LOOKING for that bijou gift for someone significant? Can't afford designer-label shops? The
spandex zentai good news is that you needn't spend more than 50 to bag a stylish and memorable present in the capital's glitziest stores this Christmas. With a festive mini-boom predicted for London's retail trade in the coming weeks, snatch a quality bargain before the crowds and street megaphones turn shopping into a nightmare experience. Remember to ask sales assistants to pack purchases with plenty of tissue paper in designer-label boxes and bags. That way, there's no need to buy gaudy gift-wrap and the Brownie points you'll earn on Christmas Day, as your loved one spies the logo, will probably shoot off the Richter scale. To save time and temper we concentrated on two major shopping areas: Bond Street, Old and New (from which you can easily cut through to Regent Street) and Knightsbridge-Brompton Road. Trek off to Tiffany for a covetable collection of tiny silver accessories such as a heart bookmark, 25, or teardrop pendant, 40, by Elsa Peretti. Then sweep into Smythson, the capital's grandest stationer, to finger a seductive selection of leather-covered notebooks, 7.50, with witty titles such as 'Insider Trading' or 'Born To Shop'. Little leatherware gifts with big sex appeal include perfume atomisers in pigskin cases, 31, and key-rings with leather envelopes, 12.95, for storing stamps, pound coins or personal treasures. Take in , Herms, Versace and Cartier on your designer-label shopping trip and relish the experience of spending
costume spiderman less in these high-cost emporiums than the price of a restaurant meal for two. DKNY offers some stylish logo accessories including an espresso cup/saucer, 25; teapot, 20; and umbrellas, 29; while Joseph has a range of fashionable cotton rib T-shirts in various styles, costing 35 to 39, as well as this winter's must-have fine-knit colour-block scarf, 49. Holland and Holland is big on outdoorsy gifts such as tweed caps, 39 and silent, silver-plated dog whistles, 38. Mulberry is good on leather accessories with a range of men's belts, 35 to 49, while leather dog collars, 50, and leads, 45, are also distinguished by the Mulberry tree logo. At Charbonnel et Walker, hand-made chocolates cost from 8.50 for a tiny oval box with two truffles. Silk-tied Christmas crackers containing a quarter-pound of Bittermints cost 12.70 each, while a chocolate bottle filled with champagne truffles in a satin-lined box is priced at 35.30. Louis Vuitton offers a range of pocketable gifts under 50 including a credit-card holder, 48; LV key-ring, 36; and
spider costume business-card holder, 48; while Asprey has a surprising number of silver accessories costing 50 or less. These include a choice of cuff-links, 50; a silver-plated bud vase, 20; silver key-rings, 35; silver decanter labels, 50; and silver photo-frames, 35.
