This is Monocle on Design Extra.
It's a short show to accompany our weekly program where we discuss everything from architecture
and craft to furniture and graphic design.
I'm Mailie Evans.
As noted at the second iteration of the Parisian Design Salon Matter and shape,
the lines between the fashion and design worlds are becoming increasingly blurred,
with creative directors moving from one sphere to the other.
What can we learn from this fluidity?
With more, here's Monocle's design editor Nick Moniz.
The blurring of boundaries between fashion and design is picking up pace.
Famed Finnish design house Itala has just celebrated the first anniversary of its creative director,
Jani Vipsolainen,
who who took up the role after working as the head of knitwear at JW Anderson.
Meanwhile,
French outdoor furniture firm Tolex is now being run by former Balmain executives Antoine Bijoux
and Emmanuel Demos.
At Milan Design Week this year, which will run from the 7th until the 13th of April,
the biggest showcases will almost certainly be the fashion brands,
with Hermes homewares prompting queues around the block.
A host of labels have even launched furniture and homeware lines.