Welcome to the T List, a newsletter from the editors of T Magazine. For this edition, we've turned it into an engagement gift guide, with recommendations on what to get your soon-to-be-married friends. (These can double as wedding present ideas, should you dare to go off-registry.) Sign up here to find us in your inbox every Wednesday, along with monthly travel and beauty guides, and the latest stories from our print issues. And you can always reach us at tmagazine@nytimes.com. RAISE THE BAR Artisanal Glassware to Put on Display
Help your friends raise a glass to the occasion by giving them the Maison Balzac Every Cocktail Set, which includes six cocktail glasses that each correspond to a specific drink, from an Aperol spritz to a dirty martini or manhattan. Each piece includes an everlasting glass garnish to make bartending one step easier. For the cosmically inclined, the New York-based glassware company Sprezz collaborated with the interior design firm Charlap Hyman on a set of astrological sign glasses. Add a touch of personalization by selecting the couple's star signs, which hopefully serve as a reassuring reminder of their zodiac compatibility. For a versatile option, the jewelry designer Jean Prounis recently launched a line of glasses and vases featuring prunts, or decorative dollops of glass. They're made from Waldglas, or forest glass, which has a light green pigment due to a chemical reaction between the iron-rich sand and ash of burned wood that are used in its creation. For more concentrated color, consider an elegant vase from Verre d'Onge in a burnt sienna hue. Each item is handblown in the designer Jérémie St-Onge's Montreal studio, making for a one-of-a-kind piece of functional art. GAME NIGHT Playing Cards and Tarot Decks From a 176-Year-Old Parisian Company
A set of luxury playing cards is a wonderfully unserious but fancy gift for newlyweds-to-be, whether your friends are the type to get competitive on game night or showcase it as a piece of décor. Starting in 1848, the French company Grimaud industrialized the card-making process, introducing what were groundbreaking design ideas at the time, such as rounded corners and the use of opaque, heavyweight paper. In 1900, the company was awarded the Grand Prix at the Exposition Universelle. But two years ago, Grimaud paused its operations to refresh its product lineup and re-emphasize the design features that its founder, Baptiste Paul Grimaud, had invented and made famous over 150 years prior. "We wanted to create the Tiffany of playing cards," says Guillaume Reslou, the current vice president of the company. During the hiatus, Reslou and his team researched the Grimaud archives at the National Library of France, connected with collectors and worked with the playing-card historian Christian Rouleau to innovate around the brand. This month, the company debuted its new collection of playing cards with figures hand-drawn by the French artist Julie Serre. Two divination decks — tarot cards, reimagined by the French illustrator Margot Reverdy, and an oracle deck — are set to be released Nov. 4. Every stack is a nod to Grimaud's early influences, with gilded corners ("Difficult to do because it had to be very precise," says Reslou) and artisanal printing on "casino-quality but thicker" card stock. A line of accessories — display trays, sleeves and a playing mat among them — add flair to the shuffle. From $95 for playing cards, grimaudparis.com. INTRICATE TRINKET Jewelry That Tells a Story
Jewelry has long been more than just an accessory — it often carries a story, whether it's an heirloom passed down through generations or a piece picked up during travels. Some designers offer creative ways to distill entire narratives into a single trinket. Sarah Ysabel Narici, the founder of jewelry brand Dyne, launched her Loverglyphs collection in 2022 with wedding bands she designed for herself and her husband. She creates the pieces based on extensive conversations with her clients and draws from a set of symbols inspired by Egyptian hieroglyphs and stones that represent the wearer's story and significant life events. The British brand Cece Jewellery blends myth, nature and personal narratives in 18-karat pendants and rings that feature miniature paintings and engraved motifs. One recent commission portrayed an oak tree to symbolize strength and deep roots, a rose to embody love and lavender to represent grace. Jen Tran, the founder of Millie & Noah, turned to jewelry after she experienced personal losses and left a career in biotech. She found healing in making pieces that honor individual stories. Her brand, named in tribute to her father and son, offers custom engraved cameos and intaglios that celebrate her clients' most cherished connections. CAN DO Natural Wine for Toasts On the Go
