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Rome Shopping: PANTHEON TO PARLIAMENT
Apart from the recently re-opened Galleria Alberto Sordi, we prefer to avoid the always crowded and daunting Via del Corso, which caters almost exclusively to teenagers and tourists. Instead, we wander the intricrate web of narrow cobblestoned streets between the Pantheon and the Parliament (our favorites are Via Piè di Marmo and Via Campo Marzio), where we have found some wonderful boutiques, each with its own point of view.
Borsalino
Home of the fedora first produced by Giuseppe Borsalino in 1857 and made famous by a 1970 movie, Borsalino, starring Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo as Borsalino-hatted Marseilles gangsters. Today the company makes all sorts of hats, from Indiana Jones to golf caps, to finely woven Panama straws, including a selection of hats for women. There are three Borsalino boutiques in Rome, all in the historic center.
Via Campo Marzio, 72/a tel 06 678 3945
Piazza del Popolo, 20
Piazza Fontana di Trevi, 83.
Calzatura Campo Marzio
Rome’s cobblestoned streets are picturesque but painful for those who get around the city on foot. At this shop you’ll find a good selection of comfortable shoes that don’t all look like you’ve raided grandma’s closet. Shoes by Valleverde as well as Ecco, Ortopedico, Birkenstock, Clark’s and more.
Via Campo Marzio, 31 tel 06 683 00131
Campo Marzio9
David Alessandro sells men's shirts in all colors —bright shades of purple, blue and green, dark stripes in interesting color combinations as well as the more traditional pin stripes and pale blues. You’ll find a variety of collar styles here, as well, two-button collars, button-downs, and collarless pullover shirts. Fine cottons, linens and silks.
Via Campo Marzio, 9
Degli Effetti
Massimo Degli Effetti has turned Piazza Capranica into a virtual center of contemporary designer clothing with his three shops. Beginning with hip menswear he expanded into women’s wear, and most recently a store called “Neo Millennium” which takes fashion right over the edge. Yoji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake, Dries Van Noten, Comme des Garçons, Prada, Hugo Boss, J. Watanabe, John Galliano, and in the Neo Millemium shop, Maison Martin Margella, Ann Deumelmeister and the highly coveted Levi’s Red jeans. A must stop in Rome for serious fashionistas.
Piazza Capranica, 73 (men) 93 (women) and 75 (Neo Millennium) tel 06 679 1650
Materie
This charming shop sells unique jewelry created by an international roster of artists, most of them women. Made from a wide variety of materials, including gold, precious stones, wood, fabric and thread, they are each truly works of art. The shop’s owner, Simona, also carries unusual scarves, handbags and other accessories.
Via del Gesù 29 (a side street between Largo Argentina and Piazza Venezia) tel 06 679 3199
Mode and Materials
Every item in this small Rome shop is unusual and exquisite. In addition to the clothing, there’s an interesting collection of jewelry made from colored glass, which hangs from the rods, serving as a sort of décor.
Via delle Coppelle, 73/a tel. 06 681 36168
Barbara Spinelli
Using precious and semi-precious stones, metal and bead working in new ways, Barabara Spinelli makes sophisticated jewelry that has a pan-ethnic panache. Mixing stones from the Far East and Central America — turquoise, Indian silver and a "girls best friend" (diamonds, of course), she creates unique designs, each one a masterpiece.
Via dei Prefetti, 25 tel 06 687 9546
Replay
In the shadow of the Pantheon, this shop is the home of the super stylish Italian jeans line, which also includes jackets, printed shirts and accessories. For the super stylish child in your life, there’s a Replay kid’s shop next door.
Via della Rotonda, 25
Via della Rotonda, 21 kids (Piazza della Rotonda, the Pantheon)
Le Tartarughe
Designer Susanna Liso is one of Rome’s fashion stars, dressing some of the city's most fashionable women and showing her collections on local runways. She has named her three shops near the Pantheon “The Turtle,” which she says is a symbol of spirtuality and good fortune in Asian cultures. And although an Asian influence is apparent is some of the garments (kimono necklines, obi-wrapped waists) she covers a wide range, from ruffles and lace to tailored minimalism. “A woman expresses varying aspects of her thoughts through how she dresses,” Liso told us. “She doesn’t feel and respond the same every minute of the day.” Her creations — haute couture, ready-to-wear and accessories are beautifully made, very wearable and always original.
Via di Piè di Marmo, 13, 17 tel. 06 679 2240
Via del Gesù, 71/a tel. 06 679 4634
Totem
Some of the most stylish shoes in Rome, reasonably priced and fun. With two shops just a few steps apart, the selection ranges from dressy to scruffy and everything in between — spike heels, sport shoes, amusing flats.
Via del Pantheon, 42-43 tel. 06.681 99808
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