10 times fashion has been inspired by product design From Louis Vuitton and Piero Fornasetti to Bottega Veneta and Gaetano Pesce

Fashion thrives on contamination. Brands and designers breathe in everything that surrounds them and process it in the collections they offer each season: nature, human relationships, society, pop culture, music, art, cinema, architecture... everything can contribute to the right inspiration, even the everyday, including the objects that furnish and embellish the space within the domestic walls. In fact, in recent decades, the relationship between the world of fashion and product design has become increasingly symbiotic, intertwined by mutual contamination that has led to interesting, sometimes iconic creations. There is a common thread that links Tom Ford and designers Charles and Ray Eames, Dries Van Noten and Verner Panton, Nicolas Ghesquière and Piero Fornasetti.

Here are 10 examples where fashion was inspired by product design.

Elsa Schiaparelli - Venus de Milo with drawers by Salvador Dalì

Gaetano Pesce had already designed the set for Bottega Veneta's SS23 fashion show, but now, on the occasion of Milan Design Week, the collaboration between the two has resulted in Vieni a Vedere, a site-specific immersive installation framing two new limited edition bags made by four hands together with Matthieu Blazy, My Dear Mountains and My Dear Prairies.