For sad girls grasping for a glimmer of light in a dark, dark world via retail therapy.
A Hyper-Specific, Super-Sporadic, Delightfully Chaotic Gift Guide
Consumerism may not solve anything, but she’ll keep trying just in case. Just a material girl living in a material world. What do you mean you don’t know her shoe size? Leo moon, Aquarius sun.
House & Parties Set of Four Chocolate Cigs, $28
Living at the intersection of Inappropriate Avenue and LOL Road, these edible smokes are a throwback to simpler times.
Pro tip: Break up several sets of four and give them out as party favors.
Flamingo Estate Box of 30 Personalized Petite Candles, $1,500
Something to brighten the holidays for 30 of your nearest and dearest. Alternately, 30 ways to brighten the holidays for #1.
The presentation is so seductive so thoughtful so ambitious, it can only come from the mind (and heart) of Flamingo Estate founder Richard Christiansen.
I got to experience this natural ivory brush before I even laid eyes on it when the man who cuts my hair (hi, Michael!) used it to gently untangle my matted mess of unwashed hair at our most recent appointment. The rubber bristles are particularly nice on an aching head.
Freda Salvador James Shearling Slipper, $150
I didn’t intend to write a love poem to Freda Salvador but, well, if anyone deserves a love poem, it’s them. Here goes:
Dear Freda, (can I call you Freda?)
Roses are red, violets are blue you make sweet shoes—and responsibly, too!
Your factory in El Salvador employs many women
From where I sit, that makes you a winner
Whether slippers or flats, boots or high heels
You always know how to turn my gears.
Purses are your latest venture, and like everything you do
They are ready for adventure.
PS. Thanks for making the Billie Combat Boots, as luck would have it, they’re just right for my foots.
Dorasti La Perle Caviar, $189 for set of two
Personal caviar balls containing 25 grams of Kaluga Hybrid and the prettiest mother-of-pearl spoon. Collect them all!
El jabón en una cuerda.
Falling Figures, 1966, by Idelle Weber Limited Edition Print, $400
Pop Art is largely associated with male artists, which is a bummer because plenty of female artists, like Idelle Weber, left their mark on the movement. Idelle exhibited with all the usual suspects—from Andy Warhol to Robert Indiana—and her work hangs in some of the country’s most prominent museums. Un-fun fact: Remember the Mad Men intro credits of men in suits falling from the sky? It is a grossly uncredited knockoff of her work.
Art Life Practice Bead Embroidered Ribbon Kit, $98
Art you can wear in your hair. Or tied at your neck. Or wrapped around your wrist. Or draped like a chic little bolo tie.
I’ll see your popcorn tin and I raise you a pasta tub.
Pleasing House Pajamas, $160
Bed people, unite.
Judaica Standard Time Shabop Shalom Slipmat, $50
A challah good gift for a record collector. (I am not proud of myself.)
Saga Prefecture Ichigosan Strawberries, $79 for one pound
Strawberries lovingly produced by an entire collaborative of people obsessed with cultivating the most flavorful berries in the world.
Graphic Image Personalized The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, $110
The only thing better than gifting a replica of the original Art Deco hardcover of a broody classic is gifting a replica of the original Art Deco hardcover of a broody classic personalized with the gilded initials of the recipient. (Say that five times fast.)
Lookie Mariyka Crystals Mesh Ballerinas, $160
These pretty glass slippers are made by a lovely company in Ukraine, so shipping may take a bit longer than what our spoiled instant gratification brains are used to. They were so worth the wait; wore them to a holiday party the other night with red High Sport pants and felt like Cinderella on Christmas. Happy to report the Volvo did not turn into a pumpkin at midnight.
it's all so good
Love art life practice!!!