Give your friends the kind of wine that prompts a celebratory picnic. Earlier this year, the Famille du Vin founder Paloma Brey launched her line of natural wines in 200-milliliter cans, the result of collaborations with French vintners such as Château de Béru in Burgundy and Jean Pierre Robinot in the Loire valley. Brey, who is based in New York, worked with Zev Rovine, an early importer of natural wines into the U.S., to curate her label's selection, which includes a light red, a dry white that she describes as "brioche-esque," a picnic-ready sparkling chenin blanc, a "dainty" skin-contact muscat and a Chablis. The Paris-based creative studio Mestiza created labels that reflect the process of biodynamic winemaking, developing a series of carved rubber stamps representing the sun, the earth, water, and the moon, and printing them with natural dyes. Family du Vin is available to purchase (from $8 a can) online at wine shops such as Henry's and will be available at famille.vin in December. NATURE AND NURTURE Blankets Adorned With a Painter's Flowers and Figures
The New York yoga instructor Alex Schatzberg — who lives and works in his own lofty studio on hectic St. Marks Place — often goes on weekends to the quiet town of Napanoch, in the Catskills, where he stays with the painter Eugene Gregan and his wife, Beverly. The three originally met by chance some 15 years ago, through a neighbor of the artist, who, at 87, has remained prolific even as he's avoided the gallery system. A few years ago, Schatzberg started representing Gregan, selling his works to would-be collectors, and sorting and photographing the thousands of pieces stored in his home upstate. "Eugene's art is meant to be lived with," Schatzberg says. "It's sold out of the house for people to put in their house." Of course, not everyone wants a large painting, so, last year, the 37-year-old yogi started experimenting with other ways of sharing the art: He made shower curtains, throw pillows, floral-printed clothing and, most recently, a collection of digitally woven blankets featuring Gregan's landscapes, woodblock prints and calligraphy that translated well onto soft cotton. Schatzberg's hope, he says, is that the throws, like their source material, "inspire daily life with beauty." But they're also just big enough for a couple to cuddle under all winter long. $185, newvibeyoga.shop. TAKEAWAY FOR TWO A Plate — or Pepper Shaker — From a Favorite Restaurant
As an increasing number of restaurants produce their own merch, it's never been easier to find a food-related souvenir that goes beyond the matchbox. Give your engaged friends a memento from a place that means something to them. Maybe it's the bar where they met, or the bistro they visited on a trip together. Café de Flore, the Parisian cafe that's been a meeting place for artists since 1887, released a collection of tableware last year featuring drawings of its green sidewalk tables and croissants by the French illustrator Marin Montagut. Folderol, the popular ice cream shop and natural wine bar across the river in the 11th Arrondissement, offers accessories that include an adorable pink corkscrew. For its 30th anniversary, the New York restaurant Il Buco created a set of dishes representing its signature ingredients — shrimp, radishes — inspired by the Italian tradition of buon ricordo, or "happy memory," plates. (Beginning in the '60s, an association of Italian restaurants began sending guests home with hand-painted plates to commemorate their meals.) In London, Sketch sells ceramic dishes (including these sweet salt and pepper shakers) designed by the British artist Yinka Shonibare as an extension of the restaurant's interiors. And for the farm-to-table couple, there's the California company Heath Ceramics's line for Chez Panisse, which was expanded last year to include new glaze colors like a leafy green that evokes the vines growing around the entryway to the Berkeley restaurant. FROM T'S INSTAGRAM How Florence Welch Turned Rage Into Power
Florence Welch has one of the most powerful voices in music. With her band Florence and the Machine, she's made songs that are distinct yet incredibly popular. "The music's ubiquity is perhaps because of the fact that Florence and the Machine sound like nothing else out there," writes Lauren Groff. "It's also, perhaps, because of the spooky vastness of Welch's vision." But early in her career, the pressure of new fame was so intense that the singer kept dancing with self-destruction. "In order to protect myself from the public gaze," Welch says, "I shrank myself offstage." When she and her band were working on what would become their first singles, she nearly blew it with the record company: She was too much of a liability, disappearing for three days into a bender and showing up at a pub mysteriously covered in blue paint. At 27, she got sober. For a year, she says, she was a "completely broken person." The albums that came afterward were a kind of resetting. "Dance Fever," her most recent, released in 2022, is confirmation that Welch keeps getting more formidable. In addition to her albums, the singer has been working for eight years on a theatrical version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel, "The Great Gatsby." For T's Greats issue, the writer Lauren Groff visited Welch at her home in South London — where the rooms replicate her maximalist, ecstatic style — to discuss her childhood, the evolution of her career and the art that inspires her. Click here to read the full profile and follow us on Instagram.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2024
The T List: Engagement Gift Guide
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