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CH Gift Guide 2006
For 2006 our Holiday Gift Guide brings together items we've posted throughout the year plus new additions each day leading up to the holidays. Browse through them all below or view by price: Under $50, Under $100, Under $500 or Over $500.
Steve Powers: You and Me Print
Perhaps you didn’t have a chance to check out Steve Powers' Street Art show on the corner of West Broadway and Prince Street last month. The artist, graffiti writer and book author sometimes known as ESPO had a sale of his art on the street along with all the other vendors. His “booth” was between the hot dog and scarf stands. You can’t get...
Perhaps you didn’t have a chance to check out Steve Powers' Street Art show on the corner of West Broadway and Prince Street last month. The artist, graffiti writer and book author sometimes known as ESPO had a sale of his art on the street along with all the other vendors. His “booth” was between the hot dog and scarf stands. You can’t get...
Billy Kirk Leather Satchels
Refinery29 takes us to the Brooklyn outpost for men, Hollander and Lexer where shopping for the most stylish guy in your world is a cinch. Those at the top of our wish list are a classic H and L tweed tie ($75) or decide between some of the best men's bags in town like the Billy Kirk Leather satchels (pictured, $325). To order call...
Refinery29 takes us to the Brooklyn outpost for men, Hollander and Lexer where shopping for the most stylish guy in your world is a cinch. Those at the top of our wish list are a classic H and L tweed tie ($75) or decide between some of the best men's bags in town like the Billy Kirk Leather satchels (pictured, $325). To order call...
Samsonite Black x Matthew Williamson Signat Attaché
Launched earlier this year, the limited edition version of the Signat Attaché Case, a collaboration between Samsonite Black Label and British fashion designer Matthew Williamson, is finally available online just in time for gift giving. Also re-released in orange, yellow and pink (see images here), the effort celebrates Samsonite's classic 1960's Signat Attaché Case. For the limited edition version, Williamson accented the cream exterior...
Launched earlier this year, the limited edition version of the Signat Attaché Case, a collaboration between Samsonite Black Label and British fashion designer Matthew Williamson, is finally available online just in time for gift giving. Also re-released in orange, yellow and pink (see images here), the effort celebrates Samsonite's classic 1960's Signat Attaché Case. For the limited edition version, Williamson accented the cream exterior...
Spinning Disks Watch
In this image this unusual watch reads 6:11:59. Using three spinning disks to create a triple-tier display of time, the top circle spins fastest with the seconds, the second disk rotates the minutes, the bottom circular plate revolves the hour, and the red line indicates the current time. Housed in a big 39mm square metal case, it costs $95, including free global shipping. For...
In this image this unusual watch reads 6:11:59. Using three spinning disks to create a triple-tier display of time, the top circle spins fastest with the seconds, the second disk rotates the minutes, the bottom circular plate revolves the hour, and the red line indicates the current time. Housed in a big 39mm square metal case, it costs $95, including free global shipping. For...
Suck UK Sun Jar
I'll admit that Suck UK can be a little bit hit and miss with its creations, but I think the Sun Jar is spot on. Using a solar cell, battery and LEDs, it effectively collects sunlight during the day so you can use it at night. Simple and effective, with the bonus of being eco-friendly, the Sun Jar costs around £20....
I'll admit that Suck UK can be a little bit hit and miss with its creations, but I think the Sun Jar is spot on. Using a solar cell, battery and LEDs, it effectively collects sunlight during the day so you can use it at night. Simple and effective, with the bonus of being eco-friendly, the Sun Jar costs around £20....
Three Ephemeral Gifts
Sometimes the best gifts aren't made to last. Everyone appreciates a useful consumable gift that won't add more clutter to their lives. This Soap Rock has the beautiful color and shape of a geological specimen without the permanence. Made from all natural ingredients, extracts and minerals the hand hewn soap rock is available in Amethyst, Turquoise, Aquamarine, Aqua Geode, Watermelon Tourmaline and Lapis Lazuli...
Sometimes the best gifts aren't made to last. Everyone appreciates a useful consumable gift that won't add more clutter to their lives. This Soap Rock has the beautiful color and shape of a geological specimen without the permanence. Made from all natural ingredients, extracts and minerals the hand hewn soap rock is available in Amethyst, Turquoise, Aquamarine, Aqua Geode, Watermelon Tourmaline and Lapis Lazuli...
French Lessons Panties
The French Lessons Panties from the erotic boutique Kiki De Montparnasse (covered in Haute Sex II) are printed with suggestive French phrases (and their English translations in fine print). The instructional panties read mange-moi (eat me), Balse-moi (fuck me), aime-moi (love me), fesse-moi (spank me) and attache-moi (tie me up). Screen-printed on white cotton panties with a delicate black trim, these French lessons are...
