Coffee Break: Button Bow Box
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I was perusing Polene's website the other day and was really intrigued by this unusual “button box box.” It's part of their collaboration with Róisín Pierce. As they describe it:
Unveiled at Paris Fashion Week, the “Button Bow Box” is the fruit of an encounter between Róisín Pierce’s feminine, poetic universe and Polène’s signature leather craft.
Meticulously sculpted in wood, its structured form is wrapped in supple nappa leather by skilled artisans and adorned with sixty-four hand-stitched buttons and bows. The shoulder strap is decorated with oval droplets held in place by knots.
I was unfamiliar with Róisín Pierce prior to this; a look at the website makes this all even more interesting because the brand is so artsy and ethereal. I truly don't think I've seen another bag like this.
The bag is $1,190 and available in cloud (pictured), a navy ink, and a porcelain white.
Sales of note for 7/11:
- Nordstrom – Designer clearance, up to 60% off!
- Ann Taylor – Semi-annual sale, 60% off sale and 40% off everything — readers love this blouse and I always love the variety of colors/textures for this jacket (it's a great separate)
- Athleta – Extra 30% off semi-annual sale, up to 60% off reader favorites like Brookyn and Endless pants
- AYR – Ooh, good sale section — but lots on final sale. Readers love (LOVE) these comfy work pants and these jeans.
- Banana Republic – Summer sale up to 60% off sale styles + extra 20% off
- Brooks Brothers – Up to 40% off sitewide + 40% off 3+ items
- Cuyana – Archive sale, up to 60% off
- Evereve – Extra 30% off sale!
- The Fold – Up to 50% off, further markdowns
- Hobbs – Up to 50% off, extra 30% off sale
- J.Crew – 50% off select cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 60% off clearance
- Lo & Sons – Summer sale, up to 50% off
- Lululemon – Summer sale!
- Margaux – Save up to 50% off, including archive sale
- Me & Em – Sale! Up to 50% off (new lines just added)
- M.M.LaFleur – 25% off jardigans (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Nordstrom Rack – Clear the rack, extra 25% off clearance! Nice selection of Vince, Veronica Beard, Reiss and Rag & Bone, a ton of affordable work dresses from Calvin Klein, Maggy London, Eliza J, and Donna Morgan
- Strathberry – Up to 30% off select styles
- Talbots – 40% off your entire purchase + extra 15% off markdowns
I feel like all of my elders sewed and love little items like this. It’s very emotionally attractive.
yes – it’s a sweet little purse.
Not gonna lie, I kind of want it. Seems like it would be perfect for going to a Sunday matinee ballet.
It is completely adorable and I love it.
I really do not see the appeal, but I do not like most items featured on this blog.
Haha, same. I thought it was twee and a bit ugly. But we all have different things that move us.
reposting here for more visibility.
has anyone seen the state fair exhibit at the renwick in DC? is it well done or not so much? would an 8 year old be interested?
This is probably not that helpful but I saw a t*ktok of someone’s visit and it looked really cool and well done!
Yes, I visited and I highly recommend. There is some really cool stuff a kid would enjoy, like the life size cow made entirely of butter, a life size clay tractor, and some saddles/leather work. There is a dress made of cardboard butter containers. If you kid is not interested in the quilts or art you can just walk through that part quickly. The special exhibit takes up the entire museum. I was surprised because usually the special exhibits are only on one floor.
I’m so glad you posted about this! I missed it, and as a former Minnesotan have a strong affinity for state fairs. I’ll definitely be going before it closes!
Yes! I loved it. One of the best exhibits I’ve seen recently. I really loved how it focuses on things made by people who hone their craft while, you know, raising cattle and children.
There is seed art of Taylor Swift! And a Butter Cow!
I did go with my kids 14, 9, and 6 and they were entertained.
Is there anything to the news that my feed is picking up on fruits and vegetables and severe GI outbreaks? Not looking forward to a summer of cooked fruits and vegetables (other than corn). Corn summer?
These stories are nothing new—I haven’t ordered a strawberry smoothie in over 15 years. Fruits and vegetables, while delicious, can be a health minefield, even if you are picky with sourcing. I cook all of my vegetables, and the most I’ll do with fruit, outside of lemons and oranges, is bake pies.
This is why I’ve never been onboard with the bagged salad love on this board, or “eat veggies every day!” mindset.
You are not properly assessing risk. The health impacts of not eating vegetables and fibre are greater than the risk of foodborne illness. You sound like my FIL who in his weird anxieties eats primarily plain meats and yes has given himself cancer.
