Gift Guide
Gifts for Everyone on Your Nice List
Merry and bright present ideas, from the South and beyond
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The Virginia jewelry designer Elizabeth Locke’s new collection of bangles includes the delicate diamond and gold stunner at top and, below it, two rainbow-hued venetian glass designs that look equal parts Etruscan and 2023 ($7,300–$14,550; elizabethlocke.com).
This Syna eighteen-karat-gold and champagne diamond cocktail ring from Charlotte, North Carolina’s Elizabeth Bruns transforms the cactus into a succulent statement piece ($5,650; elizabethbruns.com).
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Consider the Trafalgar boots by Fairfax & Favor a forever gift—one that only gets better as the years go on. The subtle navy blue side panels make them a cinch to slip on and off, and their stylish look means they work as well in the office as they do in the field ($330; fairfaxandfavor.com)
This hardworking shirt from Texas’s Tecovas, with its breathable cotton denim and Western-accented pearl snaps, comes in five hues for stocking up ($88; tecovas.com).
The familiar sight of pelicans in designer Billy Reid’s hometown of Florence, Alabama, influenced the print of his cotton bandanna ($58; billyreid.com).
Stack, mix, and match Trove’s colorful collection of pint-size lacquer jewelry boxes, including this dusky blue number, or slip one in your suitcase—they’re the optimal size for travel ($349; trove.store).
Designed for both sight fishing and everyday wear, the polarized Palmas sunglasses by Costa Del Mar filter out both harsh glare off the water and blue light from screens ($191; costadelmar.com).
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The showstopping butterfly earrings by the Brazilian jewelry designer Silvia Furmanovich, offered by Tiny Gods and seen here in a petite and (far right) larger size, highlight her talent for intricate marquetry and feature eighteen-karat-gold and diamond embellishments ($4,620 for each size; tinygods.com).
Why let a fine tipple take on the tinny taste of a metal flask? Opt instead for this monogrammable, full-grain-leather-wrapped glass take by Kentucky’s Clayton & Crume, complete with a brass cap and funnel ($125; claytonandcrume.com).
The bladesmiths at 150-year-old Böker designed this stunning knife, whose look suggests the flanks of a brook trout and whose size and grip lend themselves to a variety of outdoor tasks—whether around the yard or on the stream ($150; orvis.com).
Breitling’s new Superocean Automatic 46 offers a modern riff on a pared-down timepiece from the brand’s storied history in sixties scuba-diving culture; now the watch, with its rubber band, resists shocks, sand, and salt water, and sports a dial easily read underwater ($4,750; breitling.com).
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Weave a string of East End Press recycled-paper butterflies into garlands, wreaths, and trees for a nature-themed holiday ($14; eastendpress.com).
Add more bold butterflies with this exuberant new aqua stocking by Jonathan Adler ($128; jonathanadler.com).
Complete the scene with hand-sculpted and -painted acrylic butterfly ornaments, the most recent collaboration between the Louisiana artist Brad Bourgoyne and Fig & Dove ($40–$55 each; figanddove.com).
Give the gift of relaxation with a box of Molly J. CBD gummies in inventive flavors such as plum cardamom and elderflower grapefruit ($99–$120; mollyj.life).
This silk twill scarf highlights the surrealist imagery of Valero Doval, one of the many artists whose work the designers at DESEDA showcase in spectacularly vivid form ($275; shopdeseda.com).
Deck yourself this season with an ethereal rosemary-inspired brass headband by the Georgia-based jewelry designer Mary Frances Maker ($395; ggfieldshop.com).
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Add a surcee to a wrapped gift by tying on a mercury glass beetle or ladybug by Cody Foster ($18–$20 each, $58 for set of three; fritzandfraulein.com).
The needlepoint pillows from Furbish in Raleigh each take twenty hours to create, and their messages, both sweet and saucy, add a wink of wit to the old-fashioned craft ($100–$108 each; furbishstudio.com).
Virginia’s Moore & Giles incorporates elements of high-end footwear into its slippers, such as the curved toe and Spanish shearling lining seen here ($195; mooreandgiles.com).
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The Arkansas chocolatiers at Markham & Fitz use Nicaraguan chocolate, caramelized pecans, and black salt in this stocking-stuffer-worthy bar ($10; markhamandfitz.com).
Banish boring paper goods, journals, and calendars for good with the punchy designs by Semikolon, such as this luxe lavender and tangerine notebook ($26; semikolon.us).
This silk sleep mask, available in seven gorgeous colors, by Leontine Linens in New Orleans nods to Holly Golightly’s famous version in Breakfast at Tiffany’s ($125; leontinelinens.com).
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