Having your name or initials emblazoned on something never gets old. It goes back to that pride you felt back in third grade, when writing your name into your favorite books sent a statement to the world: "This is mine." (And if you're like me, you also drew a unicorn and stars for good measure) As far as gifts go, something personalized or custom-designed shows that you put a bit of effort into it, when you could totally just buy an iTunes gift card. With that in mind, we gathered a bunch of customizable gift ideas at various price points. Whether your recipient is into fashion or not, here are ten ideas for cool custom gifts. Click through to check them out.

• By Cheryl Wischhover
  Dec 13, 2011

Welcome back to @NoBtotheS‘s series on the suicide inducing habits of people in the fashion industry. (Editor’s note: If you’re not familiar with NoBtotheS, or No Bullshit, s/he is an anonymous fashion publicist working in New York City who’s famed for a hilarious Twitter account.) I made my list, I checked it twice, I already know I'm naughty not nice...welcome to my holiday wish list. I want... 1. To be shot by the legendary Bill Cunningham and featured in NY Times Style section. Mr. Cunningham, I've restrained myself in the past from diving in front of your lens. You're so small and elderly I would hate to accidentally break your hip. This would only be doing both of us a favor! 2. For Joanna Hillman to attend a press preview. Period. 3. To share a leisurely lunch with two of my favorite foreign editors: Franca Sozzani and Carine Roitfeld. Oh, the stories they would tell! We would dish and drink and part as sisters.

• By Fashionista
  Dec 13, 2010

We know the holidays aren't about the getting or the spending, but if there was ever a time to wish for that bespoke Tom Ford, this is it. From the windows at Saks and Barneys to the Christmas displays in Opening Ceremony, stores are transformed into wonderlands where even the most Scrooge-hearted of shoppers can't help wistfully picking up that Céline tote. In honor of Christmas fantasies, we've picked out the gifts we dream of receiving one day. Let's hope Santa Karl is in a giving mood this year.

• By Steff Yotka
  Dec 24, 2010

It's officially mid-November, which means it's probably time to start shopping for holiday gifts...or at least thinking about it. Not sure what to get your fashion-obsessed loved one? This year, we'd recommend a pretty fashion book, especially because there are so many good ones that have come out recently. Who wouldn't want a photographic look back at the house of Gucci or Carine Roitfeld's career sitting on their coffee table? We certainly do, so we've compiled what we believe are the 10 best fashion books to have come out this year. And if you end up buying one of them for yourself, that's okay. We won't tell!

• By Dhani Mau
  Nov 15, 2011