Dress Your Home in Your Fave Fashion Label from Milan Design Week
They say your home should reflect your personal style — so if you wear these luxury labels, maybe your home should too
When Giorgio Armani launched Armani/Casa a couple of decades ago, fashionistas embraced the opportunity to decorate their homes with the luxury label. However, many tastemakers and furniture design experts were skeptical. The quality was not the same as high-end furniture brands, some claimed. This mono-brand lifestyle was a gimmick, others scoffed. Within a decade, however, other fashion houses had launched their own home collections or collaborated with well-established furniture manufacturers – for example, when Hermes and B&B Italia announced their partnership in 2011.
At the Salone del Mobile 2019 in Milan, fashion labels such as Badgley Mischka, Fendi and Trussardi had massive displays launching their new furniture and decor collections. And in showrooms, pop-up apartments and even a theatre throughout the city during Milan Design Week, other fashion houses proudly showcased their new furniture and decor designs as well.
At the Salone del Mobile 2019 in Milan, fashion labels such as Badgley Mischka, Fendi and Trussardi had massive displays launching their new furniture and decor collections. And in showrooms, pop-up apartments and even a theatre throughout the city during Milan Design Week, other fashion houses proudly showcased their new furniture and decor designs as well.
Image from Armani/Casa
Outside the fairgrounds of Salone del Mobile, fringe events celebrating design were also held throughout the city. One of the most popular destinations was Zona Tortona, which hosted both Armani/Silos, the fashion art space, and Armani/Teatro, an event space designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando, among other Salone events. Armani/Silos showcased an exhibit by Ando, while Armani/Teatro was the venue for Armani/Casa, the fashion label’s home collection, to present its newest designs.
Outside the fairgrounds of Salone del Mobile, fringe events celebrating design were also held throughout the city. One of the most popular destinations was Zona Tortona, which hosted both Armani/Silos, the fashion art space, and Armani/Teatro, an event space designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando, among other Salone events. Armani/Silos showcased an exhibit by Ando, while Armani/Teatro was the venue for Armani/Casa, the fashion label’s home collection, to present its newest designs.
Louis Vuitton dazzled architecture and furniture design fans with its collaboration with paper architecture master Shigeru Ban, and its stellar lineup of furniture and decor items, Objets Nomades, by star designers like the Campana brothers (pictured here and below), Patricia Urquiola, Andre Fu and more.
The Mandala screen designed by Zanellato/Bortotto is pictured here behind the Campana brothers’ Bomboca lounge and Tokujin Yoshioka’s Blossom stool. Suspended from the ceiling are Bell lamps by Barber & Osgerby.
The Diamond sofa and armchairs and the Venezia Lantern were designed by Marcel Wanders for Louis Vuitton’s Objets Nomades.
Gianni Versace’s home on Via Gesu was opened for Milan Design Week to showcase Versace Home’s newest collection.
Curated by interior designer Sasha Bikoff, it is an ode to the late fashion designer’s Miami home, with the neon colours of Miami-Modern (MiMo) flanked by palm trees.
Signature Versace prints came in neon and pastel palettes instead of the lush jewel tones that the fashion house is known for.
Rome-based fashion house Fendi has been making furniture and home accessories since 1987 under its Fendi Casa label. The look is Italian luxury: clean, minimalist lines and the use of plush leather, polished brass and Italian marble.