The 2024 Future Advisory Gift Guide
Your annual elves are here with your one-stop-shop gifting guide. We’ve rolled this into an updated version from last year, because our clients who have fabulous gift options haven’t changed! We’ve added more and given you specific stocking filler purchases. Ho ho ho!
Augie & May
The most divine baby and kids shopping to be had… is there anything cuter than tiny bathers and sun hats? They’re our pick for Santa this summer. Find everything from cots to toys, teeny tiny socks and plates that won’t break when your toddler decides to feed the dog instead.
Coff & Co
Coffee snob (we have no shame in putting our hands up) or someone who just guzzles caffeine as a life line – we all love fresh beans, especially when they’re roasted in Melbourne. Coff & Co offer one-off purchases or a subscription service where the recipient can receive bean deliveries at their door weekly, fortnightly or monthly. Such a good gift.
Comune Gallery
If you’re shopping for someone special and have the standard brief of “just get me some jewellery” then stop hovering over the ‘add to cart’ button on a stock standard shop and look at the beauties that this Melbourne gallery has to offer. Founders Eloise and Christian hand select Australian makers to showcase – you’ll find nothing other than ethically made and truly original pieces. Shop online or in their Northcote space.
Discrepancy records
For the music lovers in your life – stop scrolling. This is every Beatles, Stones or Beyonce fan’s dream with the biggest collections of LPs in Australia. Find every genre you can think of and if the recipient doesn’t have a record player yet… they sell those too. Surely this Midnight Oil vinyl is the solution to every impossible-to-buy-for Dad?
Duchess Martha
A fashion boutique that offers it’s own label – some of which is made by founder Tina herself – and other designers that fit the comfy, bohemian aesthetic that she’s gunning for. With the Black Friday Sale currently live, it’s a go-to for gifting and for your own holiday season looks.
Frankie and Coco
This Hampton mainstay has remained a Bayside favourite for a reason. The team selects a beautiful array of clothing, accessories and homewares and puts it in one place for you to shop. You can’t go wrong with their candles, vases or cocktail sets! Lots of goodies to pick up on sale too.
French Providor Store
For the foodie or Frenchie in your life. This Melbourne based team imports the best of the best from France and ships their authentic treats Australia wide. Their website also has recipes on there if you’re needing some hosting inspo in the next few weeks. If you’re on platter duty for an upcoming event… you know where to go. In exciting news the team have opened their doors for dinner Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Yum!
Gifta Gift Cards
This might be the ultimate solution for the impossible-to-buy-for person. How it works: select a gift card option for the broad interest or demographic of who you’re buying for (eg/ a parent, a travel lover, a gardener) and the recipient can use that one gift card on the brands of their choosing. Heaps of flexibility and means you can nail the gift without having to choose one store. They also have a fantastic corporate gifting offer which includes branded cards.
Hardware Hub
A huge range of Christmas decorations means this is a go-to *before* the presents get unwrapped. This is one of those stores that you walk out of feeling pleasantly surprised about how much they stock and how good their range is… ideal for pet lovers, they have a newly added toys section!
Lox & Chain
If you want jewellery but less fem and more masc, duo Zak and Frei have it nailed. Find rings, necklaces, bracelets and earrings all designed in Melbourne (and until recently were all made in their home).
Purple Universe
Continuing along the food and beverage theme, Purple Universe is the ideal thing to BYO or buy your mate who’s not a booze drinker. These non-alc options not only taste delicious, but have health benefits too. Perfect to keep in your fridge to have on hand over the silly season.
Salt Lab
These beautiful magnesium products tick so many boxes for gift giving: they’re ethically sourced and made, partner with regenerative agriculture organisations and make sprays and salts that anyone needing better sleep, an added step in their wellness ritual or better recovery from their workouts. We also love that they offer refillable pouches so if your gift recipient wants to stock up, they don’t have to buy the entire product again. And we can’t finish this paragraph without adding in the Muscle Repair Cream. A favourite amongst the Future Fam!
Selah & Stone
Gorgeous, 100% flax linen sheets, pillow cases, doona covers, quilts and baby products. Husband and wife team Jacob and Tegan have created this simplistic and luxurious brand from their home in Melbourne. So many beautiful options at various price points. We love this sage and stripes quilted blanket – perfect for warmer months when a doona is too much, and a sheet is too little.
Social Manna
If you’re in Perth and you haven’t eaten here… what are you doing? The team has got some absolutely delicious homemade goods available in the lead up to Christmas. Otherwise, make a booking for your pre-Christmas catch ups. A guaranteed way of pleasing even the pickiest of grandparents 😉
The Memo
Ask any current or to-be parent “have you heard of The Memo?” and you’ll hear a resounding yes. They’re a one-stop-shop for everything baby and you’ll find perfect stocking fillers all the way through to generous bigger presents both online and in their Armadale flagship store. Their ‘shop by stage’ tab makes it particularly easy if you’re like a lot of us and wouldn’t know where to start with baby purchasing! The value bundles are also a winner – the essentials with a saving.
Threadheads
Whether you’re looking for someone to create a gag gift you’re already chuckling at or just want a cool tee, hoodie, mug (or literally anything else that can be printed on), you’ll find it on Threadheads. It’s like a library of designs that hits every niche theme possible. Our pick this year are the newly dropped hat options.
Wax Obsession
All the delicious smelling things you could think of. Candles, reed diffusers, room sprays (the list goes on) handmade in Melbourne with scent range big enough that you’ll nail the brief for anyone. New this year is their range of unisex fragrances – so divine that you’ll find Jase wearing this one, and Case loving this one.
We hope your Christmas shopping just got much easier!
