DK Travel : Milan and the Lakes : Shopping

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Trussardi

The 90-year-old Bergamo glove-making firm is now one of the top designers of supple leather goods and ready-to-wear fashions.
Valentino

New York’s Metropolitan Museum once mounted a show of Valentino’s artistic clothing. Classy, chic and very desirable!
Vestimoda Stock

Clothing store for men and women, offering discounts on made-in-Italy fashions, often by big names.
Via Borgospesso

In the Quadrilatero d’Oro, this street has the highest concentration of art and antique shops, from lacquered 17th-century Venetian boxes at Silva (No. 12) to a bit of everything at Silbernagl.
Via della Spiga

For sheer shopping volume head to Via della Spiga, which has more worthy shops than any other street in all of Milan. Here’s just a sample of the well-known names on offer here: Dolce e Gabbana (2, 26), Bottega Veneta (5), Gherardini (8), Tiffany & Co. (19a), Gaultier (20), Krizia (23), Roberto Cavalli (42) and Sermoneta Gloves (46).

Via della Spiga
Via Manzoni

This broad boulevard became an epicentre of Milanese fashion when Giorgio Armani opened his gargantuan superstore here in 2000 (see Giorgio Armani). On Manzoni there’s everything from the Roman fashions of Davide Cenci (No. 7) to the check-me-out jewel-lery of Donatella Pellini (No. 20).
Via Montenapoleone

Rodeo Drive, Fifth Avenue, rue du Faubourg-St-Honoré... none can claim the hometown boutiques of Prada, Armani, Versace and more. Via Montenapoleone – “Montenapo” to its friends – is the main artery of Milan’s Quadrilatero d’Oro, a “Golden Rectangle” of streets where the top international names in high fashion congregate alongside the best antiques and art dealers and a few classy cafés.

Antiques, Via Montenapoleone

Prada, Via Montenapoleone
Via P Verri

Fashion-conscious men should head for Via P Verri, where they’ll find the menswear outlet of Zegna (No. 3, (see Ermenegildo Zegna)), supplier of sharp suits and sartorial weekend attire. Two doors along at No. 1 is a wonderful little boutique for Canali’s suits.
Via San Gregorio

The grid of streets southeast of Milan’s Stazione Centrale train station is Milan’s best-kept shopping secret. Over 100 clothing warehouses and distributors pepper Via San Gregorio, Via Boscovich, Via C Tenca and others, offering cut-price goods.
Vineria Cozzi, Bergamo

Old-fashioned wine bar with glass cases and a marble cutting board in the front, and a more private back room and tiny, plant-filled courtyard to the side. Dabble with a little wine tasting of your own and some splendid little snacks.

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Restaurant price categories

For a three-course meal for one with half a bottle of wine (or equivalent meal), taxes and extra charges.
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