Quadrilatero della moda
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The quadrilatero della moda (‘quadrilateral of fashion’), or Via Montenapoleone fashion district, is a high-class shopping district in the centre of the Italian city of Milan
Milan
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, characterised by the presence of numerous boutiques and related retail outlets which represent most of the world’s major fashion house
Fashion House
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The sides of the quadrilateral, located to the south of the arches of Porta Nuova, are formed by Via Montenapoleone
Via Montenapoleone
Via Monte Napoleone, also spelt as Via Montenapoleone, is an elegant and expensive street in Milan, Italy, famous for its ready-to-wear fashion and jewelry shops...

 (SW), Via Manzoni
Via Manzoni
Via Manzoni is a busy and fashionable street in the Italian city of Milan which leads from the Piazza della Scala north-west towards Piazza Cavour...

 (NW), Via della Spiga
Via della Spiga
Via della Spiga is one of the Italian city of Milan's most prestigious and upscale shopping streets, forming the north-east boundary of the luxurious Quadrilatero della Moda , along with Via Monte Napoleone, Via Manzoni, Via Sant'Andrea and Corso Venezia.-Shops and boutiques:*Alan Jurno*Anna...

 (NE), and Corso Venezia
Corso Venezia
Corso Venezia is a street in Milan, Italy. It is one of the city's most exclusive and elegant avenue, being part of the city's upscale Quadrilatero della moda shopping district, along with Via Montenapoleone, Via della Spiga, Via Sant'Andrea and Via Manzoni...

 (SE); this last meets Via Montenapoleone at Piazza San Babila.

Streets inside this area include Via Borgospesso, Via Santo Spirito, Via Gesù, Via Sant'Andrea
Via Sant'Andrea
Via Sant'Andrea is a luxury shopping street in Milan, Italy, forming part of the quadrilatero della moda, along with Via Montenapoleone, Via della Spiga, Via Manzoni and Corso Venezia.-Shops:*Alba Eloisa d'Alessandro*Antonio Fusco*Ballantyne*Casadei...

, and Via Bagutta. The zone extends in practice also to the north-west of Via Manzoni with Via Pisoni, and to the south and west of Via Montenapoleone with Corso Giacomo Matteotti, Piazza Meda, Via San Pietro all'Orto, and Via Verri.

Piazza San Babila

Fashion shops include:
  • Bagatt
  • Boggi
  • Guess
  • Gusella
  • Nadine
  • North Sails
  • Sisley
    Sisley
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  • Valextra

Via Borgospesso

Fashion shops include:
  • Altomani & Sons
  • Andrea Pfister
  • Antichità Silbernagl
  • Cyrus Company
  • daDriade
  • Galleria Silva
  • Giuliano Fujwara
  • Laura Biagiotti
    Laura Biagiotti
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  • Pinco Pallino
  • Tween DdM
  • Versace Homme

Via Pisoni

Fashion shops include:
  • Armani Casa
  • Armani Privè
  • Poltrona Frau

Via Verri

Fashion shops include:
  • Alexander McQueen
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  • Baldinini
  • Berluti
    Berluti
    Berluti is a company that manufactures and retails a very exclusive luxury brand of shoes and boots solely for men. It is known for its unique leather finishing. It also makes and sells a line of leather goods such as belts, bags, and wallets with similar finish.It is based in Paris on the rue...

  • Burberry
    Burberry
    Burberry Group plc is a British luxury fashion house, manufacturing clothing, fragrance, and fashion accessories. Its distinctive tartan pattern has become one of its most widely copied trademarks. Burberry is most famous for its iconic trench coat, which was invented by founder Thomas Burberry...

  • Canali
    Canali
    Canali is a clothing company based in Italy specialising in men's clothing.-History:In 1934, the brothers Giovanni and Giacomo Canali founded a tailoring workshop dedicated to the manufacture of high quality clothing. In the 1950s, with the contributions of the family's second generation, sales...

  • Dsquared
  • Etro
    Etro
    Etro is an Italian fashion house and manufacturer of fabrics, furnishings and fragrances. It was founded in 1968 by Gimmo Etro. It is still a family business, with menswear headed since 1990 by Kean Etro, while his sister, Veronica, directs womenswear...

     Profumi
  • Gucci
    Gucci
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  • Jil Sander
    Jil Sander
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  • John Richmond
    John Richmond (fashion designer)
    John Richmond is an English fashion designer based in Milan, he was born in Manchester in 1960 and moved to London, then eventually to Italy to pursue his dreams....

  • Nautica
  • Oxford
  • Zegna

See also

  • List of upscale shopping districts
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