SEELE’s Fall Gift Guide: Items Under $250

Our fall gift guide includes some of the best items that will keep you warm for the cooled down temps, items that will bring a little spark to your evenings in and nights out at an affordable price point.

For Her: Gucci Beauty Rouge À Lèvres Mat in Rosso Ancora, $47

This new red lipstick from Gucci’s Creative Director Sabato De Sarno, takes inspiration from The Savoy Hotel in London’s elevators, where Guccio Gucci once worked and became inspired in the late 18th century to launch his own brand. Rouge À Lèvres Mat is not red red and this makes it a bold choice. It also gives a velvety texture with a creamy, long-lasting finish. Its case comes in the same red hue with a gold tube. With this lipstick, De Sarno infuses Gucci’s narrative with passion, glamour and confidence. 

For Her: Kittenish Shades Of Blue Flannel Shacket, $76

From singer Jessie James Decker’s brand Kittenish's fall collection. This piece is total plaid flannel heaven. Perfect with the blue, gray, and black tones it matches perfectly with boot cut jeans and ankle boots, or a knee length solid color dress.

For Both: Not So Bright Mondi Candle, $30

Not So Bright by Courtney Bright, is an LA- based candle brand by its namesake founder. Mondi is a lavender and eucalyptus blended candle made with green tea, sage, and bergamot (top notes); rosemary, lavender, thyme (middle notes); and mind and lemongrass (base notes) with a burn time of 35-45 hours.

For Both: Christian Siriano The New Red Carpet, $55

Siriano takes readers on an exhilarating journey with today’s biggest stars wearing his statement-making designs on the world’s most exciting red carpets. Launching his eponymous brand in 2008, Siriano’s work has become known for whimsical and showstopping designs—from fantasy evening gowns to tailored sportswear, as well as shoes, accessories, fragrance, eyewear, beauty, and home collections. Each page reveals the untold stories behind some of the most talked-about red-carpet moments, featuring A-list celebrities who have donned Siriano’s designs including Angelina Jolie, Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Lopez, Billy Porter, Taylor Swift, Viola Davis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kim Kardashian, Janet Jackson, Ashley Graham, and First Lady Michelle Obama.

For Her: Gigi Pip Teddy Cattleman Hat, $156

The Teddy Cattleman comes in different colors from off white to brown, and dark green. But, it’s the cherry red that’s striking. It comes in a true cattleman crown + wide western brim, so this classic cowgirl hat is sure to stand out in a crowd. Gigi Pip was started by Ginger Parrish and is based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Parrish’s story of wanting to create a brand for women who wear “many hats” in life has transpired into a brand with stylish hats and other accessories.

For Her: GAP Sherpa Coat ON SALE, $67

This sharp Sherpa coat with notch lapels and long sleeves is made with 30% recycled polyester. Stylish and calf-length, it’s perfect for those chilly fall days. It comes in black and terra brown. It’s currently on sale with 60% off the original price of $168.

For Both: Dr.Jart+ Prejuvenation Firming Bakuchiol Serum, $66 (50mL)

Launched in July 2024, this multi-action serum helps prevent early signs of aging, firms and boosts elasticity in 1 week, and reduces visible lines- perfect as the summer air turns dry. Its lightweight, hydrating formula is gentle enough to use morning and night. It’s composed of Bakuchiol, Collagen Peptide, and Glycerin, and its dermatologist tested and suitable for sensitive skin.

For Both: Dr.Jart+ Prejuvenation Firming Bakuchiol Cream, $64 (50mL)

Clinically proven to improve forehead wrinkles, smooth fine lines and wrinkles, and improve radiance and hydration, this firming cream is a barrier-strengthening cream that keeps skin hydrated all day and leaves skin firm with more elasticity for the cold months. It also improves the look of 3 kinds of wrinkles: forehead, glabellar and nasolabial fold with Bakuchiol and Collagen Peptide. 

For Both: Africa’s Fashion Diaspora, $45

One of the first books to examine the wide breadth of the African Diaspora and its influence on international fashion.

Tracing the local and global impact of Black Diasporic designers, Africa’s Fashion Diaspora is one of the first books to explore the diverse perspectives and significant roles that Black designers have contributed to the creation of international fashion culture. With a focus on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, this book features some of the best examples of innovative fashion throughout the period and contextualizes how diasporic designers' work can speak to contemporary issues, including decolonization, sustainability, and social equity. Diasporic designers cannot be monolithically defined—they come from varied cultures and their work speaks to their personal experiences, as well as wide ranges of influence.

Featuring cutting-edge designers such as Oliver Rousteing, Tremaine Emory, Virgil Abloh and their work in the major fashion houses of Balmain, Denim Tears and Off-White, as well as Pathé'O, Stephen Burrows, Patrick Kelly and the iconic designs from the 1970s and 1980s. Hylan Booker‘s creative output during his time as Head of the House of Worth during the 1960s London relaunch is also explored. Africa's Fashion Diaspora introduces readers to important, yet unexamined fashion histories that form our current fashion ecosystem and support the impactful designers who are shaping contemporary culture. 

For Her: Spell’s La Vie Sweater, $179

The brûlée colored sweater is perfect for fall. It’s lightweight with open thick knit layering for transeasonal styling. Its rib neck, hem and sleeve cuff with a drop shoulder design offers a chic, effortless vibe to your ensemble. It can be paired with a dress, boho skirt, or jeans.

For Both: Connection Journal Vol 2, $39

The YIB Method Connection Journal, is an approachable, yet powerful tool to tap into your soul, or what Jacq loves to call, your Inner Babe. The practices in this journal come directly from the YIB Method Coaching Programs. It’s filled with the tools that gave Jacq and many clients after her, the space to find their light again. It takes commitment, effort, but by putting in the work, it will work- if you let it. Putting pen to paper, making declarations and allowing the weight of current feelings to be processed through you, are the stepping stones to a new chapter. The chapter of you. The you, you already are. Self-love and enoughness is already within. All you have to do, is reconnect.

For Him: Wandrd PRVKE backpack, $219

A waterproof backpack, perfect for photographers to keep their gear in. Made for all-day comfort, it has a clamshell opening with quick side access, and it’s built to last.

For Her: Beckett Simonon Adelaide Booties, $239

These full grain leather boots allow the structure to stay as the boots age. Designed perfectly for comfort making the pointed toe area to be roomy. Accentuated by an elegant belt wrapping around the ankle high shaft, a sculpted collar and a gorgeous heel, they exude timeless elegance and grace. They’re styled well with skinny jeans or a knee length dress.

For Her: Byredo Black Saffron, $225

Often associated to fire, Saffron is considered as the most auspicious color in India. The top notes of juniper berries, pomello, and saffron; heart notes of black violet, cristal rose, accord cuir; and base notes of blonde woods, raspberry, and vetiver makes for a bold and distinct scent that shifts the room. It has always been a part of BYREDO's founder Indian upbringing both in smell, taste and color. The fragrance is inspired by this idea of unity and inclusion.

For Her: Sh*t That I Knit The Satin Lined Motley Beanie $160 + matching Rutherford Mittens $90

Coming in different colors from heather, to Blacklist, Redhot, and On Wednesdays We Wear Pink. The satin lining protects the hair, while the outside provides the perfect fall warmth. There are matching Rutherford Mittens that come in the same On Wednesdays We Wear Pink, pink.