Father’s Day Gift Guide 2024

For the dad who loves style, quality and luxury, here’s a practical gift guide to help you find something just perfect for him. 

The overarching premise here is this: Give him something you know he wants but wouldn’t buy for himself. 

I would also encourage anyone not to be afraid to get a gift card to a specific shop you know he likes so he can make a choice for himself!

So read on for my Father’s Day gift guide for 2024. The image is not clickable—the product links are listed below!

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Clothing and accessories

1. Goldfels belt. This may be the belt to end all belts for the guy who dresses up. It’s very forgiving on weight fluctuations. It’s beautiful and high-quality. It’s sturdy. And it’s practical. For a style-conscious guy, a luxury belt like this would be an awesome gift he’d get use out of every single day. My review covers how it works more in-depth.
2. Gift card at Proper Cloth. ProperCloth is the go-to shirt company I recommend to everybody. They are head and shoulders above all the rest—their fabric curation, their collar options, their editorials and creative direction are all in the league of many luxury brands. Except it’s made custom to your measurements and delivered in about 2 weeks. Since it is custom, stay safe with a gift card, and let your guy customize for himself. I have a guide for Propercloth here.
3. Antoniella pocket square or scarf. Pocket squares are great as a one size fits all gift. This is kind of the ultimate boutique pocket square company—it’s a husband and wife team who make all the artwork by hand from scratch. No archival prints here. Kate Antoniella is hand drawing every design herself based on inspiration from her and her husband’s two-continent life (he’s from Italy, she’s from New England, and they split their time between the two).
4. A selvedge denim apron. Grilling or baking or cooking, an apron is a must have.
5. This long-sleeve Spier & Mackay polo shirt. Polo shirts are the default shirt for a lot of guys. A secret to better style is taking something and giving it a little upgrade or two. This shirt has two upgrades: Being long-sleeve makes it a little more stylish (roll up those sleeves!), and the collar is upgraded. I wear a size 42R in suiting and took size L.
6. The Omega Speedmaster Professional. A bit-ticket gift for a big-ticket dad. The Speedmaster is the watch. Goes with everything. Looks great on every wrist. Incredible story (flight-qualified by NASA for space flights, first watch on the moon), but outstanding quality that’ll be an heirloom for the children to enjoy.
   

   Functional accessories

7. Some Kiehl’s facial skin care. Men should really step up their facial skin-care game (myself included), and I have it on good authority that if they want to give it a start without a full-blown routine based on tons of research, just a basic SPF if where they should begin.
8. A nice, slim wallet from Secrid or La Portegna. Secrid has functionality at its heart, but is wrapped in quality leather. La Portegna makes leather card cases that have less room for cash and junk, but that has suited me just fine these last 6-7 years.
9. A nice canvas tote. Filson’s is sturdy and will outlast us all. I take mine as a photographer during the Pitti Uomo tradeshow, and it’s ideal to be able to quickly reach in to grab a lens, or to throw in a magazine or sample. For a more basic but nice one is Natalino’s, which is an ideal everyday kind of bag. It’s much nicer than other canvas totes that you get for free.
   

   Lifestyle accessories

10. Dapper Woodworks custom wooden tie rack (read my review of this, with a 10% discount code here) If your guy is a classic gent with a load of ties, a tie rack is a huge upgrade and the ones that Justin makes at Dapper Woodworks are second to none. 
11. A style book for peruse over a night cap. P.S. Casual style guide. Afghan Style. A Man and His Watch/Car/Kitchen. Italian Gentleman. This Guy. Dressing the Man. All these books are great. Dressing the Man is the foundational “learn how to dress well” book that all men who want to dress better should read. This Guy is a fantastic photo-rich book of very stylish men from around the world with all types of style, published in 2019, which I appreciate for some more current inspiration. Italian Gentleman is a sumptuous and aspirational book about everybody’s favorite European peninsula and its rich clothing tradition. Afghan Style is National Geographic-level photography with very little text, allowing the images to draw in your attention. Shot in the year-ish before the Taliban re-took control of the country. A Man and His___ by Matt Hranek feature gorgeous photography and interesting stories from the men who are featured. All of these books are worth buying and enjoying. Nothing beats the printed page with high quality binding.
12. Clear large cocktail ice mold. It really is nice to have big cubes for a Manhattan or Old Fashioned, and when the ice is clear, it makes it extra fancy. 
13. The Breville Barista Express. I can’t live without ours, and it’s a gift that will benefit everybody in the house.
14. Orange Theory membership. This is a kick in the pants fitness regime I needed 6 months ago and it’s leveled up my fitness a ton.
15. A massage. I would love a massage. Am I ever going to spend the money to book one myself? Never. But if someone paid for one for me, I’d love it.

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