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The Best Father's Day Gifts, Because Your Dad Deserves It
The best ways to say thanks to the big man
Father's day is coming up on 18 June, so it's time to start thinking about gift ideas. Even if he's the kind of guy who's content with a pint and a strong handshake, why not put the effort in by buying him something genuinely life-improving?
To help out, we’ve rounded up some of the best father's day gifts around, from the chicest dad shoes to the most impressive in-ear headphones. Go on… make it a day to remember.
That trusty old iPhone 3 has served him well. Sure, the screen is completely smashed, the speaker doesn’t work and the battery conks out at 75%, but it’s done a job, and it deserves a nice retirement.
Which means he'll need a new one. A properly new one. This father’s day, treat your dad to a top-of-the-range model in the form of Samsung’s new Galaxy S23 Ultra. The camera is incredible, it’s juiced for over 24 hours of use, and the curved glass is very, very, very strong. Then there’s the brilliant 200MP camera, the 5G connection and lightning fast interface. It’s the brand’s flagship for a reason.
We’ve long been fans of Swedish staple brand A Day’s March. If you’re after a solid capsule wardrobe, few menswear labels do it better. They set up shop in Soho’s Berwick Street a few years back, and now they’re opening up a much bigger, three-story shop in a Grade II-listed townhouse a few hops and skips down the same street – complete with events space and bar – and you should celebrate that news by getting down there sharpish and picking up some summer-ready linen presents.
Talking of surefire staples that your dad is guaranteed to appreciate: British brand Sunspel, which is always a good source of special (but understated) last-minute gifts. And when you visit a classic brand, you should opt for a classic – like this Egyptian long-staple cotton polo.
For its sixth facelift, New Balance has plumped up the midsole of one of our favourite dad shoes, the New Balance 990, using FuelCell technology.
For the nerd dads that know their Mew from their Mewtwo, there is no greater present for Father’s Day ‘23 than an OLED Switch (a worthwhile upgrade from the OG iteration) complete with a copy of one of the greatest video games ever created: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Just don't expect to hear from him until at least Autumn.
Give the gift of exceptional audio quality and excellent noise-cancellation this Father’s Day with the brand-new Studio Buds Plus wireless in-ear headphones from Beats by Dre, available in ‘black’, ‘ivory’ and – the standout – ‘transparent’.
If “socks” is the only response you can garner from “What do you want for Father’s Day, dad?”, you may as well make it some good ones from Stance – the brand that produces socks so durable, they’d probably survive an apocalypse.
There are two types of dads: those genuinely able to reap satisfaction from a novelty character robe (say, a Jedi dressing gown or a Slytherin cloak), and those who’d much prefer you to spend your money on something more, shall we say, tasteful. Tekla's organic cotton-terry hooded robe is just the ticket for those who fall into the latter.
In a miraculous turn of events, gardening is now very cool indeed, so you can upgrade dad’s muddy stompers with ease. Dior is behind the best pair for this season – a rubber and neoprene ankle boot inspired by military styles for the men at war with weeds.
But if Dad is more Danner than Dior, and not one to vacate his sartorial comfort zone, look to the Panorama Mid Boot. It's everything he wants from an outdoors shoe: rugged, waterproof, abrasion-resistant. It's even complete with an Orthlite footbed.
Dads like it when you think inside the box and replenish their signature scent stock. If that fragrance happens to be Dior Sauvage, Boots’ Sauvage trio, comprising a 100ml bottle of the Eau de Toilette, along with a shower gel and a beard and face moisturiser, has you covered.
Weber has become a byword for BBQing excellence because its products help you grill to perfection, but it doesn’t hurt that the designs are stylish, too. This compact but highly functional portable barbecue has a triple-plated cooking grate, porcelain-enamelled lid and bowl, and foldaway legs so you don’t leave scorch marks in the park.
Evergreen Smythson Evergreen Refillable Notebook
Evergreen Smythson Evergreen Refillable Notebook
Fashioned from elegant calf leather, the beauty of Smythson’s evergreen notebook is not only its, well, beauty – which, like your own, will only get better with age – but also the fact that the inserts can be replaced when needed, so your thoughts/reflections/hilarious limericks can know no bounds.
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