Fashion

Given the success of the region’s designer sons--Armani, Prada and Versace--Milano has evolved into the fashion capital of the world.  Via Montenapoleone and Via Della Spiga are two of the most fashionable streets in Europe, hosting showrooms and boutiques that influence fashion in the world’s major cities.  Como and Lugano also have boutiques with top designs and labels.  In Como beautiful silk scarves, ties and other accessories are sold at discount prices.  For those seeking top designer labels at factory prices, Foxtown just over the border into Switzerland has three enormous floors of every imaginable brand.