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A Holiday Gift Guide with Style - Design Guru Edition

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Posted Nov 26th 2009 at 6:30PM  
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A Design Guru has bold tastes. You better not buy her a bottle of plain old perfume.Photo: Bryan Bedder, Getty Images


Holiday gift guides. They're pretty much everywhere this time of the year. Random picks for random people.

So this year we decided to look through all the goodies out there through the eyes of five style personalities. Match the personalities to the people in your life, and choose from our carefully selected picks. It's a gift guide with style, for people with style.

We''ll start today with the Design Guru. You know her: She has a streamlined, uncluttered home. She's done wearing a trend by the time you hear about it. She may speak German and wear bold makeup. You'll never see her in jeans and a T-shirt. Unless it's a T-shirt by James Perse or Helmut Lang.

She doesn't have cable TV, but does have a big library of books (artfully arranged of course) and sleek European electronic devices. You secretly want her life a just little -- but then again you could never leave a dirty coffee cup in the sink, and who wants that?

Here are some gifts we bet are on her list. Come back Monday to see our next holiday gift guide.








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A Holiday Gift Guide With Style- Presents for the Design Guru
We've got designs on these fabulous gifts -- and you will too. Click through the gallery to see style selections with smooth lines and graphical flair, perfect for the design snob in your life.
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Holiday Style Gift Guide

    Your design guru friend may not be as cutting edge as Lady Gaga. But there's a good chance she's got a geometrical haircut and lives in artfully decorated black clothing. What else does she need? These gifts...

    Bryan Bedder, Getty Images

    MAC holiday eye palettes in 6 Sorceresses Eye Shadows and 6 Mystic Cool Eye Shadows, both $36.
    Miracles Happen Viva Glam Lip Kit, $22.50, 100% of purchase price benefits the MAC Aids Fund. All are available at MAC counters, stores and on
    maccosmetics.com.

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    Alexis Bittar gold sculptural ribbon cuff, $295, available at The Conran Shop, NYC, (866) 755-9079 or Conranusa.com

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    Diana Mini, $60, and Diana CMYK, $105, Lomography cameras, available at the Lomography Gallery store, NYC, or Lomography.com.

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    Kiehl's Limited Edition KAWS Crème de Corps, 8.4oz $26.50, 16.9oz with pump $44.50 (pictured), 1 liter $70. 100% of net profits benefit RxArt, a non-profit organization that engages young patients through art in pediatric hospitals. Available at Kiehl's stores and on Kiehls.com.

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    Melika leather skirt by Theory, $345, available at Theory.com.

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    Glen Luchford book, $80, available at Barnesandnoble.com. or Barnes & Noble stores.

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