Spring is here, and now we want objects.

Gift guides are usually trapped in winter, for obvious reasons, like there are a lot of holidays, a lot of traditions, a lot of aggressively wrapped boxes in honour of a baby born 2026 years ago. We get it. And spring is so inspiring! You open a window, suddenly you’re a new person. Also: you deserve things because with the renewed energy of those few shy sunbeams, you just finished your spring cleaning. Spring does this thing where it makes you want more: more vitamin D, more floral scents, more coloured tights, more people in your house eating things. It’s the season of renewed ambition. And (no one talks about this enough) there are so many birthdays in spring. An overwhelming, borderline suspicious amount.

So, without further ado: a spring gift guide based on what’s currently living in our editors’ wishlists. Perhaps you can make someone happy—ideally someone else, but realistically also yourself.

For the friend who thinks a Tuesday dinner can (and should) feel like a minor cinematic event:
Cult favourite cook Jago Rackham’s latest book, ‘To Entertain’. Since we first spoke to him, we’ve been obsessed with him throwing wildly considered dinners with his princess-gf, Lowena. So this book has been hovering in our imagination since he’s announced it, for obvious reasons. Now, mercifully, he’s bottled what once felt like a private mythology of hostin, into a manual for the rest of us mere mortals. Inside: how to host with grace, how to survive cancellations without spiralling, and—reassuringly—the reminder that extravagance is not a budget category. It’s also visually irresistible, with illustrations by Faye Wei Wei that feel like they belong on the table as much as the food does.

For the person in your life that knows the meaning of Proportionising:
These big Hair Clips byBeata Rydbacken, who is the marketing manager for Gustav Westman who you more likely know. both share a design ethos of popping pastel colours and bold shapes – his in ceramics, hes in the form of blown up teal hairclips turned fashion accessories and zip vest closings. why not! 

For Literally Everyone:
Male birth control (no further explanation needed)

For anyone ready to rebrand oudh:
Fugazzi’s Cloudh 9: I know, I know, oudh is not exactly a word that screams “light spring purchase.” But stay for a second, because this one is different. Light, airy, a little dreamy—white florals pulling it out of that heavier, more traditional oudh territory and into something cleaner. A modern oudh for people who thought they didn’t like oudh. 

For the ones looking to start a niche art collection:
Yomna El Beyali’s photographic project is for sale, in a custom box-frame with a beautiful choice of prints from Cairo / paris with love to you, Her photographs are tied to a very specific sense of time and place: the family homes of her childhood, where she returned every summer to be with her relatives—in Cairo, Giza, and in cities and rural areas across Egypt like El Mahallah and Abu Seer, Gharbia—some still inhabited, others left behind by family members who are no longer there. Support a young, talented artist. 

For those who live by the fact that everything improves with a ribbon:
Nina Grueninger’s postcards: The mischievous bow-print keeps calling to us. In collaboration with Stefan Cooke, she transforms these 3D bows into flat, printable objects that somehow feel both tactile and playful. Tiny gestures of design that make you smile, and want to send them to someone who deserves a little surprise in the mail.

For the pathologically colour-coordinated:
These coloured tights with a built-in skirt have us in a chokehold. The waistband extends,  folding over into a semi-sheer skirt that matches the tights in both color and material. The endless seach for matching stockings to your skirt has ended! Genius doesn’t even begin to cover it.

For the sentimental:
Tickets to Emilie Louise Gossiaux’s upcoming show would make us cry, owning an artwowrk by her would make us BAWL. After losing her sight in her twenties, Gossiaux began drawing again, now guided by touch, memory, and a kind of inner seeing. Rracing the quiet, devastating, and oddly luminous experience of preparing to say goodbye to her guide dog, London. Her latest works are about grief, and love, and dog heaven.  It’s about loss, but also about the comfort of imagining an afterlife where you might still meet again.

For the girls with strong toes:
Puma Speedcat Mule. After the OG, Wedge, and Ballet, the Speedcat family moves into slip-on territory. Laces are gone, replaced with elastic straps, but the low profile and motorsport DNA stay intact. Still fast-looking, even if you’re not moving particularly quickly. Make sure you have confidence in your toes for these.

For the enlightened:
Tickets to ROSALÍA LUX Tour. The way we’ve been praying to see Rosalia live is not human anymore. Seeing her live will probably be something closer to spiritual realignment than just a fun concert. ROSALÍA, for us, equals flamenco, motorbike, and divine intervention. You’ll go in thinking it’s a show, you’ll leave converted.

For those who refuse boring headwear:
Bonbom’s iconic SS26 hats are slouchy in a way that feels deliberate, not lazy. They carry just enough indie sleaze residue to read as intentional. We’ve been thinking about them since January, which is how you know it’s serious.

For those avoiding eye contact with the future:
Prada SS26 sunglasses — technically for sun protection, emotionally for distance. Yes, to plebians that is. You know you will think you’re better than everyone else if you wear these!!!! You know it. See it as a shield: blocking UV and also, ideally, unnecessary conversations. 

For the ones who dress like they understand birds (or want to):
Camper x Issey Miyake’s Karst Finch takes its cues from finches (those tiny, slightly dramatic songbirds). Hence the bright, delicate colourways. Designed by Camper and Satoshi Kondo for Issey Miyake’s women’s line, it features a lightweight elastic upper on the rugged, nature-referencing Karst outsole. It also comes with two sets of socks, inviting you to style it your way, (or actually: their way.)