What if I told you that, for less than the cost of an entrée in NYC, you could sit on one of the most quietly cool outdoor design trends of 2026 – right in your own backyard? Never mind outdoors; even inside, revivals of the Acapulco chair (the Mexican lounge icon of the 1950s) are everywhere right now. And no, I didn’t discover this one on a resale site or at one of my favorite under-the-radar city boutiques, but at ALDI.
For just $50, the unassuming retailer's outdoor string chair captures that endlessly airy silhouette many of us – having likely earmarked it in a glossy architectural monograph – were otherwise prepared to pay many times the price for. In fact, I could easily see it fitting into the al fresco living room setups I spotted across Mexico one winter ago, where Costa Careyes villa decks were dotted with pairs of these cord chairs, waiting for sun-drunk guests to sink into them between swims.
