This year, the gold colour played a key role in international fashion, not only in fashion shows and runways: the world of design, attentive by nature and often able to anticipate trends, immediately embraced the same attention to gold. At Milan Salone del Mobile the most important brands presented products and entire collections with gold finishes, colours and fabrics. Kartell even displayed its new collection in a stunning looking stand made of gold. After years of transparent pieces, the Milan-based company launched "Precious Kartell," a new collection of best sellers in metallic finishes: gold, bronze, silver, gunmetal, copper, and even the brilliance of the crystal. "Precious Kartell" is the glorification of plastic which becomes more and more valuable.