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You heard us loud and clear; get ready to update those calendars! We have gathered many summer events across the globe for you to attend when you wonder: “What should I do this weekend?” From museum exhibits to fashion and interior design shows to women’s empowerment events, it is safe to say we have 2025 summer events for all the design and fashion lovers out there!

SUMMER EVENTS 2025 @ MUSEUMS Around the World

Au fil de l’or: The Art of Dressing from the Orient to the Rising Sun

Through July 6 | Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France
Enjoy a journey where gold meets textiles.

Solid Gold

Through July 6 | Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, USA
“For its 200th anniversary, the Brooklyn Museum is exhibiting 500 pieces (paintings, clothing, videos, jewelry, design, coins, sculptures) or partially covered in the precious metal. 250 of these are from its own collections.” Look out for Cartier pieces.

Sargent and Paris

Through August 3, 2025 | The Met, New York, NY
“Sargent and Paris explores the early career of American painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925). he exhibition will take an in-depth look at this captivating portrait and the numerous preparatory sketches, and it will be displayed alongside select portraits of Parisiennes by Sargent’s contemporaries.” The Marguerite and Frank A. Cosgrove Jr. Fund is behind this wonderful exhibit.

Also on at The Met: Arts of Africa, Arts of Ancient America, Arts of Oceania

Christian Dior: Jardins Rêvés

Through September 28, 2025 | SCAD Fash Lacoste, France
“Christian Dior: Jardins Rêvés is created and organized exclusively by Christian Dior Couture in collaboration with SCAD. Curated by Hélène Starkman, exhibition curator for Christian Dior Couture, and organized by Rafael Brauer Gomes, creative director of SCAD FASH museums, and Ariel Stark, assistant director of fashion exhibiti-ons and operations, this exhibition will present a selection of haute couture garments, sketches, and accessories designed by Christian Dior himself as well as the artistic directors who succeeded him.”

Cartier: Exhibition

Through November 16, 2025 | V&A South Kensington, UK
This summer events 2025 must for fashion lovers features over 350 pieces including precious jewels, gemstones, and iconic watches that is symbolic to Cartier’s legacy of the design and craft.

Also on at the V&A this summer: Making Egypt, Design and Disability, British Studio Pottery and the V&A

Civilization: The Way We Live Now

Through August 24 | Kunsthalle München, Germany
“In the year of its 40^th anniversary, Kunsthalle München is dedicating this exhibition to the question of how we live today, illustrating both civilization’s diversity and contradictions.”

Vivienne Westwood: The Tiger’s Leap

Through October 12 | MODA, Museu do Design, Lisbon, Portugal
Featuring around 50 pieces, including accessories and private collection items, this exhibit highlights the British fashion icon and her awe-inspiring history in the business.

Bamboo: From the Pattern to the Object

Through September 14, 2025 | Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
“In the privacy of the Cabinet of Drawings, Wallpapers and Photographs located on the 5th floor of the museum, explore one of the recurring motifs of Asian art, bamboo.”

Mamluks

Through July 28, 2025 | Louvre, Paris, France
“The Musée du Louvre marks a European first with a major exhibition on the Mamluk sultanate (1250–1517), aiming to address this golden age of the Islamic Near East in all its scope and richness by examining it from a transregional perspective.”

Gold and Brilliance: Jewelry during the Renaissance

Through July 27 | Foundation Bemberg Museum, Toulouse, France
Presented by the Bemberg Foundation and the National Renaissance Museum, this exhibit is the first of forty years of Renaissance history of jewels.

Secrets of the Creation

Through July 20 | Petit Palais, Paris
“For the first time, the Petit Palais reveals the diversity and breadth of its collection of drawings of jewellery designs, spanning over a century of creation, from the second half of tthe 19th to the mid-20th century.”

SPLASH! A Century of Swimming and Style

Through August 17 | The Design Museum, London
“Celebrating our enduring love of the water over the last 100 years. Explore the full spectrum of the design of swimming — from sports performance and fashion, to architecture.”

The Fascination of Jewellery: 7000 Years of Jewellery Art

Through August 24 | Museum of Applied Arts Cologne, Cologne, Germany
“The exhibition features 370 pieces of jewelry, all from the MAKK’s collection of 1,700 pieces spanning seven millennia. Nineteenth and twentieth-century jewels by masters such as René Lalique, Karl Gustav Hansen and Castellani also provide an excellent opportunity to visit Cologne.”

