Places to Go, Shop and Stay in Milan During Fashion Week

Autumn is coming, and as fashion brands parade their spring collections around town, showgoers have the opportunity to check out new places to relax, eat and shop. Here, a few spots to dash to between shows.

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Hotel Casa Brera Milano

Casa Brera is the new luxury lifestyle hotel by Marriott International Group.

Located in Piazzetta Maurilio Bossi, in the Brera neighbourhood, the hotel is just a few steps away from Piazza della Scala and the Duomo. The building that hosts the hotel is from the ‘50s and was restyled following the rationalist architecture by the Italian architect Pietro Lingeri.

The design project was entrusted to star architect Patricia Urquiola, who mixed her creative flair with the geometric rigor of the building. The hotel has 116 guest rooms, including 15 suites and the Milanese suite.

The Michelin-starred chef Andrea Berton oversees the culinary offer at the all-day lounge bar Casa Brera Living, the Italian restaurant Scena and the rooftop with the Etereo bar. The food offer also includes the Japanese restaurant Odachi.

Hotel Casa Brera Milano
Piazzetta Maurilio Bossi, 2 – 20121
marriott.com

Uovo di Seppia

The Michelin-starred chef Pino Cuttaia and manager Vittorio Borgia of the Borgia restaurant group joined forces for a new food location in the Porta Nuova district. The Uovo di Seppia restaurant aims to celebrate the Sicilian origins of both Borgia and Cuttaia.

“Uovo di Seppia Milano tells the story of Sicily through food, offering a welcoming place where the customer feels at home, pampered and cared for as if they were under the attention of a caring mother,” the chef stated.

On the menu, guests can find pizzaiola-style smoked pine cone cod or red prawn Battutino with tuna roe mayonnaise for starters. Squid black linguine is among the main courses, followed by crispy spatula fish in red onion sauce or octopus on the spit. The offer includes three tasting menus to pair with the selection of wines, mainly from Sicily.

Uovo di Seppia
Via Amerigo Vespucci, 11 – 20124
Tel. 37-59-10-8923
uovodiseppiamilano.it

Ambassade Biologique Recherche Milano

Biologique Recherche, the French beauty brand founded in the 1970s, opened its new Ambassade center in Milan, in Via Alessandro Manzoni 16/A, to be followed by openings in Boston, Seoul, Munich, Houston and, by the end of next year, in New York’s SoHo.

The interiors were designed by French designer Joanne de Lépinay, who also created the historic Ambassade Biologique Recherche in Paris.

The Milan unit spans 2,700 square feet and has four cabins, and the furnishings’ palette is inspired by the colors of the brand: blue, white and gold. It offers all of the services that the company has tested during the years.

Ambassade Biologique Recherche Milano
Via Alessandro Manzoni, 16A – 20121
Tel. 02-97-13-6078
ambassadebiologiquerecherchemilano.com

Bivio Milano

Bivio Milano has unveiled its fourth store in Milan, located in Corso Lodi, 18.

The brand was founded 11 years ago in Milan and was one of the first fashion resale units in the city. Through its sales network, it sells around 20,000 pieces of clothing back onto the market per year, confirming local interest in secondhand clothing and upcycling. In this fourth location, Bivio wants to strengthen the home shopping service, renamed Closet SOS, which aims to reorganize customers’ wardrobes by purchasing the items they no longer use directly from their homes.

Bivio today counts more than 20 employees who carefully select every piece. During the last five years, Bivio has increased its sales from approximately 2.5 million euros in 2019 to more than 3.1 million euros in 2023.

Bivio Milano
Corso Lodi, 18 – 20135
Tel. 02-58-10-8691
biviomilano.it

Stüssy Milan Chapter

The streetwear brand Stüssy recently added the Milan Chapter store to its worldwide network, which comprises stores in Bangkok, Singapore, Madrid and Paris among others. Located in Corso Garibaldi, 12, the design was entrusted to the Los Angeles-based studio Perron-Roettinger, renowned for its distinct method of creating visual language for spaces.

The store has a glass facade and wood shelving. Metal pillars separate the wide entrance from the second smaller room where there is a white marble counter. The floor and the ceiling’s palette is neutral and in contrast with the metallic gray.

The store aims to be a space for its network, the international Stüssy Tribe, which helps to spread the Stüssy message organically.

Stüssy Milan Chapter
Corso Garibaldi, 12 – 20121
Tel. 02-83-94-279
eu.stussy.com

NSS Edicola

Media platform NSS launched in 2023 the NSS Edicola project, a physical space promoting the daily activities of NSS magazine, the editorial division of the multipronged business, digital culture and the activities of the NSS store. NSS Edicola counts two permanent units in Naples and Milan.

The latter, located in Piazza Bruno Buozzi, has launched the “Ti Odio Milano Ti Amo [I hate you Milan I love you]” local action that aims to enhance the debate about newsstands and their abandonment to highlight the need for physical cultural spaces in city centers and to develop a conversation on Milan among its citizens.

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The initiative includes digital activities with creators as well as merchandise, meetings and different community programs.

