Fathers, husbands and the more mature type of son can be hellishly tricky to buy for. Let us take the stress out of the season with ten foolproof suggestions that are sure to please.
Paul Smith scarf £135
Neutral enough in colour to work with everything from jeans to pinstripes, yet with a certain undeniable style this cashmere beauty may well be the perfect scarf.
My Monopoly £70.95
He’s seen The Apprentice. And a million property development shows. He fancies his chances. But getting on one of those televisiual annoyances isn’t as easy as it looks. He can generate his own personal Boom & Bust with a Monopoly set printed with individual street (or pub) names that mean something special to him. Plus, with is name on the board no-one’s going to dare to stop him being the Racing Car.
Gieves & Hawkes cufflinks £125
Few of us can wear Savile Row suits every day, but these stylish, almost aggressively plain links will give the humblest outfit a touch of Old World elegance and will really shine when he’s unexpectedly summoned to a Black Tie affair.
Eelus Audrey print £100
Subversive and stylish, Eelus prints are a complement to almost any bachelor pad and are just a little less common than the now rather overplayed Banksy reproductions. This twist on the classic Hepburn image is probably pick of the bunch.
Bunker Mentality Merino V-neck £79.95
A cosy soft wool sweater? That’s equally at home in the pub, at work, or slobbing around the house? With a little ironic golfer chic? Perfect.
Snowball launcher $29.95
Only sold in the US, you’ll need to be quick to snag on of these awesome urban combat essentials before the big day, but even if it arrives a little late it shouldn’t matter too much: We probably won’t get much snow until June.
iRecorder £99.95
In our gadget-rich, time-poor culture it’s handy to be able to watch last night’s TV on the way in to work. Only trouble is, it’s often quite a fiddle. The iRecorder takes all the IT out of Entertainment and just delivers the recordings you've designated painlessly to your iPod while you’re in the shower, giving you at least half a chance of catching the morning train.
Toy Crossbow £12.95
We can’t all be Sarah Palin. Especially not if we’re young British and male. The powerful but not entirely lethal action of this indoor crossbow will have the youngest, males, and Britishest of us bowhunting like an ex-Alaskan beauty queen in no time.
Cooks Blowtorch £22.00
Our television schedules are crammed with beefy two-fisted super-chefs making complicated foood look easy. They’re not messing about with girly salad spinners though: They have manly tools to make manly food. A blowtorch is just the kind of deadly weapon to get the most kitchen-phobic man cooking crèmes brûlées, putting the finishing touches to barbecues and (when no-one’s looking) lighting cigars.
Falcon Longbeach Cruiser £149.99
If he’s a serious cyclist, he’s already got the bike he wants. If, like most of us, he’s just a dilettante who wants to potter to the shops for croissants on Sundays and tool around the neighbourhood on those rare sunny days he needs something well-made, not ridiculously expensive, and above all rather stylish. Enter the Longbeach Cruiser. It has that Seventies Chopper feeling without being totally Nathan Barley, and will stand up to the odd venture off-road (even if that just means across the park).
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