This Aussie couple blinged up their babies’ names to create a brood of designer kids.
Every woman dreams of having a house full of fashion labels, but Linda Jane Alafaci has a collection more unusual than most; her designer items aren’t clothes — they’re her children.
Proud mum to Chanel, 11, twins Cartier and Armani, 4, and Diesel, 18 months, Linda says she wanted to give her children unusual, glamorous names that would stand out.
“I come from a big Italian family so there are lots of traditional names. Every second girl seems to be Maria. But I wanted something more unusual. I came up with the name Chanel, and loved it. We’ve just gone from there.”
Linda and her husband Anthony, both 37, are expecting their fifth child in September, and when it comes to naming the new addition, they’re sticking to the designer theme.
“Everyone knows us as the designer family with the designer babies, so I have to stick to the theme now,” she laughs. “We’re having trouble thinking of a fifth name we really love, though. We quite like Prada for a girl or maybe Dolce. Chanel suggested Vuitton for a boy. We’re always looking for inspiration, but I don’t like Burberry or Gucci. The one name we definitely can’t have is Versace because it rhymes with Alafaci. Then the poor kid would get teased. It definitely has to be a high-end label, though — there’ll be no Kmart Alafaci!”
The Alafaci children have grown up with a liking for designer goods, and Linda bought them all a fragrance by the label they were named after when they were born.
“Since Chanel was tiny she’s known she’s named after the designer,” says Linda. “If we were in a department store, she’d run up to the Chanel counter and ask the ladies for a card with her name on. Armani has a little Armani Junior suit and Diesel has a cute outfit too. Chanel has a necklace of the Chanel logo and Cartier has a Cartier watch that we’re saving for when she’s old enough to wear it.”
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