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.
“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,” Kate Bartlett said in the recent TikTok video. Kate Bartlett/TikTokBartlett 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.
Among the 20 pairs of high-end heels inside the cabinets are a $1,750 pair of sequined Jimmy Choo stilettos and Roger Vivier slingbacks worth $1,125. Kate Bartlett/TikTok“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.
“I obviously decided to turn [the pantry] into my accessory closet,” Bartlett said in the clip. Kate Bartlett/TikTokThe 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.
Bartlett, a Big Apple influencer, doesn’t cook — so she turned her kitchen into a closet. Kate Bartlett/InstagramMore 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.





