100 gifts for every taste and budget
ONE OF THE MOST PLEASANT and at the same time tedious nuances of New Year's bustle - buying and receiving gifts. During the last week, we methodically offered various options - from beautiful underwear to gadgets, and in the final list we collected all of them together. It is too late to order gifts online, but many of the options below can be bought offline or find similar ones, and even with winter discounts.
10 gifts for home
Calendar for 2014
On the website of the Museum of Contemporary Art MoMA you can buy the charming calendar of the Japanese Katsumi Tamura, the founder of the design studio Good Morning inc. It's nice that a set of wild animals can be arranged on the table in any order: for example, we dream that May be right next to December.
$18.49
Grumpy Cat Snow Ball
The personification of the collective unconscious, Grumpy Cat, as no one else, melted our hearts this year. The more logical it is to get a Christmas figurine with an eternally discontented cat to look at it in 2014 and try not to look the same.
$16.00
Vinyl player
Our audio collection has long spilled over into iTunes - that’s why it’s much nicer to order vinyl from your favorite band’s website or find it on the rails, and then put it on the shelf. U-Turn is an affordable player for everyone: maybe it will not give you the legendary warm tube sound, but it will definitely decorate the house.
$279.00
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10 gifts for cultural holidays
Album "Byzantine" Synchrodogs
Few people are honored with a monograph at such a young age as the Ukrainian photo-dresser Synchrodogs. They shoot for themselves, for Dazed and Kenzo (and, it is nice to note, they did the shooting for us too), and recently they have an album: 116 pages with amazing photos, in a beautiful woven binding with gold embossing, as well as 460 numbered copies . A rare opportunity to buy a future rarity in time.
€75
PS4 prefix
The main gadget of the year is the new version of the PlayStation, which this time is also terribly good, and at least this parameter is used by the Xbox. You can give a friend, but it is better to keep yourself, since we don’t cut off at least guys. Keep in mind - the excitement around the console is such that on the official website you need to pre-order.
18 999 rub.
JBL column
Portable speaker in the undeservedly forgotten genre of "light music", ideal for parties: it is able to work autonomously on batteries for 10 hours. You can put it at home, or you can take it with you - in any case, people around you will thank you.
8 990 rub.
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10 spectacular decorations
Stella mccartney
Perhaps, Stella McCartney was a favorite trick of all designers - take an ordinary item and look at it from a completely new side. Ring match - proof of that. It looks neat and, perhaps, really, absolutely every girl will like it.
£208
Mawi
The British necklace of the Mawi brand resembles a bicycle chain, which is atypical for a designer of the Maui brand: more often it uses colorful crystals and does not skimp on spikes and so on. A good alternative to rejuvenated gold chains.
£675
Shourouk
Massive necklaces are still at their peak, so don't miss the moment. This decoration of the Indian brand Shourouk wins due to the combination of light green, emerald and white. You must admit that in such a combination, neon does not irritate eyes that are tired of acid tones, and even vice versa.
€917
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10 beautiful bags
Anya hindmarch
Memories of the clutch candy Maison Martin Margiela are alive, but it's time to move forward. Bags that look like foil wrappers can be found in the new collection of British accessory designer Ani Hindmarch, adored by Alex Chang and Kate Middleton. The metal clutch is released in silver and orange colors, but the freshest of all looks in blue.
57 165 rub.
Bless
Bless is a brand that works at the intersection of fashion and art. In its bag, the shape of which repeats the human body, there is hardly any functional component - unless of course you are a killer. But she looks good.
$1 045
Nasir Mazhar
Fighting, Nazir Mazhar will be the next significant young designer, like Jonathan Anderson or Christopher Kane. Now his collection is sold only by a couple of stores, including Opening Ceremony, but things fly like hot cakes. Bags of blue fur with a portrait of the Cossack while in stock.
$380
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10 aromas of niche brands
Aromas Fueguia 1833 Patagonia
A young Argentinean brand, which recently begins to be sold in Russia and behind which stands a musician and perfumer Julian Bedel. In Fueguia 1833 Patagonia is where to roam: for several years, Bedel created 59 aromas, and praise him for woody smells and those with white flowers: jasmine, magnolia and tuberose.
from $ 85
Atelier Cologne Orange Sanguine
Another New Year scent, Orange Sanguine, although positioned as an orange with an admixture of geranium, smells like a distinct tangerine - not chemically, but so much that I want to cut a basket of citrus fruits from the window sill (well, or where you have it now).
from $ 60
Nasomatto absinth
Nasomatto is a young Dutch brand, which has so far only nine flavors. Absinth is a “green” flavor that is more suitable just for winter and, in general, is about alcohol as much as Tauleto Wine Fragrance, which is lower.
