of shoes on sale that I haven’t seen in the sale section before — and a lot of prices marked 35-60% off. Lots of lucky sizes, but these lovely stone pumps (also available in black) have a good number of sizes left. They were $180, but are marked to $70 at…

  • Coffee Break: ‘Desiree Unzipped’ Pump

    This brand Charlotte Olympia is new to me, but I noticed it a few weeks ago while looking through Nordstrom’s site (and now it’s part of the designer shoe sale going on). All of the shoes seem to have a bit of wit to them, in the best way — sophisticated, and in some cases…

  • Coffee Break: Braided Handle Tote Bag

    I haven’t seen as interesting a bag as this — for as cheap as this — for a long while, so I had to post. I love those folds in the leather, the shaped opening, and even the braided handles. It’s a faux-leather (PVC) tote bag with silvertone hardware, and at 13″H x 17″W x 5″D,…

  • Coffee Break: Le Pliage Neo Tote

    Maybe it is news to no one but me, but I haven’t seen the colored Longchamp bags with matching leather straps. (Last I remember noticing they still had brown straps widely available online.) I much prefer the more streamlined look, and I think the purple is a lovely, versatile color (but of course I do)….