Coffee Break: Traci Heels
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Kitten-heeled T-straps are having a moment — and these shoes from Ferragamo are a great example of the trend.
I like the super low height, and I think the gold clasp detailing on the vamp is interesting.
I tend to think of ShopBop as being on the trendier side of things, and they have a number of similar options, including these cute ones from Aeyde, Sam Edelman, and these deeply discounted (almost sold out) Alexandre Birman heels.
The pictured shoes have plenty of sizes in stock from 6-11, but are definitely on the pricier side: the goatskin heels are $1,050.
Some of our favorite comfortable low heels for work as of 2025 include Sarah Flint, M.M.LaFleur, Ferragamo, Ann Mashburn, CK Calvin Klein, Trotters, and Sam Edelman!
Sales of note for 9/5/25
- Nordstrom – Summer sale has started, up to 60% off top brands
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including new arrivals
- Anthropologie – 30% off clothing and accessories
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- J.Crew – Everyday styles from $34.50 — see our full roundup of what to buy for work at J.Crew
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off fall faves + extra 60% off clearance
- L.K. Bennett – 20% off all new-season
- Nordstrom Rack – Season Closeout: extra 40% off select clearance dresses, sandals, shorts, and swimwear(ends 9/11)
- Rothy's – Up to 50% off last-chance sales
- Soma – 5 panties for $39 + 35% off 3+ styles + buy 2 get 3 free panties — readers love these PJs and these no-VPL panties
- Talbots – 25-40% off select fall styles + extra 30% all markdowns — here are all the reader favorites at Talbots
- White House Black Market – 50% off all sale styles (ends 9/5)
Over time, I have adopted a pretty tight color palette for my clothing. Prior to doing this, I had way too many things that didn’t quite match, were bad colors for my complexion, etc. HOWEVER. All these rich browns that are available now are testing my resolve. For example, I would love a chocolate brown suede tote. All my coats are black or gray, though, and I don’t think it would look quite right. All my work pants are black, navy, or charcoal. A cognac would probably work okay, but am I wrong in thinking that chocolate brown isn’t a great idea?
Also, I still own a pair of brown Uggs that I purchased in 2013. The reason why they’re in such good shape is because they don’t match a lot of my stuff and therefore don’t get worn much!
I actually think the mixing of neutrals is sort of on trend and looks kind of fresh. i am actually wear a new brown dress with a black blazer today and several people have commented on how nice it looks…. Specifically I think a chocolate brown suede tote would look just fine with grey and navy to say nothing of jeans. I also am not sure that one’s work tote needs to match everything one wears.
Chocolate brown would look great with navy, and fwiw I prefer black and a rich choclate brown over black and navy.
If you’re looking at bags I have the Veronica Beard dash bag and while it is lovely (perfect shade of brown) it does NOT hold it’s shape well and I’m a bit annoyed of how much it slumps over.
You make a good point about black and navy vs. black and brown. Sorry about the Veronica Beard bag; that is a bummer!
What are your thoughts on women and flat affect? My husband interprets it as “bitch” but to me a lot of the time I’m trying to be neutral or just don’t have the energy to add an upbeat! smile! Is this the speech equivalent of RBF or am I parsing this too finely and flat affect = bitch?
Did your husband interpret it as the b-word in relation to you, or to other women generally? My thoughts on this are twofold. 1) I strongly dislike when men treat women’s neutrality or lack of warmth as being b-wordy, since it’s entitled and a double-standard but 2) I do think interactions are generally better when people add warmth and niceness (either through tone, pleasantries, smiles, whatever). It takes very little energy to just be a bit warmer and generally makes people feel better when they come away from the interaction.