{"id":933805,"date":"2016-12-11T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T07:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=933805"},"modified":"2016-12-11T10:00:39","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T07:00:39","slug":"is-regifting-ever-okay-vogue-editors-weigh-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=933805","title":{"rendered":"Is Regifting Ever Okay? Vogue Editors Weigh In"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Is Regifting Ever Okay? Vogue<\/em> Editors Weigh In<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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By <\/span>Madeleine Luckel<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Last week on SNL<\/em>, the show featured a music video skit titled \u201cThe Christmas Candle.\u201d Emma Stone, the night\u2019s host, sang a ballad alongside cast members about a peach-scented candle that ultimately passes through the hands of all womankind. How does this magically occur? The candle keeps on getting regifted.<\/p>\n

Like most SNL<\/em> skits, the act was hilarious because it resonated. Who hasn\u2019t been tempted to regift in a pinch, (especially this time of year)? But the risks are out there. A recipient who correctly detects that they have received a masked regift will most likely be, justifiably, offended. So is it ever okay to engage in the practice? And if so, what exactly are the rules? We asked Vogue.com editors to weigh in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t see anything wrong with regifting, as long as the gift is appropriate,\u201d Vogue.com Living Editor Virginia Van Zanten says. \u201cFor example, I often receive wine as a hostess gift and for one reason or another, my mildly wine-snobby husband will let me know that he probably won’t drink that particular bottle. So I hold on to those and re-use them as hostess gifts for others. Why let perfectly good wine that just doesn\u2019t appeal to my husband\u2019s palate go to waste?\u201d A good point, but Van Zanten also had a caveat to share. \u201cSeriously think twice before regifting something that might seem a bit, well, obvious\u2014like the time I received an outfit that was at least two sizes too big, and didn\u2019t have a gift receipt.\u201d Obvious, and a major social blunder, indeed.<\/p>\n

Nicole Phelps, Director of Vogue Runway, has a strategy to avoid such faux pas. \u201cIf I\u2019m regifting, I tend to be upfront about it and say so. Knowing that a cashmere throw or a leather tote was originally meant for me hasn\u2019t stopped my mother or my sister\u2019s enjoyment of them,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the concept of regifting is entirely acceptable if you think the person you are gifting the item to will genuinely derive pleasure or enjoyment from said object,\u201d says Edward Barsamian, Vogue.com Style Editor. \u201cIf not, then why not donate it or sell it and donate the money to charity? \u2019Tis the season for giving after all.\u201d True, and either way, a perfectly good object should not go to waste. But can regifting almost be seen as a form of somewhat responsibly minded recycling of its own?<\/p>\n

Alessandra Codinha, Culture Editor of Vogue.com, comes down on this side of the debate. \u201cI believe wholeheartedly in regifting\u2014especially if the alternative is just throwing it away,\u201d she says, adding, \u201cI don\u2019t think [the recipient] needs to know, especially, that it\u2019s regifted (and it would behoove you to remove all signs of it), but I don\u2019t see why people are so ashamed of the practice. Whether or not or how much you paid for something shouldn\u2019t affect its meaning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others come down on the opposite side of the argument. \u201cI regift when the gift is of the impersonal variety,\u201d emphasizes Michelle Ruiz, a Vogue.com Contributing Editor. \u201cI might take a bottle of Champagne or wine or (unopened) chocolates that were given to me to a party,\u201d she says. \u201cBut, usually, I bring the regift as a bonus, not my sole gesture. Otherwise, my (lapsed) Catholic guilt gets me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Still on the fence? Maya Singer, a Vogue.com contributor, has a cheerful outlook on the whole dilemma. \u201cI think it’s totally fine to regift! I encourage it. I get stuff all the time that isn’t right for me, but that\u2019s exactly the thing for one of my friends. I figure it’s a karmic good to pass those items along . . . especially if the other option is buying something new that\u2019s less nice and less suited to the giftee.\u201d Touch\u00e9.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

Source URL: https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/regifting-etiquette-vogue-editors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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