Coffee Break

Accessories for your suits and other office wear.

  • Coffee Break – Zip Around Portfolio

    Reader M wrote in to recommend this leather portfolio at Barney’s, noting: “Alas I don’t have it so I can’t vouch personally (so expensive!), but I’m pretty sure I would DIE of happiness if somebody gifted me this gorgeous, gorgeous zip-around leather portfolio. It should even fit legal size paper, judging from the dimensions.” Le…

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    Coffee Break – The Tops and Tails Set

    I briefly mentioned that I was looking at this base coat and quickdry topcoat duo from Butter London back when Beauty.com had their big sale a few weeks ago — I got it, and I highly recommend. Not only does the basecoat go on nice and smooth, and the top coat dry super quickly, but…

  • Coffee Break – Old Time Candy

    Last December I used a lot of Coffee Breaks for gift ideas, and I thought I’d continue that tradition this year. For today’s coffee break, I thought I’d mention Old Time Candy, a website that sells “retro candy.” They specialize in decade birthdays (Happy 60th! Here’s a selection of candy from the 1950s!) but I…

  • Coffee Break – Ebenezer Leather Shoulder Bag

    I first saw this bag at the Shopbop sale last week, in an almost glowing green and navy crinkled metallic leather — and thought, it’s nice, but for $1900 I can’t recommend that as a “sale” item (even though you could have gotten up to 35% off on it with the sale they were having…

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    Coffee Break – Cynthia Pump

    I love the look of these cheetah pumps from MICHAEL Michael Kors — there’s also a black snake version that’s quite nice (albeit a bit more subtle than, you know, cheetah). A sale never hurts, either: these were $160, but are now marked $99-$109 at Zappos today. MICHAEL Michael Kors – Cynthia Pump (Cheetah) –…