Ones To Watch: 6 Children’s Essentials On Bazaar Junior’s Radar For Autumn 2024
Bazaar Junior shares six of our favourite picks for your little ones this season
Picture Perfect
Channel your child’s creativity into a precious keepsake thanks to personalisation experts Merci Maman. Simply upload a scan of the masterpiece, and you’ll soon get a sentimental piece, produced by skilled artisans, on an 18k gold-plated, silver or rose-gold disk, so you’ll always have your child’s masterpiece close to hand. mercimamamboutique.com
Hakuna Matata
It’s been 30 years since Simba and his friends first charmed us with their trials and tribulations, which is why Swarovski has launched The Lion King collectibles that are as covetable as they are cute. Intricately made from multi-faceted crystal, the four key characters are perfect keepsakes for fans of what proved to be the highest grossing 2D animated film of all time. Swarovski.com
Going Swimmingly
Sun safe, retro-chic and made of butter-soft honeycomb fabric that seems to instantly dry, Petit Playa luxury swimwear for little ladies will make you wish they had a mummy and me version too. petitplaya.com
Grand Designs
If your home is your castle, then Elli Junior Interior Design can ensure it becomes literally so. Experts at providing high-end kit for mini-mes, Elli Kasbi’s kid-centric emporium has expanded into interiors, customising spaces with intricate themes from jungle scenes and rocket ships to princess palaces. Everything is created locally by this Dubai-based, Swedish influenced brand, and bespoke, to ensure no two rooms are ever the same. Our top tip? Check out their bunk beds with integrated play areas – your children will never want to leave! Full room design and implementation from Dhs25,000, ellijunior.com
Great Scott!
Go retro kitsch with the new Cybex Jeremy Scott Car Collection that brings a slice of 50sAmerican pop culture into your life. “I always try to bring a whimsical aura into the designs I create for Cybex,” the designer explained as he unveiled the seven pieces that strongly evoke drive-in nostalgia. “The design will hopefully bring a smile to people’s faces!” Exclusively available at galerieslafayette.ae
The Bear Necessities
Two iconic – and at first very different – luxury propositions, one whimsical, beyond-your-wildestdreams result. The Fairytale Suite by Hamleys at Rome’s Hotel de Russie is not only completely decked out by the toy emporium – from the distinctive lightbulb ‘magic portal’ entrance to mascot teddies galore – but guests who book also get exclusive access to the store, located in Galleria Alberto Sordi, a 15-minute walk away. The experience lets you run riot prior to opening, with a magician, fairy and Hamley himself conducting the closed-door tour – and then your little one is the star as the countdown starts before everyone else is allowed in.
The space consists of two bedrooms, a themed one in crimson colours that shows the link between London and Rome for the young-at-heart, connected to a spacious second suite that’s an ideal retreat for parents. The only dilemma: Who gets to cuddle up to the giant bears at night? roccofortehotels.com
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From Harper’s Bazaar Junior Autumn/Winter 2024 issue
