Why New York women are secretly shopping at Walmart

Why New York women are secretly shopping at Walmart

Celebrity stylist Amanda Sanders, who has worked with the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Rock and Jennifer Coolidge, is chic for a living, with a closet full of Chanel and Balenciaga bags, Gucci belts and six-inch Christian Louboutin heels.

But the Upper East Side shopaholic has a confession: She also buys clothes from a store that also sells lawn mowers, fertilizer, tires and tampons. 

“I’ll whisper, ‘I got it from Walmart,’” Sanders, 50, told The Post of being asked where some of her most show-stopping looks come from. 

“I always find something that’s my little secret,” Sanders said of her occasional online shopping at Walmart where she recently gawked over an 18-carat gold, emerald face Rolex decked in diamonds that she found on its website for $33,000.

New York City-based celebrity stylist and image consultant Amanda Sanders sporting her red maxi dress from Walmart styled with her signature Chanel bag.
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The women's clothing section at Walmart.
More New York women are secretly shopping at Walmart, some inspired by the chic new collections from designer Brandon Maxwell.
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Sanders, who typically swears against fast fashion, started dabbling in looks from the big box store last summer when dropping her teenage daughter off to summer camp in West Chester, Penn. She stopped in for toothpaste and bug spray and left with two maxi dresses for around $19.99 a piece. 

“High-low is in,” Sanders said.

She paired one of the dresses — a sheer red cotton frock with embroidered details — with YSL wedges while vacationing in Tuscany last summer. 

New York women like Sanders have been quietly leaning into clothing styles from Walmart in the last year. Some fashionistas say it’s thanks to luxury designer and Texas native Brandon Maxwell — whose designs under his eponymous label have been worn by Michelle Obama, Gwyneth Paltrow and Lady Gaga — who took the reins as creative director in 2021….

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