Fashion Christmas Gifts – The Ultimate Luxe Wishlist Selection For Her

Christmas season is that time of year when we won’t think twice about indulging into an expensive gift to ourselves or others, in a noble gesture celebrating the end of a year and welcoming the beginning of a new and even more promising twelvemonth.

Certainly, the luxury market is brimming with option, glamour, style, and variety for Christmas gifts, but here we thought we should just pinpoint the absolute cream of the crop of special gifts for her this festive season.

All the more if you are shopping luxe Christmas gifts at the last minute, our ultimate wishlist selection is most certain to excite even the girl who has it all.

Highly sought-after and limited edition, our selection features French, Belgian, and Italian luxury brands that stand out for design, quality, craftmanship, style, elegance, and restlessly renewed originality.

THE BEAUTY GIFT

There is no shopping at the Champs Elysées, Europe’s greatest street for high-end and luxury fashion, without a visit at the flagship stores of the big French beauty brands.

And while last year’s must-have was Lancome’s eyeshadow palette for the Louvre Richelieu collaboration, this year’s absolute festive makeup gift comes from the next door and is Guerlain’s Ombres G 888 Regarde-Moi palette.

This limited edition eyeshadow quad includes glamorous shades to combine for buildable, colourful looks and is presented in a collectable jewel case designed by artist Shourouk Rhaiem.

Complete your makeup look with a matching lipstick from the festive collection, also in a collector’s lipstick case by Shourouk Rhaiem, or something more glossy in a sweet and vibrant shade like our favourite Guerlain Kiss Kiss Shine Bloom in Fuchsia Flush.

THE FLUFFY KNIT

Besides their most famous flagship department store housed in the historic building near the Paris Opera house, Galeries Lafayette have a smaller, three-storey location on the Champs Elysées – very convenient to stop by when shopping on this celebrated commercial street.

Among the many high-end apparel brands that we spotted at that store, from established fashion houses to emerging designers, we would choose as a Christmas gift this very knit by Ami Paris.

Although this same style of Ami de Coeur sweater comes in many different color combos, we love this one because it’s bright white and fluffy like the snow associated with the season, while the brand’s logo is embroidered in a sparkly and festive textured metallic gold thread.

It can be worn with denim at Christmas lunch with family or when enjoying some mulled wine by the fireplace, as easy as it can be thrown over a fancy party dress to go out for a smoke – or to build a snowman.

An additional advantage is that it fits quite loose, so you wouldn’t need to make a hard guess about picking the right size for the recipient.

THE EXCLUSIVE ACCESSORY

In a nod to its teddy motif tradition, Prada has released a small range of Teddy bag charms this holiday season, offering a fun and girlie touch to accessorize any handbag.

Dressed in cute handmade leather outfits, complete with their Prada logos, or embroidered with crystals and leather details, the Prada Teddy bag charms are a playful addition to any It girl’s fashion accessories collection.

The lovely staff at the Galeries Lafayette Champs Elysées suggested choosing a Prada Teddy that comes in contrast to the color or texture of your favorite handbags or the handbag that you want to accessorize, for maximum style impact – like here the crystal-embroidered Prada Teddy highlighted on a black velvet bakground.

THE HANDBAG

Luxury handbags make a perfect gift all year round as they are a serious wardrobe investment that can be recycled in endless outfits for years to come and even pass down to the next generation.

At paulatrendsets.com, we tend to love limited edition handbags a bit more than the average everyday tote -no matter the brand- and thankfully we do come across such unique pieces all the more often recently.

We believe that the most exclusive handnags of the season come from Belgian house Delvaux – the oldest fine leather goods house in the world – and its latest limited collection that we saw at the recently reopened boutique in the Galeries de la Reine in Brussels.

Delvaux’s newly released Celestial capsule collection, inspired by the Cassiopée constellation features some of the brands most timeless handbag designs with precious beads and crystals, hand-embroidered on pastel blue calf leather in over 45 hours of artisanal mastery for each handbag.

The celestial-themed embroidery shines beautifully under the light, making you the star in the room, and your new handbag a real collector’s piece.

Delvaux handbags can be seen at the house’s own boutiques across the world and also at the Galleries Lafayette Hausmann in Paris.

THE SHOE

There is nothing festive or Christmassy about this shoe, but few fashion items can compete in elegance and timelessness with a Chanel pump.

We love this vamped-up Mary Jane style – also spotted at the Galeries Lafayette Champs-Elysées – for its modern chunky heel and platform for enhanced comfort as much as for its day-to-night wearability; its classy monochrome palette; its contrasting textures; and the proudly embossed Chanel logo on the top front and at the side of the heel.

And so stepping into the New Year in the style of a true fashion icon and powerful woman – that’s some symbolism.