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Coffee Break: Mokki Mini Bag

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gray bag with interesting fold details

Oooh: I love this unusual bag from Polene. The “sea foam” mint caught my eye first, but I wanted to post a more fall-appropriate color so I considered the linden, the olive, the red clay, and finally landed on this pretty “mist” version. (Ooh, the smoky green is also great!)

The company describes it as using “an ingenious assembly of thirty-six pieces of leather” to “showcase[] the art of folding.”

I like that there are multiple interior compartments, an adjustable shoulder strap, and feet (huzzah!).

The mini version of the bag (pictured) is $660 (and comes in 15 colors!), but there's a larger version for $760.

Sales of note for 10/2:

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  1. There was a comment the other day about some glasses making you look like you tried too hard. Where’s the line here? Crazy colors, crazy big, aviator (glasses not sunglasses), weird shapes? For example WP has a pair of red thick plastic ones that I like but I’m afraid they’ll be like, there she comes with her glasses (sort of how I feel when I wear a non-baseball hat!).

    1. Hey I feel like you already asked this exact question, with the “here she comes” phrasing a few days ago and a lot of us responded. Just in case you maybe missed those, check them out. People were pretty thoughtful.

      For me it lands like this: are you an otherwise an intentional dresser?Because to me that’s the key to pulling it off. Red glasses and say an all navy outfit, where the cuts are modern and the clothes and accessories are in great shape reads cool. Red glasses on an all navy outfits where maybe the pants are stretched out and the sweater is pilling, not to hot mess territory but to mall quality and a few seasons old, yeah here you come in your red glasses. It’s jarring because it’s clearly the only thing you care about.

      1. So if you’re having sort of a frumpy clothing day, you have to make sure your glasses are frumpy too?

      2. That’s so weird because it never showed on my end that the comment posted! I will go look. Whoops!

          2. “There she comes!” is not an inherently negative statement! It can be joyful, happy, and welcoming.

        2. Someone responded to something in that thread as if there had been a specific outfit referenced and I was very confused. There might have been something off that day.

      3. Just wear what you personally like and enjoy, and if you aren’t sure, have a salesperson or friend help you decide what to buy. All the angst and judgment is not necessary!

      4. OMG judging someone for having clothing that’s “mall quality and a few seasons old” is so petty. Get over it. We’re all just humans trying to make it through another day.

        1. I think you are introducing the judgment. Observing that there’s a mismatch between two styles (one that looks polished and bold, and the other that looks easy and relaxed and low key) isn’t judgment. I’m the person who said I often put back the bolder eyewear choice even if I think it looks good on me, because I don’t really want to step it up on the rest of my wardrobe and accessories (even if that might look good on me too). I don’t have insurance that pays for updating the rest of my wardrobe after all!

          1. I don’t think most people are analyzing others that closely to even notice a “mismatch” between their glasses and clothes.

          2. I don’t know why you would think it takes analysis. I doubt that you wear any old shoes with any outfit, or any bag with any outfit. I get that most of us wear the same glasses with every outfit, but I still think brightly colored glasses with lots of gold tone and a visible logo will come across differently on someone who is otherwise always wearing dark solid color minimalistic clothing with no jewelry and a plain bag and shoes. It’s not a big deal, but the statement isn’t being picked up and supported by anything else, so the glasses end up standing out a ton.

        2. Not judging anyone. Just to trying to articulate something beyond “you need the confidence and swagger to pull it off.” I don’t think that’s helpful advice.

          I spent years in mall quality clothing that had seen better days. Stretchy dress pants and moderately faded sweaters with some pills. Pants not quite hemmed to the shoes I was wearing. It was fine; no one ran screaming from me. No one judges your work or your personality based on that and it’s not inappropriate. But it might be why a statement accessory looks more jarring than stylish, in my personal opinion.

          In watching “confident” or “naturally stylish” people I’ve noticed that the fit and condition of clothing matters a lot.

          1. I think aside from fit and condition, even the way statement accessories are modeled suggests that some of them are intended to go with more hippie adjacent fashion, and some are more urban cool girl, and some really work best with a blow out and nail polish. It’s all just fashion.

            Warby Parker is pretty neutral though to me (also a mall store really).

        3. If you are an observant person who cares about aesthetics, yes, of course you’ll notice!
          I notice all sorts of things that other people care less about, but noticing isn’t a petty judgement. It’s just noticing.

      5. In my mind I have the same feeling about red glasses as I do about purple hair. I want to support it, but I have a hard time accepting it. It reads too much as “I want to make a statement, please!”

      6. Similarly, I have a very bold and distinctive hair colour. I do feel like I need to be more polished in my clothes and makeup, otherwise my hair colour does look sloppy. If I’m all-over polished, it works.

    3. I have never had a negative thought about someone’s glasses. They either blend in, or are interesting. Try on the glasses! If you like them, enjoy them.

      I like having a classy pair for formal situations like court. Otherwise, have fun!

    4. I wear red thick-framed glasses because they make ME happy. I don’t like wearing makeup, so they also give my face some colour.

      I think the key to pulling off a look (whether that be dramatic glasses or anything else) is to *just not care* what other people think of the look. Wear what you like! Cool is an attitude, not a list of items to purchase.

      Bonus: anyone who thinks my glasses make me look like I “tried to hard” or am “frumpy” or [insert whatever dismissive appearance-based comment] is someone I don’t respect anyway.

