A whimsical Christmas

FOR Gucci's lifestyle gift collection this year, creative director Alessandro Michele looked to his childhood love of stationery - when pencils, pens, notebooks and games meant hours of joy for him. Here, he's created his own take on the Italian stationery store with pencil boxes bearing Donald Duck motifs, dreamy garden scenery and Gucci's trademark patterns.

Besides being pretty, the collection is also eco-friendly with notebook covers made of Gucci supreme canvas - that's leather-like but made of renewable materials. The notebook pages are also made of FSC-certified pure cellulose paper. From paper fans to slippers, pajamas and playing cards, look forward to an activity-filled Christmas morning at home, and through the weekend too.