Last Minute Tips For Gift Giving
If your pocketbook is lined with $1000.00 bills or you have unlimited credit on your platinum card, you are Bill Gates, The Donald or Oprah, then most likely this won’t be a topic of concerned to you. I am sure their stylists / image consultants have done the selecting of the gifts for them.
In any case at this time of the year, for most people, dealing with such a dilemma as what to give for the Holidays to say the least, exhausting.
To avoid spending tons of money and adding to our already stressful lives, here are some last minute tips. It helps greatly if you first make a list. Secondly, it would help if you know what the recipient’s needs and likes are.
No matter where you live, what age, gender or size, giving a luxuries and sexy cashmere is always a safe and wonderful gifts to receive. Anything from socks to robes and of course, sweaters. If you can’t get Ralph Lauren sweater named after Ms. Oprah at $498.00 a pop, you can always give it a try to your local Costco. A client of mine, a PR lady with pride, parades in her Costco’s cashmere. Definitely not my first, second, or even third choice, but if it works, why not?
Giving luxury gifts without breaking the bank is the tip for today and so here is how to make sure the purchase is a 100% cashmere (no blends, and only two ply). If the label doesn’t indicate that it is two-ply, rub your hand across the sweater and if it doesn’t pill (meaning that the fibers rub off and resemble small pills), you know it is high quality cashmere.
As some of you know, my mantra is always first and foremost “quality” you can’t ever go wrong with it. Also if you buy your cashmere at Costco and such, make sure you buy one size larger than you would shopping at Neiman’s and etc. Nothing looks tackier than a bosomy woman wearing a sweater that’s a size or two too small and is bursting out all over like a balloon.
What if your gift recipient is not a cashmere person? You can always go and visit your local Brighton store or their website, http://www.brighton.com/main4.html. Yesterday I met 50 clients of mine at their newly opened Marina del Rey store and we had a blast selecting the gifts while each and every one was treated with the utmost class – that is very important ingredients to provide for my clients. What service, and what a class act!
My compliments to an entrepreneur personifying business sense and huge and generous heart, Mr. Jerry Kohl the creator and owner of Brighton co.
Happy shopping and drive carefully.
Wishing you and yours a glorious and love filled Holiday Season and be sure to remember those who are less fortunate and especially the elderly, who are often ignored at this time of the year.
Prosper and Celebrate.
Make your table setting for New Years day breakfast an elegant and a romantic experience and let it reflect the beginning of the coming Year. Superstition on the Balkans is that the way you start the New Year will reflect the rest of your year.
