TONY Shops: holiday edition

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Necklush Night Forest necklace with antiqued brass chains, $48
Stephano Diaz and Troy Mattison Hicks, the gents behind Brooklyn brand Necklush, started selling multistrand looped cotton necklace from their Etsy shop in 2008. Now they've upped the hip factor, layering the pieces with mixed chains for an added rock & roll edge.

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Necklush Cherry Cream Soda necklace with gunmetal chains, $48
Stephano Diaz and Troy Mattison Hicks, the gents behind Brooklyn brand Necklush, started selling multistrand looped cotton necklace from their Etsy shop in 2008. Now they've upped the hip factor, layering the pieces with mixed chains for an added rock & roll edge.

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Poaplum neon cuff, $35
We'd never thought about doing anything with cardboard except put it in the recycling bin---until we laid eyes on Poaplum's vibrant, surprisingly sturdy neon cuff, created from a hand-painted heavy-duty paper tube.

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Insiders1 Destination 3.5" x 5" pouch, $45
Instead of shuffling through your bag to find your MetroCard, store it in this leather pouch printed with images of the Brooklyn Bridge and stone streets.

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Katrin Reifeiss Fuchsia silk scarf with indigo zigzag pattern, $55
Katrin Reifeiss hand-dyes scarves in her Prospect--Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, abode, and we adore this lightweight, silky style. It works well as a ladylike necktie or knotted around your favorite handbag. Plus it's sold with a matching pouch for easy storage.

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SpaLab Black-and-White Cookie soap, $7 each
SpaLab's lifelike dessert-themed soaps smell just as delicious as they appear and will actually make you look---and feel---better than the real thing.

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SpaLab Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake soap, $9 per slice
SpaLab's lifelike dessert-themed soaps smell just as delicious as they appear and will actually make you look---and feel---better than the real thing.

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Re-Surface Design D-Light 8 1/2" pillar candle, $15
To make something a bit grittier and decidedly cooler than the lighting you'll find at Ikea, designer Donna Brady takes her own photographs of New York graffiti, street signs and building facades and turns them into patterns that are illuminated by lightbulbs and candles.