The five most beautiful power couples in fashion

Working with your life partner can be a dream or a nightmare. When it's a nightmare, it doesn't last long - but when it's a dream, great things are accomplished together. The concept of a power couple is not unfamiliar in the fashion world, although often the most famous designers prefer romantic relationships outside the industry: too much competition, too many opportunities to step on each other's toes, or worse, to find themselves on opposite sides. This makes the phenomenon of the power couple even more extraordinary: it's already difficult to maintain a relationship, let alone run a business together. Nevertheless, these couples are proof that there is hope for those who want to combine matters of the heart with business, and these are the best examples.

1. Lucie & Luke Meier

This couple has come a long way. She is Swiss, studied fashion marketing in Florence, worked first at Louis Vuitton and then at Balenciaga, being chosen by Raf Simons to oversee Dior's women's collections during his tenure. He is Canadian, studied in the USA, was the head of design at Supreme for eight years, and founded OAMC. During their studies, for the classic cultural exchange, he arrives in Florence and meets her at Polimoda. The two get together, take a long summer trip along the roads of Italy and France, and finally tie the knot in 2007. But it's only since 2017, when they are appointed as co-creative directors of Jil Sander, that the simple couple becomes a power couple. And their success has never stopped since.

2. Miuccia Prada & Patrizio Bertelli

Legends abound about the most iconic couple in Italian fashion. The most beautiful one is about their first encounter, at the international fair Mipel, a sort of Fuorisalone for leather goods, in 1977. Apparently, Miuccia arrived at the stand where Patrizio was presenting his line "Sir Robert" accusing him of copying her bags. As it sometimes happens, a love story ensued from an argument. They got married on Valentine's Day, no less, exactly 37 years ago. She the creative and he the business genius: together over the years they expanded Prada from bags and suitcases to shoes, women's and then men's clothing, a sailing team, and Marchesi pastry shop. Among fashionistas and high society of the city, there still exists the vague fantasy of seeing Miuccia running for mayor of Milan - but you don't need the keys to Palazzo Marino to make them a power couple. The vastness of Fondazione Prada is more than enough.

3. Valentino Garavani & Giancarlo Giammetti

The couple is obviously iconic in itself: trips to Capri with Jackie O., photos from the boat, extravagant houses scattered around the world, an army of pugs. It's iconic especially because they never hid behind euphemisms or appearances. The first meeting is as chic as the rest of their fifty-something years together: the last day of July 1960 at the Cafè de Paris on via Veneto in Rome. The episode we prefer to remember, less sugary, dates back to the Years of Lead: many remember how through the streets of the Capital, burdened by the nightmare of terrorism and the Red Brigades, they drove around in a red car without a single worry in the world. A coolness that never left them and made them billionaires.

4. Matthieu Blazy & Pieter Mulier

In a world of couples always in the spotlight, or at least flashy enough to be seen from ten kilometers away, the Blazy/Mulier duo was perhaps the most relatable: having met around 2007 under the roof of Raf Simons, where Mulier was the designer's right-hand man, and then always together through a professional journey that calling "venerable" is an understatement, the two are the epitome of modern chic. Collectors, decorators (we still remember the leather bedspread seen during the Alaïa show organized in their penthouse in Antwerp), art lovers, always careful to invite each other to the shows of their respective brands. The two broke up last year, unfortunately, still remaining friends since they still share custody of their dog. However, their story shows us that rather than being cool, it is better to be cute.

5. Rick Owens & Michele Lamy

Inutile fare presentazioni di loro due. Incredibile come due creativi dall’immaginazione tanto fosca e dall’aspetto così vagamente minaccioso siano poi i più dolci e inseparabili di tutti gli innamorati di questa lista. Incontratisi a Los Angeles nel 1990 e da allora praticamente sempre insieme, i due si sono trasferiti a Parigi nel 2003 per poi sposarsi effettivamente nel 2006 (e vorremmo mettere le mani sull’album nuziale) anche se non è chiarissimo dove i rispettivi viaggi d’affari e di piacere li portino nel corso del tempo, una cosa certa è che entrambi insieme si divertono parecchio. Nel 2020 Michele si presentò alla fashion week con un curioso accessorio: un modello in scala della testa decapitata del marito. Non sappiamo come risolvano i battibecchi coniugali, ma sicuramente entrambi sono dotati di una sana ironia.