René Lalique, architect and decorator

Through November 2, 2025 | Lalique Museum, Wingen-sur-Moder, France
The René Lalique exhibition focuses on large format photography, period documents, and a decorative glass concept to take visitors on a visually stimulating journey.

Van Cleef & Arpels “Precious Jewels Telling Time”

Through November 9 | Raffles Arcade, Singapore
“Precious Jewels Telling Time” exhibition is presented in Les Jardins Secrets by Van Cleef & Arpels and exhibits a curated selection of timepieces.

ANCIENT INDIA: Living Traditions

Through October 19 | The British Museum, London
“Reaching back more than 2,000 years, this new exhibition explores the origins of Hindu, Jain and Buddhist sacred art in the ancient and powerful nature spirits of India, and the spread of this art beyond the subcontinent.”

Giorgio Armani Privé 2005 – 2025

Through December 28, 2025 | Armani Silos, Milan, Italy
Curated by Giorgio Armani himself, this fashion lovers dream exhibit opens for the first time in Milan showcasing an exquisite collection of Haute Couture garments.

SUMMER 2025 FASHION EVENTS

UBS House of Craft x Dior

June 6–8, 2025 | 28 Pine Street, New York, New York
“This June, UBS House of Craft returns to New York City with a celebration of the craft of couture – the pinnacle of fashion craftsmanship – in collaboration with Dior, curated by fashion icon Carine Roitfeld, with an exhibition by Brigitte Niedermair.”

Milan Fashion Week Men’s Spring Summer 2026

June 20–24 | Milan, Italy

Paris Men’s Fashion Week Spring Summer 2026

June 24–29, 2025 | Paris, France
While we love women lots at LH, we also love men and all genders and always love seeing what transpires during men’s fashion weeks.

Berlin Fashion Week

June 30–July 3, 2025 | Berlin, Germany
Featuring up and coming designers, this year’s fashion week will showcase freedom, inclusivity, and creativity.

Paris Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2025 – 2026

July 7–10 | Paris, France
As the Federation’s name indicates, Haute Couture lies at the heart of fashion’s ecosystem. Tremendously modern, it is a permanent gateway between a tradition of excellence in know-how and contemporaneity in creation, embodying today’s manufacturing techniques that are at the cutting edge of innovation.

Burberry at The Newt in Somerset

Through August 18, 2025 | Hadspen, United Kingdom
The collaboration, which launched with a dinner at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and will continue until the 18th of August, celebrates the best of British craftsmanship and style, and pays homage to Burberry’s deep-rooted history of finding inspiration in the outdoors

New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2026

September 11–16

London Fashion Week S/S 26

September 18–22

Milan Fashion Week S/S

September 23–29

Paris Fashion Week S/S 26

September 29 – October 7

Chanel’s la Galerie du 19M Tokyo

September 30 – October 20, 2025
Following its international debut in Dakar, Senegal, in 2023, CHANEL’s Métiers d’Art hub for artistry will travel from Paris to Tokyo to present a creative dialogue between French haute couture craftsmanship and traditional Japanese crafts. The exhibition will include a cultural program, free and open to all, on the 52nd floor of the Mori Tower, Roppongi Hills.

SUMMER 2025 EVENTS in DESIGN

Wow!house: The Ultimate Designer Showcase

Through July 3, 2025 | Wow!house, London, UK
“Step into a world where design dreams come to life, where creativity knows no bounds, and where every corner exudes wonder and inspiration. Welcome to WOW!house, the award-winning showhouse presented by Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour.”

San Francisco Design Week

June 2–10, 2025 | San Francisco, California USA
SFDW is an essential week-long, city-wide festival that showcases the unique intersection of ideas, design, business & entrepreneurism that makes the Bay Area the birthplace of the future.

Design Shanghai 2025

June 4–7 | Shanghai, China
Design Shanghai is Asia’s leading international design event, breaking new ground and setting a precedent in Asia’s ever-growing design community.

Lightovation

June 18–21 | Dallas, Texas, USA
One of the largest residential lighting shows returns to Dallas Market Center with dozens of brands—notable names include William Lamont, Daniel Stuart Studio, and Hinkley. A preview day for designers, architects, builders, and other trade professionals will include presentations, a product trend tour and networking opportunities.

Dallas Total Home & Gift Market

June 18–24, 2025 | Dallas, Texas
The annual fair connects retailers and manufacturers in home decor, gifts, gourmet, housewares, accessories and lighting. This year the market is showcasing The Temps (June 18-21), which offer unique products and inspiring new collections based on neighborhood destinations.

