DECEMBER 10TH, 2010
There is something for every lady on your list this holiday season. Herewith, our prezzie picks to cover all your bases:
Naughty Nancy:
She’s a gift to every guy she meets, so black boyshorts with a gold bow
on the back just gives her the proper wrapping. $9.95 at Change, www.change.com
Lit Lover: The lady doth love reading classics by candlelight. Paddywax’s Library candles are named and scented for the greats like Austen, Dickens, Poe, Thoreau and Whitman. $9-$30 at LYNNsteven Boutique, www.lynnsteven.com
Future Design Darling: Her first word was “mom,” her second was “Bauhaus.” Give baby a high style gift set for feeding time from Babybot and she’s creatively nourished. $49 at Babybot, www.babybot.com
Green Thumbelina: Give her one of LALA Terrariums’ mini, modern indoor gardens to tend to in the winter months. From $50 at Cargoh, www.cargoh.com/store/lala-terrariums
Sweet Sixteen: For the teen who hasn’t yet discovered her quintessential scent, the collector’s edition fragrance sampler from Sephora, with its adorably pint-sized bottles of Prada, Dior and the like, let’s her experiment. $75 at Sephora, www.sephora.com
Gourmand Gal: Have Benton Brothers
put together some of her favourite fromage in a pine box with crackers,
accompaniments and room for a vintage cab franc. $85-$100 at Benton
Brothers Fine Cheese, www.bentonscheese.com
Smitten Kitten: For the newly in love, show your support by giving her Jonathan Alder’s mod love needlepoint pillow to sigh into. $195.50 at Orling & Wu, www.orlingandwu.com
Haute Homebody:
A Thomas Paul alpaca wool throw in a thoroughbred horse or octopus
print is as cozy to wrap up in as it is cool just laying on the couch.
$360 at Vincent Park, www.vincentpark.ca
Indecisive Audrey:
“Which bag with which dress?” is her daily dilemma. Tiffany & Co.’s
reversible tote gives her two options in one carryall, with supple
metallic leather on one side, smooth coloured suede on the other. $480
at Tiffany & Co., www.tiffany.ca