On My Mind: Zitomer Firkins and Khaite Tees
“Strategist Brain” is a series in which staffers share the stores they’ve stopped into, stuff they’ve spotted, and extra tidbits from stories they’ve worked on. You’ll hear from a different writer every week.
It’s high summer, and all I want is to be in a pool. The only problem is I don’t like any of my bathing suits. I won’t do a bikini, tankini, or monokini. I thought I might find another one-piece while reporting out our swimsuit guide. Dimepiece’s Brynn Wallner almost sold me on Coração Bobo with its trademarked Tan-Through fabrication (“apparently scientifically engineered to allow for tanning through the suit”). As did antiques dealer Erica Weiner, who likes this Beklina “enough to put swimsuit pics out to the whole damn world.” But I realized what I really want is a swimdress. I have this fantasy of swimming in one like a Bathing Beauty Esther Williams. Unfortunately, a lot look like your great-great grandmother’s undergarments. Except for this Norma Kamali — I shouldn’t have expected anything less from the queen of body-con.
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Here’s everything else I’ve seen recently …
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Nike Aqua Turf
In anticipation of going to water parks and weekends at the beach, I went for a pair of Nike Aqua Turfs. So far, I’ve been wearing these water shoes on dry land mostly (or sometimes when it’s raining, in lieu of rain boots).
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I told myself no more Gap pants. But my Gap-pant summer isn’t over yet.
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Khaite Devra Top
I’m trying to buy T-shirts that don’t look like every other T-shirt. I’m not in the tax bracket of the regular Khaite customer, but I checked out on the Devra after thinking about it for over a week. I like that it has a high V-neck rather than a typical V-neck. It’s cheapest at Ssense and Elyse Walker (but Bergdorf Goodman has one extra-large left for $152).
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[Editor’s note: The company lists its prices in euros, so this is an approximation to dollars.]
Next time I’m in Paris, I’m stopping by Bourgine (its storefront is next to the Odéon). It interpreted “French regional costume in the early 19th century” for the new season. There’s Guyenne’s cheesemaker or Lorraine’s fishmonger. I might be looking like the Picardy shrimp-seller soon enough.
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It seems like every designer, from Tory Burch to Marc Jacobs, is pinning flowers to their shirts. I might’ve thought it was an And Just Like That … marketing strategy. There are petals sewn to the back of Indress’ ostrich-feathers pin (which I first noticed on Earl Earl’s Laurel Pantin). It’s made in one of the only feather workshops left in France.
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I have wanted a pair of Maria de la Rosa socks since last year’s Strategist print gift guide. These are going to be my next show socks.
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Better than a Birkin is a Firkin, and this is the Firkin I’d get. Of course, it’s sold at Zitomer, the Upper East Side pharmacy that carries everything from Louis XV’s toothpaste to Mason Pearson hairbrushes. It’s about the size of a large L.L.Bean Boat and Tote.
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It’s like something from Jayne Mansfield’s Pink Palace (why yes, I watched My Mom Jayne). If I could, I would have it sitting inside a powder room.
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I can’t think of a better place to put down my worst impulses than in “the Mary Shelley of stationery.”
[Editor’s note: The company lists its prices in pounds, so this is an approximation to dollars.]
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