Anya Hindmarch – Peanuts (WildBrain CPLG)
In September 2024, Anya Hindmarch’s latest concept store arrived at The Village as a unique stationery shop, created in collaboration with Peanuts. Just in time for back-to-school season, the iconic Peanuts school bus parked up outside the Pont Street store. Fans could hop aboard and discover Charlie Brown’s classroom, complete with blackboard, vintage school desks, and pigeonholes, all piled high with collectable, Peanuts-inspired stationery. The limited-edition capsule collection included leather document holders, leather pencil cases, pouches, laptop sleeves, rulers, keyrings, and totes, all in Peanuts’ joyful and recognisable colour palette. The collection was also available at Liberty, Ron Herman, Globus, and Moda Operandi. With an exclusive feature in the Sunday Times Magazine and lots of social buzz, the collection was a huge hit with fans, with multiple pieces selling out in just a few weeks.
Chronicle Books – LEGO
The LEGO Botanical Almanac: A Field Guide to Brick-Built Blooms is the first book to celebrate one of the fastest growing LEGO set collections: LEGO Botanicals. Each page presents a deep look into a stunning LEGO bloom, succulent, or plant—from garden varietals to the brightest blooms. Where art meets science and building meets creative play, LEGO Botanical Almanac is both an informative guide and a visually stunning coffee table book, appealing to builders, collectors, and design enthusiasts alike. With intricately hand-drawn illustrations inspired by scientific botany drawings, it features exclusive stories from LEGO Botanical set designers themselves, plus a removable flower print poster. LEGO Botanical Almanac has had an overwhelmingly positive consumer response and it was on display in LEGO flower pop-ups hosted in New York and other cities.
Insight Editions – The Beatles (Bravado)
This beautiful, clothbound, 208-page fully-licensed book contains 27 newly-originated knitting patterns inspired by Apple’s exclusive archive of Fab Four design details and album artwork. Packed with facts about the iconic band and gorgeous imagery that showcases their style, the book enables home knitters to create adult sweaters, cardigans, accessories, childrenswear, and homewares that are cozy, gorgeously detailed, and unmistakably Beatles. The patterns are designed to appeal to all ages, and when made with the yarns suggested, are intended to result in heritage pieces that fans will treasure.
Moleskine – Harry Potter
Step into the Wizarding World and note down your spells and potion ingredients in this captivating social stationery collection, composed of the iconic Moleskine notebook and extended with agendas, pens, backpacks, and a collector’s box. Spells are the theme of the collection, beautifully illustrated and produced with themed elements inside. Spells are also evoked by the glow-in-the-dark effect used in every single product, creating an immersive experience of magical handwriting.
Royal Mail – Spice Girls (Bravado)
On January 11th, 2024, Royal Mail issued a set of 15 stamps and a range of associated products to celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of the world’s most successful pop groups, The Spice Girls. This is the first time Royal Mail dedicated an entire stamp issue to a female pop group and they became the sixth music group to feature in a dedicated stamp issue. Ten stamps featured live performance images of the group including the 1997 BRIT Awards and Geri’s union jack dress as well as their reunion for the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics. A miniature sheet of five stamps featured portraits of each Spice Girl taken on the set of the 1997 film, Spice World. The stamp issue achieved massive worldwide media coverage in print, broadcast, online, and social media, generating international sales and appealing to Spice Girls fans around the globe.
Skip Hop – Sesame Street
The Skip Hop x Sesame Street special edition collection featured adorable back to school items for toddlers adorned with fan favorites Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Abby Cadabby! Skip Hop focused on top selling essentials—backpacks, mealtime sets, straw bottles, snack cups, and more—to bring extra joy from mealtime to camp, school, daycare, bath time, and beyond. The Sesame Street line is bright, happy, and perfect for all the wear and tear kids put on their things. Sesame Street was the top performing collection for back-to-school bags and mealtime in Carter’s/Skip Hop stores, and the most productive collection online. Additionally, the branded collection sold double the rate of replenishment than items carried year-round at specialty accounts like Nordstrom.
