By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2025-03-15 12:00:52 | Updated at 2025-03-15 17:45:37
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Who needs a pantry when you’ve got Prada?
In a move straight out of Carrie Bradshaw’s playbook, Big Apple influencer Kate Bartlett swapped spatulas for stilettos — and transformed her cooking quarters into a high-fashion haven.
“I have been told I demonstrate the greatest use of free will, because I use my kitchen as my closet,” Bartlett kicked off a recent TikTok video, while giving her 1.5 million followers a tour of the haute couture hidden inside her cabinets.
Bartlett opens cabinet doors to reveal 20 pairs of high-end heels — including $1,750 sequined Jimmy Choo stilettos and Roger Vivier slingbacks worth $1,125.
“Cause I have a lot of cabinet space, I definitely don’t need to use all of these for food. I also do not cook … I just don’t know why you would invent a kitchen with cabinets that perfectly fit a pair of high heels and not use them for that,” Bartlett explained in the two-minute-long video, which has amassed over 400,000 views.
“Having a pantry in a New York apartment is pretty rare, and I’ve never had one before, so I obviously decided to turn this into my accessory closet,” Bartlett continued.
She then opened a full-size door in the kitchen to reveal five shelves full of wardrobe enhancers.
More than two dozen pairs of sunglasses adorn a hanging display on the inside of the door, while two and a half of the pantry’s shelves are dedicated to Bartlett’s hefty handbag collection, which includes luxury Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior purses.
The rest of the goodies include nearly 20 perfumes, two suitcases, a big beach bag, more than 10 pairs of knee-high boots and Bartlett’s baubles and bling, which she keeps organized in a clear, seven-layer jewelry case.
She uses other eating areas for lux wardrobe storage.
“In my dining room, I also have a really big closet … It’s honestly massive,” she says in the video.
More than a dozen belts hang from the inside of one of the doors, while colorful button-up shirts, blazers, jeans and other tops are stuffed onto two hanging rods.
“I hope that I will be in this apartment for a very long time, so I’m gonna figure out kind of a better way of organizing everything, but that’s what we’re working with so far,” Bartlett says at the end of the clip.
Bartlett did not respond to requests for comment.