The French Lessons Panties from the erotic boutique Kiki De Montparnasse (covered in Haute Sex II) are printed with suggestive French phrases (and their English translations in fine print). The instructional panties read mange-moi (eat me), Balse-moi (fuck me), aime-moi (love me), fesse-moi (spank me) and attache-moi (tie me up). Screen-printed on white cotton panties with a delicate black trim, these French lessons are...
Local Braided Wool Hat
Today's Refinery29 pick for CH's 2006 gift guide comes from Butter, a Brooklyn boutique renowned for their well-edited collection of hard-to-find designers. A trip to Butter makes scoring the right gift for the ladies in your life a piece of cake. The vintage coral studs are an affordable luxury, and one of Butter's braided wool hats designed by Local ($98) is the perfect marriage of...
Today's Refinery29 pick for CH's 2006 gift guide comes from Butter, a Brooklyn boutique renowned for their well-edited collection of hard-to-find designers. A trip to Butter makes scoring the right gift for the ladies in your life a piece of cake. The vintage coral studs are an affordable luxury, and one of Butter's braided wool hats designed by Local ($98) is the perfect marriage of...
I Heart Tripods Tee
If you've ever seen a plucky dog make its way on three legs then you'll appreciate the affectionate humor of this I Heart Tripods tee. The shirt is part of New York-based writer Sonia Zjawinski's efforts to raise funds for her dog Lulu's bone cancer treatment. (Click image for detail.) Designed by a friend after Lulu lost her leg to the disease, the proceeds...
If you've ever seen a plucky dog make its way on three legs then you'll appreciate the affectionate humor of this I Heart Tripods tee. The shirt is part of New York-based writer Sonia Zjawinski's efforts to raise funds for her dog Lulu's bone cancer treatment. (Click image for detail.) Designed by a friend after Lulu lost her leg to the disease, the proceeds...
Dig Topiary Dog
During the weeks leading up to the holidays, everyone's To Do list is as long as their To Buy list, and too much to choose from can often be as paralyzing as too little. Refinery29 has taken the guess-work out of holiday shopping by priming Cool Hunting readers with the coolest and most diverse gifts—short and sweet—to be found in one of our favorite...
During the weeks leading up to the holidays, everyone's To Do list is as long as their To Buy list, and too much to choose from can often be as paralyzing as too little. Refinery29 has taken the guess-work out of holiday shopping by priming Cool Hunting readers with the coolest and most diverse gifts—short and sweet—to be found in one of our favorite...
Three Gifts To Help Organize Gadgets
LaCie's new Huby USB and FireWire Hub hooks up your computer with plenty of ports for your cup warmer, ultrasound and Availabot, chargers, drives, cameras, music players and other gear, and keeps them all at arm's length on the 8 flexible arms. It also comes with a fan to keep you (and your gear) cool. Designed by Ora-Ito (aka Ita Morabito), it adds a...
LaCie's new Huby USB and FireWire Hub hooks up your computer with plenty of ports for your cup warmer, ultrasound and Availabot, chargers, drives, cameras, music players and other gear, and keeps them all at arm's length on the 8 flexible arms. It also comes with a fan to keep you (and your gear) cool. Designed by Ora-Ito (aka Ita Morabito), it adds a...
McBride Beauty
Winifred Burkeman started to sell her handmade beauty products after all her friends kept asking what she used on her flawless skin. Named after her mother, her two year-old line of products, McBride Beauty, uses the same natural blend of ingredients that her mother had made years before to keep her sensitive skin healthy. Winifred makes the essential oil-based face and body natural beauty...
Winifred Burkeman started to sell her handmade beauty products after all her friends kept asking what she used on her flawless skin. Named after her mother, her two year-old line of products, McBride Beauty, uses the same natural blend of ingredients that her mother had made years before to keep her sensitive skin healthy. Winifred makes the essential oil-based face and body natural beauty...
An Inconvenient Truth DVD
If anything is going help you have a good yule this year—and more importantly for years to come—this "essential viewing" film about the threat of global warming is the one. A year ago no one would have believed that a film about a slideshow could have proved such a big hit with audiences around the world, but thanks to the persuasive powers of Al...
If anything is going help you have a good yule this year—and more importantly for years to come—this "essential viewing" film about the threat of global warming is the one. A year ago no one would have believed that a film about a slideshow could have proved such a big hit with audiences around the world, but thanks to the persuasive powers of Al...
Wooden Food Toys
I never outgrew my childhood obsession with toy food. Somehow everyday edibles become magical when rendered in delicately painted wood and—unlike the real stuff, not to mention most other toys—these wooden objects are made to last for generations. German toymakers Haba and Erzi offer the most extensive collections of wooden kitchen play toys. From great basic sets like the gift basket by Haba which...
I never outgrew my childhood obsession with toy food. Somehow everyday edibles become magical when rendered in delicately painted wood and—unlike the real stuff, not to mention most other toys—these wooden objects are made to last for generations. German toymakers Haba and Erzi offer the most extensive collections of wooden kitchen play toys. From great basic sets like the gift basket by Haba which...
