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What goop Editors are Wishing for Valentines

What goop Editors Are
Wishing for this Valentine’s Day

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Sure, it’s the thought that counts, but, let’s face it, bodega flowers or Amazon Prime-ing a last-minute Valentine’s gift doesn’t exactly scream sexy time either. Here, we asked five goop staffers what really gets their hearts racing.

ali pew

Fashion Director
CARTIER Love
Bracelet 4 Diamonds Cartier, $10,100 “Truly nothing is more classic than a timeless gold bracelet. I’d pair mine with structured black or navy pieces so that the bracelet really stands out.”
SALT SURF
Weird Uncle
Surfboard Salt Surf, Price upon request “My husband Clark and I just moved to LA so obviously we need his and her surfboards because nothing is better than sharing a hobby together. I love the minimalist design of Salt Surf.”
FIORE DESIGNS
Flower Delivery Fiore Designs, Price varies “I like the natural and slightly romantic feel to this arrangement. Plus, flowers are one of those fail-proof Valentine’s Day gifts so long as you pick the right florist.”
OJAI VALLEY INN AND SPA Ojai Valley Inn, Rooms from $379 (Through March 31, a percentage of room booking goes to #OjaiLove, which provides aid to locals affected by the wildfires.) “I’m dying to go up to Ojai to explore and check out the ‘Pink Moment’ everyone keeps talking about for myself.”

Nandita Khanna

Editorial Director
CÉLINE
Mini Clasp
Bag in Lizard Céline, $3,900 “Like many of my Phoebe Philo-loyal friends, the widely speculated news of her departure at Céline was nothing short of heartbreaking. I’ve always wanted one of her small jewel-box sized bags and this feels like the last fleeting moment to do so.”
Horst P. Horst
Untitled #22 Cy Twombly in Rome,
Color Photograph, 1966 1stDibs, $3,200 “Horst was known primarily for his fashion photography, but what most people don’t know is that he also captured some of the brightest 20th century creatives—among them, Cy Twombly, an artist I’ve long admired for his quietly beautiful scribbles and drips. This is part of a series of images of the artist in his palazzo apartment in Rome commissioned by Vogue in 1966. It’s almost Vermeer-like.”
HELEN’S WINES
Sunday Morning Pancakes Gift Box Helen’s Wines, $100 “Nothing says I love you like breakfast in bed. This box from Helen’s Wine comes with the BEST pancake mix from Jon & Vinny’s, the real deal maple syrup from Vermont, and of course, a bottle of cremant for mimosas.”
MILK FARM
How To Build A Cheese Board Class Milk Farm, $75 per person “Not to brag, but my cheese board assembling skills are kind of next-level. (My dinner making skills on the other hand, leave something to be desired.) In the spirit of constant improvement, I think a date to Milk Farm, which is over in Eagle Rock, would be the perfect weekend activity. Their class with the team’s in-house cheesemongers covers everything from putting together a board based on milk type, color, and flavor profile.”
Signed First Edition
“Call Me by Your Name” by André Aciman
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Everything But the House, similar books available “When I was an assistant working at Condé Nast Traveler, I remember carefully studying my boss’s line edits whenever André Aciman’s writing would come in. He’d just written Call Me by Your Name around that time, and while I loved it so much in my early 20s, I didn’t save my copy. Years later, after seeing Luca Guadagnino’s magical interpretation starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet in the theatre, I’ve re-fallen in love with Elio and Oliver’s story.”

Megan o’neill

Senior Beauty Editor
ABC CARPET & HOME
Moroccan Glass Cups abc Carpet & Home, $14 each “I want to sip gingery, healthy tonics out of these. I’m imagining them perched on my kitchen table in the morning with sunlight glinting through them, making dancing patterns on the wall.”
JESSE KAMM
Sailor Pants
in iron oxide Jesse Kamm, $395 “I am a giant—6’1—and pants just tend to look ‘off’ on me. Not these. They’re shapely yet not skin-tight, high waisted yet not FUPA-accentuating, and the perfect amount cropped/wide-leg. I have them in white—and now I need this cheery red ASAP.”
LUXARDO
Maraschino Cherries Luxardo, $20 “My dream is for my friends to all of a sudden drop by, and I whip them up a couple of fantastic cocktails, and plop one of these expensive, decadent maraschino cherries into each glass. That would be so chic, my God.”
ACNE
Deborah L-Wool
in Caramel Brown Acne, $390 “No one makes a cozy, breezy, supremely flattering sweater like Acne. So so pretty with a skirt, jeans, or even Nike sweats when you’re bumming around over the weekend.”
COOK SPACE
Culinary Studio
cooking classes $650 for a five-week series “I really look forward to dinner. I’m a competent cook, but I’d love to be a master of seasoning and searing fish! The last time I took a class at Cook Space in Brooklyn, I ate the most insane, flavor-drenched chicken on a skewer. I’ve got to learn how to do that.”