Ailbhe Malone

United Kingdom

Senior Editor at The Strategist

It's pronounced 'Alva'. Senior Editor @thestrategist [email protected]

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On My Mind: Museum Merch and Zip-Up Nikes

3 weeks ago | nymag.com | Ailbhe Malone

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers, Joe McKendry “Strategist Brain” is a series where 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. I’m trying to be less of a laptop goblin this spring. I’ve been dutifully breaking in these perfect hard-denim jeans from Icon.
Hill House Robes and Catbird Charms: 32 Gifts the Strategist Editors Are Giving

Dec 4, 2024 | nymag.com | Ailbhe Malone

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers Every year, after spending months finding thousands of gifts for everyone on your list, we ask our team of expert gift givers to take a moment and tell us what they plan to give this year. Already, they’ve shared the top gifts on their wish lists (no gift too big or expensive).
On My Mind: Reliable Heels and Romanian Bowls

Dec 4, 2024 | nymag.com | Ailbhe Malone

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers, Joe McKendry This year I went to five weddings and two bachelorette parties across four different countries. (I was actually invited to seven weddings, but there was some overlap in dates, and some logistically impossible travel to a fourth country.) Next year is looking similarly full: The first wedding invite of 2025 has already come through — along with a slew of 40th-birthday parties.
The 7 Very Best Baby Bottles

Apr 17, 2024 | nymag.com | Sara Gaynes Levy |Ailbhe Malone

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers In this article Best baby bottle overall Best less-expensive baby bottle Best glass baby bottle Best silicone baby bottle Best hybrid baby bottle Best baby bottle for travel As soon as you deliver your adorable, squishy newborn, your life is — nearly immediately — ruled by the process of feeding them.
Só os apaixonados por ovos acertam 7/9 neste quiz

Mar 21, 2024 | buzzfeed.com.br | Ailbhe Malone

Eggs Hemmingway, também conhecido como Eggs Royale, contém ovos, molho holandês e salmão defumado.
Our Favorite Swaddles (of the 29 We’ve Tried)

Feb 28, 2024 | nymag.com | Ailbhe Malone |Alexis Swerdloff |Lauren Ro |Liza Corsillo

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers We have seven parents on staff at the Strategist, and our children are between 11 months and 8 and a half years old. So when it comes to rating products for kids and babies, we have a strong tester pool. We’ll be chitchatting about the things we’ve bought for our kids over the years, the things we’ve returned, and the things we’ve kept to pass down to friends and family. First up, the best sleep sacks and swaddles.
We Found Lorde’s Water Bottle — And a Stanley This Is Not

Feb 8, 2024 | nymag.com | Ailbhe Malone

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailer, Getty Photo: Lorde Instagram Last night, I was scrolling through Instagram Stories in bed when I was taken aback by Lorde’s water bottle. She was standing on her Rush House rug, holding a laptop in one hand and dangling a giant, multicolor water bottle from the finger tips of her other hand. I screenshotted it and zoomed in. It was a particularly nice water bottle. Huge but not dumb-looking. Colorful but not babyish.
7 Strategist Editors Discuss the Gifts They’re Getting Their Kids

Dec 15, 2023 | nymag.com | Jing Box |Liza Corsillo |Simone Kitchens |Ailbhe Malone

Illustration: Simone Massoni The parents on staff at the Strategist have their own chat room — a place where these shopping obsessives share among themselves the not-so-attractive-but-attention-holding toy racetrack that was a huge hit and kids’ magazines that actually get read.
Paris Hilton’s Eye Masks and Other Recent Strategist Finds

Dec 4, 2023 | nymag.com | Arielle Avila |Chris Black |Ailbhe Malone

Dusen Dusen founder Emily von Dusen’s beloved Lorien Stern Christmas stocking. Photo: Courtesy of Ellen van Dusen An all-over-the-place assortment of stood-behind products culled from this very website that appear in the most recent December issue of New York Magazine.
45 Surprisingly Good Travel Minis (From Strategist-Approved Brands)

Nov 8, 2023 | nymag.com | Ailbhe Malone

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers Perusing the travel-toiletries aisle is a very specific kind of joy, whether you’re at a Duane Reade near your home or a pharmacie in the 5th Arrondissement. There’s the visual pleasure of something big made small as well as the chance to try a pricey item for a fraction of the cost of the full size.