Oddly, it is the shoe department at Prada — especially during fashion week — that feels like Filene’s Basement during its bridal gown sale. I have never actually seen a fight break out over a pair of sandals, but every customer is checking out the shoe on the woman sitting across from her, ready to pounce the second she takes it off.
Clothes may be easier to pack, but shopping for home furnishings is also exceptional. At the end of Via Monte Napoleone is Via Manzoni,Christian Louboutin discount, generally known for furniture and design boutiques. There is Frette for gorgeous linens, plenty of showrooms with the latest in plastic chairs and lots of windows to browse for things such as iridescent chartreuse vases — such as the one I could not resist for US$20 — stacked in a pyramid. Great for a little domestic inspiration.
Just when you fully intend to put the credit cards away and return home, the airport shops tease all over again: Christian louboutin, Gucci. It is all too much.
Shopping at Malpensa is, well, terminal bliss. You could while away the time before your flight nuzzling fine-gauge two-ply cashmere at Loro Piana. The tie shopping is excellent. I bought a full-price silk Missoni tie for about US$45, or half of what it would be in the United States. The duty-free shop is also an excellent place to pick up a hard and tasty hunk of parmigiana-reggiano and a great bottle of red to extend the taste of Italy when you are home. Do not even think of buying any of the pepperoni or other cured meats. Customs authorities, anxious about mad cow disease, will confiscate it.
All those clothes, on the other hand, will sail right on through.
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