Tag: The Best VICE Gift Guide Ever

The Best Valentine’s Day Flowers and Bouquets (for Hot People)

Weary traveler, welcome. We know you’re into the classics when it comes to Valentine’s Day—you’re in the floral aisle, for goddess’ sake—and we respect that. That tells us you’re an intentional gifter who wants their presents to arrive on time, and you stick with the original plot of the V-Day movie: FLOWERS. And before you […]

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The Best Unique Valentine’s Gifts That They’ll Never See Coming

Alright, Valentine’s Day is coming sooner than you think, you procrastinating jabroni. Try as we might to pretend that we’re judging, the truth is that we’ve all been in Crunch Time before, desperately trying to identify a gift that will say just the right sweet nothings to our awaiting beloved, and none of the wrong […]

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The Best Cool Lingerie and Underwear Brands

The Best Cool Lingerie Brands, From Sexy to Super-Comfy 2024 VICE may receive a commission if you buy products through the links on our site. Read more here. It’s always a good time for treating yourself or a partner to fancy undies. Here are 14 lingerie brands that make the underthings of our dreams. February […]

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The Best Valentine’s Day Gifts for Friends, ‘Cause They Were Here First

Composite by VICE Media  Valentine’s Day is for lovers, but it’s also for the people who love you the most—and unless you’re Macbeth or Ramona Singer, we’re talking about your friends. Your best buds have been with you through it all, from that time you were doored by an idling PT Cruiser while biking, and […]

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Good Boyfriend Alert: Get Her a Nameplate Necklace for V-Day

As we approach Valentine’s Day, it’s important to take stock of gifts that give the ick (you know who you are, Zales tilted heart pendant), and gifts that inspire thoughts such as, Maybe we should finally move in together, because he clearly has good taste. Sadly, it’s bad jewelry that runs rampant. That’s why we […]

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The Best Personalized Valentine’s Day Gifts, From Earbuds to Engraved Steak

What’s better than a donut on Valentine’s Day? Eight donuts that spell out “I love you,” placed on a Swarovski-studded platter and served to your boo after she’s scarfed down a tomahawk steak with the words “MARRY ME, BRENDA??” engraved into the side. Customization has come a long way since the Gutenberg Bible, baby, and […]

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This Mindfulness Subscription Box Says It’s the ‘Netflix of Crystals’

Don’t know what to gift your crunchy crush for their birthday? Are you struggling to find the right present for the aunt who insists on picking up bird feathers on the beach because she “was a snowy plover in a past life”? Well it’s 2024, starlight, and it turns out there’s a subscription box for […]

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The Best Gift Ideas for a Cool Person You Just Started Dating

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner—and while it can be kinda exciting to spend it with a new boo, it can also strike fear. What should you gift someone who has only just become an actual someone to you? Meaning, a few months ago, they were just a contact in your phone with a […]

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​​The Best Self-Care Gifts for the Person Who Never Treats Themselves

When was the last time you did something nice for you? We’re not just talking about your nightly ASMR YouTube binge of “fancy AskJeeves LARPer massages your scalp.” We’re talking about the last time you got a little something for yourself, just because, or a thoughtful gift for someone who just doesn’t treat themselves enough, […]

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The Best Hot-Ticket Tech Gifts of 2023, From Laptops to Speakers

We’ve been told that the holidays are about merriment and togetherness, but it doesn’t take that hard of a look to see past the yuletide-palooza and discover that it’s all a not-so-subtle front for promoting our times’ latest and greatest tech. And frankly? That’s fine. The rest of the year, it’s hard for us to […]

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The Best Camping Gifts For the Person Whose Instagram Is Full of Nature Pix

You know the type: Their Instagram is full of camping pics, they seem to constantly be bopping around state parks, and you’re high-key jealous of the stamp pages of their passport. They have a mysteriously high number of vacation days, they’re caught up in vanlife, and their feed is full of Yosemite, Joshua Tree, and secret […]

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The Best Gifts for Your Friend Who Wants to Be Don Draper

