All the Trimmings

Christmas Gift Guide for the Man

The same Christmas mini- dramas play out every year - how long to cook the turkey, whose turn is it to play Santa and what on earth to buy for the man who already has everything? Save yourself some seasonal stress with our hand-picked selection.

Travel in Style
Perfect for the man who has it all, indulge your mister with a Louis Vuitton European City Guide. Covering 30 cities, the guides reveal over 7,000 hotel, restaurant, gallery and fashion stores chosen with signature Vuitton style in mind. You never know he might just get the hint!
Louis Vuitton City Guides $44 each or $170 a set.
Available at Louis Vuitton stores, check it out online here.

Give and Give
Comfort with conscience is what TOMS shoes are all about. For each pair you buy, TOMS gives a pair of shoes to a child in need as part of their One for One movement. Gives you that warm fuzzy feeling doesn't it?
Classic TOMS $90.
Available at Rockstar (by Soon Lee) , #03-08, 8 Grange Road, Orchard Cineleisure.

Chic Clip
Wallets are SO five years ago. For the man who prefers his style with the minimum of fuss, the Mulberry money clip is a great gift that he can slip into his suit pocket, minus the bulk.
Money clip $140.
Available at Mulberry, 581 Orchard Road, Singapore Ph.6304 1357

Wannabe Pro
The Christmas budget may not extend to a round of golf at St Andrews but a membership to Urban Fairways indoor golf is surely on par. This inner city golf club provides over 50 world class courses as well as providing the all important 19th hole (with a food and drink discount for members). Members get an hour of free golf at any time as well as free use of golfing equipment.
Annual membership fee $250 plus $100 a month.
Available at Urban Fairways, 168 Robinson Road #01-07 Capital Tower Singapore 068912, p. 6327 8045

Off Piste
A spot of skiing or snowboarding may be out of the question in Singapore but your man can create the spirit of the slopes by trying cable skiing (also known as wakeboarding) at SKI360°. Located at East Coast Park, cable skiing involves being pulled by an overhead cable around the banks of a lake whilst he shows off his manoeuvres.
Two hour weekend pass $64.
Available at SKI360, 1206A East Coast Parkway Singapore 449891 Ph. 64427318

Glory of the Capture
The wonders of technology never cease and this waterproof, wearable and surfboard-mountable camera is an impressive new toy for any man who wants to capture himself in a moment of surfing glory. Small, light and powerful HD - just throw in a week's surfing in Indonesia for the best. present. ever.
GoPro HD HERO2 Surf Edition underwater camera $499.
Available at Harvey Norman stores, Singapore

All the Trimmings    |   07 Dec 2011 at 07:00 AM

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