Erin Schwartz

Brooklyn, New York

Writer at The Strategist

america’s most normal man

Articles

Secret Strategist: Chloë Sevigny’s Secondhand Dôen

3 weeks ago | nymag.com | Simone Kitchens |Lauren Ro |Erin Schwartz

Photo: Retailer This roundup of things we liked this week originally appeared in the April 3, 2025 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.
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.
The Most Beautiful Alessi Coffee-Maker Is 39 Percent Off

3 weeks ago | nymag.com | Erin Schwartz

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photo: Retailer Design nerds love Alessi’s Pulcina kettle, a stovetop coffee-maker with a curvy, stepped silhouette made of stainless steel. (The shape, with its bulbous top and pointy little spout, was inspired by the head of a chicken; pulcina means “baby bird” in Italian.) It normally costs around $100, but I just spotted it on Amazon for 39 percent off.
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.
Bissell Little Green Pet Deluxe Sale 2025

3 weeks ago | nymag.com | Erin Schwartz

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photo: Retailer In over three years of covering Amazon sale days, the Bissell Little Green is a familiar presence. It always goes on sale and is one of the most popular items among Strategist readers. It’s a powerful, portable little tool for cleaning upholstery stains that comes highly recommended by cleaning experts, owners of pets who make messes, and furniture flippers.
Are Levi’s From Amazon Different From Levi’s From Levi’s?

4 weeks ago | nymag.com | Erin Schwartz

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photo: Erin Schwartz The Strategist recently received a mysterious tip — the tipster had bought a pair of Levi’s jeans from Amazon that felt notably different from (and worse than) a pair that came directly from Levi’s.
How to Shop the Red-Marble Trend

1 month ago | nymag.com | Erin Schwartz

8 items in this article 1 item on sale! Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers One of my favorite weeknight activities is eating a weed gummy and scrolling through high-res images of beautiful quartz and marble on the website of local building-materials vendor New York Stone. That’s how I noticed, while watching model Paloma Elsesser’s Architectural Digest house tour, that her incredible bathroom is fitted out in tons of Rosso Francia, a.k.a Languedoc marble.
Lofty, Durable Hotel Towels for 25 Percent Off

1 month ago | nymag.com | Erin Schwartz

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photo: Retailer Home writer Lauren Ro is constantly testing towels, and the Frontgate Resort Collection towels are the ones she’s owned the longest. After “four and a half years of near-constant use, they’re still as soft, absorbent, and lofty as when I first purchased them,” she says.
What Your Status Home Décor Says About You

2 months ago | thecut.com | Erin Schwartz

Photo-Illustration: The Cut Looking cool used to mean dressing well. Now, the eyes scanning your fit are peeking into your windows, too: What’s that coffee-table book? What temperature’s the lighting? Which Instagram model made that lumpy ceramic vase? Here, our hyperspecific judgments about what your home purchases say about who you are.
Automate the Chore You Hate With a Nearly Half-Off Roomba

2 months ago | nymag.com | Erin Schwartz

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photo: Retailer Robot-vacuum technology has progressed a lot in the past five years. The company iRobot makes our favorite robot vacuum — it can self-empty into a cleaning dock. There are robot vacuums that also mop your floors! But a lot of those vacuums cost $1,000 or more; may I interest you in a $130 robot vacuum instead? No bells or whistles, just a solid appliance that cleans your floors with zero effort required.