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Article · 2005

"Critical Shopper" (weekly column, NYT Thursday Styles, 2005–2009)

by Alex Kuczynski · Barnard College, Class of 1997

Publication

Title
"Critical Shopper" (weekly column, NYT Thursday Styles, 2005–2009)
Author
Alex Kuczynski (Barnard College, Class of 1997)
Form
Article
First published
2005
Publisher
Signature column reviewing luxury retail
Note
parodied by the New York Observer as "The $25,000 Critical Shopper"

Complete works of Alex Kuczynski (20)

  1. 1996 New York Times staff bylines (Media desk 1996–2001; Sunday & Thursday Styles 2001–2010) · Approximately 1,000+ bylines across her staff tenure
  2. 1998 "Dear Diary: Get Real" · The New York Times, June 14, 1998
  3. 1998 "Why Are So Few Plastic Surgeons Women?" · The New York Times, July 1998
  4. 2002 "Lifelines Cut, Talk Magazine Goes Silent" (with Geraldine Fabrikant) · The New York Times, January 19, 2002
  5. 2002 "On Botox" (essay) · NPR, April 21, 2002
  6. 2003 "If Beauties Multiply, They'll Be Plain to See" · NYT Week in Review, December 28, 2003
  7. 2004 "Finding Viggo" · Vanity Fair, January 2004
  8. 2005 "Critical Shopper" (weekly column, NYT Thursday Styles, 2005–2009) · Signature column reviewing luxury retail this record
  9. 2006 "A Woman's Work Is Never Done" · Vanity Fair, September 2006
  10. 2006 "Confidential to You: Your Bra Does Not Fit" · NYT Thursday Styles, January 26, 2006
  11. 2006 "Following the North Star Back to Our Car" · NYT, August 10, 2006
  12. 2006 Beauty Junkies: Inside Our $15 Billion Obsession with Cosmetic Surgery · Non-fiction
  13. 2007 "A Sense of Anxiety a Shirt Won't Cover" · NYT, June 14, 2007
  14. 2008 “Her Body, My Baby” · New York Times Magazine
  15. 2015 "And Be Sure to Tell Your Mother" · Chapter in Me, My Hair, and I: Twenty-seven Women Untangle an Obsession, ed. Elizabeth Benedict (Algonquin Books, 2015)
  16. 2015 "To Ladyscape or Not?" · Harper's Bazaar, July 16, 2015
  17. 2016 "Social Media Is Giving Me Anxiety" · Harper's Bazaar, September 8, 2016
  18. 2019 "Diane and Talita von Furstenberg Turn an American Empire into a Family Dynasty" · Town & Country, February 7, 2019
  19. 2019 "Inside Silicon Valley's Dangerous New Obsession With Fasting" · Harper's Bazaar, August 17, 2019
  20. 2022 "Why Is Everyone Smoking Toad Venom?" · Town & Country, January 20, 2022

Cite this record

Kuczynski, Alex. "Critical Shopper" (weekly column, NYT Thursday Styles, 2005–2009). Signature column reviewing luxury retail, 2005.

Foundation record: https://philolexianfoundation.org/members/kuczynski-alex-bc-1997/critical-shopper-weekly-column-nyt-thursday-styles-2005-2009-2005.html