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the British firm's U.S. representative: Mildred Collins, Inc., 166 E. 35th Street, NYC, N.Y. 10016. ONE OF A KIND For that friend who demands a gift no one else has, go to Fortunoff's, 681 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. There you'll find a fabulous antique (circa 1860) 18-carat gold lorgnette for better viewing of the play, opera or ballet. There's only one, so hurry, ($1,100). Fortunoff's also has a 14-carat gold charm holder with a dazzling mask containing a tiny diamond. There's more than one of these (about $90.00). HOLIDAY WHIMSY [[image - photograph of toy]] There's much holiday cheer in Copeless People,™ soft sculptures with facial expressions and postures that indicate that they just can't cope with life today. Designed by artist Irwin Fleminger, the family of four figures – businessmen (showing above), businesswoman, Male and female students are dressed in Copeless beige and brown business clothes for the parents and "Copeless U" T-shirts for the students. All coming three sizes 12" ($7.00), 21" ($14) and 52" ($45). Available at Brentano's book stores and Bloomingdale's. THEATRE FOR TOTS The children's wonderland, FAO Schwarz, 5th Avenue at 58th Street, has a brilliantly painted woodframe theatre, 29" by 34" high with two background scenes. The stage can accommodate hand puppets from below and marionettes from above (about $60). The store has a wide variety of puppets and marionettes which are separately priced. [[image - photograph of woman in fur coat]] Luxury wrap For that extra-special light of your life there's a slightly fitted, full-bodied Natural Canadian Fisher coat with notched collar and straight sleeves. Designed by Pierre Balmain for Pologeorgis Furs, Inc., 333 Seventh Avenue in Manhattan. The tab: $20,000 (photo above). SAKS FANCIES At Saks Fifth Avenue (their 10 E. 50th Street shop) for the proverbial man who has everything, there's a black attache case that contains an electric train set, including a locomotive, five wagons and tracks, plus a book: Railway Age ($260). In the SFAvorites Food Dept., you'll find a gift that will appeal to any woman with a sweet tooth. It's a replica of Saks Fifth Ave.'s charge plate in one-pound milk chocolate. The sweet notion comes in a wooden box and bears a fictitious name and address. The tab: $27.50. MORE SWEET TREATS What is Christmas without candy? A visit to the Treat Boutique, the gourmet candy and gift shop at Seventh Avenue and 54th Street is a present in itself. Here, in an old-fashioned candy store setting, you'll marvel at the colourful assortment of home-made fudge with a red, green and gold 82 [[end page]] [[start page]] Marshmallows melted inside, a unique collection of dried fruit, Ambrosia nuts, hand-dipped chocolates, chocolate covered ginger, Candy corn, Rock candy, nougat blocks and creamy French Chocolates (1 lb., $9.00; 2lbs., $17.50). TWO FROM MOMA The Museum of Modern Art (11 W. 53rd St.) has two beautiful, reasonably priced gifts. It's Wall Calendar for 1980 designed by Christopher Holme is 16" x 14 3/4", spiralbound and contains 12 full-color reproductions of drawings, watercolors and collages selected from the Museum's Theatre Arts Collection ($7.95). The Museum's 1980 Appointment Calendar, designed by Ira Howard Levy in conjunction with Neil Davis, is called "Movin'" and is dedicated to a progression of locomotive concepts, ,from Dubuffet's Footprints in the Sand to Calder's Flying Saucers. The calendar is 9" x 8", is spiral-bound, has 112 pages, with 30 black and while illustrations and 24 in color ($8.95). FOR FOOD LOVERS A novel gift for your gourmet friends is a subscription to The Restaurant Reporter, New York's only private small circulation newsletter that guides diners to the best new restaurants and evaluates the established ones that have become Manhattan fixtures. Refreshingly candid, the newsletter will prevent you from indulging in expensive meals that are not worth the price. A full year's subscription (16 issues) costs $24. Send check or money order to The Restaurant Reporter, 151 E. 50th St., New York, N.Y. 10022. Full refund if the first three issues are not satisfactory. CHRISTMAS BONUS As a holiday concession, One Shubert Alley, the handsome new Theatrical Memorabilia Shop in Shubert Alley (T-Shirts, Tote Bags and other souvenirs decorated with Broadway Show Logos, records, books and other stage and related items) has announced that it will be open after the theatre in the evening during the week preceding Christmas. The shop has a wide variety of attractive stocking stuffers for stage buffs. [[advertisement]] Sensuous. Daring. And maybe a little controversial. [[image - photograph of a bottle of perfume]] PARFUMS [[logo]] ISADORA PARIS at la parfumerie, bloomingdale's [[/advertisement]] [[advertisement]] [[image - photograph of woman]] SIZE 14 TO 46? You can put it all together at The Forgotten Woman. We think we're very special (and so are you), we forecast fashion and understand fine fabrics – silk, suede, cashmere and wool. We have the classics, our very own exclusives and just plain fun. We come in large sizes only. 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