Art Basel 2025

June 19–22 | Basel, Switzerland
The Art Basel show brings the international art world together with the world’s leading galleries showing the works of over 4,000 artists.

LA Design Festival 2025

June 26–29 | Los Angeles, California, USA
Founded in 2011, the Los Angeles Design Festival is more than a weekend—it’s a global platform for creative exploration, cultural exchange, and design as a tool for transformation. From architecture and storytelling to systems thinking and public space, LADF celebrates the power of design to shape not just objects, but futures.

The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market 2025

July 15–21 | Atlanta, Georgia USA
The industry’s largest gift and home furnishings Market of the summer, featuring more than 9,000 brands across all categories of gift, home décor, and furnishings.

Decor + Design Mel/25

July 16–18, 2025 | Melbourne, Australia
Australia’s no. 1 interiors trade event.

Las Vegas Market 2025

July 27–31 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Las Vegas Market sets the pace for what’s cool and cutting-edge in a cross-category showcase that spans furniture, home decor, and gift. One of the West Coast’s most prominent interior design events.

NY NOW Summer 2025

August 3–5 | New York, NY New York USA
NY NOW is the market for HOME, LIFESTYLE, HANDMADE, and GIFT. It’s the market for the premier retailer to stand out from the competition.

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SUMMER 2025 EVENTS for WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

2025 National NOW Conference

July 11–13 | Las Vegas, Nevada USA
“Get ready for an unforgettable weekend in Las Vegas, July 11–13! Dive into energizing workshops, hear from powerful speakers, join vibrant caucuses, and connect with fellow feminists for a weekend packed with purpose and passion.”

EmPOWERed Patient Summitt White Gala

July 26 | New York, NY, USA
The White Dress in partnership with NYC Langone Health Center for fibroid cancer, celebrates the EmPOWERED Patient Summit White Gala this year as we reflect on monumental achievements and incredible progress.

eWN ICON, Dallas

August 13–16 | Dallas, Texas, USA
This event gathers inspired, motivated, positive business owners and women entrepreneurs who are here to help each other succeed. The exchange of ideas, best practices, tips, and strategies are unmatched, and therefore deep, meaningful, authentic relationships unfold for attendees.

SHOWHOUSES, FESTIVALS & MORE SUMMER 2025 To-Dos

London Festival of Architecture

June 1–30, 2025 | London, UK
The London Festival of Architecture celebrates London as the global hub for architecture. The festival offers a lively and diverse program of public interior design and architecture-related events across London, exploring the theme of unique ‘voices’ in 2025.

The Donauinselfest

June 20–22 | Vienna, Austria
The largest open-air music festival in Europe, The Donauinselfest is a free event.

TomorrowLand 2025

Weekend 1: July 18-20; Weekend 2: July 25-27 | De Schorre, Boom, Belgium
The People of Tomorrow believe in enjoying life to the fullest without having to compromise everything. Responsible for the generation of tomorrow and with respect for each other and Mother Nature, this is one of the 2025 summer events not to be missed by electronic music lovers. (If you can get a ticket!)

Holiday House Hamptons Summer 2025

July 13 – August 17 | Water Mill, NY, USA
Returning this year for its 7th edition, this summer’s Holiday House Hamptons home will be transformed by 15 of the industry’s top interior designers to raise money for breast cancer research. Founded by the inspiring Iris Dankner, the Holiday House Hamptons is a summer events 2025 must!

2025 Tulsa Designer Showcase

May 3–18, 2025 | Tulsa, OK, USA
The Designer Showcase Home Builders Association is behind this big event in Tulsa this year.In this edition, the showcase home was built in 1923 and transformed into a Mediterranean oasis in 2025. The home is located at 2156 S. Owasso Pl., Tulsa.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

August 2–26 | Edinburgh, Scotland
Artists and performers take to hundreds of stages all over the city to present shows for every taste. From big names in entertainment to unknown artists, the festival caters to everyone and includes a variety of summer events. Events include theatre, comedy, dance, physical theatre, circus, cabaret, children’s shows, musicals, opera, music, spoken word, exhibitions, and events.

Kips Bay Decorator Show House

Fall 2025 | New York, USA & Dallas, Texas USA
In preparation for the next season, we can’t wait to see what Kips Bay has in store for its Annual New York and Dallas editions. Both events are slated for Fall 2025 and surely the list of top talent who will transform the selected homes will bring style in the form of fine furnishings, art, technology and more!

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