What Strategist Readers Bought This Month: So Many Mary Janes

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Welcome back to “Your Shopping Cart,” where we break out the top products that you, devoted Strategist readers, bought in droves. Think of this as the TL;DR of the Strategist. If your like-minded brethren are buying these items, maybe you’d like to as well.
The most-saved items this month
Many of you were putting together late-summer outfits using our “save” feature this month, and they look supercute. Two building blocks were our favoritewhite T-shirt for womenand thepair of jeansthat we recommend in all of our denim guides, which you paired with surprisingly comfortable mary janes from Söfft. A Maldon-sea-salt alternative that our senior editor Winnie Yangtested outwas also popular alongside Misen’smicrowavable stainless-steel containers.

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The most-clicked items this month
As for the products that people curiously clicked on, it was a big month for footwear. My personal favorite shoe brand, Camper, makes two appearances here, perhaps thanks to a shout-out from comedianKate Berlant. Many of you also wanted to know more aboutgiant kitchen tweezersandwaxed bread-storage bags.
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Ruth Reichl’s shopping cart got torn apart (but also had many admirers)
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Debate about $88 white T-shirts raged
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And canvas sneaker recommendations were freely given
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The Strategist Beauty Briefreported on the natural skin-care ingredients that actually work
Clean beautyis buzzy, but does it actually do anything? With plant-based products becoming increasingly popular, our beauty writer Krista Bennett DeMaio did the research to find thenatural ingredients that actually have science behind them.
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The Strategist Kids’ Departmentexplored how to to help children learn to read
Strategist contributor and early childhood literacy specialistMaggie Yolensays that the best way to help kids learn to read is toread aloud to them. So she rounded up all the games, books, and activities she recommends to make that process more fun, from apreschooler-friendly version ofCharadestobooks that play sound effectsandmusicto acolorful alphabet puzzle.
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Kelly Wearstler sentSecret Strategist14 of her favorite home items under $50
You may not be surprised to learn thatKelly Wearstlerloves a mother-of-pearl swan spoon or an ostrich-feather duster, but you might be surprised that she uses the same Container Store hangers that you have hanging in your closet.
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