The 12 Luxe Gifts Your Dad Needs This Father’s Day
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The super-luxe gifts you need to get your dad this Father’s Day!
GOMMINO MOCASSINS TOD’S FOR FERRARI IN SUEDE
If you can’t buy your car on Father’s Day, these Ferrari-specific driving shoes from Tod’s are absolutely the next best thing. Tod’s takes its traditional slippers in suede and adds in a color contrast print, handmade exposed stitching and stamps it with Ferrari’s famous rampant horse logo and iconic rubber pebble outsole, creating shoes that are perfect for driving your luxury car in style.
ASSOULINE’S “THE IMPOSSIBLE COLLECTION OF WINE” BOOK
In this stunning new addition to the Assouline Ultimate Collection, Enrico Bernardo, one of the world’s best sommeliers, imagines the perfect cellar filled with the most exceptional wines of the twentieth century: The Impossible Collection of Wine. In these pages, Bernardo celebrates the most exquisite vintages around the globe, from the 1928 Krug Champagne to the 1951 Penfolds Grange Bin 95 to the 1973 Stag’s Leap Estate SLV, inviting the reader on a journey through history to savor an impossible collection. This hand-bound oversize luxury edition, featuring hand-tipped images and presented in a wooden crate, will be a must-have for the library of any true wine connoisseur. If your dad is a true oenophile, there’s no better present.
STAR WARS LIMITED EDITION STORMTROOPER HELMET
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This limited-edition Swarovski-encrusted Stormtrooper helmet is the perfect gift for your dad if he’s a Star Wars nerd. If he’s a true fan of the brand, he’ll proudly display this $8,900 piece where he can always gaze at it. The best part? When he practices saying “I am your father” in his best Darth Vader voice, it will be true!
BUSHNELL’S HYBRID
Up your dad’s golf game (and put him in a good mood) with this super cool golf-tech tool from Bushnell. The Hybrid combines the latest in laser and GPS technologies to provide better data so golfers of all levels can make better decisions on the course. It takes the guesswork out of the game by displaying the lasered distances to the pin and GPS provided front and back yardage readings within the LCD. Additionally, Bushnell has incorporated exterior GPS front, center and back yardages to assist with correct club selections when golfers have cart path only or blind shots.
$399.99, Available at Bushnell
TOM FORD’S OUD MINERALE EAU DE PARFUM
If your dad wants to smell as luxurious as he no doubt looks, get him Tom Ford’s newest fragrance, Private Blend Oud Minérale. Bright pink peppercorn spikes the opening, followed by seaweed at its heart, with marine inflections as the elements of water and wood merge as one. There’s also fir balsam, ambergris accord and styrax, for a fragrance that’s layered, unusual and one in a million… which is exactly what you can write in your dad’s card. You’re welcome.
8.5 oz decanter, $595, Available at Westfield
B&O BEOPLAY H9I
Your dad may have wanted to tune you out as a kid, and with these amazing new headphones from Bang&Olufsen, he finally can. The B&O Beoplay H9i features ANC (Advanced Active Noise Cancellation) technology, allowing your father to enjoy the sweet, sweet sounds of silence, while Transparency Mode lets you amplify your surroundings so you can hear what’s going on around you. There’s also touch control, so access is just just a tap away, and new features to the brand’s already existing high-end tech such as Transparency Mode, so he can tune into ambient sounds and proximity sensors for automatic play/pause. Not to mention, these headphones are seriously stylish: Polished, anodized aluminium, soft lambskin and genuine cowhide leather guarantee absolute style, while adaptive memory foam on the ear cushions allow for ultimate comfort.
ELIE BLEU ALBA MEDAILLES RED 75 HUMIDOR
Buy your father one of the most beautiful and well crafted humidors on the market in this luxe red case of dyed sycamore or natural veneers from Alba. Each box is painstakingly hand-crafted by a team of highly trained carpenters and each square of veneer is cut, dyed and placed by hand. It’s the perfect place to store his impeccably-crafted collection of
$2000, Available at JamesJFox
JOHNNIE WALKER BLUE LABEL GHOST & RARE
Your dad is one in a million, right? So why not give him a gift that conveys that very sentiment? Do so buy getting him a bottle of the Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ghost & Rare, a new, limited edition release created by Johnnie Walker Master Blender Dr. Jim Beveridge using irreplaceable whiskies from “ghost” Scotch whisky distilleries that have long since closed, together with other rare malt and grain whiskies. The blend has a wonderfully smooth taste with the sweetness of pineapple, rich notes of hazelnut and dark chocolate, and subtle smoky finish. He” appreciate the taste—and the sentiment.
$399, Available at Johnniewalker.com
THE FRYE COMPANY’S LOGAN OVERNIGHT BAG
This stylish leather overnight bag is the perfect accessory for the weekend warrior dad. Crafted from rich pull up leather, the Logan Overnight boasts a sturdy, sophisticated silhouette ready to accompany an adventurous photojournalist on a trip through South Africa… or, at least out to the Hamptons. Handsome luggage tags and an interior pocket add comfortable convenience.
THE ART OF SHAVING NOIR COLLECTION
Give dad that clean, close shave with the stylish, fusion-engraved, nickel-plated set from The Art of Shaving. It sports laser-engraved handles to ensure a non-slip grip, while the silvertip badger shaving brush and razor handles are heavy to provide comfort and balance while shaving.
$850 Available at TAOS
DOLCE & GABBANA PILOT SUNGLASSES
Men of all age look awesome in these Dolce & Gabbana pilot sunglasses in acetate with a futuristic design, featuring a double bridge and elegant, metallic details. The temples are branded with the Dolce&Gabbana logo. Our favorite color is this tortoiseshell (which literally looks good on all men), but if it’s not your dad’s jam, these Italian shades also come in black, havana camel, havana brown transparent and havana clear black.
$420, Available at Dolce&Gabbana.com
LOUIS VUITTON HORIZON TITANE 55 ROLLING LUGGAGE
This stylish carry-on from Louis Vuitton is the ultimate travel accessory for the dad who’s got it and wants to flaunt it. The Horizon Titane is the world’s first genuine titanium case, created as such by the luxury brand in conjunction with leaders in aerospace. The suitcase offers a durable shell in a specially developed, patent-pending construction. The titanium sheet on the exterior has been engineered to a minimum, while the surface has been laser-engraved with the Louis Vuitton monogram and finished with an anti-fingerprint treatment to ensure its surface remains pristine throughout its travels.