want of the day: fantasy gifts
11.7.2011 
I love Holiday catalogs. Why? Because it’s this time of year that companies tend to rollout the most extravagant, beautiful, limited-time products/vacations-for-purchase (remember that Tory Burch trike last year at Neiman Marcus?). When I was little, I’d spend hours paging through “The Book” obsessing about what I wanted Santa to bring me for Christmas. Sadly, not much has changed since then! This year, Anthropologie + Neiman Marcus are offering some pretty fab fantasy gifts. First, there's NM's International Flower Show Tour which includes stops at the Tulip Festival in Morges, Switzerland + the Altera Rosa Festival in Avignon, France. NM's daytrip to Stone Barn Farms isn't too shabby, either: purchasers of this $9,500 gift (100% of which is donated back fo the farm) get a private "edible garden lesson" with the farm's manager as well as an amazing cooking lesson + four-course organic meal. Last on my fantasy gift-list is Anthropologie's boxed set of vintage society books. Curated by Kinsey Marable, I really do belive that it was made for me. To unwrap this number on Chrismas morning would be nothing short of pure bliss (hint hint!). Note to self: 'Tis better to give than receive. 'Tis better to give than receive. 'Tis better to give than receive...
Reader Comments (5)
Yes, looking through the NM gift catalog is the BEST! The items just get more nuts as you go along, and it's so fun to dream.
Book holder is so cool! Books are a great design element.
Jamie Herzlinger
those books better make their way under my tree! so cool!
The NM gift catalog always brings back wonderful memories. I would always look at the holiday catalog with my grandmother. She would chuckle at the extravagant items. It was so much fun.
-Madeleine
love those two-tone roses...they're perfect