      1. As someone who wears, and notices others glasses, I think they show individuality, self confidence, and a bit of fun/whimsy. (Personally, I love color and get bored with neutrals all the time.

        Where I live and for my career, this is not a problem.)

        If you don’t want colorful glasses, then don’t get them. No one is forcing you to wear interesting eyeglasses. They are a fashion statement. I think of them as jewelry that help me see.

        I know this is a fashion blog, but some of you seem to care way too much about what a bunch of random strangers think. Sometimes that is okay–we all need reinforcement–but sometimes it is troubling/anxiety.

    5. I said on that post, I get comments about my frames almost every day. They are oversized and colorful. But they fit my style. (I also look good in hats)

      I wear the glasses whether they match my entire outfit or if I have leggings on because they’re my glasses. I think everyone is reading way too much into what people use to see. Unless you’re Iris Apfel, your glasses are not going to be that central to your style.

  2. question for those who travel: how do you figure out whether to go to Disney or another amusement park when you’re visiting abroad? when we went to paris we didn’t do the paris disneyland and now i’ve got lowkey regrets b/c the castle is supposed to be the best. we’re going to tokyo later this year, should we do disney sea? disneyland? universal? the kids and i enjoyed those but each park alone was a 5-7 day trip for us when we went to the FL ones.

      1. Disney World is 4 separate theme parks. I’m not a huge Disney person but if you’re planning a trip there it’s pretty standard to do a minimum of 5 days to allow for one day/park with a rest day or water park day.

    2. I feel that Disney is just so much $$$ in the US. And so much time — on a trip, that needs to be all you do IMO. If I’m going overseas, I think that that is the trip (not Disney somewhere else). My children have never complained, honestly, and they are now teen girls who certainly know how to do this.

    3. FWIW, my mom is a Disney freak (goes multiple times per year to DW) and went to Disney Paris this summer for two days and said it was nice but kind of underwhelming after going to Disney World.

    4. I would not spend my limited time in a foreign country at an American theme park.

    5. I prioritize it along all the other things we want to do on a trip. Sometimes if I’m planning a culture-heavy trip, I’ll throw in an amusement park/water park day that is just pure kid fun.

      The Disney bubble in Florida really is a totally different beast than adding a day at Disneyland Paris.

    6. We’ve been to Europe with our kid many times and never done Disney there. We’re going to Tokyo in March and will do 1 day (out of 6) at Disney Sea.
      I swore I never would, but my daughter loves Disney stuff and it’s much easier and cheaper (and more tolerable for the adults) to add one day at an international Disney than to plan an entire Florida trip devoted to the parks. Plus I thought it would be kind of interesting to see an Asian Disney. I think it’s also fine to skip it if your itinerary is filled with other things. There’s really no one right answer.

    7. I’m not a huge Disney person (I like it but can also do without it) and I think it would be fun to go in Paris or Tokyo.

    8. To be perfectly honest, it would never even cross my mind to go to a Disney park abroad. That said, if I were super into Disney, I might consider going to a foreign park for my Disney vacation because I hear that it can actually be less expensive than going to Florida or California. (And the Japanese yen is super weak compared to the dollar right now so the exchange rate will be working in your favor, too.)

    9. Easy – I don’t go to theme parks in the US, so it doesn’t occur to me to go to them overseas. But if they are your thing, don’t hesitate to go.

    10. The blogger Extra Pet-te went to Tokyo with her elementary aged kids this summer – she had some detailed thoughts on the parks there if you want to read them.

    11. We have elementary aged kids and have been to Orlando DW several times and then went to Tivoli in Copenhagen while in Denmark. It was such a lovely park, with none of the frustrations Disney offers. Actual magic!

      1. I should add: we would also plan to go to Disney parks in other cities if and when we were there. Our kids have a blast at amusement parks, and it’s their vacation too.

    12. It’s never a consideration because you couldn’t pay me to go to any Disney park.

      1. This was my feeling, though now I’m sort of curious if it’s locally popular what another culture sees in it.

      2. Tokyo DisneySea is the only one I would make an exception for – they’re not run by Disney proper and I hear that it’s a very different experience than a typical Disney park, as well as a reasonably affordable attraction if you’re already in Tokyo. Otherwise I’m totally with you – expensive, crowded, and I’m not that into Disney.

    13. What? no.
      What? what?
      I mean, you don’t.
      Unless you really, really love amusement parks, people don’t consider those as options at all.

      I would, however, make an exception for Tokyo Disney anything, because of the quality of Japanese workmanship.
      Anywhere else – see the real attrations, not the plastic boulder replacement!

      But if you love parks at home, if you love the themeing, the rides, the food, that way of being a tourist, of course you should do it! If that’s what you love, love it! Other people don’t, but that’s okay! You don’t have to do *everything*, though. You certainly don’t have to do 5-7 days.

    14. We do it because we have kids who really enjoy this. But just 1 day. We did Universal in Tokyo and kids loved it but Universal in the US is better. I heard great things about Disney Sea but I think the fast passes are very complicated for foreigners and you end up spending a lot of time waiting around. Universal Osaka has a great fast pass system.

  3. I am needing work attire and not in love with what is at J Crew. Per the morning thread, will the No. 2 pencil come back? I have one still, in a herringbone wool. I had worn it casually and then put it away when I gained some weight since it always signaled the delightful days of early fall. J Crew seems to find ways to keep reinventing their staples.

    1. I think of it as a classic item. I don’t wear them every day like I used to, but I kept a few and pull them out a few times a month.

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