Coffee Break

Accessories for your suits and other office wear.

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    Coffee Break: Frankie Pump

    These heels are HIGH (for me at least! — 3.75″) — but I love the look of that solid wood heel. The well-reviewed heels come in multiple colors: snake, suede black, suede fuchsia, and glitter). (ShopBop also has a few left in dark green.) They’re $134-$175 at Madewell; the pictured pair (“rich plum”) are $135….

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    Coffee Break: Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush

    The Beauty.com 20% off sale is starting tomorrow, so I’m going to start poking around today. On my wishlist this year: Tarte Amazonian Clay blush (I think I’m going to try “natural beauty” after a research trip to another beauty store), and possibly a Clarisonic (finally!) — I’ve heard great things about the Aria, but…

  • Coffee Break: Teaneck Pumps

    These lovely Taryn Rose heels are on sale in both leopard (pictured) and a solid dark ruby; Zappos still has them full price in black. Just looking at them I would have guessed they had a 3″ heel, but they actually have a 2.75″ heel — and a .5″ platform (who knew?), which makes these…

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    Coffee Break: Extravagant All-Purpose Tote Bag

    Reader M wrote in to recommend this bag: I would like to recommend for posting, a well-made, stylish, leather tote bag at Overstock.com that is very inexpensive: $67. I can’t understand why it hasn’t sold out. I’ve been using the black bag for the past six months and it looks brand new. It is supposed…

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    Coffee Break: Oval Drop Earrings

    I like these black resin earrings — particularly for a blonde. (I always feel like dark earrings get lost in my dark hair!) I particularly like that these have a smooth setting — I don’t think they’ll move around and be a distraction for whoever you’re talking to at the office. They’re $44 at ShopBop….