For the fashion-conscious woman, consider handbags, makeup, fur.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Byline: Kathryn Wexler

Some call her high-maintenance. We call her a ``stylista.''

She is a woman who knows what she likes, and what she likes are all things exquisite, stunning, a little esoteric. She can wear brooches in clusters. She visits the Dior makeup counter more often than she chats with her mother.

And for the holidays, she wants a toy _ a little robot charm by Prada _ the ones in all the glossy ads this fall. The charm will set you back $234, but only if you're lucky enough to find one.

In summary, a ``stylista'' is not one to emote over a gift-wrapped bottle of Jean Nate.

If Nordstrom's east coast fashion director, Gregg Andrews, had to pick five top gifts this year for a woman of style, he would choose, in this order:

_A pair of strappy, decorated metallic shoes.