Hilary Reid

1 week ago | nymag.com | Hilary Reid

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers, Joe McKendry A couple weekends ago, I met my cousin for lunch in the West Village. It was a perfectly sunny, almost-80-degree day, so we sat outside, sipped ice coffees, and shared a chopped salad with charred shrimp and avocado. From our table, we watched friend group after friend group meet up on the street and greet each other with exclamations of how amazing! they all looked.

3 weeks ago | nymag.com | Hilary Reid |Kitty Guo

Photo-Illustration: New York Magazine; Photos: Courtesy of the Vendors, Getty In the past eight months, Madison Avenue between 69th and 81st Streets has gotten a face-lift — or at least a dose of Botox: Over a dozen decidedly less capital-U uptown store openings are catering to a younger clientele. Where once stood Pratesi and Cartier are now fashion-Substacker favorites Toteme (829 Madison Ave.) and Khaite (828 Madison Ave.).

2 months ago | nymag.com | Hilary Reid |Kitty Guo

Although “not a department store” is spray-painted across its façade, the new 55,000-square-foot Printemps, the first from the 160-year-old French chain to be opened in the U.S., is, for all purposes, a department store (just one that hired a graffiti artist to indicate otherwise). It’s no surprise Printemps wants to avoid the D-word, but opening anything of this magnitude is a big bet.

2 months ago | nymag.com | Emma Wartzman |Chris Black |Hilary Reid

I asked several small-space experts for their best tips on serving a festive sit-down meal if you lack an obvious place to do so. –Emma Wartzman To put it bluntly: “There’s no room for arms in small spaces,” says Alison Mazurek of the blog 600sqftandababy. This still gives you many options. “Thankfully, folding chairs have come a long way,” says Shamika Lynch from Maximizing Tiny Interiors.

Dec 11, 2024 | nymag.com | Hilary Reid

Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photos: Retailers, Joe McKendry Have you ever spent an entire weekend … shopping? I did exactly that this past weekend. On Saturday, I met up with friends for breakfast and then went to a holiday antiques market hosted at Tanner Fletcher’s very charming studio, where they had lots of just-kitschy-enough gifts and lace-adorned leather gloves. From there, we went uptown to the Extreme Cashmere pop-up and tried on extremely soft scarves in earthy colors.