At Milan Design Week earlier this April, couture collided with craftsmanship in the most stylish way. From Hermès gold-dusted throws to Dior’s colossal glass vases and Gucci’s bamboo dreamscapes, GRAZIA Singapore breaks down how the world’s biggest fashion houses reimagined the meaning of home.
Hermès
Hermès unveiled its new home collections with a one-of-a-kind showcase at Le Pelota. The scenography, conceptualised by Hermès Home creative directors Charlotte Macaux Perelman and Alexis Fabry, consisted of suspended white boxes that projected bright colours onto the floor below them. The set-up represented Hermès’s “quest for the object” and “the luminous vibration that makes it familiar”, according to a statement from the French luxury brand. Inside the boxes were Hermès’s equally intriguing home creations, which include a side table with panels of colourful lacquered glass and a round tabletop made of Japanese cedarwood; jugs made of mouth-blown glass covered in contrasting blocks of molten pastes; and a cashmere throw adorned with with 24-karat gold foil.
Dior
Leave it to Dior to turn a humble vase into a haute object of desire. At Salone del Mobile 2025, Dior Maison debuts three larger-than-life creations by designer Sam Baron—each nearly a metre tall and dressed to impress in mouth-blown Italian glass. Their curvaceous silhouettes nod to the original Miss Dior perfume bottle from 1947, anchoring this ode to nature in the house’s storied heritage. Swathed in transparent foliage, blossoms, and entwined branches, the vases echo a dreamlike garden in perpetual bloom. And with only eight editions available—a cheeky nod to Monsieur Dior’s lucky number—you’ll need more than green thumbs to get your hands on one.
Jaeger-LeCoultre
Jaeger-LeCoultre invited visitors to breathe it all in with Living on Air, an immersive exhibition dedicated to the Atmos clock—an object so refined it ran on little more than ambient temperature shifts. Held at the elegant Villa Mozart, the exhibition unfolded in four poetic chapters and showcased 19 Atmos clocks spanning over 90 years, alongside archival drawings and live watchmaking demos for the mechanically curious. It was part history lesson, part horological daydream. From early dreams of perpetual motion to the celestial beauty of the Atmos Tellurium, each clock stood as a tribute to both design and mechanical ingenuity. The highlight? A newly unveiled, limited-edition Atmos that reflected the contemporary codes of Milan Design Week.
MCM
At the intersection of design, innovation and play, MCM presented a whimsical collection in collaboration with Pet Therapy. The pet-friendly collection of poufs—shaped like adorable cats and dogs—was designed by 11-year-old Altea Biagetti, the daughter of Alberto and Laura Biagetti of Italian design collective Atelier Biagetti. Set in the enchanting Giardino delle Arti garden in Milan, the collection was showcased through an immersive installation that celebrates joyful companionship in all its forms. Drawing inspiration from the youngest Biagetti’s uninhibited creativity, the emotive dreamscape was conceived as a magical playground where the peak of craftsmanship and design could be appreciated by visitors of all ages. In addition to the physical design features, the playful energy of the collection was underscored by unconventional daily activities—Pet Pilates, for one—and MCM’s pet-inspired fragrance collection.
Gucci
At Fuorisalone 2025, Gucci dives deep into its roots—quite literally—in a wildly imaginative exhibition at the Chiostri di San Simpliciano, curated by interdisciplinary studio 2050+ and its visionary founder Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli. The showcase draws from the maison’s pioneering use of bamboo, building on that legacy with seven bold new perspectives from contemporary designers across backgrounds and generations. Swedish-Chilean artist Anton Alvarez kicks things off with a towering tangle of sculpture that feels part jungle, part water spirit. French artist Nathalie Du Pasquier turns bamboo into a silk-framed screen that’s more boudoir than botanical. Austrian designer Laurids Gallée channels scaffolding with a resin piece that’s somehow both imposing and zen. Then comes a whimsical flight of fancy: kites by Bertjan Pot and photography duo Kite Club that turn bamboo into airborne joy. Seoul-based Sisan Lee brings quiet elegance with etched aluminium inspired by Joseon-era restraint, while Palestinian artist Dima Srouji blends bamboo baskets with hand-blown glass for a heady mix of fragility and finesse. The final flourish? Design duo Eugenio Rossi and Yaazd Contractor of The Back Studio light things up with bamboo assemblage n.1—a high-tech collision of cold cathode glass and warm natural textures.
Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren Home invites us to step into the elegant lifestyle of the American designer. Housed at Palazzo Ralph Lauren in Milan, the design showcase presented the glamorous facets of the celebrated fashion designer’s lifestyle, through a collection of made-to-order furnishings created in collaboration with American studio Haworth Lifestyle. The Penthouse, for instance, offers a look into Lauren’s own cosmopolitan lifestyle, through innovative design pieces like the brand’s carbon fiber RL-CF1 chairs—a quiet nod to Lauren’s McClaren F1 race car. Meanwhile, the Western room celebrates the classic Americana sensibility synonymous with Ralph Lauren, illustrated through traditional Navajo weaving motifs as crafted by Naiomi and Tyler Glasses, who have been working with the brand since the label’s third Artist In Residence collaboration. This love for the American West was also displayed through Ralph Lauren’s Fall 2025 Canyon Road collection, featuring home furniture rendered in natural rustic oak and hand-burnished saddle leather.
Longchamp
This year, Longchamp has made its foray into furniture with a special collaboration with French designer Pierre Renart. Renart is renowned for his wooden tables marked by curves resembling twisted ribbons or Mobius strips. “His coffee tables are amazing; we have them in some of our Longchamp stores around the world,” said Sophie Delafontaine, creative director of Longchamp. Delafontaine also shared that Renart wanted to “try to mix wood and leather”, which resulted in his collaboration with Longchamp. Presented at the French brand’s flagship on via della Spiga, the collaboration consists of the Wave bench and eight Ruban chairs. The latter pieces, which are available for sale, are crafted from American walnut wood and Longchamp’s signature, supple cowhide leather in the same bright pops of colour seen on its bags.
Loewe
They may be small, but teapots proved to be mighty at Loewe’s popular exhibition at the Salone Del Mobile. Simply titled “Loewe Teapots”, the showcase at the Palazzo Citterio featured the quaint cup crafted by 25 artists, designers and architects around the world, including Akio Niisato, Simone Fattal, Minsuk Cho and Masaomi Yasunaga. Each maker offered a unique interpretation: Madoda Fani’s unglazed red teapots featured intricate carvings, while Takayuki Sakiyama’s white creations were moulded with wave-like curves. Even more teapots, handcrafted in Galician clay by Spanish artisans, were showcased, some finished with silver or gold glazes as a nod to the ceramic tiles seen at Casa Loewe stores. Just as delightful are the exclusive Loewe pieces that visitors could purchase, including a new Earl Grey tea candle, woven leather coasters, tea cosies, and leather charms modelled after camomile, strawberries, bergamot flowers and tea bags.
Louis Vuitton
At Palazzo Serbelloni in Milan, Louis Vuitton unveiled its first home collections, showcasing a contemporary take on the art de vivre. For Milan Design Week, the French maison’s classic house codes are reimagined, before making their way onto home decor items, furniture, newly fashioned home textiles and even lighting fixtures. For these, Louis Vuitton tapped a band of internationally lauded artisans, including three new designers: Cristián Mohaded, Jaime Hayon and Patrick Jouin. An ode to over 160 years of trunk-making excellence, Louis Vuitton also presented the new Malle Vaisselier, which found its place as the centrepiece of the Gabrio Room of Palazzo Serbelloni. Other sections of the Milanese palace showcased the dialogue between colour and material. The Parini Room, for instance, featured signature textile pieces by Mohaded, Italian design studio Zanellato/Bortotto and French architect Charlotte Perriand. In the palace courtyard, another iconic work from Perriand was reborn. La Maison au Bord de l’Eau, first conceived by the renowned artist in 1934 and initially reconstructed by Louis Vuitton in 2013, was installed as a nod to the bold attitudes synonymous with the French house.
This story first appeared in the May 2025 issue of GRAZIA Singapore.
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