Milan Design Week Highlights Sustainability, Luxury Fashion Trends

Recent trends in fashion and design highlight a move toward joyful, colorful accessories and refined, timeless pieces that elevate everyday experiences. Milan Design Week showcased how fashion brands are broadening their influence beyond apparel, integrating holistic, design-led concepts into lifestyle products and installations. Meanwhile, consumers are gravitating toward both playful elements—like vibrant Birkenstocks or artisanal home goods—and understated luxury inspired by icons such as Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and Jackie O. This blend of dopamine-boosting color and 'old-money elegance' reflects a desire for both self-expression and subtle sophistication in daily life, whether through home entertaining, personal style, or curated interiors.