Spring Skirts and Y2K Lamps
This roundup of things we liked this week originally appeared in the April 24, 20205 edition of the Secret Strategist newsletter, a weekly email where we share the stuff our staff — plus a rotating cast of writers, design-world people, and various others with very good taste — would otherwise keep to themselves. If you want to get our picks straight to your inbox each week, sign up here.
A million tiny details in the Graydon Carter AD tour — we liked his tiny leather Hermès (of course) folding frames. —Simone Kitchens, Lauren Ro, and Erin Schwartz
This Week’s List
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* A pair of cool Gigi Sabadin–esque molded plywood chairs at a Housing Works auction.
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* Some incredible coats at the Cancer Research UK eBay store. Erin got this shearling coat for $6 — a great deal, even with $30 shipping from the U.K. Here are some others.
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* Hand-woven cotton hand towels from Maine.
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* Roman and Williams Guild is throwing its first-ever sale, which includes up to 40 percent off fringed flax table linens, silver-rimmed Kaneko Kohyo dinnerware, porcelain fruit stands, and silver candlestick holders.
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* Some longish skirts: Madras plaid from Engineered Garments, paper-baggy from Sofie D’Hoore (Lauren just got this one), and navy and undyed tied versions from Brooke Callahan.
* Very charmed by the Clea, the spirit of the ’00s in lamp form — it looks like the millennial dad of Entler’s blobby table lamp. It’s no longer in production, but here are a few we found secondhand.
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* Busting out our big hats. Liking this giant one from Cawley. This cheapie (that four Strat editors own a version of) still does the job.
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* Lauren’s been looking for a medium-size crossbody travel bag for a trip to Paris next month. Something leather (or nylon), big enough for essentials and a camera. LeSportsac’s everyday bag and Topologie’s bottle sacoche bag (recommended by Strategist travel writer Katherine Gillespie) were in the running, but she went with a navy PS1 bag in “very good” condition from the Real Real for about $250. (There’s a ton on TRR in fun colors for even less.)
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