Though reaching one year with your new spouse is a gift in and of itself, why not also commemorate the occasion with a first wedding anniversary gift that marries style and substance? Tradition recommends presenting your partner with paper—in the form of a gilt-edged notebook, perhaps—but, then again, such rules of convention can surely be rethought for the modern bride. After all, who wouldn’t fall deeply in love with Sidney Garber’s Olsens-approved rolling bracelets or a striking stainless steel clock dreamt up by Danish design giant Georg Jensen?
Below, the best first wedding anniversary gifts for your one and only.
Heart-Stopping Paper Presents
According to customs, paper—which represents a blank slate—is the gift to give for your first wedding anniversary. With that in mind, consider Smythson’s crocodile-embossed notebook, filled with 192 pages of pale blue pages, or a medium-weight stationery set, finished with a Florentine flourish and custom monogram.
Gilded Accents to Have and Hold
Gold is the official gemstone of year one, so look to bijoux that gleam, like sculptural hoop earrings from the Los Angeles jewelry designer Sophie Buhai, and a recycled gold chain necklace, which, in the years to come, can be adorned with meaningful charms of your choosing.
Interior Treasures For Your Shared Home
As you and your beloved build a home together, interior touches are gifts in which you can both delight. Said to signal eternal love, a clock is elevated to the extraordinary thanks to the renowned Danish designer Georg Jensen, while a hand-sculpted clay vase will be the ideal vessel for all of life’s celebratory bouquets.
Sartorial Thrills to Last a Lifetime
This year, send her heart soaring with a specially chosen wardrobe essential, designed to endure trends and time, such as The Row’s fringe-edged cashmere scarf, say, or suede slippers from the Place Vendôme atelier Charvet, whose made-to-measure shirts have attracted an illustrious clientele since 1838.
