Women’s fashion week lands in Milan, where the fashion crowd will stay until Monday, when the lights will turn out. Despite the calendar, as usual rich in events and presentations, whoever finds himself in Milan always desires to plunge in the most authentic lifestyle of the city.
A traditional risotto with friends or a visit to the most fashionable museum in town: here you are the 5 Milanese hot spots not to miss this week.
A traditional risotto with friends or a visit to the most fashionable museum in town: here you are the 5 Milanese hot spots not to miss this week.
#1 MARCHESI
It has re-opened a few months ago but it's already an institution.
The historic Marchesi patisserie, founded in 1824, has been bought by the Prada Group and turned into a design jewel made of pastel colours and an aristocratic aesthetics.
120 meters square covered in brown marble, counter in glass and cherry wood, a big mirror and shelves full of cakes, pastries, pralines, biscuits and brioches of every kind.
Perfect for a morning coffee or to indulge in a sweet treat among the little creations baked in store every day. Another instagram-friendly success, exactly like Bar Luce inside Fondazione Prada.
Via Montenapoleone, 9.
Open from Monday to Saturday 7.30 am – 8 pm
On Sunday 8.30 am – 1 pm
The historic Marchesi patisserie, founded in 1824, has been bought by the Prada Group and turned into a design jewel made of pastel colours and an aristocratic aesthetics.
120 meters square covered in brown marble, counter in glass and cherry wood, a big mirror and shelves full of cakes, pastries, pralines, biscuits and brioches of every kind.
Perfect for a morning coffee or to indulge in a sweet treat among the little creations baked in store every day. Another instagram-friendly success, exactly like Bar Luce inside Fondazione Prada.
Via Montenapoleone, 9.
Open from Monday to Saturday 7.30 am – 8 pm
On Sunday 8.30 am – 1 pm
#2 FONDAZIONE PRADA
Another present the Prada Group recently offered to the Italian city. Opened last May, 2015, the exhibition centre gathers a permanent collection and “To the Son of Man Who Ate the Scroll”, until June 19, 2016
Ideated and curated by Polish artist Goshka Macuga, it develops starting from a fundamental question: how important is the “end” issue in art nowadays?
From the feeling of anguish which characterises humanity in front of the idea of its own extinction, the artist explores themes such as time, origin, end, collapse and rebirth, in a multi disciplinary itinerary that gathers sculpture, installation, photography, architecture and design.
The structure also counts on the presence of a cinema – free, upon reservation – and Bar Luce, Designed by film director Wes Anderson to recreate the atmosphere of a typical Milanese cafè.
Largo Isarco 2, Milano.
On monday / wednesday / thursday, 10 am – 7 pm
On friday / saturday / sunday 10 am - 9 pm
Ideated and curated by Polish artist Goshka Macuga, it develops starting from a fundamental question: how important is the “end” issue in art nowadays?
From the feeling of anguish which characterises humanity in front of the idea of its own extinction, the artist explores themes such as time, origin, end, collapse and rebirth, in a multi disciplinary itinerary that gathers sculpture, installation, photography, architecture and design.
The structure also counts on the presence of a cinema – free, upon reservation – and Bar Luce, Designed by film director Wes Anderson to recreate the atmosphere of a typical Milanese cafè.
Largo Isarco 2, Milano.
On monday / wednesday / thursday, 10 am – 7 pm
On friday / saturday / sunday 10 am - 9 pm
#3 DA OTTO
In Milan’s Chinatown cultural contamination is expressed in new spaces of Northern European taste. In via Paolo Sarpi 10, this relaxed and tidy location welcomes us with a home atmosphere featuring formica chairs and tables that recall old school desks, a menu that offers sliced bread accompanied by tasty and unusual combinations and by a blooming green wall with vases and plants of every size! Great for lunch, breakfast or a sneak, this place is the ideal spot for an informal meeting or to work as freelance.
From Tuesday to Sunday 9 am – 2 am
On Monday 6.30 pm – 2 am
From Tuesday to Sunday 9 am – 2 am
On Monday 6.30 pm – 2 am
#4 VALENTINO FLAGSHIP STORE
The creative directors of Valentino, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli are adding something to their deep exploration of the various cultures from the wild and tribal African continent. “Connecting cultures, windows on the world” is an exhibition/installation not to miss in via Montenapoleone, through the windows of the Maison’s Milanese boutique during Milan Fashion Week. Africa is the real protagonist of Valentino Spring Summer 2016 Collection with his imperfect and vibrant purity, a great inspiration which can be found in various shapes in the display of the flagship stores in New York, Milan, Paris, Rome, London and Hong Kong. The gallerist Carmen Moreno, curator of the exhibition “Tribal in the unconsciousness of the contemporary” gave birth to this project together with Serge Uberti, the Italian-French artist whose works were displayed combined with ethnographic African art pieces. The windows of Valentino Milanese flagship store glean from these works of art, creating a harmonic blend with the creations from Spring Summer 2016. |
#5 NOTOX
In the heart of Milano by night, where you can still admire the evocative magnificence of Duomo cathedral, a new reality, fated to dominate the milanese nightlife, came alive in Via Santa Tecla 3.
Big Fish, the resident dj, overheats the dancefloor with their vibes of electro pop, nu disco and urban, for the pleasure of clubbers fashionistas.
From midnight on, Notox is the party not to miss.
And the best way to wait for the sunrise.
Via Santa Tecla, 3.
NOTOX
MILAN FASHION WEEK
Urban Music: BIG FISH
Warm Up: Matt
Saturday 27th February 2016, from midnight.
Big Fish, the resident dj, overheats the dancefloor with their vibes of electro pop, nu disco and urban, for the pleasure of clubbers fashionistas.
From midnight on, Notox is the party not to miss.
And the best way to wait for the sunrise.
Via Santa Tecla, 3.
NOTOX
MILAN FASHION WEEK
Urban Music: BIG FISH
Warm Up: Matt
Saturday 27th February 2016, from midnight.