Forget the usual suspects this holiday season. This year's gift guide pulls from the Miami Design District's best: watches built to survive the ocean floor, bags covered in psychedelic cats, and sneakers you help create.
For those looking to give a memorable present this season, these come with stories worth telling.
FOR HIM
Louis Vuitton's Speedy P9 from Pharrell Williams started as a men's bag – and became the thing everyone's carrying. So the man in your life should be no different. Soft grained calfskin in bold colors with the Monogram silk-screened on leather and lambskin lining you can't stop touching. It's having a moment that shows no signs of ending.
Golden Goose's 70s-inspired Marathon sneaker collection comes with an experience at the Miami Design District Forward Store. Book a Co-Creation appointment and on-site artists will distress, embellish, or add whatever you want to make them completely unique to you.
Omega's Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M in 42mm is the watch you wear when you mean business. The blue ceramic bezel and matte black dial with glowing Super-LumiNova hands look sharp whether you're actually diving 600 meters down or just pretending you might. Plus, the seahorse emblem on the titanium caseback is a nice thoughtful touch.
FOR HER
Loewe's Flamenco Clutch from the Louis Wain collaboration comes covered in embroidered cat faces inspired by the English artist's psychedelic artwork. The cleverly designed denim and canvas bag converts from clutch to shoulder bag to top handle depending on your mood. It's playful and unexpected in the best of ways.
Bottega Veneta's Drop earrings are shaped like tears of molten silver. At 50mm, they're the kind of statement piece that works just as well at dinner as it does walking through the neighborhood’s various art installations.
David Yurman's Sculpted Cable bangle reworks their twisted rope into carved waves in 18K yellow gold with pavé pink sapphires. The new Miami flagship stocks pieces inspired by tropical sunsets – this stunner is one of them.
FOR HOME AND SCENT
Maison Francis Kurkdjian's APOM lives up to its name (A Part of Me). The amber floral scent has staying power, starting bright with lavender and orange blossom before settling into vanilla and musk. It lingers without announcing itself.
The iconic
Jonathan Adler Dora Maar Urn puts Picasso's muse in matte porcelain. Adler swaps his usual geometric patterns for actual body parts (faces, lips, you get it) to create something surreal and showstopping. Fill it with flowers or let it stand alone, it works either way.
Baccarat's Eye Oval Vase is all about the cuts. Horizontal on the outside, vertical on the inside, creating this spiral effect that makes the crystal look like it's moving. It's the kind of piece that holds its own. Nicolas Triboulot's design has been in production since 2001, and it still commands attention in any room it enters.
FOR EVERYONE
Can't decide or can't make it in person? The Design District's digital shop carries unique and uncommon goods you won't find anywhere else, from Nicole Nomsa Moyo's beaded ostrich eggs handmade with South African artisans to Marta Minujín's psychedelic silk scarves and umbrellas inspired by the Buckminster Fuller Fly's Eye Dome. Browse the full collection here.
