13 Things Nordstrom's Olivia Kim Would Buy Again

Olivia Kim knows a noteworthy brand when she sees it. As the vice president of creative projects and home at Nordstrom, she curates the coolest emerging and advanced labels for shoppers to discover for their wardrobes and their interiors.

Kim usually needs her passport to discover fresh up-and-comers. “My favorite way of discovering new brands and designers is traveling across the world to random cities and visiting all different kinds of shops in those cities: retail stores and boutiques, department stores, grocery stores, even pharmacies and bakeries to see what they have,” she says. “You never know what you’ll find and it’s always a great way to get a true sense of a place.”

Her methods have had to change over the last two years (for obvious reasons), but she’s found a workaround: “I’ve learned to just ask designers or artists about their friends or friends of friends and what they’re up to. Chances are, if you love what a designer is doing, they definitely have other inspiring friends or siblings doing awesome things.”

Personally, Kim’s shopping philosophy is less about globe-trotting research and more about impulse. “If you love it straight away and it’s affordable to your budget…buy it,” she says. “I don’t like the mind space that gets taken up from the ‘Should I have gotten it? I wonder if it’s still there? Do I need it?’ inner dialogue.” You’re bound to feel that instant connection with the lucky 13 things Kim is loving now, especially for a home upgrade, ahead.