Archive For February, 2011
Chanel and Colette collaboration begins tomorrow 3/1/11 for a not to be missed 10-day installation. Get your 2.55′s ready!
This week’s guest JetShopper is veteran trend scouter and shopper extraordinaire, Kevin Leong. Having done trend forecasting for companies ranging from Payless to Motorola, Kevin knows how to shop various markets.
If I were to choose one store that summed up shopping in Milan, it would be 10 Corso Como. Created by Carla Sozzani (sister to Franca Sozzani, editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia), Corso Como is a constantly evolving 13,000 sqf space which includes the Galleria Carla Sozzani (photography and design gallery), a bookstore (design books from all [...]
Lake Como is just a 20-minute, 25 Euro taxi ride, or 3 Euro bus ride away from FoxTown. We had planned to take the bus but when we saw the S-Class Mercedes waiting in the taxi stand, we figured the extra Euros were worth relaxation in luxury after a serious day of shopping.
Nonetheless, here is how to get to the Moltrasio section of Como where we stayed via bus.
With fellow JetShoppers Jerry and Damon in town from Hong Kong, I decided to continue on my Italy shopping posts. Of the Italian cities I’ve visited, I enjoy shopping in Milan the most. You can go from the flagship Prada store in the historic Galleria Vittorio Emanuele (approaching its 100 year anniversary in 2013) that sells exclusive items not sold anywhere else, to stores like Il Salvagente that sells carefully selected luxury stock from previous seasons.
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