The Holiday Gift Guide for Your Partner Who Has Impossible Taste
Your partner hates your taste and you’re a constant disappointment during the holidays. You just don’t get them do you? So, you call in a professional.
Okay the question is, what scent do I get? The answer is, you take them to the store, and you try on every single scent. You make a day of going to the store. Then you make sure you take them to a public outing so everyone can smell how amazing their scent is.
RIVE DROITE EDITIONS 01 DAIDO MORIYAMA
Sexy, monochromatic photography. Your partner wants inspiration for their private Instagram.
HERMES - Scarves and Silk Accessories
This is a more conservative gift if you’re afraid of incurring their insatiable wrath.
Alexander McQueen - Resin Hoop Earrings
You sit down and watch McQueen (2018) together. You cry during the robot scene.
Don’t be basic and buy Aesop.
Fancy make-up brushes that look and feel amazing.
Your partner only smokes Gitanes. They hate littering.
These are practical and stylish, and make for a great gift wrap.
You want to show off your amazing gift and there’s plenty of food preparation during the holidays. You know someone else is getting them a knife so you make sure to get a better one.
A black harness boot goes with everything. It’s comfortable and practical.
You need to bring something. You want a good wine. This tastes good.
literally show me a healthy person - Darcie Wilder
You want a stylish book that shows you have discerning taste in experimental storytelling and a living sense of humor, that is also read by Kendall Jenner.
Your partner loves the feel of 180-gram heavyweight vinyl and especially, soundtracks. Oh by the way, Gesaffelstein is touring.
Why yes, that is an Eames House Bird, you will say.
Get this in Olympic White. This is a perfect guitar. Everyone will be impressed with your immaculate taste in guitars.
Your partner is really into modular synths but doesn’t want to drop a fortune on Euroracks. Get them a Beatstep Pro while you’re at it and some pedals.
Tone is clean, crisp and loud. It is a perfect amp. Everyone will be impressed with your immaculate taste in amplifiers.
Your partner is so into postpunk that they have this incredibly boutique pedal which replicates the functionality of an MXR Distortion+ and an MXR Blue Box with the original schematic that produces scuzzy, untenable waves of chaotic delight.
Your partner spends so much time in the studio they barely get to see you, so you decided to buy them monitors so they can record at home.
Your partner could always use more turntables for no apparent reason.
Rotary mixers balance the perfect amount of distortion and tone to give you great sound.
This just looks cool, it’s a preorder though.
Preorder. Doesn’t ship til January. You want it. Your partner wants it. You both want it.