From Runway to Real Estate: Miami Fashion Week Opens with a New Kind of Couture

MIAMI (October 21, 2025) — Miami Fashion Week opens today, and while the world’s attention turns to the catwalks, another form of couture is quietly reshaping the city’s skyline. Beyond fabrics and silhouettes, design has found a new canvas: real estate.

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From FENDI Casa’s debut interiors-led project in Aventura with Vertical Developments, to Naftali Group’s JEM Residences in Downtown Miami — where FENDI Casa is designing a series of Sky Villas that redefine sophistication — fashion is stepping off the runway and into the walls we live within.

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Avenia Aventura Interiors by FENDI Casa

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Across South Florida, the intersection between luxury fashion and architecture is becoming a defining trend. Armani/Casa Residences Pompano Beach bring the brand’s refined minimalism to the coast; 888 Brickell by Dolce & Gabbana celebrates Italian sensuality through vertical design; and ELLE Residences Miami transforms editorial glamour into an architectural identity.

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Armani/Casa Residences Pompano Beach

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According to Vertical Developments, which leads FENDI Casa’s first interiors-driven project in the region, the demand for fashion-branded residences continues to grow among global buyers who now “collect homes the way they once collected couture.”

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FENDI Casa-designed Sky Villas at JEM Residences Miami 

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These developments don’t just sell square footage — they sell belonging. Each project embodies a brand’s cultural heritage: Italian elegance, Parisian modernity, or editorial sophistication. For Miami, it’s more than architecture — it’s identity.

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ELLE Residences Miami.

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888 Brickell by Dolce & Gabbana

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As Miami Fashion Week takes over the city from October 21 to 26, the runway extends far beyond the tents. It rises in glass towers, marble lobbies, and designer penthouses — where style becomes structure, and luxury finds a permanent address.

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