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Christmas Desires: Girard-Perregaux watch

If you're looking for a timeless gift for a guy who knows his Tom Ford from his Stevie, it's worth perusing the range of watches from Girard-Perregaux.

The one pictured above is a vintage 1945 king-size watch with perpetual calendar - definitely a true Gentleman's watch.

Christmas gifts: 2008's fashionable calendars

Truth be known, I’m a fan of calendars. I have a few up around the house. But not once do I use them for their purpose. You won’t find notes in any of my current three. And I can’t recall the last time I looked at one to actually contemplate what the date was. Surely they’re not for that? Case in point: I recently skipped an entire month from my Pirelli calendar because I was convinced that a photo of a topless Sophie Dahl might be so damaging that I’d be left with a life-long need of viagra.

Rather I like to look upon my calendars as little, frameless art installations. Each month I get a new picture, photo, setting or idea upon my wall. With each new month comes another piece of inspiration, or a new enjoyment. And given that they can have so much influence upon a room it’s important that if you’re giving one as a gift this Christmas you pick the right one. Sadly with such a plethora or cheap calendars out there it’s easy to fall into the trap of giving one that is somewhat lacklustre or down right awful.

So what should be gracing your friend’s (or your own) walls in 2008?

Marie Antoinette's Pearls Fail to Sell

The set of pearls, purportedly belonging to Marie Antoinette, which we wrote about earlier in 2007 have failed to sell. The pearls left a chaotic and revolutionary France in the care of Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, and were later set into a necklace.

Christmas Desires: Lingerie by Lascivious

If you're going to be buying lingerie as a gift for Christmas, make sure that you buy something outstanding. Lascivious lingerie have some gorgeous pieces that are sexy, but also unique and elegant.

It's all about choosing something tasteful and suited to her tastes - but if in doubt you can't really go wrong with something in classic black but with a twist of interesting detail.

Kirsty Doyle Autumn/Winter 2007

I was lucky enough to stumble across Kirsty Doyle's 2007 A/W Collection. Kirsty was the winner of London's Project Catwalk (the English equivalent of Project Runway), I thought her collection was definitely worth sharing. Hopefully this will be the level at which we'll see the winners of all the Project x's aiming for!

More photos from the collection after the jump.

Christmas Desires: The Leather Jacket

If you want to show your girl that you're clued in on the latest trends, then I have two words for you: leather jacket.

The leather jacket trend has been going strong for a while, particularly in tight, cropped styles. The best thing is that it's a classic item that is so right-now, yet also an investment to hang on to.

For a classic style, check out the biker jacket by D&G (above left) or for a cropped there's always the Kate Moss for Topshop take.

Christmas Desires: Losina Patent Camera Bag

Here's one all the amazing photographers on Fashionising can appreciate: the predicament of an ugly camera bag.

For someone who loves photography, a camera bag that is actually remotely fashionable makes a great gift. Here's a patent one by Stella McCartney which has all kinds of compartments and pockets, so it's pretty much all you'd need to carry.

Christmas Desires: Peter Alexander slippers

If you want to give someone a gift for around the house that's cosy, comfortable but still stylish, Peter Alexander are usually the place to go.

For something a little different, they've come out with red sequinned 'Dorothy' slippers - boxed up to make a nice gift. You can tell the person you buy them for to throw away their grandma slippers... cos Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore!

Available at Peter Alexander.

Christmas Desire Kyle Knit Scarf

Writing today's christmas desire brings the phrase, "Hot enough for you?". Whilst probably that phrase applies to most of us in the southern hemisphere I'm going to write about this hot scarf anyway (you like what I did there, I'm what you call funny). I think you guys in the Northern hemisphere will appreciate this, and on with the show, ladies and gentlemen the Kyle Knit Scarf from Mike & Chris;

Christmas Desires: Hermes silk scarves

For the classic gift, it's hard to beat a Hermes silk scarf. Available in a range of colours and designs from Hermes.com - personally I'm fond of the horse tack print (in case anyone was wondering *cough*).

After more Christmas gift ideas? Visit our gift guide.