The world has gone mad. How else can one account for the fact that even basic ballet flats (from luxury brands like the Row, but still) are now more expensive than an economy round-trip ticket from JFK to LHR on JetBlue? Perhaps this explains the success of Aeyde, a Berlin-based maker of high-quality, sensibly priced shoes that skew classic but have enough of a twist to keep things interesting. A spring essential: the Uma Mary Jane flats. One of the brand’s best-sellers for a reason, they have that very 2024 square toe, but done with subtlety, and come in enough Easter-egg colors to coax us away from the neutrals. Will it be mocha patent leather, silver, or something even snappier, like aqua? ($375, aeyde.com) —Ashley Baker

It’s best to keep your guard up when first visiting Hotel Lilien, in the Catskills, because you may be tempted to move in for good. On the surface, the unassuming Victorian mansion, built in the 1890s and renovated for more modern tastes in 2022, appears to be a bucolic boutique off the side of the highway in Tannersville, New York. Upon checking in, though, you’ll find yourself marveling at art and antiques, enjoying a finely curated menu of cocktails by a cozy fire, and fueling up for your next outdoor adventure over a board game. The staff, whom you might easily mistake for friends, are gracious enough to share everything from their personal record collections to hidden hiking routes up the nearby Hunter Mountain. (from $262.50, hotellilien.com) —Jennifer Noyes

A resourceful man knows that belts are near the top of the list of accessories with innumerable uses: bundling clothes, as a guitar strap, carrying a yoga mat, and the list goes on. Also, unless you’re a suspenders man, there’s no better way to hold up your trousers. Tom Taylor Belts, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is one of the finest purveyors in the United States. Offering off-the-peg and custom-made options, you can choose from buckles just like Oppenheimer’s in the Christopher Nolan film or more restrained numbers for everyday wear, like Chacon’s Denver buckle on a one-and-a-quarter-inch crocodile strap. For those buying in person, make sure you loosen the damn thing a notch or two before heading over to the Shed for enchiladas and margaritas, lest you discover one of the belt’s darker uses: death by constriction. (from $75, tomtaylorbelts.com) —Nathan King

Sean Price Williams first began compiling his list of favorite films in 2005, after departing from the legendary East Village institution Kim’s Video and Music. In the 20 years since, the Sweet East director and cinematographer has continued to grow and update the list of movies made between 1912 and 2018 to its current 1,000-film form. A well-kept secret among Williams’s close friends and colleagues for years (including Kristen Stewart and Jason Schwartzman), the list is finally available to the public in the form of a no-frills, pocket-size paperback. The first printing sold out within 48 hours, and a second edition is back in stock on the Metrograph Web site. ($25, metrograph.com) —Paulina Prosnitz

Last year, T. G. Green & Co. celebrated 100 years of its popular Cornishware line. Frederick Parker, who joined the firm in 1919, “was particularly awestruck by the beauty of Cornwall’s white crested waves and blue skies,” which resulted in the 1923 birth of the company’s white-and-blue-striped teatime ceramics. Though colorful Cornishware was banned for sale in the U.K. during World War II (only austere, stripe-less white variants were allowed), the design has since returned to its original, beloved form. As keen-eyed observers might have noted in some of the Wallace & Gromit animated shorts, the tea-obsessed duo enjoy their brews out of monogrammed Cornishware-inspired mugs. (from $15, cornishware.co) —Spike Carter

Just in time for summer travel, Rimowa is launching a new, limited-edition Hammerschlag Collection—the first range the luggage experts have released in over half a century that doesn’t have those signature grooves its aficionados know and love. Inspired by a piece from 1966, the range’s primary material is hammered aluminum sheets, creating a pebbled texture. (Hammerschlag means “hammer-hit” in Rimowa’s native German.) Those who are tempted should not delay, because only 1,898 total pieces will be produced, and each one will be numbered. There are two styles, the Hand-Carry Case and the Cabin bag, and we will likely go for the latter, because if anything can withstand the baggage handlers at J.F.K., it’s this beauty. ($2,850; rimowa.com) —Ashley Baker