Sales in Rome what you need to know

In these days, just after Christmas, the shopping streets of Rome are packed. Tourists and roman are going up and down via Condotti, via del Corso, via Frattina. You have different kind of shopping addicts. The more sustainable ones are the one who did not like their presents and want to change them. Generally in Italy you need to have the receipt but in some little shops it doesn’t matter as long as you have the package of the store.Then there are the shopping addicts who are already looking for discounts. Some stores in Rome are already doing some pre-sales and we saw them yesterday in via Bocca di Leone in Zadig & Voltaire, a gorgeous french brand. We particularly love an orange eco-fur discounted from 375 euros up to around 300.

Another important thing you need to know is that in Rome the official sales start the 4th of January. So try to book asap the www.grandtourshopping.com in order to get the best bargains possible with us. The end of the year is a moment of deep thinking. Apparently Christmas shopping was not so good for fashion apparels. This is due to different factors. First of all the Black Friday when people took advantage of better prices, on line and off line. The Black Friday,by the way, lasts an entire weekend in November.

Secondly the fact that the beginning of the sales is so early, 4th of January, made people wait few days. On Tv they show today a report on Rai TG2 explaining that some store managers are focusing on the quality of their items and try to ignore Black Friday and pre-sales. We will see which approach is the right one. For the moment we can give you an advise. Try to think about what you really need. It is better to buy one nice, a good quality italian shoes or boots for example instead of cheep ones that will ruin your feet and loose the colour. And what about a coat, a bag that can last for a long time? Buy less and buy better is the new mantra. Enjoy your new roman sales season. For all this reasons,again,we invite you to book a shopping sales tour in Rome as soon as possible with www.grandtourshopping.com.

Finding the red Christmas dress

1. Most of my clients from www.grandtourshopping.com are looking for the best New Year’s Eve dress BUT first of all you should think about Christmas. It is almost impossible to avoid Christmas cocktails, receptions, dinners and parties. Shopping during this time of the year as his advantages and problems. It is always better to go shopping in the morning because there is less people, starting at 10 am, maximum 10.30am.

In Via del Corso I saw the boutique of Intimissimi completely invaded by red lingerie. Everyone knows that wearing red the last day of the year brings you good luck. Other boutiques proposes the purple such as Yamamay and Calzedonia. On Tv I saw Sarah Jessica Parker showing a gorgeous bra with push up and dentelles.

Talking about pret à porter , you can see below this great dress signed by the italian brand Genny. Red is the new black. This one has a deep decolleté and a theatrical cape. Genny always shows in Milano during Fashion week. The creative Director is Sara Cavazza Facchini. The Facchini family owned Genny.

The brand was found in Ancona in 1961 by Arnaldo Girombelli. The name was due to his eldest daughter. In the second half of the 60’s they started to have a large success with a line of pleated oblique skirts. Important designers such as Gianni Versace and Christian Lacroix used to work for the company. In 2001 Prada acquired the label and Genny stopped his production in 2004.

In 2011 the label was acquired by the Facchinni Group which decided to relaunch the brand. At that time the designer appointed was Gabriele Colangelo. Afterwards it was Sara Cavazza Facchini as we said before. Her work is not always on line with our taste but this red dress is contemporary and extremely fluid enhancing the silhouette.

The Genny Boutique in Rome is in via Bocca di Leone 84. You should have a look to get over the season’s wardrobe and parties. As Lucy from Schultz says “ Few more days of Merry Christmas, than a couple of sentences like What are you doing for New Year’s eve ? Finally two days of Happy New Year and then we are out of it!. Just Resist!”.

An elegant Christmas sale in Rome

One of the most requested thing is a shopping experience with new upcoming designers and artisans. A good opportunity can be The Christmas weekend alla Torre in Rome. Located in a property on via Appia Antica 41, it will be possible to get fresh ideas for gifts. Try clothes that you can not find everywhere, buy bijoux, frames and bags . The sale is from 10.30am to 8.30 pm up to Sunday December 15th.

We have to say that designers and artisans were not very lucky on the first day. The weather in Rome today is awful. The mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi, shut down the schools. In fact the storm was quite short in the middle of the afternoon and we hope that people will go to the sales right now. Tomorrow afternoon in Piazza San Giovanni the Sardine meeting can gathered around one hundred thousands people but who knows. I think the best day for this gorgeous sale will be on Sunday.

Why should you go to Torre di Geta ? Because the idea is to get a new glampse on italian creativity. Personally we loved the pants of C’est la V. They are made with gorgeous fabrics, some even are vintage from Yves Saint Laurent in the 70’s. We support also the work of Gaia Viero with her yoga line called 3rd eye and are also extremely sensitive about a bunch of new things. The work of Per non Dormire with elegant solutions for the evening such as a white and black jumpsuit, the pullover of Marzia Genesi, the rings of Chiara BCN.

We spent in La Torre a couple of hours and we are ready to come back again for a christmas shopping experience in Rome.