Perfect Gifts For Roitfeld Fans: Eclectic

Hopefully you have managed to find a gift for each person on your list but just in case, here is a collection of eclectic choices based on favorites of the Roitfeld family. No matter how challenging the recipient may be, there is something here to please anyone from sports fans to gourmands to animal lovers. What is Carine Roitfeld hoping Santa will bring for her? I saved that one for last...

Chelsea Tickets

 Didier Drogba #11 Chelsea jersey

Diptyque Tubereuse candle

Adopt a white lion via West Midland Safari Park

Château Lynch-Bages

Orchids

Juicer

Carine Roitfeld Top

Restaurant gift certificates

Paris
Toraya
Au Coin des Gourmets
Café de Flore

New York
Bar Pitti
Il Buco
Indochine
Russian Tea Room
Soba-Ya

Penaudio speakers

Art by Richard Hambleton

Carine Roitfeld Finger Puppet

amfAR contribution

Jane Sofa by Gus

Exhale Pilates DVD

Kiki de Montparnasse

Finally, what does Carine Roitfeld want for Christmas? The ultimate luxury — a private jet!

Carine Roitfeld photograph courtesy of slamxhype.com. Julia Restoin-Roitfeld photographs © 2009 Todd Selby and courtesy of Jil Sander. Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld photograph courtesy of nowness.com. Crystal Renn photograph © 2010 Condé Nast. Product images courtesy of Amazon, amfAR, Château Lynch-Bages, Chelsea Football Club, Kiki de Montparnasse, Penaudio, Richard Hambleton, rubbishmagshop.com, privateairplanes.com, and wideningcircle.blogspot.com. All Rights Reserved.

Roitfeld Charms Savage Beast

Would you guess that Julia Restoin-Roitfeld once dreamed of becoming a ranger in South Africa and taking tourists on safaris? Well…it’s true! Here Julia cuddles the cutest little white lion cub proving that she can handle big game; the lion is so calm in her arms that he appears stuffed. The white lion is quite rare (only about 30 are known to be alive) and considered divine in Africa, what a perfect pairing. They are not actually albino lions but leucistic, the color results from a recessive gene called chinchilla, a color inhibitor which prevents pigment from being deposited along the shaft of the hair. The color of the lion varies from white to blond, clearly a serious disadvantage in the wild, and sometimes this rare breed even has blue eyes. If you know someone that is passionate about animals, West Midland Safari Park offers the opportunity to give the unique gift of adopting a white lion this holiday season.

Photograph of Julia Restoin-Roitfeld holding white lion cub courtesy of wideningcircle.blogspot.com