Zara taps renowned designers for 50th anniversary collection
Norman Foster, David Chipperfield, Es Devlin, Marc Newson, Vincent Van Duysen and more design fashion pieces and homeware for Zara’s 50th anniversary collection. On October 6th, 2025, the brand is set to release the wearable and functional objects, which range from bags, lamps, and glasses to surfboards, ceramic plates, vessels, and pieces of luggage. The collection was unveiled at a week-long pop-up shop in Paris during Paris Fashion Week 2025, running from September 29th to October 7th. Sarah Andelman, the former co-founder of the concept store Colette, who also made book holders for the series, curated the exhibition and pop-up.
The complete list of collaborators for Zara’s 50th anniversary collection includes Alex de Betak, Anna Sui, Annie Leibovitz, Axel Vervoordt, Beka Gvishiani, Cedric Grolet, Charlotte Rampling, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Craig McDean, David Bailey, David Chipperfield, David Sims, Es Devlin, Ezra Petronio, Fabien Baron, Guido Palau, Harry Lambert, Javier Vallhonrat, Karl Templer, Karlie Kloss, Kasing Lung, Kate Moss, Leslie Zhang, Linda Evangelista, Luca Guadagnino, Ludovic de Saint Sernin, M&M Paris, Marc Newson, Mario Sorrenti, Naomi Campbell, Narciso Rodriguez, Nick Knight, Norman Foster, Paolo Roversi, Pat McGrath, Pedro Almodóvar, Philip Treacy, Pierpaolo Piccioli, Pieter Mulier, Ramdane Touhami, Robbie Williams, Rosalía, Samuel Ross, Sarah Andelman, Sterling Ruby, Steven Meisel, Tim Walker and Vincent Van Duysen.
Pierpaolo Piccioli’s surfboard | all images courtesy of Zara
Marc Newson and Vincent Van Duysen design homeware
Zara’s 50th anniversary collection brings together renowned architects, industrial designers, and artists, tasked to produce fashion pieces and home objects for the series. Among them are architects Norman Foster and David Chipperfield, industrial designer Marc Newson, stage designer Es Devlin, and Belgian designer Vincent Van Duysen. Architect Norman Foster designs three leather bags for the brand, with a briefcase made in Italian brown leather. His focus was on functionality and durability, the same principles he uses in his architectural designs. Even architect David Chipperfield creates a set of leather bags, but unlike Norman Foster’s smooth finishes, his uses untreated leather to let the material show its natural surface and change over years of use.
Belgian designer Vincent Van Duysen contributes a hand-blown glass vessel; each piece is made individually, so no two vessels are the same. For the industrial designer Marc Newson, the glazed tumblers showcase opaque surfaces, treating color as a solid material. The artist and designer Es Devlin designs a concrete lamp instead, shaped as a cube with openings for light. Cast in solid concrete, it echoes her large-scale stage and installation projects but in a reduced scale for domestic use. There’s also the set of ceramic plates, bowls, and a cup by artist Sterling Ruby; each piece is handmade with splatter patterns in yellow and black as a reference to his art practice.
Pet carrier by Steven Meisel
Pierpaolo Piccioli creates a hot pink surfboard
The Zara 50th anniversary collection continues with filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar and his T-shirt featuring a montage of images from his well-known films, linking the collection to Spanish cinema and commercial fashion. Photographer Leslie Zhang contributes a porcelain vessel priced that references Longquan celadon, a Chinese ceramic style, but includes the brand’s name carved into the floral motif. Fashion designer Pierpaolo Piccioli creates a hot pink surfboard, which signals Zara’s interest in lifestyle products related to leisure.
Singer Rosalía comes up with a furry daybed, and supermodels also chip in for the Zara 50th anniversary collection. Naomi Campbell designs a leather dress, Christy Turlington produces a piece of luggage, and Kate Moss creates a keepsake box, which can double as an ashtray. Then, streetwear designer Samuel Ross, founder of A-COLD-WALL*, adds an olive parka coat to the series. The Zara 50th anniversary collection goes live on October 6th, 2025.
T-shirt designed by Pedro Almodóvar
Craig McDean’s leather jacket
David Bailey’s jacket
