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The Picky Boy: Holiday Gift Ideas For Every Type of Guy

We all love our guys.

Brothers, boyfriends, nephews, boy-friends (the “NO, I swear we’re just friends”) boy-friends. Holidays approach, however, and we often remember what it is about them we can not stand: they don’t tell us what they want. We play incredible interrogation-style mind tricks trying to read them, and usually to no avail. So, I went ahead and spent some time scouring the internet. Every type of guy can be shopped for… he WILL be shopped for. Here are a few quick ideas to get you started:

Ideas for…

The Tech Geek/The Video Game Nerd

A ‘History of Apple’ 18×24 poster for the Steve Jobs/Apple lover he is.

http://fab.com/sale/9355/product/101922/?sid=

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Because we all share a love/hate relationship with Pac-Man.

http://society6.com/tshirts/gaming?page=1

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This awesome Star Wars dartboard for his Nerd-Man-Cave: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ce46/?pfm=geektoys_newest_ce46_8

Maybe a Nintendo Controller Backpack would be just the thing: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f252/?pfm=computing_newest_f252_5

The Gym Rat

From what I hear, whey protein does amazing thing for man-muscles. Buy him some online here:

From what I hear, whey protein does amazing thing for man-muscles. Find some online here:
http://www.gnc.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=2108294&cp=3593187&ab=CMS:CATEGORY:CMS:2:PROTEIN

According to my boyfriend, who constantly asks his friends if “they even lift”, gym rats totally get this phrase. (Some sort of weightlifting lingo)

According to my boyfriend, who constantly asks his friends if “they even lift”, gym rats totally get this phrase. (Some sort of weightlifting lingo) I don’t pretend to understand, but surprise him with this shirt:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/112425806/do-you-even-lift-funny-body-builder-gym

Also: Weightlifting gloves. Because calluses are no fun for anybody: http://www.sportsauthority.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12374452&cp=2623675&pg=1&s=A-StorePrice-TSA&searchSort=TRUE&parentPage=family

Mr. Arthouse-

Andy Warhol iPhone cases so EVERYONE knows how artsy he is: http://fab.com/sale/12816/product/68042/?sid=

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Get him Banksy’s amazing documentary, “Exit Through The Gift Shop” on DVD: it’s funny, it’s artful, it’ll make you want to break vandalism laws.

Get him Banksy’s amazing documentary, “Exit Through The Gift Shop” on DVD: it’s funny, it’s artful, it will make you want to break vandalism laws. Get it here: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Graphic-Design/Ellen-Lupton/e/9781568987026

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Lomography cameras from Urban Outfitters are great for when he wants to be a photographer but isn’t into the whole ‘photography’ thing. Urban has a great selection: http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/category.jsp?id=APARTMENT_MEDIA&brand=holga,lomography

If he is into Graphic Design, here’s a recent book on it: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Graphic-Design/Ellen-Lupton/e/9781568987026

And if he wants to start collecting art himself, get him a gift card to art.com: https://art.cashstar.com

The Academic

Some guys love literature. If he loves literature AND pillows (aka dream guy?), get him some fun caricature pillows of his favorites: http://www.uncommongoods.com/product/decorative-literary-caricature-pillows

OR if it is iPhone covers he loves, get him some of those: http://www.uncommongoods.com/product/literary-art-iphone4-cases

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Does he have a big presentation coming up? Does he want to be a memorable candidate for an internship? Does he collect ties? Yes? Great. Here: http://www.uncommongoods.com/product/wood-tie

Help him plan 2013 (don’t be afraid to write in dates like… your birthday or your half birthday for him.) We know boys have a tendency to forget: http://www.moleskineus.com/moleskine-planners-datebooks.html

Here’s hoping I could help you get your holiday shopping started for those lovable, albeit difficult boys of ours. Cheers to hopefully getting something good in return this year! (I mean let’s not hold our breath though.)

Abby
is a Communication Studies major and a starry-eyed collector of fine (and not so fine) clothing. Addicted to Nutella, fashion, design and cats, she is a Boston native in love with life. Twitter: @abbylt22

The Shop Girl Wishes…

See how happy and germ free this couple shopping online is?

Your ass would shop online.

