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Anna Schuster I'm having a Thelma & Louise moment with this vintage cowhide suitcase. $1,800, at More Than You Can Imagine. Viktor & Rolf reptiletexture sweatshirt. $990, at Atrium Ready to Wear. EDITORIAL ASSISTANT, PRINT + DIGITAL KENNO N EVETT Hermès renders retro ski aesthetes in this vintage silk scarf. $250, at Hermès. N NO KEN Louis Vuitton City Bags: A Natural History (Rizzoli) has us traveling through the historical evolution of these timeless handbags. $85, at Louis Vuitton. Kate Spade's buoyant, color-saturated 2 Park Avenue Beau Bag for the beau monde. $498, at the Kate Spade New York. Michael Kors crimson knitted fox jacket will have you painting the town red. $2,490, at Sakowitz Furs. Michael Kors Winston Duffle proves the perfect bag does exist. $568, exclusively at michaelkors.com. EV B T ang it out with Zeffira's Lineare naturally shed horn bangles. $110 to $380, at Linda Cunningham. N KE Jewelry, the original tinsel. Lagos 18K gold pavé necklace with five diamond balls. $6,500, at Neiman Marcus. Mother-of-pearl, tiger-eye and pyrite cuff links scream perfection. $70, at Kendra Scott. ET N NO TT EVE Y ou heard it here first: The king of leather, Houstonbased José Sanchez, does fur, too. I love this Persian lamb and cashmere coat. $5,200, at José Sanchez. KENNON EVETT Give the Fraser fir a run for its money with ornaments from Provence, intricately woven lavender stems with velvet and ribbon. From $36, at Méli-Mélo. KENNON EVETT D on't just lounge in silk pajamas — take them for a night out on the town with stilettos and sparking jewels. We love Piamita's quirky llama print silk jammies. Top $276, bottoms $285, similar at Atrium Ready to Wear. Ralph Lauren American stag brass horn candleholders are a classic winter centerpiece. $1,295, at Meredith O'Donnell. With a myriad parties to attend, I'm gifting myself the ultimate lifesaver: a Drybar blowout at home. $220, at Blow Dry Bar, Sephora. 'Tis the season to host. The luxe Rablabs rosequartz platter trimmed in 18K gold earns you hostesswith-the-most-est cred. $410, at More Than You Can Imagine. KENNON EVETT KENNON EVETT G irly girls stop me all the time when I'm wearing any necklace (or two or three together) by Bittersweet Designs, or these cool South Sea pearl ones threaded on leather by Robindira T EVET NON Unsworth. KEN From $100, at Indulge. Laurann Claridge CONTRIBUTING EDITOR AT LARGE KE NN ON EV ET I adore giving home and fashion tomes to stylish friends. My must-read right now: Memos: The Vogue Years by Diana Vreeland (Rizzoli, $55). At Curate Books at Tootsies, River Oaks Bookstore. KENNON EVETT KENNON EVETT Feel like James Bond (or his Bond girl) behind the wheel of the 2014 Jaguar F-Type V8 S. From $97,000, at Momentum Jaguar. T Artist-made and signed holiday keepsake cards are one of a kind. Price upon request, at David Brown. KENNON EVETT Walk tall in Lucchese blackon-black alligator Sheridan boots with antique-gold studding. $2,950, exclusively at lucchese. com. I daydream about having a little farmhouse. In the meantime, I escape to the Agrarian section of the Williams-Sonoma website and ponder growing oyster or shiitake mushrooms on a log ($30 each), making beer mustard ($30) and concocting bitters ($25). Did I mention the Alexandria Chicken Coop ($1,450)? At williams-sonoma.com. S urprise a holiday hostess with Capri Blue scented candle in a mercury-glass bowl. $38, at À Bientôt. KENNON EVETT KENNON EVETT M y teenage niece hearts anything by Benefit Cosmetics. The cheeky packaging and cool makeup kits make the tweens and teen chicks coo. $36, at Macy's, Sephora, Ulta. Know a budding architect? Let them build their dream dwelling with Lego Architecture sets — from the UN Headquarters ($50) and Fallingwater ($100) to the all-white Architecture Studio set with inspirational guidebook ($150). At Barnes & Noble; amazon.com. My sister and I will be gifting our chums, men and women alike, with our own Claridge + King menswear-inspired silk twill and cashmere scarves in midnight dot or gray herringbone designs. $160, at claridgeandking.com.