Chinese New Year 2015: Celebrate the Year of the Ram with 9 lucky shopping picks

by Renée Tse February 17, 2015

Chinese New Year is just around the corner (it falls on February 19th, 2015) and since it’s tradition to wear something new on the luckiest holiday of the year, we’re helping you take the guesswork out of buying the perfect new item for yourself. You know, so you can ring in the New Year in style.

With red signifying good fortune and gold symbolizing good luck, you can bet capsule and limited collections will be filled with Chinese New Year’s traditional colours. While there are many retailers who have curated perfectly-hued shopping picks just for the occasion, we applaud those who take it next level. Since this Year the Ram (one of the zodiac’s favourites, for its peaceful and loyal traits) is said to deliver the year full of promise and prosperity, many brands cleverly included the lucky animal in their capsule collections to give customers an extra hint of good luck.

This year, both L’Occitane and YSL Beauté got in on the action and released products just for Chinese New Year, launching “Your Lucky 8 Envelope” and an exclusive palette respectively. Mulberry debuted a limited edition mini Cara Delevingne bag (there’s only 88 worldwide), complete with a leather tag embossed with the year and a tiny ram. But if you want to get your hands on this collectible, you better hurry. It’s only been a week since Mulberry and the Brit model posted on their Instagram accounts, and the bag is already sold out online.

From big-ticket items like Fendi’s furry bugs and monster peek-a-boo bags to dainty ram charms at Pandora and Tiffany & Co., we round up the luckiest 9 Year of the Ram shopping picks for Chinese New Year.