Lots of things have gone remote this year, and the holidays are no exception: Family dinners will be enjoyed via Zoom (for better or for worse), and most of us will be shipping, rather than hand-delivering, our holiday gifts. But celebrating with friends and family remotely doesn’t mean your presents shouldn’t look festive. And though you can wrap gifts online yourself, that also requires going to the post office to ship them. A much easier option is getting your gift wrapped by the merchant and shipped directly to the recipient, but that can be tricky, too: While most retailers offer personalized notes for orders containing gifts for birthday online, there are a few that offer truly tasteful gift online delivery wrapping for the ultimate ease. So if you’re hoping to order a loved one a little something that will actually look like a holiday gift India, we asked our writers and editors for their go-to retailers who offer the best online gift wrapping during the holiday season. (And if you happen to be looking for a Indian gifts to wrap, we flagged a few of our favorites, too.)
MatchesFashion
The most-recommended merchant for beautiful packaging was MatchesFashion, which offers a complimentary “luxury box” on any online order, and the marble-printed, magnetic gift box from online sites India is so nice-looking, senior writer Karen Iorio Adelson says they’re “basically gifts on their own.” They’re so nice on their own, there’s no need for additional wrapping, and so sturdy that Vox’s senior vice-president of e-commerce Camilla Cho says, “You can also reuse them for storage around the house.” Besides, according to Iorio Adelson, “they’re too pretty to throw out!”
To be wrapped:
The statusy Comme des Garçons wallet (beloved by many a Strategist writer) in an unexpected colorway.
And this scarf and beanie set, knitted from Scottish cashmere, goes with everything.
Or for the Tiger King fanatic, a responsibly made, leopard-print cross-body.
Amazon
Amazon offers gift wrapping — a box or bag appropriate for the item, decorative ribbon, and a printed card with your gift message — for most items fulfilled by Amazon, and deputy editor Maxine Builder was “pleasantly surprised with how nice it looked when I opened the cardboard box.” She received a gift-wrapped present for her birthday in November — a Carhartt dog jacket — that came “wrapped in a lovely blue-and-gold bag that looked far nicer than what I’d expect from Amazon. The jacket itself was wrapped in white tissue paper, so I couldn’t see it through the somewhat-translucent bag, which was another unexpectedly sophisticated touch. In fact, I like the look of the bag so much, and it seems so sturdy, I am hanging on to it and expecting to reuse it for my own gift wrapping this Christmas.” The packaging varies by color and print, but all of the options — from metallic green stripes to shimmery yellow triangles — are equally (and non-denominationally) festive. Gift-wrapping prices start at $4.50 per item.
To be wrapped:
Some reusable Swedish dishcloths that one writer says “soak up 20 times their own weight in liquid” — in a funky dog print.
And a frizz-fighting hairbrush for virtually all hair types.
Or an apartment-friendly, gardener-recommended indoor garden for growing herbs.
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