Gifts for the Hard-to-Please

We all have these people in our lives: The people who invoke gift-giving paralysis because you know them too well—or not well enough. Below, some options for the trickier recipients on your list.

Best Friend

• TERRAPIN STATIONERS
  LET’S TAKE THIS SHIT
  ANALOG A6 NOTE CARDS Terrapin Stationers, $18 Because you guys go way back.
• LANDS’ END
  WOMEN’S SHEARLING
  MOC SLIPPERS Lands’ End, $89 Tried and true.
• THE CONRAN SHOP
  F. HAMMANN SEWING
  UTENSIL KIT Selfridges & Co., $182.78 See? You’ve always got her back.
• COMME DES GARÇONS
  LARGE ZIP NEON LEATHER CHECKBOOK WALLET Bird, $275 Whenever she buys a coffee, she’ll think of you.
• TATA HARPER
  AROMATIC IRRITABILITY
  TREATMENT goop, $65 No explanation required.
• Short SLEEP SHIRT goop, $265 Like the best flannel pajamas
  ever, but a little sexy, too.
• MINNA
  MILTA STRIPE BLANKET IN dark blue Minna, $105 For nights of Netflix and good-ish wine (and no, no chill).

Mother-in-Law

• WHITE & WARREN CASHMERE EYE MASK goop, $99 The sort of thing she’ll use all the time, but would
  never think to buy for herself.
• cire trudon
  josÉPHINE Cire Trudon, $105 Glamorous and gorgeous.
• COACH RUCKSACK Coach, $695 Hands-free travel that’s so much easier on the back.
• ASTIER DE VILLATTE
  AOYAMA INCENSE BOX ABC Carpet & Home, $50 For dressing up the guest bath…
• ASTIER DE VILLATTE
  ANTOINETTE INCENSE HOLDER ABC Carpet & Home, $95 …big time.
• vintage aluminum legs
  NUTCRACKER Man of the World, $130 No pun intended.
• BRAHMS MOUNT
  COTTON HERRINGBONE THROW Brahms Mount, $243 Goes with everything.

Boss

• Hayden
  LEATHER FOLDER Lost & Found, $295 Like the fanciest manila folder ever
  (and so much cooler than a folio).
• BOWER
  BLACK TIPSY WRITER Bower, $35 For inspiring balance.
• LIGHT + LADDER
  TALL CHROMO
  SELF-WATERING
  PLANTER Food52, $100 To remind your boss
  there’s life outside the
  office doors.
• NOMESS DISPLAY BOX Huset, $120 Such a pretty backdrop to post-it notes and binder clips.
• LOBMEYR
  PERSONAL DECANTER
  “JOSEPHINE” Crest and Co., $320 Nothing like Lobmeyr to
  encourage the creation of an
  office bar cart…
• HANS HARALD RATH FOR LOBMEYR
  ALPHA TUMBLERS, SET OF 6 The Future Perfect, $468 …with the glasses to match.
• SATIN-FINISH BRASS
  BUSINESS CARD HOLDER Kaufmann Mercantile, $49 Give old-fashioned networking an upgrade.

The Friend Who Has Everything

• TINA FREY
  CHAMPAGNE BUCKET Dara Artisans, $190 For parties and picnics.
• CRISTALLERIE ROYALE DE SAINT-LOUIS
  NIGHT CARAFE Atelier Courbet, $845 Like lace-meets-glass.
• NYMPHENBURG
  TRIO OF BUSTELLI BOTTLE CORKS Crest and Co., $1,900 Because the best wine kind of deserves
  Nymphenberg.
• ALEXANDRA LLEWELLYN
  CARNIVAL EDITION Crest and Co., $4,410 That is one dressed up
  backgammon board.
• MARCEL BREUER TEA TROLLEY Neue Galerie, $5,275 Stunning.
• COACH
  SHEARLING WINE HOLDER Coach, $150 At first glance, kind of absurd; at second,
  brilliant. #nomorebrokenbottles
• Overlap Sewing Studio
  WATERPROOF WAXED
  CANVAS LUNCH BAGS Kaufmann Mercantile, $49 When brown paper won’t do.
• HERMÈS
  EQUATEUR PUZZLE Hermès, $450 You know, for idle hours at the
  lake house.