Ambar Pardilla

New York

Writer at The Strategist

Writer at New York Magazine

writer at @strategist. proud @nymagunion. once upon a time @nbcnews, @huffpost ghost

Articles

The 14 Best Strategist-Approved Deals at Brooklinen’s Anniversary Sale

1 week ago | nymag.com | Alexandra Polk |Ambar Pardilla

14 items in this article 14 items on sale! Brooklinen’s Anniversary Sale is back, and this year, it’s better than normal. Normally, the bedding brand takes 20 percent off sitewide, but this year, everything is 25 percent off, and bundles are up to 50 percent off with the code ANNIVERSARY. The discount applies to sale items, too, meaning some items are as much as 55 percent off.
The Best Going-out Bag Is Not an Actual Going-out Bag

1 week ago | nymag.com | Ambar Pardilla

36 items in this article 10 items on sale! It started off as a joke in the Strategist-staff Slack channel: Marni Kids purses, which are often marked down on Ssense, might actually be better than Marni purses for adults (in no small part because they have a much lower price tag). That led us to look at other retailers’ kids’-purse sections, where we found that J.Crew Crewcuts offers plenty of coin purses that could double as clutches.
34 Rather Attractive Jewelry Boxes for All Sorts of Tastes

2 weeks ago | nymag.com | Ambar Pardilla

34 items in this article 1 item on sale! 34 items in this article 1 item on sale! As a jewelry collector, I want to know where every one of my necklaces, bracelets, and rings is at all times. The solution: a good jewelry box. Truly, a jewelry box is one of the most important investments you can make (beyond a chain) — not only does it help you keep your costume “diamonds” from your real diamonds, it sits prettily on your dresser, too.
The Actually Cute, Super-Comfortable Shoes I Wore When I Broke My Kneecap

2 weeks ago | nymag.com | Elizabeth Tamkin |Ambar Pardilla

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Elizabeth Cardinal Tamkin Elizabeth Cardinal Tamkin is the content director at Kule, author of the newsletter The Corner Booth, and a former market editor at Man Repeller. I’m not going to say that it wouldn’t have happened soberly. I had had two glasses of wine with a friend at Lodi and was going to take a car home, but then my friend said, “Don’t be wasteful.
A Jewelry Collector on the Best Chains Under $1,000

2 weeks ago | nymag.com | Ambar Pardilla

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers In this article Under $250 Under $500 Under $1,000 If you were to ask almost any jewelry collector — including me — they’d say a chain is the type of piece everyone should buy (it’s higher on the list than diamond-solitaire studs, for sure). Here’s why: A chain gives you a real return on your investment. It’s extremely versatile in that it can be a place to add pendants and charms or it can shine on its own.
Ask the Strategist: All Your Jeans Questions, Answered

3 weeks ago | nymag.com | Ambar Pardilla

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers Welcome to Jeans Month on the Strategist, where we’re obsessively vetting denim — from trying on every pair at the Gap to asking dozens of stylish people about their favorite fits. For more, head to our Jeans Month hub. In our semi-regular advice column “Ask the Strategist,” we answer your most burning shopping questions by surveying friends, calling up experts, and drawing on our personal experience.
How to Shop - and Wear - Jeans Like a Strategist Writer

3 weeks ago | nymag.com | Ambar Pardilla |Erin Schwartz |Sam Daly |Liza Corsillo

37 items in this article 16 items on sale! Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers Welcome to Jeans Month on the Strategist, where we’re obsessively vetting denim — from trying on every pair at the Gap to asking dozens of stylish people about their favorite fits. For more, head to our Jeans Month hub. It’s the end of Jeans Month at the Strategist. Admittedly, as the Strategist’s denim correspondent, it was a busy few weeks.
All the Best Spring Sales Going on Right Now

3 weeks ago | nymag.com | Sam Daly |Erin Schwartz |Ambar Pardilla |Kitty Guo

51 items in this article 51 items on sale! Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers There are so many sales happening right now that it’s dizzying. Amazon’s Big Spring Sale has gobbled up most of my attention this week, but there are also good sales going on at Abercrombie & Fitch, Banana Republic, and Bloomingdale’s, to name just a few. And it’s not just fashion brands; I found some nice bedding on sale at the Company Store and West Elm and lots of beauty deals at Ulta.
Our Favorite Work Pants Are Now Less Than $50

4 weeks ago | nymag.com | Alexandra Polk |Ambar Pardilla

Deal of the Day This is the one thing on sale (out of many things on sale we write about) you should buy today. Read more here. Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photo: Retailer In the world of Strategist-favorite work pants, Banana Republic’s only competition is, in fact, Banana Republic.
Submit Your Questions for Ask the Strategist: Jeans Edition

4 weeks ago | nymag.com | Ambar Pardilla

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers In our semi-regular advice column, “Ask the Strategist,” we answer your most burning shopping questions by surveying friends, calling up experts, and drawing on our personal experience. For this edition, we’re going live (or rather liveish). On Friday, March 28, writer Ambar Pardilla is going to answer your questions live in the comments. All you have to do is ask. Ambar has been steering our Jeans Month coverage.