In this edition of The Gift, we share some colorful gifts to stave off the winter blues—including a pair of statement earrings and elevated drinking glasses. Plus: glamorous socks.
It’s officially the dreary part of winter. It’s dark, it’s freezing, the holidays are over, and daylight saving is still six(ish) weeks away. It’s not even that cold where I live in San Francisco, but my mind is already wandering off to the tropics. Alas, a beach escape is not in the cards for me right now.
So I go for the next best thing: In addition to bundling up and turning on every lamp in my house as soon as the sun starts to drop, I try to combat winter blahs with as much color as possible.
Although the link between color and mood is still being studied, the ideas behind color and psychological well-being have been in circulation for millennia. Even without scientific proof, we color lovers know the truth: Color makes us cheerful. So, if you have birthday gifts to give, want to brighten someone’s day, or are just in need of a little Caribbean-sea blue, Mexican pink, or sunshine yellow, these are some of my favorite saturated mood-boosters that are currently keeping the seasonal doldrums at bay.
And if you have an extreme color enthusiast in your life (you know, the ones always decked out in bright hues that can be spotted from blocks away), consider this a great place to start the next time you owe them a gift—regardless of the season.
