No Harry Potter collection is complete without the infamous sorting hat.
From leather maker SteelDragonCustoms, comes a stunning example of the hat in a supple leather for the luxurious Harry Potter fan. $165 gets you this hat, and we think they sell to muggles and wizards alike.
Acclaimed fashion designer Stella McCartney has unveiled her new GAP Kids collection and it’s now up for grabs.
From a $98 baby cashmere blanket to $14 knit tights, the price ranges all over the board, but the luxuruious style stays the same.
It’s that time of the year boys and girls!
Neiman Marcus unveils their 2009 Christmas Book.
Neiman-Marcus has unveiled the 2009 Christmas Book. Oh happy days and damn any recession because we have visions of cupcake-shaped electric cars for the kiddos, the world’s fastest electric motorcycle, and dinner with some of today’s bestselling authors. These are just a few of the fantasy gifts for sale in Neiman Marcus’ 2009 Christmas book.
Dallas-based Neiman Marcus made a conscious effort to offer more affordable options while not disappointing loyal luxury shoppers as it unveiled its Christmas Book at the Dallas Contemporary.
Among this year’s offerings are a customized Cupcake Car for kids that costs $25,000 and reaches top speeds of 7 miles per hour. For adults, there’s a 2010 Jaguar XJL super-charged sedan, priced at $105,000. Neiman Marcus customers will be the first to be able to purchase the vehicle, which comes with a 5-piece set of luggage that matches its leather interior.
This year’s his-and hers gift – an annual tradition – is an ICON A5 sports aircraft, with pilot training for two. It costs a mere $250,000.
At $200,000, the Algonquin Round Table Experience includes dinner for two at New York’s Algonquin Hotel with Malcolm Gladwell, John Lithgow, Nora Ephron with eight famous authors, including and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
About 40 percent of this year’s catalog items are priced under $250.
The luxury retailer’s his-and-hers gifts and other over-the-top holiday gift ideas represent a tradition that dates back to the 1950s. Stanley and Edward Marcus started picking attention-grabbing gifts to get the store on national TV, and it still works.
Last year, the Dallas-based retailer offered all 530 square yards of one of the end zones at Texas Stadium and a party to go with it for $500,000. His-and-hers gifts were life-size Lego likenesses of the buyers for $60,000 apiece.
A limited-edition 2009 BMW Individual 7 Series sedan offered a year ago didn’t sell out. Thirty-one were offered to represent the number of years that BMW has been selling in the U.S. A car has been part of the catalog for many years and has been known to sell out in a matter of minutes.
Luxury has been hard hit by the recession and has experienced some of the biggest sales declines. Neiman Marcus is adding more merchandise in its middle price points this year, while it continues to sell its highest priced luxury brands.
For the second year, Neiman Marcus is publishing a separate holiday book featuring “giftable” items, many under $100.
For any parent with an infant or toddler, a pacifier can be a blessing and your worst nightmare. In times when your little one may not be able to
Aristabrat Crystal Pacifier
settle themselves down, pacifiers seem to work their magic instantly. Thank goodness!
In other times, it can be your worst nightmare. For example – when you can’t find a pacifier at all or when you have lost their favorite binky and according to your crying baby no other one will do. And it can be especially problematic when you are trying to ween your little one off the pacifier’s magical spell.
During the tumultuous times of your little one having a meltdown and you feel as though your head will jump off your body, take a nap and never return, a little humor to lighten the mood may help. The Aristabrat Crystal Pacifier incorporates a bit of fun by extravagantly adorning the typical pacifier with colorful Swarovski crystals and a mad face that will make any baby, parent and passerbys put a smile on their face. Available in blue and pink.
Classic heirloom furniture for children is made by Cariboo of New Zealand and is finsihed with biodegradable finishes.
Kiwi Cot Cribs by Cariboo
The cribs have low sides and a “no-drop” mechnism. They will fit standard-sized North American cribe mattresses.
When your tot is of the proper age, the crib easily converst to a toddler be or small sofa with a coversion kit.
It sells throughout the U.S. for $1,559.95.
We’ve heard the story before. In fact, Volvo has even marketed itself on this premise: You can’t fit the whole family in that tiny sportscar of 
yours, so you trade in for a Volvo station wagon. Things could be worse. But along with it you’re going to need to replace that Ferrari and Porsche gear with Volvo paraphernalia, too. Otherwise you’d look silly, right? Well since you switched rides for the kid, why not take the kid along for the ride also? That’s what Volvo figures, and so has included stuff specifically for the kids in its latest Motorsport Collection.
Aside from the usual array of windbreakers and polo shirts, Volvo is highlighting this Team Manager t-shirt, especially designed for your favorite little backseat driver. The colors match those of the company’s Swedish Touring Car Championship series, in which it’s promoting its proprietary DRIVe green technology system. Just to let everyone know who’s boss, it’s got the words Team Manager printed – instead of embroidered, to optimize comfort – on the back, like all the sponsor logos, and is available straight from Volvo’s website along with the rest of the collection.
Every posh parent wants to stand out from the crowd. No drab, predicatble crib for their offspring — one can only have the best and most unique. 
This objective can be accomplished through Punkin Patch which is a shop with unique necessities for the silver spoon infant’s nursery.
The featured Cinderella Crib is shown at an affordable $4,750 and is just a taste of the decadence in store for you – the site also features decoreative pieces, lighting and rugs. Time to whip out that AmEx Black Card!
