What a load of rubbish you have paid a journalist to so call write. It just show that the British are keen to parade their women in fancy dress,encouraging them to abuse the 'other' world by thoughtlessly wearing diamonds,silk slippers,Gap,admiring idiots like vane Victoria Beckham. For Christ sake,that's what some men would call 'dragon food' which really is disgusting undigestible badly thought about crap.
Men make something,find something,write something,say something,do something,be something...good woman don't want any of this .

char faber marais, barcelona, sussex

What are all you killjoys doing on the fashion pages?
I feel like I'm in A Christmas Carol...bah, humbug!

Oonagh, Hong Kong,

Please, everyone stop what you are doing! No more fun fares. No more cake. No more Santa. No more journalism on the light hearted things in life. Tina and Anna have spoken. All this must stop until we see global happiness and equality!
I am sorry, I have to confess I went out for lunch today. What an inconsiderate citizen I am.

Ian Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Why bother to read an article with such a heading and then turn it into some kind issue about equality? By my name you will realise my age but when I was young, I didn't have time to worry about these issues, I was working too hard to earn a living and also enjoy myself. Then when I was traded in for a newer model when I had three children, the same applied, I couldn't put my money or time to much else than work, my children and having some kind of social life. Women aren't criminals because they like this junk, everyone is different, if it makes them happy at least someone is happy.

They are important issues but not against this heading, it's just the same as any comment about immigration being turned into a racist issue when it is nothing of the sort.
Oh and before the retorts, I donate £50 to £60 a month to charities, and I have volunteered in an old peoples' home and I don't earn a huge salary, I just care. We don't all have to be depressed all of the time.

reandover60, Hayes, Middlesex, England

I am fortunate to have these things in multiples, in every colourr that Prada/Hindmarch/Choo/La Perla/Chanel etc do. And I buy new stuff every day, but the best bit is that I have a fabulous loving husband too. One you can buy and one you have to be lucky with, so its a no brainer which is the most important. I got lucky but it took its time. Sex is the best shoppping substitute known to woman kind. God I am smug are n't?

sunita, northwood, middelsex

Well, I vaguely could do with 1 out of the 30, if really pushed, and can't think of anyone I'd like to give any of them to!

Get a life, guys!

Liz, Canada

Liz Spencer, Ottawa, Canada

Call me a clueless male, but what are women supposed to do when the hat of the season becomes the hat of last season?

Michael, Pueblo, Colorado, US

Karen , Anna , take a chill pill. No one ''needs'' anything other than their own self respect and good health. I think the headline was a light hearted way of helping us many ignorant men what to buy their wives and girlfriends for xmas and to that end I found it very useful. Enjoy your festive season !

Nick W, Hampstead,

OK, the feature isn't meant to be taken very seriously, <i guess, but I'm getting fed up with articles portraying women as headless chickens only concerned with their looks.

Here's what I think should be on the list of what women REALLY need:

- to be treated equally
- to have the same opportunity for education and jobs as men
- to be able to choose whom to marry and when
- to have fully paid child leave for 8 months (like in Scandinavia)

... and in some countries women don't even have a right to keep their genitals intact...

Do us a favour and write a feature on how the stance is on women's rights in othe parts of the world, compared to the West.

Now THAT would have been interesting reading.

Stine, Oslo, Norway

I have all of these items and have paid for them all myself bar the ring! I think you'll find a large amount of women WOULD have all of these items in their wardrobes and far more besides! It's just a bit of fun don't take life so seriously!

Yogi girl, Edinburgh, UK

I had a ruddy good chuckle at this nonsense, being a hot-blooded male... however, it does give me an excuse if the material longings, I assume "she that must be obeyed" desires, are not delivered on The Morning. I'll blame The Times Online female fraternity. At last - a real excuse! And Lilly - my grandmother had that wonderful name! She was a gentle humanist married to a Minister of the Church, who, it appears, had the same humble wants as you. Good on you!

Enjoy the material gifts, if you are lucky enough to be in a position to recieve, as well as give, but never forget that gifts are not just for Christmas!

Dodger Munzie, Perth (the original one), Caledonia

Here are the first four things on my list:

1. A loving significant other
2. An understanding best friend/sister/brother
3. A quiet place
4. A sense of purpose

Fortunately, none of these things needs to be gift wrapped. Happy holidays.

A typical girl, Los Angeles, USA/CA

Ladies ladies! Breathe out!

This article is on the fashion pages of this site. This gives you a clue that it is a fairly inconsequential bit of light amusement.

No doubt there is an article elsewhere in the newspaper called '30 ways to save the world', or something which might be more to your tastes.

Newspapers like to fill space with lists - they are cheap and easy 'journalism' - and many readers seem to like them. For the same reason, the news is filled with opinion polls and 'research shows...' headlines.

;)

Nelly, Bahrain,

I agree with Tina and Annas comments. The world has become so complicated that we immerse ourselves in materialism and the unnecessary. I'll speak for the majority of African women. Mascara, diamond ring, silk slippers? You are kidding me. All that most African women need and pray for is for God to take them through the next day and for food on the table for their families.
I pity the generation of girls growing in the midst of such misdirected ideologies.

lilly, johannesburg, South Africa

Tina, Anna - you may not agree but I do. While 'need' may be an overly dramatic term, the majority of these things make my life a little easier.

Of all the stuff I've acquired over the years, it's the classically cut clothes and good quality, quirky accessories that stand the test of time. The only thing I'd add is a tube of Elizabeth Arden 8hr Cream for instant grooming - soothes dry skin, tames flyaway hair and, when rubbed into hands and nails, can make up for a missed manicure.

Anya, Cheltenham, UK

You need to retitle your article. After reading through the entire list, I must say I have never felt the need for most of the items. Your title surgests you are speaking for all women and this is not true. Please do not assume that silk slippers are on my list of wants.

karen, York,

Oh yes, how could I have forgotten: a sequin bolero! :))) How indispensible :)
Thx for making me laugh on this sleepy morning.

Joanna, Warsaw, Poland

What percentage of the female population worldwide actually own all these things? and yet apparently, they are necessities to their everyday lives?! No woman NEEDS these items.

Anna, Brighton,

Well, apart from some decent clothes and an umbrella, I don't 'need' any of the rest. Me? Need a diamond ring? Like heck I do. I don't even like diamonds. Insipid-looking and boring. Kirby grips? A clutch bag? Mascara? I've got other things to do with my life than faff around with a clutch bag and mascara.

Could you please retitle this article: 30 Things Some Women are Under the Delusion that They Need.

Tina, Dusseldorf, Germany