For the Rarest of Blooms

DUTCH FLOWER LINE, 150 W. 28th St.; dutchflowerline.com; 212-727-8600

this 36-year-old shop is known for its wide-ranging selection of flowers from around the world—including Japanese ranunculus that set designer Noemi Bonazzi calls “exquisite” and “the size of your hand,” peonies from New Zealand, and cherry-red tulips shipped directly from Holland. Set designer Julia Wagner worked with DFL exclusively to create the floral backdrop for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s December

Vanity Fair cover. “Dutch Flower Line is my most trusted vendor,” Wagner says. “I have a guy there, Chris DeMeo, who I text whenever I need something truly special. He sourced these amazing wild roses for her shoot and cut all of them from the bush the day before we photographed her.” New

York design editor Wendy Goodman likes to “go in there and just inhale,” she says. “They have just such a massive amount of fresh flowers it feels like a garden. I revere every one of the holdouts on 28th Street.”