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Central Milan, Italy.
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NATIONAL CHAMBER FOR ITALIAN FASHION IN MILAN
Milan is the international stage for Fashion, as it is the centre for
trends, innovation and energy. The Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana
(The National Chamber for Italian Fashion) is the non profit making
Association which disciplines, co-ordinates and promotes the development
of Italian Fashion. The Association represents all the highest cultural
values of Italian Fashion. It aims to protect, co-ordinate and
strengthen its image, both in Italy and abroad. In accordance with the
statutory provisions, the Association is the point of reference, as well
as the preferential mouthpiece, for all the national and international
initiatives aimed at valuing and promoting Italian style, customs and
Fashion. Right from the year of its foundation, in 1958, the Association
has pursued a policy of organizational support aimed at the knowledge,
promotion and development of Fashion through events with a highly
intellectual image in Italy and abroad. Recent agreements over
international calendars, which have led to the signing of the
Italian-French agreement, have given Milan and the Camera Nazionale
della Moda Italiana the role of undisputed protagonist on the
international fashion scene, thus also contributing to the consolidation
of alliances with London and New York. Information on
www.cameramoda.it.
THE STREETS OF FASHION
The high fashion shop windows in Milan are concentrated in the streets
of a conveniently central area beginning just 10 minutes from Piazza
della Scala and running along Via Montenapoleone, Via Sant'Andrea, Via
della Spiga. The area can be reached easily by subway on the yellow,
number 3 line, getting off at the Montenapoleone stop. Directly in front
(Via Morone 8) you'll find the POLDI PEZZOLI MUSEUM,
www.museopoldipezzoli.it, famous for its Pollaiolo portraits and an
impressive collection of antique lace.
We can begin our itinerary from the heart of the luxury shopping area in
Milan: Via Montenapoleone, Via della Spiga and Via Sant'Andrea, elegant
streets that together with Via Manzoni, Via Borgospesso and Via Santo
Spirito are the outer limits of the famous FASHION QUADRILATERO. This
area contains the most prestigious boutiques and showrooms in the world,
full of minimalist design and high tech, that follow on without any nd
to this continuity, and provide a triumph of consumer stimulus that only
a select few can respond to. In this square area, that is really
extremely expensive, luxury is the true protagonist. Dazzling jewels
created by the most famous name, clothes and accessories to die for, to
be owned and flaunted, shoes that are works of art. Everything reeks of
ostentation and the splendor of a chic, fashionable lifestyle. Many
foreign tourists come to the showrooms and come out full of parcels,
because Italian fashion continues to attract and fascinate the whole
world, and Milan is the most representative symbol of all this.
Let’s start from the most famous of all the streets of fashion: VIA MONTENAPOLEONE. This is where you can find, amongst others, the
atelier-showrooms of: Gucci, Versace, Salvatore Ferragamo, Fratelli
Rossetti, Etro, Loro Piana, Luis Vuitton, Prada, Valentino, Cartier and
Tanino Crisci.
In VIA SANT'ANDREA, a street that crosses Via Montenapoleone you can
find: Chanel, Fendi, Armani, Moschino, Kenzo, Cesare Paciotti, Hermés,
Prada and Trussardi.
Via Sant'Andrea crosses the famous VIA DELLA SPIGA, where you can enjoy
the shop windows at: D&G, Krizia, Sergio Rossi, Gianfranco Ferré,
Bottega Veneta, Tod's, Genny, Prada, Bulgari and Chopard.
The equally elegant VIA MANZONI is home to Spazio Armani at no. 31. This
is the Giorgio Armani multi-concept store where you can admire the
Emporio Armani showrooms, Armani casa, and Armani fiori. You can also
sip an aperitif at the Emporio Armani Cafè, or spend an evening at the
restaurant Nobu, with a dinner by the best Japanese chef to emerge in
the last 10 years: Nobuyuki Matsuhisa who opened this chain of
restaurants together with Robert de Niro.
VIA MONTENAPOLEONE
Salvatore Ferragamo and Roman designer Valentino (men's and women's
boutiques) welcome you at the very beginning, on the block between the
cross-streets of Via Borgospesso and Via Santo Spirito.
Passing Via del Gesù, you'll encounter two French fashion landmarks,
Cartier and Louis Vuitton.
Prada Uomo is situated on the corner of Montenapoleone and Via Bagutta.
In the courtyard, you'll find Mila Shön and Versace Donna.
On the left side of the street, there are the shoes of Fratelli Rossetti
and, on what was once the site of La Cantina Domicini, Fausto Santini shoes.
Scarves by Ferragamo at No. 3 are immediately followed by Tanino Crisci
tailor-made shoes.
Gucci and Etro, extending over several floors (leathers on the ground
floor and in the basement. 1st floor menswear, 2nd floor ladies'), are
at No. 5.
The Gianni Versace Boutique at No. 2 is spread over four floors: Ground
floor - men's and women's accessories, 1st floor custom menswear, 2nd
floor menswear, 3rd and 4th floors prêt-à-porter menswear.
