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The 10 Products That Defined the Strategist

The 10 Products That Defined the Strategist

The most important moments since our launch in 2016 — and in internet shopping history.

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All Collections Liza Corsillo: Pickleball Shoes and Cow-Print Shorts Lauren Ro: I Finally Solved the Problem of Where to Put a Wet Sponge Jordan McMahon: A Tiny Notebook Deserves a Tiny Pen Michael Zhao: Baby-Prepping an Entire Apartment Hilary Reid: Summer Wedding Outfits and Italian Water Shoes Arielle Avila: A Beach Bag That’s Also a Work Bag Ambar Pardilla: Librarian Glasses and Little Bo-Peep Hats Katherine Gillespie: Breaking Up With My Baggu Martha Tuber: Long-Bill Baseball Caps and Pouch Packing Bella Druckman: Replacing My New Balance 530s Sam Daly: The FitFlop Agenda Hath Reached Mine Ears Erin Schwartz: Anti-AI Ceramics Brenley Goertzen: I Caved and Bought a Super-Automatic Espresso Machine Jordan McMahon: The Pens and Planners That Helped Me Stop Doomscrolling Ashley Wolfgang: Everything That Got Me Through the First Half of Pregnancy The 10 Products That Defined the Strategist

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The Japanese nail clipper you suddenly didn’t need to go to Japan to buy

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The YogaToes that really are incredible

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The underwear celebrities would’ve never told us about themselves … until they did

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The fugly shoes we’ve walked 10,000 miles in

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Snail mucin from the Google Doc (you know the one)

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The Amazon coat that took over the Upper East Side — and then the world

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The rise and fall of a status plant

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Amy Sedaris’s pink paper towels

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The card game that taught us how to play together again

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The maybe placebo — but also maybe not — spritz putting us all to sleep

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