Coffee Break

Accessories for your suits and other office wear.

  • Coffee Break – Code Pumps

    It fees like a good cordovan/burgundy pump can be impossible to find — but it’s a great basic color to have in your wardrobe because it’s one of the few colors that everyone agrees goes with navy. I like these 3″ pumps from Seychelles, which look like a classic anyway — sure enough Zappos has…

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  • Coffee Break – Women Writers II Umbrella

    I can’t decide how I feel about this umbrella. On the one hand: hooray for lady writers! On the other hand: MUST the “delightful caricatures” make all the authors look so, well, fug? On the third hand (which I’m discovering one needs), perhaps it’s too schlocky anyway. Opinions? It’s $24 at Amazon. Women Writers II…

  • Coffee Break – Diamond & 18K Yellow Gold Earrings

    Finding splurge-worthy earrings for the office can be a challenge  beyond your basic pearl/diamond post earrings. You want them to be small enough to be discreet but interesting — beautiful but not distracting. I think these diamond and gold earrings from Georg Jensen fit the bill — they look gorgeous! They’re $1,175 at Saks. Georg…

  • Coffee Break – Stingray Embossed Tote

    A good black tote can be hard to find, and I’m really liking this one from Nordstrom’s Halogen line. Love that it has cell phone pockets (it seems like way too few North/South totes have them!) and I like the interesting look to the stingray-embossed leather. It’s available in white and black for $98 at…

  • Coffee Break – Milena Suede Wedges

    Merona wedges have been a reader favorite for a long time — and I love the look of this red suede Milena wedge. Nice toe box, nice height, nice vamp — and all for $29.99 (save 20% when you spend $75) at Target. (The gray and black also look great!)