Designer shopping in Lombardy & The Lakes
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Trace
Ingenious indie designers turn old school into new cool here: yellow and brown silkscreened stripes make you stare longer than is decent at sheer, pleated white cotton schoolgirl skirts, a newfangled traditional Japanese jacket comes with an ingenious built-in ruched belt and diagonal pleats add a contrarian twist to a skirt made of regimental tie fabric.
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Telerie Roberto
The striped Jaipur silk scarves are a stylish steal at under €20, but the ruched, pleated, quilted local Como silk stoles (€50 plus) tempt with irresistible sheen and extreme thread count - Roberto will proudly whip out a magnifying glass to show you. This is the stuff of couture dreams, and Milan's finest curtains too.
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Dragoncella
Flattering, flirty looks with a cutting edge make Dragoncella look like Betsey Johnson's Italian love child. Unexpected details make each piece unique, like a circle of plain white on the side of a psychedelic print dress, or red ribbon on a brown denim skirt hem. Unexpected prices too: almost everything is under €100.
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Love Therapy
Back in the '80s, designer Elio Fiorucci was all about cherub T-shirts and red jeans - but now he's moved on to garden gnomes and gotten into Love Therapy. You will too, with gnome tees for adults and kids, funky Irregular Choice metallic flats, and orange and green Orla Kiely raincoats for strutting in storms.
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Martino Midali
Midali has a flair for delicate nips and tucks that would make a plastic surgeon jealous. His ingeniously ruched purple silk skirt nips in to make any waistline look tiny, and pin-tucking turns a plain white cotton shirt into a wonder with hundreds of tiny folds of fabric.
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Anna Fabiano
Hardworking Milanese fashionistas treat themselves to these curvaceous red jackets, swingy black-and-white knit silk skirts and kicky minidresses, each under €100. 'They're lovely because they're made with love', says Anna from behind the counter, and she means it.
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DB Living
Two floors of inexpensive, whimsical design objects, including rubber radios that look bounceable and lamps made entirely of Italian comics. Introduce fun to the office with a turquoise leather case for papers, or a pop-up plastic puzzle that doubles as a CD/DVD rack.
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Moroni Gomma
Every plastic gizmo imaginable, and then some: credit cards you use to grate garlic, Kartell orange Lucite end tables, melamine bowls lined with photographic serving suggestions of popcorn or pistachios. Don't miss the 'nice price' bargains on the mezzanine.
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Salvatore & Marie
The fashion musts of the future have already arrived here: outer-space orange Lucite collars, bronzed porcelain candelabra recently evolved from primordial ooze, and tank tops with detachable soft-sculpture cats that would be right at home on Tim Burton.
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Alessi
Where would any design fiend worth their salt be without a kitchen appliance from Alessi ?
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