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Milan is Fashion, Milan is Style
This becomes obvious when one moves in the center of fashion capital.
Stylish dressed men in tailored made suits of fine fabric traverse sporty and rushed the roads on the way to the bank with a short stop for an espresso at the bar.
Elegant ladies with well maintained hairstyles and amazing handbags walk erect in small groups through the shopping streets.
The young slim girls chic and contemporary dressed move e skilfully on their high heels (stilettos).
In Via Dante and Corso Vittorio Emanuele, between the Castello Sforzesco, Piazza del Duomo to Piazza San Babila, there are plenty of shops of the famous fashion brands. Teeing there continue through the Galleria San Carlo and Galleria Passarella.
Young Fashion in Milan you can buy best in Via Torino and Corso Buenos Aires. In these streets, there are both, the young international fashion brands such as H&M and the Italian chains represent such as Nara Camicie and Intimissimi.
In between you will find bars and Gelaterie for the small appetite and thirsty.
In the Brera district, which is predominantly pedestrian area, you will find beautiful jewelery shops, small boutiques and artists handmade fashion.
Other major shopping areas are distributed all over the city:
Fashion History Tour: Discover the Milan fashion district with professional guide. Walking tour in the famous fashion district of via Montenapoleone.
UPIM department stores:
Concept stores are the latest hit and a shopping experience of a special kind.
Shopping experts find cheap designer fashion in the factory outlets that exist in northern Italy. Bargain hunters find deals of the previous season at last minute price.
Particularly in and around Milan there is a large number of designer outlets, some of them even in the city center.
Over the past years, designer outlet centers have arisen, especially in northern Italy, where the famous Italian designer fashion brands are represented.
Join a day or half day tour to an outlet center, so you can spend a whole day's shopping.
The best shopping months are in spring and autumn. Every July, in Milan start summer sales. After the holidays in January, the winter sale starts. In December, most shops are open on Sundays.
August is the unfavorable month for a shopping trip, because there are many shops closed, especially in the outskirts.
The beginning of the summer and Winter Sale differs from region to region.
In Milan, the sale begins as follows:
Beginning of summer Sale in Milan is always the first Saturday in July
Beginning of the winter sales is always the first Saturday in January