She said she cooks vegetables. What’s wrong with that? The fiber doesn’t go anywhere when it’s cooked.
But she doesn’t eat vegetables every day….
I think the point is that there are lots of nutrients and fiber in raw fruits and vegetables. I mean, I guess you could eat all of your blueberries in pies, but probably not the best health trade off either!
No one needs to eat vegetables every day. Seriously.
lol. You need to eat fruits and vegetables. Every day. Five a day. Are you taking health advice from bright red men who brag about using hard drugs and eating roadkill? Don’t do that.
Boy, I’ve seen some crazy takes here over the years, but anti-vegetable is a new one!
Oh lord. Vegetables have their place but it’s ridiculous to put them on a magic pedestal. Do you also only consume low fat dairy and lean cuts of meat? Read better stuff.
…I can’t think of anything better to eat than in season produce. It’s delicious.
I’m on a medically restricted diet that limits fiber and none of my doctors has said I’m going to give myself cancer therefore. Is it only when it’s from anxiety that it does that?
We have a lot of cancer in my family. You bet our docs talk about fiber, especially for my siblings with higher risk polyps and those of us that carry mutations in known cancer risk genes. It is a popular topic with so much colon cancer being diagnosed in young adults, and so many young adults on unusual diets and supplements that affect the digestive tract.
It sounds like you see some specialists. So you probably realize that subspecialists do not tend to cover medicine very broadly. So yes, they probably will not say anything about the cancer risks, as they are focusing on your primary reason for seeing them. And everything in medicine is a balance of risk and benefit. For people who have no other GI limitations, the recommendations would be skewed differently than for you. And perhaps they are worried about anxiety contributing to your GI issues, and don’t want to increase your anxiety by discussing the relatively low but increased risks with a low fiber diet.
One of my relatives was on a low fiber diet for years because of a serious medical problem. Many people are. That was one contributor to why his GI continued his colonoscopies until quite late in life.
I know it’s well established that fiber decreases cancer risk in people on a regular diet who experience less inflammation and improved transit times when eating fiber, but I’m not sure there’s evidence that it has the same benefits if none of those things are happening anyway (or if it’s doing the opposite for someone), or relative to very restricted and atypical diets.
I don’t have any GI issues affected by anxiety, nor anxiety, so they would be mistaken to try to shield me from information(!).
I feel sensitive about just blaming people for their cancer. I don’t have IBD, but I know some people whose diagnoses of IBD were very delayed despite having seen doctors… sometimes the underlying reason for somebody’s weird diet also increases cancer risk no matter how they eat!
Can we not with the cancer blame? I was a healthy eating vegetarian for more than 20 years and developed colon cancer in my early 40s despite no family history . I know of feels good to slap on a label. But there is a lot still to learn and likely multi reasons, with everything from high preservative diet to antibiotic exposure to pesticides to obesity to cured meat consumption to inflammatory conditions. It’s not enough the guy got cancer? Chiming in like he deserved it to boot?
Honestly, people love to believe that if they “do everything right” and have “five (wtf?!) servings of vegetables a day” that they will be spared. That isn’t how disease works. Bodies are all different and react to different diets and lifestyles differently.
Whatever is wrong with you that is necessitating the diet is a more pressing concern than cancer in your doctor’s eyes. That’s all.
They haven’t even figured out what to recall yet.
I’m not saying that we have ever given agricultural workers enough restroom access and time off to ensure foods safe from human pathogens. But food safety infrastructure has gotten worse.
The anti veg takes here are truly crazy.
haven’t read it yet but the NYT had a story this morning about how to avoid the severe stomach thing going around. ugh and just ate a ton of watermelon
We keep hydrogen peroxide cleanser in the kitchen ever since my kid’s school had an outbreak of gastric illness that was resistant to bleach. It’s safe to use on food (spray, let sit for 1-2 minutes, then rinse with water), pet safe, and what I use to sanitze our sinks/counter/cutting boards/knives if I cut meat.
Unfortunately hydrogen peroxide won’t kill cyclospora.
Yes, my state isn’t even included in the last CDC count I saw and we had over 500 reported cases (my spouse being one of them) at that time.
There were a few days where he had to stick close to a restroom, but was otherwise not as awful as something like norovirus. It doesn’t spread person-to-person and, at least for him, that was the only symptom.
We have no idea what caused it. We did not dine out during the timeframe he would have been exposed and we both eat the same foods, yet I had no issues.
