#GiftInColor: Holiday Gift Ideas In Shades Of Light Blue
Snowboards And Coffee And Denim, Oh My!
For this season’s #giftincolor gift guide series on Style Girlfriend, we hand-selected more than 100 amazing holiday gift ideas for both guys and gals. Every Tuesday we’re launching a brand new guide that’s themed to a different color. Check out our past weeks featuring red, orange + yellow, and green. Up today? Light blue.
Hat, Preston & Olivia | coffee, Toms | shearling-lined jacket, Levi’s Vintage Clothing | jeans, Baldwin
pajama set, Alexander Olch (in stores only) | shirt, Gant Rugger | snowboard, Burton | sneakers, Spalwart
travel grooming kit, Ursa Major | chambray dress, L.L. Bean Signature | track jacket, Champion
If there’s one gift that sticks out in my mind in this gift guide, it’s the women’s Burton snowboard. As a recent convert to the sport, I’m thinking about putting this at the top of my list. It’s so cool and colorful, how could you not be drawn to it?
But the the truth is, there are a lot of things to love in light blue. Take, for example, the Levi’s Vintage Clothing shearling-lined denim jacket. Shearling’s a big trend this season, sure, but let’s be honest, when has this cowboy style ever really been out? This is the ideal outerwear to pair with warm flannel shirts, cozy beanies and a great pair of rugged boots. (Might we recommend these Red Wing boots from the red guide?)
Naturally, denim was a huge theme in this guide—check out that pair of mid-wash men’s Baldwin jeans; all the breaking in is already done for you (perfect for post-holiday food and present lazy comas).
Need a no-fail stocking stuffer? My vote goes for coffee. My family grinds at least a few bags in anticipation of getting through presents on Christmas morning. And Toms is the perfect choice for the holiday season; each bag of coffee purchased supplies one person in need with clean water for a week. Giving and giving back—how’s that for holiday spirit?
Tell me:
What’s your favorite holiday tradition?
By Taylor Davies. Taylor is a fashion and menswear editor in New York City and occasional contributor to Style Girlfriend. She lives for croissants and swears by an Old Fashioned. You can find her blogging here and ‘gramming here.
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My favorite holiday tradition is mimosas in the morning
That is a very good tradition. Who started that in your fam?
That would be my mother. We usually eat a bean dip with it. I know, bean dip with mimosas… It sounds crazy but it is a suprisingly good combination. This year we’re changing it up with homemade spanikopita, whipped up by yours truly.
I’m with TJ on this one, Mimosas and Christmas breakfast are almost better than the presents. But we also do a Christmas eve movie, which I will always suggest we watch Nightmare before Christmas, and I will always fail.
Because you should watch Elf of course. My daughter is doing a section on healthy eating at school and we discussed the 4 elf food groups to help her.
I’m easily going to make a huge unpopular opinion here, Elf is one of my least favorite movies. It was good the first time, but along with A Christmas Story, the fact it gets 24 hour marathons of it has ruined it for me.
A friend recently told me that Will Ferrell developed some really crazy medical problems from that sugar/candy/treats-eating scene where he just guzzles maple syrup, et al. I guess he went totally method and actually ate all of that! ugh, my stomach hurts just thinking about it..
We always do a movie too but it’s usually my sister and I going out to the theater to watch something.
As a former movie theater employee I can never endorse the watching of movies in theaters on holidays
Hahaha, I can understand that!
What movie are you thinking for this year?
My family just does the late hours, picking at leftovers, pie and booze. We don’t even buy gifts for the grownups. It’s perfect – no stress! The best is when Mom whips up the giant pot of ham and beans on Boxing Day.
That does sound no-stress!