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FLORENCE SHOPPING TIPS:
CLOTHES SHOPPING...
These Florence shopping tips for clothes (by Jenifer Howard Forneris and Cristina
Jacomelli) should keep Casa Howard Florence guests busy! From Florence boutiques
for the fashion-conscious to stylish dressmakers and tailors, and clothing shops
and outlets this is your one-stop Florence guide to shopping!
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Florence boutiques for the fashion-conscious
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Stylish dressmakers and tailors
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Clothing shops and outlets
Florence boutiques for the fashion-conscious
Via Tornabuoni and the close by Via della Vigna Nuova are the two main high fashion
streets in Florence. It is very difficult to say which boutique is better than
the other or what clothes and accessories and other types of shops are of a higher
quality, because we believe it is simply a matter of personal taste.
Certainly, walking down these streets, the first wide and important, and the
second more discreet, can become a real tour into fashion, style, high quality
and beauty, starting from the displays. There are boutiques such as Dolce &
Gabbana, Roberto Cavalli, Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Hermes jewelleries
as Pomellato, Buccellati, Tiffany shoe boutiques as Casadei, Cesare Paciotti.
We personally love:
Florence Boutique Name: Gucci
Type: clothing; especially the accessories (bags, wallets and shoes)
Address: Via Tornabuoni, 73r;
055-2645432 .
Note: a completely Florentine brand, which had its logo and the colours beige, red
and green as its trademark and always distinguished itself for the accessories.
It almost disappeared for a while and then reappeared several years ago, totally
renewed, and has since then redefined the meaning of chic. Shoes are not particularly
comfortable, they are for small and narrow feet, but they are beautiful.
Florence Boutique Name: Gianfranco Ferre
Type: clothing
Address: Via della Vigna Nuova, 2;
055-290551 .
Note: he is the architect of high fashion clothing: beautiful, important, exquisitely
elegant and perfectly tailored chemises, pants and dress coats.
Florence Boutique Name: Armani
Type: clothing and accessories
Address: Via Tornabuoni, 48r;
055-2658121 .
Note: Armani can be distinguished among thousands of designers; he has always maintained
his minimalist refined line, which elegantly cover and caress the body lines and
strengthen masculinity and femininity. We love the textiles and also his accessories:
especially colliers and small handbags.
Florence Boutique Name: Pucci
Type: clothing
Address: Via Tornabuoni, 20r;
055-2658082 .
Note: Pucci's prints have always been his trademark; very Florentine too, by the way
Besides the renewed love for the Sixties fashion, the colours and lines of the
prints and clothes are certainly exquisitely refined.
Florence Boutique Name: Prada
Type: clothing and accessories (bags and shoes)
Address: Via Tornabuoni, 63r;
055-283439 .
Note: what we love of Prada is the essential, avant-garde yet very feminine (a certain
modern feminine air in menswear too) and retro-style designs; Prada is also very
popular for its urban chich sportswear.
Florence Boutique Name: Max Mara
Type: clothing
Address: Via Tornabuoni, 68;
055-214133 .
Note: it mixes both modern and classic style.
Florence Boutique Name: BP Studio
Type: refined knitwear
Address: Via della Vigna Nuova, 15/r; tel.
055-213243
Note: another interesting boutique. Closed on Sunday and Monday morning.
In other streets........
Florence Boutique Name: Valentino
Type: clothing
Address: Via Tosinghi, 52r;
055-293142 .
Note: the prototipe of classic, elegant femininity with a touch of sensuality, the
ìrosso Valentinoî, the famous red of his textiles and clothes. He also does fresher
and younger designs.
Florence Boutique Name: Ferragamo
Type: clothing and accessories (shoes)
Address: Palazzo Ferroni, Via Tornabuoni, 16;
055-292123 .
Note: a world-famous name in shoemaking, Ferragamo speaks for itself. They also have
freshly elegant clothes, beautiful silk scarves and bath towels and new collections
of handbags with a young and modern look.
Florence Boutique Name: Emporio Armani
Type: clothing and some accessories
Address: Piazza Strozzi, 16r;
055-284315 .
Note: a more modern, youthful and colourful look with an exquisite varieties of pieces.
Florence Boutique Name: Luisa
Type: clothes shop
Address: via Roma, 19 - 21/r; tel.
055-217826 .
Note: this is one of the most famous boutiques in Italy. She carries super designers
and completely unknown ones as well. Plus you can find all sorts of accessories,
from bags to shoes to jewellery. Always open between 10am and 7pm, though on Sunday
it opens at 11am.
Florence Boutique Name: Nara Camicie
Type: original shirts
Address: Via Calzaioli
Note: a very small shop with shirts in all varieties possible. All the designs are
original by Nara Camicie: beautiful, modern, fancy, extravagant but also classic,
in basic colours and sometimes in gold and electric blue or violet, in silk, cotton
and stretch. They are a trademark!
Florence Boutique Name: Maya
Type: avant-garde clothing and some accessories (shoes)
Address: Via Por Santa Maria.
Note: we like this boutique because it carries different, alternative and creative,
post-modern designers, such as, for example, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Comme des Garçons,
Ann Demeulemeester, etc. These are clothes for confident people who like to experiment
or express themselves originally.
Florence Boutique Name: Patrizia Pepe
Type: clothing
Address: Piazza San Giovanni, 12r;
055-2645056 .
Note: a Florentine designer with exquisite clothes.
Florence Boutique Name: Ermenegildo Zegna
Type: classic, elegant Italian menswear
Address: Via Tornabuoni, 3r;
055-264254 .
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