MilanShopping

Child shopping in Milan

  1. A

    Nume

    Hand-stitched felt pillows that declare ‘stella stellina, la notte si avvicina ’ (little star, the night is coming), a long-time favourite Italian lullaby, pair beautifully with simply designed kids furniture at this individual children’s design shop. Search out the interlocking cardboard construction sets, which are kid-pleasing and very stylish too.

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  2. B

    Pupi Solari

    Many Milanese from a certain kind of family will recall regular Pupi Solari visits for shoe fittings and picking out exquisitely decorated party dresses or tweed jackets just like daddy’s. The wonderfully lavish window displays still delight; there’s now a women’s department and in the same square, a men’s-wear branch Host.

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  3. C

    Aprica

    Aprica’s passeginas (strollers) raise the style stakes way beyond Bugaboo, sprouting exquisite organza-leaved boot covers in grownup shades of mushroom or ink. For little label slaves, there’s special edition bibs, the linked Fendi Fs awaiting their first slop.

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  4. D

    Il Mondo è Piccolo

    These imaginative, well-crafted toys are just the ticket to amuse young minds and cater to second childhoods. It’s never too late to enjoy a wheeled wooden duck on a stick.

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  5. E

    Citta del Sole

    Inspire your little Leonardo with that book on bridges designed by da Vinci or groom a mini Gae Aulenti with Bauhaus blocks.

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