€108
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10 personal care products
Givenchy Elixirs Le Soin Noir
We love black creams, scrubs and serums: they look unlike interesting colorless or white remedies. The day and night elixirs of Le Soin Noir look solemn enough to please even the most fastidious of the donee.
25 740 rub.
Certificate Cosmotheca
If there is an opportunity to present this card, you can even not read the remaining nine points of the wishlist (no, but yes). In this New Year, gift certificates are sold in the chain stores on Sretenka, Ostozhenka and Winzavod at lower prices: a ten thousand-ruble card, for example, can be bought for eight.
from 2 500 rub.
Dior Prestige Masque Revitalisant Masks
Such masks (nourishing, tightening, healing) are a great gift for a practical friend, sister and mother (her or her husband). The set of six masks that can be used by the course or just before the important exits.
6 700 rub.
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10 variants of linen and accessories
Dolce & Gabbana
Dolce & Gabbana is always praised for excellent linen - and for good reason. The brand chooses laconic colors and shapes, which are the same for both Bianche Balti and Crystal Rennes from the Italians advertising campaigns, and girls with more standard proportions.
£139
Charlotte olympia
Charlotte Olympia skillfully monetizes her trademark (and universal obsession) - the cat. He appears on Charlotte Olympia boats and loafers, and now he can be seen in the sleeping set. Ears and muzzle - on silk masks and slippers.
£395
Carine gilson
Speaking of shorts. Such, perhaps, are needed by all girls: it seems that not the most ordinary cotton ones, but, on the other hand, they are not too fussy.
£131
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10 makeup products
Chanel Brush Set
There are never a lot of brushes: you can wash the same brush ten times in one make-up, and you can buy several copies of it and save time and nerves. The set is also suitable for those who are not very comfortable with brushes: with the help of it you can apply liquid and powdery, tonal and non-tonal means (duofiber and a small spatula), blush (large beveled brush), eye shadow and lipstick.
4 999 rub.
Clarins 3-Dot Liner
We do not just recommend 3-Dot Liner, but insist on it. It is this eyeliner that deserves the title of the most comfortable in the world, and it is this one that will be useful to those who believed that under the arrows his hands were not sharpened. Sharpened.
£16
Hair color chalk
A nice and non-binding gift that can be presented to both a young niece and a friend - everyone has become accustomed to colored hair. But getting used is one thing, and trying for yourself is another. There are a lot of short-lived pastes and powders for coloring now, Hair Color Chalk is one of the most affordable.
900 rub.
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10 health and beauty gadgets
Lapka
Using these environmental sensors, one can measure the humidity and temperature of the air, the levels of radiation and electromagnetic radiation around and nitrates - in vegetables and fruits. Such monitors will be of great help for those who care about health and think about what is happening around. And yes, someone still does not have Lapka. Yes, that someone probably wants them.
6 990 rub.
Jawbone up
Another tracker that tracks not only movement, but also sleep and nutrition. Jawbone UP, unlike the FuelBand, is waterproof, can wake up on time (in a suitable phase of sleep) and buzzes if you sit for too long. The bracelet also works together with the application, iOS or Android.
5 990 rub.
Philips Diamond Clean
It is a lot of electric toothbrushes, this - from the most advanced. A timer is built into it: 30 seconds are allocated for cleaning each of the four sections, and the entire session lasts, as expected, for at least two minutes. Diamond Clean comes with a cool travel case, through which it can be recharged - via a laptop or socket.
7 990 rub.
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10 beautiful and warm sweaters
Carven
Carven designer Guillaume Henri knows how to combine completely different patterns in one thing - two types of stripes - and colors, add a neat frill with a cutout to them and not fall into the dirt with your face.
$ 480
H & M
Inexpensive sweater made of natural wool - a rarity. This gray H & M top with neat golden appliqués is just that, and by the way, it looks more expensive (sorry) than a 3,000 rubles sweater.
2 999 rub.
Peter Pilotto
The duet Peter Pilotto is known for things with geometric prints that he has from collection to collection. Corporate design designers were able to repeat using the relief knitting.