Too Cool For School


MAKE THEIR MARK
Vineyard Vines on Greenwich Avenue offers monogramming on a variety of items from tote bags to vests for just $15. Send someone off to college with a subtle monogram at their cuff or boldly across the back of their Shep Shirt. You won’t find monogramming details on the website, but stop by the Greenwich Avenue store and visit the front desk for a guide to fonts and thread colors. Items are sent to headquarters for personalization and take approximately two to three weeks and then are directly shipped to the address you designate. Looking for college-themed gifts? The website also carries twenty-five ties with college logos from Vanderbilt to Villanova for $85. vineyardvines.com/college-ties/


KNOCK THEIR SOCKS OFF
Socks are typically considered as exciting as stamps as a gift. Not these babies. Stance makes limited run socks in a variety of themes ranging from Star Wars to basketball legends to over twenty-five colleges and universities featuring team mascots, logos and colors. Available in men’s and women’s sizes; $18 to $20. stance.com/ncaa


GEOGRAPHY LESSON
Catstudio creates home accessories decorated with maps highlighting local points of interest in all fifty states as well as cities around the world. The recently added Collegiate Collection features fifty colleges and universities on dish towels ($20), 16” x 20” pillows ($158) and glasses ($14.75). Send your grad packing with glasses from their college or all their favorite destinations. Other collections include national parks and ski resorts. catstudio.com, and some styles are available locally at Splurge


ACE IT
Know a tennis fan and want to give them something totally unique? J Price creates tennis balls in an array of colors that can be personalized with a monogram or name. The company even makes scented tennis balls in fragrances such as fresh cut grass, lavender and rose as well as balls with flags from seven different countries. A small family-run business based in the U.K., J Price is the only company to still make tennis balls in the Western Hemisphere. Service is small-town friendly. Personalized sleeves of three or four tennis balls start at $20 and ship in a week. jpricebath.co.uk


MAP IT OUT
School Street Posters’ cool graphic street maps of popular college towns in school colors are the perfect complement to any wall—be it first apartment or first dorm room. Made in the USA, these maps represent over sixty college towns. Prints, $22; hand-silk-screened canvases, $95; optional framing, $35 to $65. schoolstreetposters.com


CUSTOM CREATION
Stop by Old Greenwich’s Chillybear and let them help you design something uniquely personal. Think fleece blanket for your daughter and her circle of friends, each in the colors of their future colleges and embroidered with their names or favorite saying. Chillybear can create everything from tumblers with a Tod’s Point image to personalized chairs in school colors. chillybear.com

Chillybear can monogram practically anything. Bring in an item or choose from the catalog.

Money by adobestock.com/igorcol_ter – fotolia

PREPPY RULES
Preppy will always have a place in the closet of a Greenwich grad. My favorite source of special needlepoint belts, key fobs, flip- flops, wallets, baseball caps, cuff links, can holders, wallets and flasks is Smathers & Branson. This Maryland-based company founded by two Bowdoin roommates features needlepoint items with themes ranging from hobbies to major league sports teams, as well as over ninety colleges and twenty-five sororities and fraternities. From Bucknell to Boston College and Williams to Wake Forest, chances are you will find your student’s college represented here. Prices range from $28.50 (key fobs) to $165 (belts). For something a little extra special, most items can include a custom needlepoint monogram for $35 but require additional time. All belts arrive in a wooden keepsake box. smathersandbranson.com and some styles are available locally at Richards.

 

 

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