Pet Hypothesis Jewelry
Handmade from repurposed billboard vinyl, the debut line of Pet Hypothesis jewelry follows in the tradition of Freitag and other creative re-users by reinventing industrial materials as accessories. Designer Chelsa Robinson (also formerly ReadyMade's product manager) layers sterling silver chains over bits of colored vinyl that she sews with contrasting thread. We chose to feature Geopanic for its confetti-like abstraction of CMYK colors with...
Handmade from repurposed billboard vinyl, the debut line of Pet Hypothesis jewelry follows in the tradition of Freitag and other creative re-users by reinventing industrial materials as accessories. Designer Chelsa Robinson (also formerly ReadyMade's product manager) layers sterling silver chains over bits of colored vinyl that she sews with contrasting thread. We chose to feature Geopanic for its confetti-like abstraction of CMYK colors with...
K7 Klok Kit
Made from vintage Nixie Tubes (old-school electronic displays) reclaimed after sitting for 30-60 years in Russian warehouses, the exquisite K7 Klok Kit will win over DIYers and design geeks alike. Industrial designer Mike Mayberry custom fabricates the limited edition, aircraft aluminum housing that he sells along with the tubes as a kit for home assembly. The beauty of the ten layered electrodes glowing orange...
Made from vintage Nixie Tubes (old-school electronic displays) reclaimed after sitting for 30-60 years in Russian warehouses, the exquisite K7 Klok Kit will win over DIYers and design geeks alike. Industrial designer Mike Mayberry custom fabricates the limited edition, aircraft aluminum housing that he sells along with the tubes as a kit for home assembly. The beauty of the ten layered electrodes glowing orange...
Waris Tears Pins
Jewelry designer and sometime actor Waris teamed up with French label A.P.C to create these Waris Tear Pins. Part of a new line he designed for the brand inspired by "love and heartbreak" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Freebird," the all-silver pins make understated accessories and are an unconventional gift. They come two to a set for $77 from A.P.C.'s site....
Jewelry designer and sometime actor Waris teamed up with French label A.P.C to create these Waris Tear Pins. Part of a new line he designed for the brand inspired by "love and heartbreak" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Freebird," the all-silver pins make understated accessories and are an unconventional gift. They come two to a set for $77 from A.P.C.'s site....
Trees For the Future
Trees For the Future (TFF) works with local communities to help reforest degraded lands and teaching local people agroforestry—how to grow, plant and tend to trees. The trees minimize soil erosion, provide foliage for animals and fuel-wood for the people. TFF also creates income generating schemes by helping communities produce timber and non-timber forest products. For a work associate, your crunchy environmentalist cousin, or...
Trees For the Future (TFF) works with local communities to help reforest degraded lands and teaching local people agroforestry—how to grow, plant and tend to trees. The trees minimize soil erosion, provide foliage for animals and fuel-wood for the people. TFF also creates income generating schemes by helping communities produce timber and non-timber forest products. For a work associate, your crunchy environmentalist cousin, or...
Three Menorahs
Even goyim can appreciate the charm of lighting menorahs during dark winter months. These three—whether tongue-in-cheek, made from inventive materials or an unobtrusive modular set— lend just the right amount of irreverence for surviving the season. Acrylic Menorah This acrylic menorah (pictured above left) by Italian design team Sawaya & Moroni combines a classic shape with modern materials. Reminiscent of the Mahua Huni acrylic...
Even goyim can appreciate the charm of lighting menorahs during dark winter months. These three—whether tongue-in-cheek, made from inventive materials or an unobtrusive modular set— lend just the right amount of irreverence for surviving the season. Acrylic Menorah This acrylic menorah (pictured above left) by Italian design team Sawaya & Moroni combines a classic shape with modern materials. Reminiscent of the Mahua Huni acrylic...
Beautiful/Decay Holiday Season
Beautiful Decay recently released the latest in their superior line of artist-designed T-shirts just in time for gift giving. The new designs include Kyle Thomas' manic stream-of-consciousness "Scribble" (pictured left), toy design duo Friends With You's whimsical "Black Magic" (center) and Rob Thom's ode to monkey faces and short-shorts "Tennis Club" (right). As always Beautiful Decay's designs are printed on custom-cut, custom-dyed, 100% cotton...
Beautiful Decay recently released the latest in their superior line of artist-designed T-shirts just in time for gift giving. The new designs include Kyle Thomas' manic stream-of-consciousness "Scribble" (pictured left), toy design duo Friends With You's whimsical "Black Magic" (center) and Rob Thom's ode to monkey faces and short-shorts "Tennis Club" (right). As always Beautiful Decay's designs are printed on custom-cut, custom-dyed, 100% cotton...
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