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Well, hello there! REAL TALK: You have ONLY TWO weekends left before Christmas. YEAH. So, you better get that last minute holiday shopping ball rolling. And we’re here to help. Below you’ll find a hand picked, mood board inspired selection of items your friends and family would be FOOLS not to love (SIDE NOTE: FEEL FREE TO GIVE THEM MOST OF THESE YEAR ROUND, and not just when you’re obligated to), all locally purchasable here in DC (and a lot locally made, even). And-New Yorkers and Chicago peeps-99% of this is orderable too, don’t worry.
This year, we got SO MANY great things to share, that we will be running this edition of BEST GIFT GUIDE EVER in installments.
Today: Something for the ladies in your life. Because, you know, LADIES FIRST. (scroll to the bottom for a full shopping guide / addresses / web destinations and all)
SIDE GIFTING NOTES: check out our holiday market and pop-up guide later this week and our 2015 gift guide is pretty aces too still.
Gifts to show your feminist friends (that’s all of them, right?)Â you’re with them. ALWAYS.
Shop this look (scroll to the bottom to full shopping guide with addresses etc)
APPAREL:
- Unapologetic Hat – GLOSSRAGS
BOOKS & PAPER GOODS:
- Feminist Activity Book – Kramerbooks
- Phoebe Robinson – You Can’t Touch My Hair – Kramerbooks
- Rad American Women A-Z – Kramerbooks
- Facts Notebook – Cherry Blossom Creative
- Pen – Goodwood
ACCESSORIES:
- Lipstick Compact – National Gallery of Art Gift Shops
- Ring – Redeem
- Girl Gang Nametags – Meeps
- Lady Parts Earrings –Â Kate Zaremba Company / Lemon Bowl
HOMEGOODS & FOOD:
- Je Suis Feministe Tray – National Museum of Women in the Arts Museum Shop
- Warrior Candle – Handmade Habitat – Lemon Bowl
- Frida Candle – Handmade Habitat – National Museum of Women in the Arts Museum Shop
- Super Dark Chocolate – Whole Foods – also delivers!
ART:
- Guerilla Girls Tea Towel and Napkins – National Gallery of Art Gift Shops
- Frida Kahlo Doll – National Museum of Women in the Arts Museum Shop
- Margaret Bakke Print – Transformer Flat Files
Pink is not a dirty word.
Shop this look (scroll to the bottom to full shopping guide with addresses etc)
APPAREL:
- Clutch – Violet Boutique
- Men’s Shirt –Hugh & Crye
- Glitter Shoes – Meeps
- Pleated Tops – Violet Boutique
- Flats – Violet Boutique
ACCESSORIES:
- Michelle Mae Mystique Ring – Meeps
- Pocket Square – Hugh & Crye
BOOKS & RECORDS & PAPER GOODS:
- Glass Candy Record – SOM Records
- Floribunda Coloring Book – Kramerbooks
- Lips Card – Goodwood
- Match Card – Goodwood
- Pink Notebook – spiral bound – Appointed Co.
- Pink Notebook – hard cover – Violet Boutique
HOMEGOODS & FOOD:
- Linny Friend x Sill Life / Pom Pom Vessel w/ Succulents –Lemon Bowl
- Compartes Chocolates – Salt & Sundry
- Undone Chocolate bar
- Calm Bath Salts – BeClean at Steadfast Supply
- Chocolate Box – Whole Foods – also delivers!
- Tea Cup – Miss Pixie’s
ART:
- Hannah Spector Print – Transformer Flat Files
Golden girls rejoice. The softest, most luxurious feeling gifts we could find
Shop this look (scroll to the bottom to full shopping guide with addresses etc)
APPAREL:
- Champagne Jumpsuit – Lettie Gooch
- Champagne Maxi Dress – Violet Boutique
ACCESSORIES:
- Headband – Steadfast Supply
- Watch – Shinola
- White Hat – Kit and Ace
- Necklace – Lettie Gooch
- Cat Pin – Via Gypset
- Ring – Emma Marty Jewelry
COSMETICS:
- Diamant Perfume – Goodwood
- Santal 33 Eau de Parfum – Le Labo
- Face Cream – Kiehl’s
- Body Butter – Kiehl’s
BOOKS & PAPER GOODS:
- Slim Aarons – Women – Salt & Sundry
- Pop the Bubbly Card – Salt & Sundry
- You Put the Champ Card – Chez Gagne
HOMEGOODS & FOOD/DRINK:
- Thaibaut-Jannison Blanc de Chardonnay (fun fact: this was served at the first Obama state dinner. If there ever was a time to feel nostalgic, this is it)- Glen’s Garden Market
- West Beach Candle – Kit and Ace
- Candle – BeClean Shop at Steadfast Supply
- Champagne Glass Clips – Chez Gagne
- Harper Macaw Chocolates – Salt & Sundry
- Gold X (marks the spot) – Miss Pixie’s
- Matches – Goodwood
- Frame – National Gallery of Art Gift Shops
ART:
- Perfume Print – Elizabeth Graeber Transformer Flat Files
For your friend who loves American Horror Story: Coven, and considers Stevie Nicks a close personal friend and mentor.
