Showcased Fashion Highlights from Milan Design Week 2025

Milan Design Week 2025 once again proved to be a hotbed of artistic creativity and design innovation, with a number of high-profile fashion brands showcasing their latest collections.

Prada's Raw Glamour Collection

Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons redefined feminine beauty with Prada's Fall 2025 collection, dubbed "Raw Glamour." The collection featured innovative little black dresses made from dark herringbone fabric with sack-like silhouettes, raw edges, and vintage-inspired details emphasizing freedom and movement over traditional form-fitting styles.

Tod's Evolutionary Coats

Tod's Fall/Winter 2025-2026 collection, led by Creative Director Matteo Tamburini, took inspiration from Milan’s Museum of Contemporary Art. The collection showcased brushed alpaca coats with abstract black-and-white swirls and tailored mohair coats with modern double-breasted designs, reflecting artistic influences and marking a bold evolution with elongated, form-fitting silhouettes.

Design Trends: Rich Colours and Sustainability

Milan Design Week 2025 also spotlighted broader stylistic trends with a rich, expressive palette featuring lavenders, ochres, earthy beetroot and terracotta tones, along with a strong emphasis on sustainability through the use of reclaimed, recycled and renewable materials in design.

Street Style: Casual Chic and Bold Statement Pieces

Street style from Milan in Summer 2025 showed a mix of casual chic and bold statement pieces that captured the authentic, fashion-forward vibe of the city, reflecting current, real-life styles on the streets.

Fashion Brands' Design Collaborations

Several fashion brands collaborated with designers for unique design projects during Milan Design Week 2025.

Loro Piana and Dimoremilano collaborated for a decadent 1970s film set meets affluent Milanese penthouse, featuring furniture, vintage pieces, and art.
Fendi Casa's collaboration with British designer Lewis Kemmenoe featured the 'Cover' sofa, 'Twist' chair, and modular 'Later' sofa.
Issey Miyake's 'Type-XIII Atelier Oï' lighting collaboration with Atelier Oï presented two distinctive series, the 'O Series' and the 'A Series', based on the Japanese art of Ikebana and Miyake's 1997 APOC show.
Versace's Milan Design Week presentation, The Versace Art of Living, featured a reinvented 'Harem' chair and an update of the 1994 wooden chair the 'Vanitas'.
Dior Maison expanded its 'Ode To Nature' collection with three one-metre-high glass vases designed by French artist Sam Baron, inspired by the first Miss Dior amphora perfume bottle from 1947.

Homeware Offerings

Several fashion brands also launched their homeware offerings during Milan Design Week 2025.

The Row launched 'Home', its first homeware offering, at Salone, featuring handwoven throws and a quilted blanket made in Kashmir, India.
Hermès unveiled its latest home collections in Milan, presenting four polyhedron shapes descending from the ceiling and emitting a fluorescent glow, featuring the 'Contrepoint Dinner Service', 'Pivot D'Hermès side table', 'Double D'Hermès' jugs, and 'H Partition' throws.
Missoni Home opened its first dedicated store in Milan during Milan Design Week 2025, featuring a special curation of its home offering.

Unique Experiences

A number of fashion brands also offered unique experiences during Milan Design Week 2025.

Stone Island's 'sonic experience' called 'Friendly Pressure: Studio One' was a week-long programme of events in Milan, featuring bespoke hi-fidelity audio systems and soundproofing.
Prada Frames took over the restored Gio Ponti train, the Arlecchino, in Milano Centrale station for discussions on design during Milan Design Week 2025.
Gucci's Bamboo Encounters installation at Milan Design Week 2025 features works from seven artists, including Anton Alvarez, Dima Srouji, and Nathalie Du Pasquier, curated by Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli.
Saint Laurent's Milan Design Week installation showcases four pieces of furniture designed by Charlotte Perriand that have only existed as sketches or prototypes until now.
Valextra collaborated with Zaven for its Salone project, creating a 'Costa 70 x Zaven' suitcase filled with abstract resin objects that can be engineered into a build-it-yourself home sculpture.
Luca Faloni partnered with Winetage to create a daybed upholstered in brushed linen fabrics, crafted from wood that still bears the red-wine stains and aromas from years of maturing Italian vintages.
Loewe's artist-designed teapots at Milan Design Week 2025 feature 25 different interpretations of the ubiquitous vessel by 25 international artists.

The Miu Miu Literary Club

The Miu Miu Literary Club opened during Salone, featuring panel discussions exploring the subjects of girlhood, love, and sex education through the works of Simone de Beauvoir and Fumiko Enchi.

Georg Jensen's 'Gelateria Danese'

Georg Jensen's 'Gelateria Danese' was a temporary ice cream parlour at Milan Design Week 2025, inspired by Copenhagen's Palace Hotel and Milanese cafe culture.

Brioni's Dualité Crystal Edition Perfume

Brioni bottled time for Salone, unveiling the Dualité Crystal Edition Perfume in collaboration with Lalique, featuring an internal sculpture created using the cire-perdue method.

In summary, Milan Design Week 2025 showcased a fusion of artistic heritage, innovation, sustainability, and authentic style, encapsulated by Prada’s artistic “Raw Glamour” collection rejecting form-fitting norms, Tod’s innovative, artist-inspired coats and tailored silhouettes, expressive colors and eco-conscious materials defining design trends, and vibrant street style reflecting Milan’s dynamic fashion culture.

The high-profile fashion brands continued to experiment and innovate beyond clothing, as seen in the Miu Miu Literary Club's discussions about girlhood and love, and Georg Jensen's temporary ice cream parlor, Gelateria Danese, blending Milanese cafe culture with Copenhagen's Palace Hotel charm.

Moreover, the intersection of fashion and homeware was evident with Brioni's collaboration with Lalique on the Dualité Crystal Edition Perfume, and the launch of The Row's first homeware offering and Missoni Home's dedicated store, as part of the broader stylistic trends incorporating rich colors and sustainability within the lifestyle, fashion-and-beauty, and home-and-garden realms.