Location: Bulgari Resort Bali Bali, Indonesia

Fashion designers have long made their impressions on the runway with iconic, albeit jaw-dropping silhouettes and in recent years have taken to the travel industry designing signature suites at some of the world’s top-rated hotels and launching eponymous brands all over the world. 

Location: Bulgari Resort Bali Bali, Indonesia

From Bulgari to Lacroix, Moschino, Armani, Vuitton, Ferragamo and Byblos, these designers have jetsetters trekking from Europe to the South Pacific, Middle East, United Kingdom and Southeast Asia to experience fashionable travel.

Left: Location: Hotel Le BellechasseParis, France; Right: Location: Hotel du Petit Moulin Paris, France

When a guest steps into any of these hotels they are instantly enveloped by the mind’s eye of these artists from the more obvious bedding and furniture to the more obscure wallpaper, lighting choices, commissioned art, and even the loo. While you may not have anything from Christian Lacroix’s latest collection hanging in your closet, you can travel to his native France and 

Location: Hotel du Petit Moulin Paris, France

tay at the incredible Hotel du Petit Moulin in Paris’ Le Marais quarter or equally magnificent Hotel Le Bellechasse in Saint-Germain. Want to go to Bali? At Bulgari’s resort in Indonesia, Italian style and Balinese tranquility exist in harmony. 

Location: Maison Moschino Milan, Italy

Other stylish options include the very whimsical Maison Moschino in Milan and Byblos Art Hotel Villa Amista’, with its permanent art exhibition, in Verona. And if you prefer snow over sun, perhaps Louis Vuitton’s Cheval Blanc in the French Alps is a more suitable choice. The Cheval Blanc Spa is the perfect destination après-ski.

Location: Cheval BlancCourchevel, France

In the world of fashion, design can transform you; in the world of fashion designer hotels, design can transport you. Just remember to make reservations.

> Written by Jessica Latimer

Location: Cheval BlancCourchevel, France