The DSCENE Holiday Guide 2025 focuses on gifts that carry clarity, character, and a sense of purpose. This year’s edit moves toward objects that feel considered, pieces that reflect the way we live and what we value. From fashion to homeware and limited releases, the guide gathers items chosen for their presence and thoughtful design.
HOLIDAY SEASON
As the season approaches, we look at gifts through the lens of experience rather than abundance. Each selection earns its place through form, material, and the quiet feeling it brings to the recipient. The result is a guide shaped by restraint and precision, created for those who seek gifts that matter beyond the moment.
Vitra Découpage Vase
Vitra’s Blue & Off-White Découpage Vase brings a sculptural approach to tabletop objects through a glazed ceramic form designed by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. The cylindrical vase stands on its own, while detachable abstract clay ornaments allow the composition to shift between arrangements, turning the piece into a flexible object rather than a fixed design. Finished in the Feuille colorway, the contrast between blue ceramic and off-white elements emphasizes surface, volume, and proportion. Whether assembled in full or pared back to its simplest form, the Découpage Vase functions as both a vessel and a quiet architectural accent.
Chloé Paddington Bag
Chloé brings back the Paddington bag to mark its 20th anniversary, revisiting one of the Maison’s most recognizable designs with a lighter, more relaxed construction. Crafted from grained buffalo leather, the updated version keeps the signature slouchy silhouette while refining the structure for everyday ease, finished with a single zip opening. The oversized padlock and C-shaped buckles remain central to the design, anchoring the bag in Chloé’s archive while allowing it to sit comfortably in the present.
The Standard x Crash Baggage
The Standard x Crash Baggage brings a vivid, rule-breaking spirit to holiday travel with a limited-edition suitcase built for people who prefer character over perfection. The collaboration revisits Crash Baggage’s pre-dented Icon Luggage in a saturated Standard-red shell, turning every mark into part of its identity. Connie Fleming adds another layer with a sticker set drawn from The Standard’s visual archive, giving travellers a way to personalize their case with the energy of Boom and Le Bain. Shot between The Standard, High Line and The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon, the campaign captures the piece in environments that match its attitude, playful, direct, and made for movement. The collaboration arrives on November 10th at $350 USD, offered online and across The Standard’s properties.
Sayre Gomez Monograph
For the art lover drawn to contemporary painting and the psychology of looking, this Sayre Gomez monograph published by JRP Editions offers a deep, immersive read. Spanning works from 2016 to 2025, the hardcover volume traces Gomez’s precise, photorealistic vision of Los Angeles through paintings, installations, and sculptural projects that turn everyday urban scenes into charged visual studies. Essays by Tim Griffin and Valerie Mindlin, alongside a conversation with Hamza Walker, unpack the artist’s use of trompe-l’oeil, airbrushing, and cinematic surface effects to examine nostalgia, simulation, and the quiet tension between promise and restriction embedded in the city. Richly illustrated and rigorously edited, the book stands as both a critical survey and a considered object for anyone invested in contemporary art and visual culture.
Self-Portrait Contrast-collar Polo
Self-Portrait’s contrast-collar polo top refines a familiar silhouette through considered details and a rich material mix. Rendered in deep dark red, the design features a sharp contrasting collar and a button fastening accented with gold buttons, lending a subtle point of emphasis to the front. Patch pockets and long sleeves give the piece a structured feel, while the wool and cashmere blend keeps it soft and comfortable against the skin. It’s a versatile knit that moves easily between polished daytime wear and more elevated styling, with a finish that feels deliberate and composed.
Tickets to Rosalía’s LUX Tour
For the music lover, tickets to Rosalía’s LUX Tour offer an experience that goes far beyond a standard concert. The tour translates her sharp, experimental pop language into a carefully staged live performance, where choreography, lighting, and sound work as a single visual and emotional system. Each show feels intimate yet commanding, reflecting Rosalía’s control over detail and atmosphere while allowing space for spontaneity and raw energy. As a gift, LUX Tour tickets promise a night shaped by presence, performance, and one of contemporary music’s most distinctive voices.
Mango Borosilicate Candelabra
Mango’s borosilicate candelabra brings a sculptural note to the season with its transparent Ice Grey finish and spiral stem that catches light with quiet precision. Made from 100% borosilicate glass, it stays minimal yet visually distinct, giving any room a subtle architectural accent. Its shape feels adaptable, sharp enough for a modern interior, soft enough for a lived-in space, and it pairs easily with the rest of Mango’s glass collection. At $29.99, it lands in the sweet spot between accessible design and considered gifting, offering a piece that adds presence without overwhelming the room.
Miu Miu Plume satin sneakers
Miu Miu Plume satin sneakers reinterpret the house’s ongoing dialogue with ballet through an ultralight silhouette wrapped in smooth satin. Decorative stitching traces the upper with a delicate precision, while the refined color palette reinforces the shoe’s soft, almost ethereal presence. Lace-up fastening and a fabric lining keep the design grounded in everyday wear, set against a rubber sole finished with a logo and star-patterned tread. Subtle branding appears through a screen-printed logo on the tongue and heel counter, and a removable fabric-covered insole adds comfort without disrupting the sneaker’s clean lines.
Sunglasses That Carry the Look
For a holiday gift that feels considered and lasting, sunglasses remain an easy win. A strong frame can shift the mood of an entire look, setting direction before clothing comes into play. Christian Louboutin’s Hot Chick LB0010, priced at $625, achieves this with a confident cat-eye shape in Red Havana, finished with smoke lenses and subtle red and gold accents that echo the Hot Chick décolleté. Zegna’s Aurora I, priced at $475, takes a quieter route, using a sculpted acetate frame in Transparent Brown Havana with a matte finish that feels assured. A single bridge keeps the silhouette clean, while subtle grip detailing at the temples supports everyday wear. These frames offer two distinct approaches to gifting, each reflecting a different way of wearing confidence.
Chanel Chance Eau Splendide
Chanel adds a fresh chapter to its fragrance lineup with Chance Eau Splendide, a scent that leans into brightness and ease while keeping a polished edge. Lively notes unfold with a light, buoyant energy, balanced by a soft, lingering warmth that sits close to the skin. The composition feels optimistic and fluid, making it an effortless choice for daily wear while still carrying the quiet confidence associated with the Chance family. Presented in the iconic round bottle, Eau Splendide works as a considered gift for anyone drawn to refined fragrances with a modern, uplifting tone.
