Design Buffs Are Obsessed With These Airy Outdoor ‘String’ Chairs – and I Found One Hiding at ALDI for Just $50

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