Shop this look (scroll to the bottom to full shopping guide with addresses etc):
APPAREL:
- Faux Fur coat – Lettie Gooch
- Unicorn Sweater – LOFT
ACCESSORIES:
- Printed Wild Clutch – National Museum of Women in the Arts Museum Shop
- Seeing Eye Hand Necklace – Meeps
- Black Gloves – Violet Boutique
- Spiral Earrings –Meeps
- Ring – Emma Marty Jewelry
- Teardrop Necklace – Mallory Shelter Jewelry
- Crystal Hairpins – Steadfast Supply
- Michelle Mae Crystal Ring – Meeps
- Black Bracelet – Violet Boutique
- Crystal Necklace – Lettie Gooch
BOOKS & PAPER GOODS:
- Notebook – Salt & Sundry
- Good Vibes Card – Salt & Sundry
- Moon Chart Print- Salt & Sundry
- Votive Candles – Urban Orphans
- Gift Wrap – Salt & Sundry
HOMEGOODS & FOODS:
- Silver Glitter Ornament – Miss Pixie’s
- Cocktail Napkins – Salt & Sundry
- Moon Dominoes – Salt & Sundry
- Matches – Via Gypset
- Incense – Salt & Sundry
- Black Salt – Salt & Sundry
- Black Magic juice – JRINK
COSMETICS:
- Unicorn Oil – BeClean shop at Steadfast Supply
- Perfume – Redeem
- Sun Potion – Greenheart
Gifts SO GOOD you’d have to REALLY love them in order not to keep them for yourself.
Shop this look (scroll to the bottom to full shopping guide with addresses etc)
APPAREL:
- Black and White Cape – Kit and Ace
- Green Velvet Blazer – Lettie Gooch
- Slippers – Goodwood
ACCESSORIES:
- Square Earrings – Redeem
- Tassel Necklace – Via Gypset
- Bird Necklace – Goodwood
- Leather Jewelry Holder – Via Gypset
- Circle Earrings – Lettie Gooch
- Blue Clutch – Lettie Gooch
- Gloves – Shinola
- Purple & Orange Wallet – National Gallery of Art Gift Shops
- Camel Wallet – Shinola
BOOKS & RECORDS & PAPER GOODS:
- Zadie Smith: Swing Time – Kramerbooks
- Grace Bonney: In the Company of Women – Kramerbooks
- Elena Ferrante: Frantumaglia – Kramerbooks
- Gift Wrap – Kate Zaremba Company – Lemon Bowl
- Townes Van Zandt ANYTHING – SOM Records
- Card – Goodwood
HOMEGOODS:
- Flowers – Urban Stems
COSMETICS:
- Four Pack Hair Products – Drybar
- Shower Gel – National Gallery of Art Gift Shops
FULL SHOPPING GUIDE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
- Appointed Co. – click for retailers
- BeClean – available online and also at Steadfast Supply
- Cherry Blossom Creative – 2128 8th street NW
- Chez Gagne
- Compartes Chocolates
- Drybar – 1635 Connecticut Ave NW, 1825 Wisconsin Ave NW, 1006 E Street NW – #Drybar
- Elizabeth Graeber
- Emma Marty Jewelry
- Glen’s Garden Market – click for locations
- GLOSSRAGS – #Glossrags
- Goodwood – 1428 U Street NW – #GoodwoodDC
- Greenheart – where to find them IRL
- Handmade Habitat –
- Harper Macaw Chocolates –
- Hugh & Crye – 300 Tingey St SE – #HughandCrye
- JRINK – 1323 Connecticut Ave NW, 1922 I St NW, 1228 Blagden Alley NW, 1800 Wyoming Ave NW, 950 F St. NW, 2824 Fallfax Drive – #JRINK
- Kate Zaremba Company – also available at Lemon Bowl
- Kiehl’s
- Kit and Ace – 1921 8th St NW, 3263 M Street NW – #ThisIsKitandAce
- Kramerbooks – 1517 Connecticut Ave NW – #KramerBooks
- Le Labo – 1924 8th Street NW
- The Lemon Bowl – 3015 Georgia Ave NW (now with a holiday pop-up up front)
- Lettie Gooch – 1921 8th Street NW
- Linny Friend – also available at Lemon Bowl
- LOFT – 1611 Connecticut Avenue, 707 Seventh Street NW, 1239 Wisconsin Ave – #LoveLoft
- Mallory Shelter Jewelry -also available at Salt & Sundry and Steadfast Supply
- Meeps – 2104 18th St NW – #MeepsDC
- Miss Pixie’s – 1626 14th St NW
- National Gallery of Art Gift Shops (there’s 5 of them! 5!) – 6th and Constitution Ave NW
- National Museum of Women in the Arts Museum Shop – 1250 New York Ave NW – #NMWA
- Printed Wild
- Redeem – 1810 14th St NW – #ShopRedeem
- Shinola – 1631 14th St NW – #MyShinola
- Sill Life – also available at Lemon Bowl, Salt & Sundry and Urban Stems
- SOM Records –  1843 14th St NW – #SomRecordsDC
- Steadfast Supply –Â 1331 4th Street SE
- Salt & Sundry – 1309 5th St NE – #SaltandSundry
- Transformer Flat Files – 1404 P Street NW
- Undone Chocolate –
- Urban Orphans – popping up around too
- Urban Stems –
- Via Gypset – 2311 Calvert Street NW
- Violet Boutique – 3289 M St NW – #ShopVioletDC
- Whole Foods – also delivers!
CHECK IN TOMORROW FOR PART 2, where we tackle THE MEN
THIS GUIDE WAS PRODUCED BY:
Styling and sourcing: Svetlana Legetic and Marissa Rubenstein
Photography: Jeff Martin
Styling, sourcing, and emotional assistance: Kaylee Dugan, Jenn Tisdale, Chloe Fedyna & Mikala Rempe
with many thanks to the Gibson Guitar Showroom for letting us shoot on location there and the whole BYT team for running around, grabbing things, returning things and more.