VIA SANT'ANDREA
Missoni Boutique catches our eye on the corner with Via Bagutta.
Gianfranco Ferré Boutique is at No.18
Dolce & Gabbana at 10/A
Chanel located at 10/A with Moschino at No. 12
The left side of the street begins with Hermes at No.21, then continues
with Prada with Kenzo at 19, while No.9 houses the much-frequented
Armani boutique.
Trussardi for men and women is located at No.5
Mario Valentino, glamourous leatherwear and shoes, is at the end of the
street.
VIA DELLA SPIGA
This street, closed to traffic, is the true mecca for window shoppers.
Beginning at the intersection with Sant'Andrea you'll first encounter
Borsalino.
Dream at Bvlgari jewelry, located at No.6
Along the opposite side of the street, turning back, you'll see Prada at
No.3, and Bottega Veneta, leather and women's wear boutiques.
Sharra Pagano, high-fashion/high-price costume jewelery, is at No.7.
Erreuno is located at No.15, and at the intersection with Borgospesso,
Krizia.
Via della Spiga continues past the intersection, with Ceramiche di
Caltagirone (vases, tiles).
Be sure to appreciate the granite paving stones on Via Della Spiga. The
historic tiles are unusually clean and shiny, having been restored one
by one to their original luster.
For more affordable purchases, there are four important streets in the
city that are almost entirely dedicated to shopping: Corso Vittorio
Emanuele, Corso Buenos Aires, Via Torino and Corso di Porta Ticinese.
CORSO VITTORIO EMANUELE links Piazza Duomo with Piazza San Babila, and
begins with the Rinascente, the monument to Milanese shopping that owes
its name to Gabriele d'Annunzio. In CORSO VITTORIO EMANUELE there are
sophisticated label shops, such as Max Mara, Moreschi, Bruno Magli and
Pollini, but there are also more popular labels such as H&M, Zara and
Furla.
CORSO BUENOS AIRES, that is one of the longest streets in Europe,
connects Porta Venezia to Piazzale Loreto, and is even more commercial:
here you can find Timberland, Mandarina Duck, Benetton, Kookai and Nara
Camice.
In VIA TORINO that stretches between the Duomo and Corso di Porta
Ticinese, the average shopper’s age is much lower and the casual style
is sportier, with Foot Looker, Camper and Energy shops all here.
The nearer you get to the NAVIGLI AREA, which is the temple of
street-style, the more the shop scenario changes.
CORSO DI PORTA TICINESE, a continuation of Via Torino that takes you
right up to PIAZZA XXIV MAGGIO, is the right place for those
“alternative” purchases: Custo-Barcellona, Diesel, Miss Sixteen, Gas and
Fornarina stand alongside second-hand clothes shops, shops with bizarre
objects for the home, handmade clothes and accessory stores made from
silk and other precious materials.
MARKETS IN MILAN
Milan also has some interesting markets. Here are just two of the most
interesting and characteristic:
FIERA DI SENIGALLIA in Milan is now an institution: every Saturday
morning, Viale d'Annunzio, along the wharf, becomes a picturesque sight,
full of noise, color and other smells so typical of flea markets. You
can find everything here: Indian, South American and African craftwork;
new and second-hand clothes, old furniture, fake art nouveau lamps,
perfumed candles and every kind of essence, books, comics, records,
videos and DVDs. There are tidy stalls and messy ones where you can go
looking for your bargain. The music of the Senegalese musicians is like
a theme tune, as they pound on drums of all sizes, accompanying the
people walking around with their frenetic rhythms.
MERCATONE DEL NAVIGLIO GRANDE takes place along the Alzaia Naviglio
Grande on the last Sunday of each month. A large exhibition-market is
set up that is dedicated to antiques: furniture, objects for the home,
old books, jewelry, and lots more too. The market has 400 exhibitors,
some of whom also have their own shops on the banks of the Naviglio
grande.
OUTLETS NEAR MILAN
Let’s end our itinerary of shopping with a mini-guide to the outlets
near Milan.
One of the characteristics of Milan that shopping lovers like is the
fact that there are many famous-label outlets in the city center that
are usually only found on the city outskirts or in the provinces. Some
of the ones in the center are: Diffusione Tessile, which is the Max Mara
group’s outlet, the Bruno Magli and Etro outlets where you can find
items from past collections and also Luciano Soprani, Kookai, Valextra,
a sophisticated suitcase company, and Bassetti, where you can buy all
the bedding and linen you need for your house.
Near Milan instead, you can find the McArthur Glen Shopping City (Serravalle
Scrivia, Alessandria), the Fratelli Rossetti outlet (Parabiago), Dolce &
Gabbana outlet (Legnano), Timberland outlet (Pero), Levi's (Cernusco sul
Naviglio) and Samsonite (Corsico) outlets, and finally Frette (Concorezzo)
and Zucchi (Casorezzo) for bed linen.
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