Artsy Editorial Explores 10 Fashion Designers Who Collect Art, From Miuccia Prada to Jonathan Anderson

An Artsy editorial published in 2025 examines the collecting habits of ten fashion designers, including Miuccia Prada and Jonathan Anderson. The piece argues that art, aside from nature, is fashion's most enduring source of inspiration, noting that designers have long drawn on paintings, sculptures and weavings whose prints, patterns, contours and compositions reappear in their garments. The relationship between the two fields has generated a wave of exhibitions in 2025 alone: the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute will stage the spring 2026 blockbuster "Costume Art," while "Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art" runs at London's Victoria and Albert Museum and "Art X Fashion" is presented at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Alongside this exhibition boom, cultural institutions have become preferred venues for fashion brands' runway shows, and each season brings new artist collaborations. The editorial concludes that art has become fashion's ultimate cultural currency, yet for many designers it has always been an integral part of their lives and work. The article does not specify the remaining designers on the list or the artworks they own.