Order has resumed in Milano as Salone del Mobile and Milan Design Week are back to their April calendar slot and the queues are as long as the sun is hot. With the intersection between fashion, craft and architecture an ever-increasingly sweet spot for brands to flex their collaborative muscle, the fashion industry was also out in force to celebrate it.
Bottega Veneta enlisted the esteemed Gaetano Pesce – its recent show-set collaborator – to take over its Via Montenapoleone store with a draped-resin grotto; Dior invited Philippe Starck to expand on his inaugural 2022 ode to the world of couture; Giorgio Armani opened up his exquisite Via Borgonuovo HQ for the first time to the public; and Etro revealed the fruits of creative director Marco di Vincenzo’s Insta-affinity with the artist Amy Lincoln.
