SHOOFLY
• Glug shirts ($34). Non-sushi designs also available.
• Everybody loves cute socks; these are from the Spanish brand Cóndor ($16).
• This year’s gift for a child ($20) is next year’s gift for a gay friend….
• Shoofly has a huge selection of fun stocking stuffers, such as mood rings ($4).
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TRIBECA WINE MERCHANTS
• General manager Doug Fauth recommended Champagne, specifically Henri Giraud Esprit Brut ($40): “It’s in restaurants like Corton and Le Bernadin, and we’re pretty much the exclusive retailer.”
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TORLY KID
• Wes and Willy Bulldogs shirt ($26). The Pugs one was sold out, probably.
• An excellent Ben Sherman sweater ($65).
• Appaman hats keep you warm and cool, if you catch my drift (the white one is $30).
• Psychedelic slippers ($22).
• Totem Figurines pop-out coloring book ($27).
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POMPANOOSUC MILLS
• Pompy is known for its furniture, but it has all sorts of accessories, too—such as this copper tray ($190).
• A caddy for your remote controls ($75). There’s an eight-slot one but I can’t encourage it.
• A hand-finished Italian wood frame ($43).
• Eigen Arts gourd vases; the green one is $33.
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TRIBECA ISSEY MIYAKE
• The design of the Bilbao bag (foreground, $1,095), initially part of the Pleats Please line, has been so popular that it’s being launched as its own line, Bao Bao.
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BAKER
• Dramatic black metal bowl with gold interior ($336). Toss your keys in and let’s party!
• I’ve had a crush on this lamp for a long time ($976).
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ABHAYA
• A rustic tray from China’s Shanxi province ($80).
• Terracotta plate covered in rattan, from Bali ($140).
• Also from Bali: a pupu-perfect tray handmade from coconut shells ($290).
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MOOMAH
• It may yet be a long cold winter, so stock up on Moomah’s DIY kits: picture frame ($25), tissue box ($20), purse ($30).
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JUST SCANDINAVIAN
• For your Republican friends: a small tray with elephants on it ($45; other patterns, $36).
• At first, I thought this was a placecard holder shaped like a dachshund, when it’s actually a knife/chopsticks rest shaped like a very skinny pig ($15 each).
• Pretty glass bowls/candle holders; the large ones are $40, the small ones are $25, and I have no idea which size this is. Available in other colors.
• Josef Frank’s wonderful Manhattan pattern, now on plastic placemats ($20).
Previous installments in the 2010 Shop-Local Gift Guide:
• Harrison and Worth
• Duane
• Warren and Murray
Thanks for including us in your gift guide! We are so honored!