NSS Edicola
Piazza Bruno Buozzi – 20135
store.nssmag.com

Emporio Armani

The Emporio Armani flagship located in Via Manzoni, 31 will reopen to the public on Wednesday.

Closed at the end of February this year, the store has undergone a renovation that preserves its original architectural structure while introducing a dynamic aesthetic.

The store will carry the Emporio Armani clothing and accessories collections, the Junior line, EA7 Emporio Armani and Armani Beauty, Dolci, Fiori and Libri. The reopening will be celebrated the next day with an invitation-only party, following the brand’s fashion show. Also, during fashion week, an electric Ape car branded with the Emporio Armani logo will be stationed outside the store and distribute tote bags containing custom sustainability-themed postcards, which can be sent from dedicated post boxes to promote environmental awareness.This Emporio Armani initiative supports the “Milano Green Circle” project to restore the ecosystem along the 90/91 tram line.

In collaboration with Forestami and the Municipality of Milan, the Armani Group will contribute to planting 350 new trees and more than 60,000 perennial shrubs and grasses.

Emporio Armani
Via Alessandro Manzoni, 31 – 20121
armani.com

“Gut. Talia Chetrit” Exhibition

10 Corso Como presents “Gut. Talia,” the solo exhibition of U.S. artist Talia Chetrit, curated by Alessandro Rabottini e Anna Castelli.

The exhibition showcases the artistic phases of Chetrit’s career and private life with self-portraits, family scenes, still-life pieces and street shots taken during the last 29 years — 1994-2023. The title of the exhibition has multiple meanings; it goes from the literal meaning of “gut” in English, which embodies ideas of courage or impudence, and can also indicate a visceral emotional reaction or even an instinct.

Recent works appear next to photographs that Chetrit took of her childhood girlfriends when she was a teenager in the mid-’90s, such as Logo (1996/2017) and Face #1 (1994/2017). Here, the subjects display a remarkable awareness of being observed and, despite their age, engage in a clear and intentional relationship with the camera, borrowing gestures and poses from fashion magazines, cinema and TV.  Familial relationships takes center stage in the exhibition, with each member of the artist’s immediate family represented: her mother, her father in Dad/Mesh (2021), and her partner and child, whom we find depicted individually or in family portraits.

10 Corso Como
Corso Como, 10 – 20154
10corsocomo.com

“Barbie: A Cultural Icon Exhibition”

Last week, Mattel and Next Exhibition, the production agency specializing in the organization of international exhibitions, launched the “Barbie: A Cultural Icon Exhibition” in Milan, running until Jan. 19 at the Next Exhibition hub in Via Paolo Sarpi, 6/8.

On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the famous doll, the exhibition, curated by collector Mario Paglino, celebrates it as an inspiration and cultural and style icon.

More than 150 Barbie versions are on display, from the first doll in 1959 until the most recent, made to celebrate this anniversary. It’s a journey through time, since the ’60s, which analyzes the fashion trends and the influence of Barbie during the decades. Represented are collaborations with the fashion brands such as Moschino and Oscar de La Renta; accessories and lifestyle elements like the Dreamhouse or the unmistakable pink convertible made in collaboration with Fiat.

Next Exhibition
Via Paolo Sarpi, 6-8 – 20154
nextexhibition.net

“Bruce Weber” Exhibition

On Saturday and Sunday, during fashion week, to celebrate photographer Bruce Weber, Triennale Milano will present two of his most important movies.

During his career, the artist worked with fashion magazines, published 53 books and made eight award-winning movies, while his photos were presented in more than 90 exhibitions around the world.

“The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo” (2022) will be the first movie presented on Saturday at 9 p.m. CET. It’s a documentary about the photographer Paolo di Paolo’s life. Born in 1925, he worked as a photojournalist during the ‘50s and ‘60s portraying icons such as Grace Kelly, Anna Magnani but also Italian writers like Giuseppe Ungaretti and Pier Paolo Pasolini. Before the screening, the artist will talk about the film with Silvia Di Paolo, daughter of Paolo di Paolo, Luca Stoppini, scientific consultant of the fashion department for Triennale Milano, and Angelo Flaccavento, journalist and fashion critic.

“Let’s Get Lost” (1998), to be shown Sunday, is a documentary about the jazz musician Chet Baker. With this movie, Weber earned an Oscar nomination; it was shown during the Venice Film Festival in 2013 and at MoMa in New York.

Triennale Milano
Viale Emilio Alemagna, 6 – 20121
triennale.org

“Kelly Akashi. Converging Figures” Exhibition

For the sixth edition of the Furla series program, Fondazione Furla and GAM, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, of Milan present the “Kelly Akashi. Converging Figures” exhibition curated by the artistic director Bruna Roccasalva. The first solo exhibition of the Japanese American artist will be on display until Dec.12. Through her work, Akashi explores universal concepts such as time and space, the impermanence of the natural world and the transience of the human body. The Converging Figures project introduces the areas of the artist’s interest, the iconographic motifs and the materials and techniques with which she works.

One of the elements that make up Converging Figures is a wax candle, an object which recurs in Akashi’s production and which represents the transition from photography to sculpture.

GAM – Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Milano
Via Palestro, 16 – 20121
fondazionefurla.org

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