It’s a cyclospora outbreak (parasite). They haven’t traced the source (CDC funding cuts don’t help…), but working theories are either berries, lettuce/bagged salad kids, cilantro, or green onions. Cooking kills it. Bagged salad kids are generally a higher risk because the lettuce often comes from multiple sources and is washed together, so higher risk of contamination. I’m skipping salad kits for a while. Luckily my summer produce is mostly roasted vegetables, a large part of which are from my garden anyway.
You turn on your oven in the summer?
Kidding, sort of… It is so hot here oh my goodness.
Can anyone comment on whether its worth paying twice the cost for a Miele dishwasher over a decent whirlpool or ge model? My dishwasher is on its last leg and I am both tempted and somewhat skeptical it can be THAT much better. But if it is, I’ll do it. My house is 10 years old this year (I am not the original owner) with everything original so am slowly trying to replace things with upgrades as they hit end of life.
I have a Bosch and I love it
I bought a Bosch last year to replace my 10-year Whirlpool that was installed when our house was built. Got it from Best Buy and very happy with it.
Same!
Another + for Bosch. It’s so quiet.
I agree. We are very happy with our quiet Bosch.
I had a Bosch and loved it. Now I have a thermometer and love it. Because it’s actually a Bosch. Apparently a lot of the high end brand dishwashers are actually Bosch.
another happy Bosch customer here. We recently remodeled a kitchen and every single person who gave us advice on dishwashers said to get a Bosch, FWIW. Someone downthread mentions stuff being wet at the end, and I won’t claim everything is absolutely bone dry, but we got the high end Bosch model with the crystals for drying, and they work pretty darn well.
My vintage Amana dishwasher gets the dishes clean without a lot of pre-rinsing or fuss. It’s louder than nicer models. I’m annoyed by paying premium prices for “insulation,” but I know it’s worth it in some houses. Right now the only premium feature I’m considering is flood protection (though I know some people buy separate sensors for this instead of paying a high premium for a breakable part).
(I mostly thought of flood protection because I know two people who bought new dishwashers that immediately flooded their kitchens thanks to improper installation!)
I struggles with the same decision when the motherboard on my 2 year old Bosch died (of course out of warranty) and I wasn’t going to risk Bosch again because they no longer have the reputation for durability that they had and a motherboard repair was going to cost a fortune and wasn’t someth8ng I could attempt myself. MY choice was Miele or GE, and after talking to the appliance salesman for a long time, I went GE. He said that Miele is deservedly well-regarded and doesn’t often need repairing, but in our area there aren’t many qualified repair people so the wait can be long, and same goes for parts. I went with GE because you can throw a stick in any direction and hit a GE repair person. But if I hadn’t had the bad experience with Bosch (great reputation being slowly destroyed by quality issues), I probably would have gone with Miele, I was feeling bitter!
I really wanted a Miele when we gave up on our Bosch after its second expensive breakdown in seven years, but alas none was in stock so we ended up with another Bosch. I was concerned about the availability of qualified repairmen.
We inherited a Miele when we bought our house and I love it. The pins are closer together so it’s a denser load, the silverware drawer at the top is amazing for getting flatware clean, and it’s quiet when in use. Over 10 years now with it (and pretty sure it was 10+ under the prior owner) and zero issues; have just needed to clean the filter like with any dishwasher.
They used to make dishwashers with a sort of garbage disposal and no filter. I’m not sure plumbers recommend them though!
During COVID our apartment’s basic (Samsung? Frigidaire?) dishwasher died and literally the only thing available in a reasonable timeframe was a Bosch so our landlord got us that. I didn’t prefer it to the cheaper model – it was a little quieter, but at the end of the load things always still seemed wet inside, which I’ve noticed with my MIL’s Bosch at her house too.
I have a Miele, and it washes like a dream. I don’t know if it is twice as nice as a GE equivalent, but I decided it did not have to be twice as nice. It just had to be worth the price to me, and it is. It’s pretty, it is quiet and my dishes are always clean.
I adore my Miele.
I did have second, third, and fourth thoughts about the price but after it was installed I had no regrets. Best I’ve ever had by far.
We are very happy with the Miele we got in 2007 that is still going strong.
Where do you put your purses when you’re at a restaurant? I had my bag stolen from the back of my chair when I was 17 so now I try to keep it either at my feet, on a hook if they provide it, or in the small of my back if it’s a clutch and there’s nowhere to put it on the table. (I realize the table isn’t best but it’s just my DH and me, we don’t care!)