As I write this understand, it’s Thanksgiving, I’m a bottle of champagne in and I’m still sipping cider. I have to work tomorrow, on the most sacred shopping day ever, Black Friday. I want you all to understand your need to get a deal is causing me to be to work at 6am tomorrow. I’m expected to clock in and have a smile on my face at 6am. You know what I should be doing tomorrow at 6am? Still drinking or at the very least sobering up.

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The mention of Black Friday brought out the worst in this woman.

Working on Black Friday is the biggest bunch of bullshit I’ve ever experienced in my life. Retail workers are dragged away (literally!) from their families and left overs to feed the rabid need of people who don’t really like their family members and need an excuse to leave the house at midnight to go shopping for “deals”. Fuck your deals and your family issues. Don’t drag me away from my Champagne or cider. I love them both. I love leftovers and I love my dog and husband. I don’t want to be away from any of these things consecutively at any given time. Sadly the major mall I work in thinks differently.
I think you should shop online. You read that right; shop online! Don’t drag my ass out of my drunken stupor at 6am because you need a deal on pajama bottoms and poorly made t-shirts. Click a link and add that shit to your shopping cart on Amazon. Let the poor retail workers of America sleep. Bad enough their are 5 shopping weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas! That’s five weeks of holiday music by Justin Beiber on rotation! Imagine the personal hell of Justin rapping over a holiday beat. Go ahead, Google it, I’ll wait. Shopping online eliminates the need to go out into the masses where the chances of catching a cold or flu are higher. You could slip on melted snow entering a mall. You could lose your child or worse your iPhone! Dear god think of your iPhone.

USA/WASHINTON STATE/ CLARKSTON_After Thanksgiving Black friday shoppers with thier favority goods at Wal-Mart(Walmart)on thanks giving evening on 24 Nov. 2011

Shop online. You won’t have to deal with a tired cashier or a worn out stock room person or the manager who got bitched out by his wife about the holiday shift he had to work. Because YOU the American Consumer just HAD to get a deal on those pajama bottoms and that poorly made t-shirt. I think if you asked, most retail workers would rather work a long Saturday shift than the Friday shift after Thanksgiving. We’ve had time to re-up and relax. We’ve had a chance to spend time with the family we barely get to see. We get some rest. We just want to rest, like you.

“The Shop Girl” is a 20-something East Coaster just tying to pay the bills and keep her head above water. Her extracurricular activities include: Whiskey, crushing on boys with beards who also like whiskey and all things fashion. (duh.) That photo is totally not her.

Kyle Bean for Hermès: Newspaper Instrument Creations

UK designer Kyle Bean has created a special series of paper covered instruments for French fashion house Hermès. Together with some old school trunks, the instruments make up the Spring 2010 Hermès window decorations.

Reminiscent of the Blueprint III cover, Bean has covered 50 instruments in music manuscript sheets, and some suitcases in survey maps. He teamed up with in-house Hermès designer Rebbecca Cox to also make paper fans and canopies to dress the props and products.The artwork is on display at Hermes UK retail stores now.

Kyle Bean’s portfolio: http://www.kylebean.co.uk/portfolio

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Hermès Seeks Tokujin Yoshioka for Display Design at the Maison Hermès in Tokyo

Hermes has taken window dressing to another level with the help of Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka. In a nice departure from the typical mannequin window displays we are used to seeing, Tokujin Yoshioka created a wonderful antidote to the typical overstuffed holiday scene for the Maison Hermes in Tokyo.

Scarves hanging in the window seem to flutter in perfect timing with video imagery of a Japanese actress blowing at them. When asked to describe his inspiration for the display, Yoshioka stated, “On designing a window-display of Maison Hermès, I intended to express people’s daily movements with a suspicion of humor. There are moments when I perceive a hidden presence of a person in the movements born naturally in daily life. I created a design where one can perceive someone behind the scarves as if life were being breathed into them. The window is designed with an image of woman projected on to a monitor. The scarf softly sways in the air in response to the woman’s blow.”

Tokujin Yoshioka has recieved many international design awards. He established the Tokujin Yoshioka Design Office in 2000 and has an extensive portfolio which include shop and space design for Issey Miyake, Nissan, BMW, Shiseido, Hermes, Muji and Peugeot.

The display can be seen until January 19th, 2010.