Mad Men ended back in 2015, but years later we’re still scratching our heads at how a show about advertising burrowed its way so deeply into contemporary culture—yes, we’re looking at you, mid-century furniture obsessives and old-fashioned-orderers.   Regardless of how often you make Pete Campbell jokes, if you’re a young-ish professional-ish person, you know the […]

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The Best Gifts for Men, According to the Real Guys Who Received Them

Every year, we wonder what to give the menfolk in our life for the holidays. A jar of dirt? An axe? Deodorant? What are the best gifts for guys, anyway? All of these offerings are presents we would happily receive ourselves, but what about The Dudes™? We decided to just ask men what gift ideas […]

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The 22 Best Weed Gifts for Your Stoner Pals

With recreational cannabis use legal in more and more places with each passing election cycle, weed use is becoming less stigmatized by the day, which is really great news for everyone, from your pal who burns mad trees to your grandma with chronic pain. Legality means greater research, and more information passed on to the […]

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The Best Last-Minute Gifts, Because You Procrastinated Again This Year

Put down the elbow macaroni, hot glue, and “one free hug” coupon book—it’s time for you to pick up a thoughtful, last-minute gift that doesn’t involve construction paper or figurative IOUs. We know you procrastinate on holiday present shopping, and we forgive you in advance. Your friends, significant others, and family members, however.… Well, they […]

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The Best Gifts for Runners, Marathoners, and Joggers

Collecting shiny babies (medals) and hitting a new personal record is no easy feat. It requires physical and mental strength, demanding training, and choking down a meal of bland chicken and broccoli a couple of times a week (we need more seasonings). Is it more fun than hitting the bar for several rounds of Cosmopolitans? […]

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The Best Secret Santa Gifts (So It Looks Like You’ve Been Paying Attention)

Why is it that, sometimes, Secret Santa feels like a trap? Not in a Panic Room way, even though last-minute gift shopping sure makes our brains spin out, but because we often fall prey to the self-inflicted pressure of finding the perfect present for a friend, co-worker, or family member that says, “I know you […]

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These 17 Brands Make Cool Jewelry (That You Should Gift to Us)

What is it about tiny, sparkly rocks that express so succinctly a particular strand of classic romance? We don’t know; we’re just talking monkeys floating on a rock in space, and somehow, shiny little adornments have become an important form of both currency and communication when it comes to the language of love. But good-quality, […]

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The Best Gifts for Cat Lovers (Because Crazy Cat People Rule)

The greatest rivalry of all time is not between Coca-Cola and Pepsi, the Dodgers vs. the Giants, or even Oasis and Blur: It’s between cat people and dog people. But the reason it’s such an ideal back and forth is because both dogs and cats are pretty damn rad. But we’re not here to sing […]

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The Best Gifts for Every Kind of Queer Person

Happy holi-gays, babes, and congrats on surviving another year! Whether you’re a fellow queer person or merely an ally matters not. What matters, this holiday season, is that you care about a member of the LGBTQ+ community and you’re about to shower them with gifts, bitch.  Queer people come in many delicious flavors, it’s true. […]

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The 25 Best Food Gifts For Your Hangry Squad

Slippers, socks, headphones—they’re all fine. Gifts you can eat, tho… that’s the level of bestowed enjoyment that we’re aiming for when we pick the best gifts for our loved ones. Keeping someone’s feet warm is nice, but filling their belly with truffles or dumplings or banana pudding? Jumpin’ Jehoshaphat. That’s the good stuff.  The best […]

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Augustinus Bader’s Ridiculously Popular Skincare Now Comes in an XL Bottle

Every day, It feels like a fancy new skincare company is born. This is not inherently bad; the capitalist bald eagle living deep inside us loves innovation, and proudly seeks the thrill of uncorking a new face serum to pamper our pores and boost our serotonin levels. We proudly live by the universal healthy skin […]

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The Best White Elephant Gifts, So You Can Absolutely Win the Holiday Party

The holiday season may be full of Nativity scenes, twinkle lights, menorahs, reflections on the good (or bad) behavior of ourselves and others, and general angelic brouhaha—but White Elephant is for the rest of us hellish little biatches. White Elephant is Satan’s time to shine, because it’s your chance to pluck presents that fly deliciously […]

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