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Goop gift guide 20229/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Why does someone dye their pets’ fur when so many people have no roof over their heads? A $300 “whole leg of Serrano of Jamon” would be less unacceptable if there wasn’t so much global food insecurity. It’s hard to look at a $2,000 blanket product description when you know that millions of Ukrainians are going into winter without heat, as Russia’s war crimes target civilian infrastructure. Ten years ago, Goop used irony, extravagance and conspicuous consumption on his golden path to becoming a lifestyle powerhouse. That’s about 25 visits to an all-you-can-eat sushi buffet. ![]() A $795 poncho? Sheepskin ankle boots for over three grand? A Pilates mat streaming classes for $4,290? An Omakase kit for $500? Should I tear out the pages and smoke them?īut with each passing year, the Goop Gift Guides become more out of touch. We men don’t want $100 vinyl records to set our ambitious moods or a $995 book about cigars. No man I know wants a tacky six-pack beer ornament or a $245 swimsuit that looks like they were designed by an optical illusionist on magic mushrooms. You couldn’t tell from her glassy expression whether she was holding a sex toy or a rotary phone.Īnd don’t get me started on the gift guide for men. I’m just saying that Pottery Barn doesn’t sell candles called “This Smells Like My Vagina.” In a recent video, Gwyn took fans into the Goop Gift Guides and fawned over a double-sided wand vibrator the way a theoretical physicist marvels at string theory. So now you have friends over for dinner and look, Mike is dabbing lasagna off his lips with a doggy-style napkin. Even the budget-conscious “Gift Guide Under $100” is full of rip-offs, including $96 slippers, a $75 can of granola, and four $88 white linen napkins emblazoned with silhouettes of Kama Sutra sex positions. That’s the opposite of good – it is sick. The “Wellness” catalog includes a flannel shirt that will cost you $400. But what I honestly don’t understand is why anyone, rich or poor, would want that something from Goop’s deranged Gift Guides 2022. ![]()
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