Christmas music in October: kind of annoying. Christmas music now: a stern reminder that you’ve got a whole bunch of gifts to procure. And fast. Here to help: some ideas. Five of ’em. We like these things. You should buy them.
The classic big move: getting a woman some diamonds. The next-level move: getting someone to rub diamonds all over her face. Yes, the Beverly Wilshire’s exclusive Diamond Life Infusion Facial involves lotions made with actual diamonds. It was that or sapphire deodorant.
Gloves are great at keeping your hands warm. But they’re terrible at letting you tweet about how warm your hands are. Enter these handsome Genius Gloves—the tips of the index finger and thumb flip back to facilitate smartphone use without exposing anyone’s delicate knuckles to the elements.
The year was 1967. Elektra decided to use billboard space on the Strip to promote some band called the Doors. Since then... a few other labels have followed suit. Photographer Robert Landau has hung around the area for years, and he took lots of pictures. Now those pictures are a book. So educational.
You know the type—always running late because they couldn’t find their phone. Time to give them a hand. Literally. Designer Harry Allen cast a resin model of his own hand, and it happens to be the right shape to hold an iPhone. Nice-looking hand, Harry. Nice-looking hand.
For the person in your life who can really hold her chocolate, there’s this: a fancy chocolate bar from Compartes. It’s mostly cacao, but there’s plenty of whiskey, too. The result is like if Willy Wonka were in Mad Men. Which would involve some really weird suits.
