Fashion and Function

This is a great gift for any fashionable clean freak (or small-condo dweller). The story goes like this: Legendary inventor James Dyson designed the stage for Issey Miyake’s Spring/Summer 2008 fashion show. Miyake’s collection featured a lot of hot raspberry pink, which in turn inspired Dyson to come up with yet another unconventional, cyclone-technology vacuum. This one is hand-held, making it super compact. It’s also a limited edition (only 500 are being shipped to Canada), giving it even more gotta-have-it buzz.
- Andrea Mills

Dyson/Issey Miyake Root 6, $180.

Available at The Bay the first week of December and online at dyson.com.