Kering at Milan Design Week 2026
Kering at Milan Design Week 2026 let its two flagship Italian houses anchor opposite ends of the city in the same week of April — Gucci inside the 4th-century Basilica di San Simpliciano in Brera, Bottega Veneta in a permanent ground-floor gallery at Via San Maurilio 14 in 5Vie — and made no public statement connecting the two. Demna Gvasalia’s Memoria for Gucci and Matthieu Blazy’s Casa for Bottega Veneta opened within walking distance of each other during Milan Design Week 2026, and they were the most considered fashion-into-design statements the week produced. The fact that they came from the same holding company, presented as if they did not, is the story. ...