You’re So Gifted!

What Six People With Great Taste Would Love To Unwrap This Holiday Season

Black Friday is over and we are officially closer to giving gifts than giving thanks. By now you’ve likely seen every gift guide ever created in the history of the internet, and probably have an idea of what you’re going to buy for the most important people in your life. But what about you!?

It’s been a long year. In a dream world, what would someone seamlessly wrap in a bow and put under the tree that you could absolutely never justify buying yourself in the present moment? Personally, I would love to wake up to a box with the keys to Tom Ford’s former New Mexico Ranch, granting me a one way ticket to live out my days playing tennis and horseback riding (I have never done either of these things).

In the spirit of inordinate gratification, we spoke with six people who all have great taste and asked them what they would love to be treated if money, time and reality was not a factor.

Enjoy and please don’t blame us if you can’t get these ideas out of your head!

“I’d really love to have a place to make olive oils. Just so we’re clear, I'm not interested in “adopting an olive tree,” but rather have a patch of land with many trees on it, and a much anticipated, annual delivery of small clear bottles of my very own liquid gold that I can make cute labels for and gift to all my friends. That would be very nice” 

– Melanie Masarin, Founder of Ghia (she has a Substack too!) 

“I would love for someone to gift me the most iconic Maison Margiela collection: A Doll’s Wardrobe. Anything from the collection will do: the cardigan with the giant un-proportional buttons, the iconic pair of jeans, and this vest with the cut-out open just like a doll! I saw the beige cardigan at MoMu in Antwerp and I was freaking out!”

– Cookie Cohen, of  You Belong In This 

“I wouldn’t buy the new Guest in Residence striped rugby for myself (nor could I since it’s sold out everywhere), but I wouldn’t be mad if someone gave me theirs…”

– Alisha Bansal, of The Weird Real

“If someone wants to buy me a beach house, I wouldn’t kick them out of bed. That said, my dream gift would be a juiced-up Moke. Because if I have the Moke, it means I already own the beach house. Look for me tearing up the mean streets of Palm Beach — and surely starting a collection of parking tickets.”

_ Jess Graves, of The Love List 

“SO BLACK Birkin—Everyone needs a Birkin, and since I don't have one, someone should gift me one. It's not in the budget at the moment... for me. But if you (someone, anyone) can spare $76k, I would gladly receive this rare black Birkin with black hardware designed by Jean Paul Gaultier during his time as Creative Director of Hermes in the early 00s.”

– Rom Bokobza- Creative Director and The Funniest Person on the Internet 

“This holiday season, I'm dreaming of a solo afternoon in Midtown. Pastry at Lodi. Hot chocolate to go. MOMA and maybe splurge on some Belgian Shoes or walk through the park. The holidays make romanticizing everything feel festive.”

– Erika Veurink, of Long Live Substack