The stylists at Tobi have one of the best curated collections of men’s and women’s apparel at hand, and we were lucky enough to have Catherine, Tobi’s Co-Founder and stylist, list her holiday picks for us. A mix of warming and heartwarming, these winter goodies will leave the lady in your life looking sweeter than a Christmas cookie. More on the man-side of things? Check out Tobi’s incredible interactive Holiday Gift Service, where an online stylist helps you hunt down a great gift for anyone, then rewards you with a $20 gift card. Positive reinforcement is a beautiful thing; Catherine listed her must haves for giving AND receiving as Tobi’s Love quote scarves, Mike and Chris Jude Lambskin Trench and the Tobi Exclusive Paper Cut Cut tee. To those, we must wholeheartedly agree.

Design*Sponge is almost consistently the first site I go to in my newsreader; Grace is such a fantastic resource, gracious writer and all-around sweetheart…that’s why we hope she gets everything on her wishlist this season:

Painting by Clare Grill: I’m way too broke to even think about investing in art right now, but if I had a grand to spare (or if someone who loves me did) I would totally ask for/buy one of Clare’s incredible geological paintings. I love the way she plays with colors like hot pink against neutrals — any one of her pieces would look fantastic above my couch. One day…

Kitchen Aid Mixer in Pistachio: Because when I’m not running D*S, I’m fantasizing about tracking down Ina Garten (The Barefoot Contessa) and becoming her protege. I’m sure that will never happen, but a girl can dream.

An Ernst Benz Watch: Ok, this isn’t for me, but my significant other. He’s wants one of these so, so badly and I wish I had the extra 3k to get him one. So if we’re talking dream gifts, I’d love to be handed one of these so I can pass it on to him. I’m not sure if they’re worth the 3k but they do have a pretty nifty transparent back so you can watch all the inner workings in action!

We figured the boys at Saint Augustine Academy would want some rockstar stuff to match their party pants, and Alvin and Adrian didn’t disappoint. Cars, world travel, and a little bit of supercalifragilisticexpialidociousness compose the wishlist of two of our favorite fashionistos.

Alvin: A vintage, wood-set record player
A ‘67 T-bird convertible/’67 Mustang Fastback (in mustard yellow)
A ticket to V Festival to see Jesus and Mary Chain.

Adrian: A new Blackberry, because mine got stolen! (Carmel says: Karma’s gonna get you, you dirty pirate.)
A trip to New York (Heather says: Oooh, do it! I need more fellow Aussies to get into trouble with.)
Mary Poppins on DVD, so I can listen to my favourite song over and over.

If we hadn’t taken a peek at SpearTalks alum and friend Amit Gupta’s holiday wishlist, we’d have never guessed he was so into gadgety, geeky stuff. Okay, so not really, but here’s what he told us he’s all hot for this holiday season:

I’d really like to spend the holidays hacking together some ideas for emerging hardware and software platforms…

Chumby [ed note: don't we ALL.]
A box full of Bug Labs new hardware
Android emulator plus a real phone that will run it.

And a geeky friend who wants to spend a week over christmas figuring out and building some awesome new apps or services in those environments!

We know that Ryan Catbird gets the job done when it comes to advising Williamsburg what to stick their ears into, but can our favorite un-Pitchforky music blogger and head of Catbird Records make a killer wish list? Um.. yeah. Make the hipster in your life happier than a thirteen year-old with a backstage pass to a Fall Out Boy concert by following some of Ryan’s great gifting advice.

Holiday bonus: Listen to Catbird’s December mixtape here.

Destroyer – “Thief” Vinyl LP

As Destroyer is my favorite musical artist, it’s a given that I need to have all his albums. And being a big music nerd, of course I need them all on vinyl. Over the years I’ve managed to collect all of the vinyls (including the just–as-rare-if-not-rarer Streethawk) but this one particular release continues to evade me. Sure, $230 seems a bit steep… but I can remember back when it was only $172.50.

Distressed Felt Fedora by Eugenia Kim

I am *not* a hat guy. Never really have been. Oh, you know the type: there’s the guy you see at all the shows who’s always wearing a cabbie hat; there’s that weird kid in your eighth grade class who wears a fedora; there’s the guy with the prematurely thinning hair who maintains a huge collection of baseball caps. I’ve just never really been one to stroll down the block with a jauntily perched hat atop my head, but I tell you, i tried this one on, simply as a goof, and I was surprised as anyone that it actually looked (ahem) “totally fly.”

Apple TV by Apple

I know this isn’t the newest or sexiest Apple product, as it doesn’t fit into the palm of your hand, or have a touch screen, or make you the coolest guy on the bus, but the fact is, I really need this. As it is, when I want to watch any movies or TV shows I’ve downloaded (uh, through 100% legal means, of course), I have to either (a.) burn and/or recompress and then burn them onto a disc that may or may not work when I finally put it in the player, or (b.) haul my laptop over to the tv and rearrange a bunch of plugs to try to get the output onto the TV. With Apple TV, I can wirelessly just blast that junk straight over to the TV. Sounds like a dream.