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Best Bets

From bright summer socks to a pocket-size drinking kit, the week's most festive fare.

By Rima Suqi
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Tot's Toppers
Inspired by Hawaiian quilts, new mom Malia Valchar designs similarly festive kids’ hats in bucket and beach styles ($25.50).

Exit 9
64 Avenue A, between 4th and 5th Sts. 212-228-0145.
For more information, visit www.dobregoods.com.

Paper Trail
Mr. Pink has sassy vintage cards for all occasions—get well, birthday, baby showers, weddings, holiday—from the twenties through the fifties, blank and with original envelopes. From $2.50 to $5 each.

Mr. Pink
223 W. 16th St., near Seventh Ave., 646-486-4147.

Fit for Royalty
Maharani is Ferragamo’s new line of crystal-embellished sunglasses, inspired by a shoe the company designed in 1938 for an Indian princess ($484).

Ferragamo
725 Fifth Ave., near 56th St., 212-759-7990.
661 Fifth Ave., near 53rd St., 212-759-3822.
124 Spring St. at Greene St., 212-226-1330.

It's a Cinch

Nardi’s old-fashioned bar-style cuff links slide easily into French cuffs; ends bend up to keep them firmly in place. Enamel and eighteen-karat gold ($900).

Nardi
730 Fifth Ave., between 56th and 57th Sts., 212-974-9360.

Fresh Linens
Striped linen napkins liven up a luncheon (and make cute kerchiefs, $15).

La Cafetière
160 Ninth Ave., at 20th St., 646-486-0667.

Flip Turn
Bozart’s new clock by Yoshitomo Nara has numbers that flip as time passes—just like the old pre-LED timepieces, but with cool drawings ($200).

Move Lab
804 Washington St., between Gansevoort and Horatio Sts., 212-741-5520.

Get Ribbed
Bright socks add flair to men’s summer basics. Weston’s are $30 a pair and come in an array of colors.

J.M. Weston
812 Madison Ave. , at 68th St., 212-535-2100.

Mini-Bar
This small leather case holds two mini-flasks (about a shot each), two collapsible cups, a corkscrew, a stirrer, and tongs ($60).

Flight 001
96 Greenwich Ave., near 12th St. 212-691-1001.

Bleep Frog
Indulge your kid’s privacy cravings with a doorbell that flashes when buzzed ($10).

Big Fun Toys
636 Hudson St., at Horatio St., 212-414-4138.

Slip 'N' Slide
Show off tan toes in Unisa’s Calidora ribbon slides, available in ten colors for $75.

Unisa
701 Madison Ave., near 63rd St., 212-753-7474.

Sporty Spice
Wolford’s new quick-dry athletic line, called Sporteve, has just hit stores. Look for a crop-top ($105, shown), leggings, shorts, even wide-leg yoga-esque pants ($275). In blue, black, and hot pink.

Wolford
619 Madison Ave., near 58th St., 212-688-4850.
996 Madison Ave., near 77th St., 212-327-1000
122 Greene St., at Prince St., 212-343-0808 .

White Heat
No tablecloth's needed with o80 Studios' heat-formed acrylic side tables (21.5 inches high; 20 inches in diameter, $850).

Jonathan Adler
465 Broome St., at Greene St., 212-941-8950.

Road Rules
Anya Hindmarch’s colorful silk East Hampton scarf shows the best of the East End lifestyle, from beaches and shopping to Bridgehampton polo ($99).

Anya Hindmarch
29 E. 60th St., near Madison Ave., 212-750-3974.
115 Greene St., near Spring St., 212-343-8147.

Photographed by Eric Piasecki.