A couple of days ago I decided to embark on a mission of finding the best in birthday gifts for men online with the loose intention of debunking the myth that men are extremely difficult to buy presents for. We all know the myth… 1) men never seem to know what they want when asked and 2) many don’t even think there is anything that they’d like.
Few have found great places to find birthday gifts for men and this situation needed rectifying. After an hour or two searching Google, I almost gave up hope as well. The online stores for men in particular seemed to be stocked full with the same old boring birthday gifts. I was frustrated to find generic gift after generic gift. Boring gift after boring gift. That’s not what we’re about here at Men’s Universe.
Then by chance I stumbled across a store for birthday gifts for men with the following tagline that promised to deliver on my debunking mission…
“What do you give the guy who has everything?”
The store was called Malebox and it boasted to offer “a unique range of mens fashion gifts including cufflinks, tie boxes, wallets, money clips and more”. Not only did they promise to debunk the myth but their offering looked right up our alley to. I decided to investigate it further.
It was surprising to find a broad range of different birthday gifts for men that varied from the unusual to the unique, the practical to the sentimental, the novel to the stylish. The common thread was the “cool” factor that ran throughout. On one page you could purchase a Borat Mankini, on another you could go for some engraved custom made stylish silver cufflinks. In a move which parallels Mel Gibson, they’ve captured the imagination of exactly “what women men want”.
image: custom cufflinks source: Malebox
The number of birthday gifts they had on offer for pimping a corporate look was particularly impressive. Not only did they have the biggest range of mens cufflinks (I think I’ve ever seen), but they also had a broad offering of ties with the Malebox signature range of men’s silk ties. The guys at Malebox – led by designers Dimitri and Harry – are fashion conscious men who seem to always look good. This is reflected in their own designs that claim to do the impossible of combining classical with contemporary in distinct and novel new ways. Their other signature ranges would testify that they are doing a great job.
Being designers, they have also got a keen eye for great design wherever it is. This can be seen in the extensive range of other unique birthday gifts for men they have on offer whether it’s motoring gifts, gadgets, gift hampers, dad gifts or novelty gifts. The mens wallets, for example, are international bestsellers that no doubt are causing sensations in Australia by now too. The colour and range of wallets really are a great handpicked bunch that have that “wow” factor.
Image: men’s wallets Courtesy: Malebox
So for unique birthday gifts for men, there is some hope out there. Malebox is the closest thing I’ve found for debunking the myth that men shouldn’t be hard to buy presents for. Go check it out!