Tuesday’s TPS Report: Latico’s Bettina Tall Pleated Handbag
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Our daily TPS reports suggest one piece of work-appropriate attire in a range of prices.
Latico has a ton of really cute leather bags right now — lovely totes with lots of intelligent pockets and a cheerful interior fabric. Take, for example, this lovely North/South tote. At 13″x10″x4.5″, it's wide enough for any papers you need to carry with you, but the construction of the bag makes it more structured than a hobo and more lightweight than a briefcase. Was $155, now $124 on sale at eBags.com (and available in lots of colors). Bettina Tall Pleated Handbag
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Sales of note for 9/4 (Happy Labor Day — see our big roundup!)
- Nordstrom – End of season clearance, up to 50% off
- Anine Bing – Archive sale, up to 70% off select styles, online only
- Ann Taylor – 30% off you purchase, including new arrivals – $50 off when you spend $200. Readers love this easycare blouse and this blazer that makes a great separate.
- Anthropologie – 40% off sale! The reader favorite wide leg pants are on sale for as low as $86, including the pants I posted last week!
- Athleta – Up to 60% off + extra 30% off sale; readers love these pants
- AYR – Archive sale, up to 60% off
- Boden – 20% off everything – readers love these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- CVS – Epic beauty sale, $10 off when you spend $30 (Walmart is having its “Beauty Event” as well right now!)
- Design Within Reach – the semiannual sale, 25% off everything! (readers love the Herman Miller Aeron and Sayl!)
- The Fold – 20% off, limited time only
- J.Crew – 40% off your purchase
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off all stores and sitewide, PLUS extra 20% off orders over $125
- J.McLaughlin – Extra 40% off sale (ending soon)
- Lilysilk – Anniversary sale, save up to 70% (ending soon)
- Me & Em – Sale! Up to 60% off (new lines just added, exclusively online)
- M.M.LaFleur – Labor Day Sale Event, save sitewide! (Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off on other items)
- Nordstrom Rack – Thru September 7: 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
- Sarah Flint – 20% off sitewide
- Talbots – Ends 9/4: 25-40% off wear-now styles
- Theory – End of season sale is on!
- Veronica Beard – Extra 20% off sale styles with code
And some of our latest threadjacks here at Corporette (reader questions and commentary) — see more here!
Some of our latest threadjacks include:
Sorry… I can’t stand the color or the shine factor. It looks too cheap and too casual, imho.
I agree that it looks too cheap and casual, especially with the shine and the braid.
Sorry to diss a well-cut bag that comes in nine colors, but yes, it does look a little cheap to me. I am glad to hear that it has a nice print lining, the first really good bag I ever bought had a beautiful pale floral lining. Key word: PALE! This is a pet peeve of mine – black linings, because they make it impossible to find anything. I’ve sometimes taken fabric paint and painted a lining white. Sure it looks grubby quickly, but I’m the only one who sees inside there, and now I can find stuff. A lot of Corporette is about help in avoiding being seen in a bad light out there in the world, and I hate being That Person rooting around in their (not that huge) bag, unable to find whatever, grubble grubble while I look and people wait, feh.
I don’t like it either – looks like denim to me.
agree that it looks to cheap to be professional.
I mean “too” cheap, sorry for the typo
One more vote for cheap and unprofessional. It looks trendy, maybe appropriate for a teenager on the weekend.
Agreed. Not professional: not a helpful suggestion.
Ditto SM. I was going to say that it looks like a teenager’s bag.
The comments about it looking cheap are well taken, but I love that it’s so light (1 lb versus 3 or more lbs for many bags that can hold papers) and that it’s vertical rather than horizontal. The vertical orientation is very nice if you commute by subway or other crowded means.
I would not bring it to a meeting, but I might carry it to and from work on days when I am bringing papers home to read or use on calls, and don’t have any meetings scheduled. On those days I usually wear business casual and don’t think an informal bag (which would only be seen in the elevator) would be a problem. I don’t agree that it was an unhelpful suggestion, even if some of us wouldn’t use it.