You can try one of those things that lets you hang it off the table edge, although I have never been able to really make a habit of it. If you search “purse hook for table” you can find a lot of them online.
Failing that, that’s why I much prefer a booth or banquette so I can put my bag beside me.
Buy a purse hook and keep it in your bag!
This isn’t helpful, but I once ate at a very (very!) fancy restaurant where they brought out a little stool for my purse to rest on near the table. It was delightful!
Also unhelpful but every restaurant (even casual ones) in Japan have a place to put your bag. It was amazing!
You can buy and carry your own hook! I recently dined at a restaurant that provided one and was surprised by how well it worked.
Depends on the restaurant to some extent. I often keep it on my lap though.
Same: all bags are lap bags. So they can’t be too precious because gunk may get through the napkin.
depends on where I’m sitting. if it’s against the wall, I hang it from the chair on the wall side. if in the middle of the room, usually next to my feet. I could never get behind the “small of back” placement – maybe it’s just small city restaurant chairs, but scooching forward to accommodate a bag makes the seat uncomfortable to me.
I’ve seen those collapsible bag hook things advertised but frankly have yet to see anyone who looks chic or local using a BYO purse hook.
this is totally it, the bag hooks all seem like something for the same group of people that likes bedazzling and like puffy cat sweatshirts.
I feel like a thief could pluck it from the hook just as easily as from the back of your chair. In fact it’s resting openly at the edge so even easier to snatch. You might get a slightly better look at them as they grab it and run away.
You hang it on an inner part of the table not on the outside edge
Muji makes a travel bag hanger that is boring, plain, and square. It’s great and can hold a large tote or backpack.
It’s the only one I’ve seen that doesn’t look like a bedazzler accident.
Lol—the idea of looking chic overriding the security of my purse…
If there’s not a spare chair or hook, I sit it behind me in my chair.
This only works for a small bag with a long strap, but I just keep wearing it as a crossbody, usually resting it on my lap. It probably doesn’t look great but it’s comfortable enough once you’re used to it.
On the table like a rube.
I have a very small bag and the fanciest restaurant I frequent is the local pub. Ironically, they have purse hooks on nearly every table. However, ever since I had a full glass accidentally knocked over onto my purse while it was hanging from one, I prefer to just have it on the table near the wall.
Most of the year I hang the purse on my chair and put my coat over it. In summer I hang my purse on a dining companion’s chair if they’re in a spot against the wall. Otherwise it goes behind the small of my back or resting on my feet.
I’m realizing it’s probably because I’m short that it always fits behind me in the chair (if my back is up against the chair back, my legs are sticking out like a kid, so if I want the chair edge to meet my knees, I’m sitting way forward!).
Over my knee/at my feet.
+1
Over my knee, or at my feet with one foot through the strap.
Any recs for 100% linen sheets under $300 with pretty floral patterns? I love the ones Garnet Hill has but theyre a little pricey for me. I know there are cheaper ones out there but i can only find them in solid colors or stripes.
someone here recommended redoute I think? french website but lots of fun linen.
i really like all my garnet hill sheets, though, they’re worth the money
WWYD – bought a computer a few weeks ago. (this is the one my husband somehow drove over and yet it works fine.) i see now that costco has it marked down $300; sale ends 7/10. I submitted a price adjustment request but it can take 5-10 business days. I guess the question is, if I don’t hear from Costco by EOD tomorrow should I just buy it again?
A spinoff of a morning question. I go to a decent number of indoor arena concerts every year. At my age (mid-40s), I am growing weary of trying to guess the vibe of each concert and finding an outfit that suits it. Anything too on-theme makes me feel like I’m in a costume, and I really dislike buying tops or dresses that aren’t going to get much wear in my daily life. Guys just show up in their everyday clothes and call it a day. What do you all wear to concerts? I am much more of a jeans and pants person than a dress person, and comfortable footwear is a must. So I’m thinking I just need to wear a plain top and let jewelry do the work. Or something. I’m not a big jewelry person, either.
the whole costume thing is super big right now. if you don’t want to do it wear casual clothes. jeans, cute sneakers….
I guess we can thank T Swift for that. More power to those who want to do the costume thing, but it is not my jam, at all.
I’m in the everyday clothes and call it a day camp. Maybe wear a “concert uniform” of your trendiest jeans and a black tee.
This. Jeans and black tee.
If you have a relevant vintage tee, seap that, but otherwis keep it plain.
+ jeans and black Tee
Jeans, boots or sneakers and a leather jacket.