Chinese New Year 2023: Luxury gifts for the Year of the Rabbit
Welcome a year of hope, luck and prosperity with these Year of the Rabbit-inspired gifts
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Lunar New Year – also known as Chinese New Year – will be celebrated on 22 January 2023, ushering in the Year of the Rabbit. Thought within Chinese culture to be the luckiest of the 12 animals of the zodiac, the rabbit is also synonymous with beauty, elegance and peace, with those born in the Year of the Rabbit considered artistic and calm.
The perfect animal, then, for luxury brands to take as inspiration for a selection of gorgeous limited-edition gifts to celebrate Chinese New Year. From show-stopping Metiers d’Art timepieces to fine jewellery and some beautiful additions to your bathroom cabinet, these are the best luxury gifts for Chinese New Year 2023.
Chantecaille Year of the Rabbit Bio Lifting Serum+
To celebrate Lunar New Year, French skincare brand Chantecaille has given its best-selling Bio Lifting Serum+ a festive upgrade. Offered in a deluxe bottle which is 20ml larger than the standard size, this limited-edition version has been reimagined in red and gold for good luck (but still packs in the same powerful active ingredients).
Johnnie Walker Blue Label Year of the Rabbit Limited Edition
If you’re buying for a lover of the golden nectar, Johnnie Walker Blue Label is undoubtedly already a favourite. Give them something you know they’re going to love with this limited-edition bottling featuring a rabbit-inspired illustration by Angel Chen.
Mac Year of Glam eyeshadow palette
Packing in eight of Mac’s most popular eyeshadow shades, this vibrant limited-edition scarlet eyeshadow palette does exactly what it says on the tin: delivers an entire year of glam party makeup looks.
Olivia von Halle Lila Blessing Pyjamas
Chic pyjamas always make a great gift and few do them better than London-based designer Olivia von Halle. Made from a luxurious 19-momme silk canvas and finished with mother-of-pearl buttons, the Lila Blessing design features a playful bunny print perfect for Chinese New Year.
Our Place Year of the Rabbit Rice Bowl Set
A relative newcomer to the homeware space, over the past few years Our Place has proven itself to be a true contender in stylish cookware. If you already own last year’s scarlet Always pan (and if you don’t, you should), for Chinese New Year 2023, the brand has released a kitschy rice bowl set including wooden chopsticks, red chopstick rests and four stoneware bowls featuring a flora and fauna print by artist Vanilla Chi.
FOPE Solo Flex'It Rose Sapphire Bracelet
Combining a gorgeous triple-wrapped gold chain, made using FOPE’s unique Flex’It technique, with a spray of diamonds and rose sapphires, this elegant bracelet by Italian fine jewellery brand FOPE combines the traditional hues of Chinese New Year in a design that makes for an instant heirloom.
Charlotte Tilbury Lunar New Year Matte Revolution Lipstick
Omitting the rabbit references in favour of some more traditional Far Eastern inspiration, Charlotte Tilbury has refreshed its fittingly-named Blossom Red matte lipstick in a new bullet decorated with a delicate cherry blossom motif. A gorgeous addition to any makeup bag.
Dior Grand Soir Year of the Rabbit watch
It has become something of a tradition for Dior to release a special edition of its Grand Soir timepiece for Chinese New Year. For the Year of the Rabbit, it’s eschewed the traditional red and gold colour scheme in favour of an aventurine, mother-of-pearl and 18k yellow gold dial depicting a miniature rabbit running through a forest.
Lylie Lunar New Beginnings Necklace
Handmade in the UK using sustainable salvaged gold, Lylie’s delicate New Beginnings pendant necklace features a hand-engraved rabbit, is set with a sparkling lab-grown diamond and even features space on the reverse for your own message.
Harry Winston Premier Chinese New Year Automatic Watch
Created as a numbered edition of eight pieces, Harry Winston’s Chinese New Year timepiece is a true dazzler. Inspired by the myth of the Jade Rabbit, in which the Jade Emperor carried a rabbit to the moon as a reward for its bravery, the watch features an 18k rose gold dial set with diamonds and a red mother-of-pearl dial set with a gold-and-diamond bunny.
Gucci G-Timeless Watches
Part of a wide-ranging collection designed to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit and the arrival of spring, these unisex G-Timeless watches feature graffiti-style bunny motifs putting a modern spin on an ancient tradition.
Piaget Altiplano Zodiac Chinese New Year watch
For Chinese New Year 2023, Piaget called on its master enameller, Anita Porchet, to create a 38-strong limited edition timepiece showcasing the art of Grand Feu enamelling. Featuring two luminous rabbits silhouetted in yellow gold housed in an 18k white gold diamond-set case, the timepiece is powered by Piaget’s calibre 430P ultra-thin, manual wound movement.
Maje Oversized Rabbit Sweatshirt
Parisian fashion house Maje has teamed up with Paris-based Chinese illustrator Joayi Li to create a Year of the Rabbit capsule collection rendered in rosy hues ranging from Barbie to bubblegum. Upgrade your WFH wardrobe for the new year in this supremely comfortable oversized hoodie.
Tag Heuer Carrera Year of the Rabbit watch
A more subtle take on the Lunar New Year theme, Tag Heuer’s revamped Carrera timepiece is limited to 500 pieces and, at first glance, appears to feature only a subtle nod to the Year of the Rabbit, via red-accented rose-gold hands. Turn it over, however, and you’ll discover a transparent caseback adorned with an adorable ruby rabbit.
Vacheron Constantin Metiers d’Art Year of the Rabbit
Offered in two colourways – blue and white gold, and brown and yellow gold – Vacheron Constantin is another Swiss watchmaker who has made quite the collector’s item out of its annual Lunar New Year watch. Only nine of each iteration will be available, each of which showcases a number of fine artistic skills, including Grand Feu enamelling and hand engraving.
