Brands and Personalities

Accessories and clothing

Agnona

It has the best fibers with which to make wonderful fabrics and knits. It uses timeless models that always look good. Very “old money” and fortunately much less well known than other brands that have been repeatedly referred to with that classification.
It’s part of her fond memories of the times she lived in Italy.

Aspinal of London

You like the products they sell. They have a very good quality-price ratio. Excellent quality without being too fragile, as is so often the case.
What’s more, they keep their models for years instead of chasing the latest gadgets. They have models for many purposes and occasions.
He loves wearing pieces that nobody remembers except that they were good, and they have them.

Di Cori (intimo, merceria)

This is one of those delightfully old stores that enchant. I used to pass it when I lived in Rome and went to Campo di Fiori square. His trips to the square then were a beautiful journey, consisting of crossing Piazza Navona before crossing Via del Corso and passing by this store in Via dei Baullari at number 3, before reaching Campo di Fiori.
In all honesty, I had never paid it much attention until I needed what they sold and a friend recommended it to me because of its quality, variety and, what’s more, its excellent price.

Delvaux

It’s a secret only for those in the know. It’s all expensive, but it’s worth the price.
BUT she always remembers a sit-down dinner where she was accompanied by one of those men who run fashion but don’t appear in public. She learned extraordinary things at dinners where she was put next to professionals of excellence and men out of the ordinary.
This time he mentioned a brand, which is very famous these days, with stratospheric prices. It was the 80s and even then he was saying that this brand was exaggerating prices to make itself look better than it was.
That’s not the case here.

Don Pastor

It has models so Portuguese that it fills you with tenderness for everything they do. A hymn to wool and knitwear for people with a strong personality.

João Rolo

He’s an old friend whose success she’s very proud of. Well deserved.
He has that magical and beautiful ability to transform the two dimensions of a fabric into three so that you can wear that dream called a dress.
Always present on the most beautiful red carpets.

La Perla

Underwear or home wear of the highest quality and design.
Remember that silk directly on the skin is much better than any cream. It’s also much less work to dress in silk.

Loboapparel.tolast

It has a selection of simple, traditional products that are very well made in Portugal. Excellent prices for comfortable, hard-wearing garments that last, last, last.

Loro Piana

It’s one of those brands that have always been mentioned recently when talking about old style money. He likes it.

Morabito Paris

The peace that gives you the quality and beauty of your creations!
There’s no point in saying any more.

Rose Benedetti

This lady creates joyful and feminine jewelry, exuberant or discreet, which she loves. She’s had these pieces since 1984, they’re still good and she wears them.
It’s a pity you have to go to Brazil to get them or have them brought to you from there.

Rossior Jewels

She doesn’t know what to say except that they make beautiful pieces that fascinate her.

Sapataria do Carmo

One day, M.A.S. was very sad walking down Avenida da Liberdade, in Lisbon, because she needed some nude moccasins, she had tried some on in a store whose models she usually liked, but she felt like she had boats on her feet and left them there. On her way up to Chiado, she noticed this shoe shop with a few classic models, impeccably finished and very well made. She tried them on and they fitted her like a glove. That’s how she got the shoes she needed, she recognizes this establishment whose employee knows a lot about shoes and advises us properly.
From their experience, the shoe stores in Baixa and Chiado know much more about how to advise us properly than the ones on Avenida da Liberdade.

Sara Meier

This designer has created a collection of beautiful and very comfortable footwear, which has been impeccably advertised. Good prices for excellent quality and elegance.

Schostal

Another old house in Rome that I really like, where you can find underwear and sleepwear made from natural fibers. It used to be on Via del Corso, but they’ve moved from their usual location to another one very close by. A friend, with great taste and a lot of worldliness, assured him that the boxers sold there were the most comfortable he had ever seen. Obviously, he’s just telling you what he’s been told. I’m a customer, but obviously of underwear or outerwear, but women’s, in wool, silk or Scottish yarn.