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Gift Guide: For the person who unironically wants the Bottega Veneta Jenga Set

AKA, the high-brow one. Cyber Monday deals will be your friend.

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Dec 01, 2025
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We’re not here to judge the fact that someone in your life would earnestly add a $6,900 calf leather-bound Jenga set to their wish list. We’re simply here to help you navigate the treacherous waters of gifting to someone whose standards are terrifyingly high (and whose wallet is seemingly… bottomless).

The secret is finding items that sit at the intersection of actually useful and devastatingly chic—things they’d absolutely buy for themselves if they saw them, but somehow haven’t yet. Some of these picks require a small mortgage (sorry), but we’ve also included some more approachable options that still feel elevated enough to pass their impossibly high bar.

So whether you’re shopping for your delinquent cousin who somehow became a gallerist, your older sibling with the unreasonably beautiful West Village apartment, or that one friend who made you feel bad about your Crate & Barrel stemware... we got you covered.

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