i am the absolute worst at buying gifts, and never more so than at christmas! there is such pressure at this time of year to find the perfect gift for a loved one and while i might spend the entire year spotting trinkets that would make my bestie laugh or my sister cry with joy (neglecting to actually purchase them!), as soon as i’m put on the spot and feel forced to buy a gift for t’is the season, i’m often at

ooh, touchy feely: 1. toast 2. bodas 3. j crew 4. urbanara 5. the small home 6. mujjo 7. cos 8. hush 9. the white company 10. urbanara 11. hush

tasty festive morsels: 1. keep cup 2. skandium 3. harvey nichols 4. amara 5. the modern pantry 6. folklore 7.  noma, time & place in nordic cuisine 8. quill london 9. habitat 10. ocelot chocolate 11. cru kafe

mmm, you smell good: 1. le labo 2. bella freud 3. diptyque 4. d.s & durga 5. the white company 6. tom daxon 7. the conran shop 8. haeckels 9. byredo parfums 10. skandinavisk 11. toast

keep talking, i’m listening: 1. b&o play 2. amara 3.  aspinal of london* 4. paul smith 5. spotify premium 6. knomo 7. punkt 8. the conran shop 9. the school of life 10. helsinki by vifa 11. society6

hey, good looking: 1. quill london 2. larsson & jennings 3. banana republic 4. olle eksell 5. the small home 6. garance doré x cuyana*  7. chloé 8. charlotte tilbury 9. gopro 10. samsung serif 11. anthropologie