Call this a design flaw.

When Architectural Digest profiled Brooklyn influencer Molly Blutstein and her self-decorated Cobble Hill apartment this month, the feature seemed poised to celebrate the DIY charm and aesthetic experimentation of a social-media tastemaker.

Instead, it ignited an online firestorm questioning both the magazine’s editorial standards and the influencer’s design credentials.

Blutstein, an Atlanta native who runs a Substack called In The Details and has more than 200,000 Instagram followers, had moved to New York City in July and styled her railroad apartment herself. 9

In the AD piece, she described her aesthetic as “Southern Gothic details, and sort of Shaker, but a bit English-style too,” adding that “it’s basically just Nickey Kehoe.”

The article showca

See Full Page