Do you know where Valentino, Versace, Prada, Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Moschino and Zegna are currently headquartered? If you know that they are located in Milan, Italy, you must love fashion to some degree! For any fashion buff, Italy would be a must-visit country for it is a revered fashion capital, and it is also where the annual Milan Fashion Weeks are held in February and September.
While it can be nice to walk into every shop Italy has to offer and shop, it can get really tiring, and you may miss out on some rare or limited edition goodies that might be hard to acquire anywhere else because you simply don’t have enough time. Time should not be wasted on items you wouldn’t love so a reliable luxury fashion concierge would be perfect right?
APERTUS is happy to partner with Exclusive Fashion Tours to make your shopping experience in Italy personalized, private, and efficient.
Exclusive Fashion tours is a
‘A team of dedicated top international professionals offering an exclusive, fulfilling and stress-free Shopping experience thanks to their profound knowledge in the areas of Fashion, Art, Craftsmanship and Design.’
We had a great talk with Alessio, the project manager of Exclusive Fashion Tours and he was happy to share more on their services.
Alessio, Project Manager
What services do you offer? Do you physically go shopping with your clients?
‘I am happy to say most of our services happen on a face-to-face basis, meaning we comprehend the preferences of our clients and go shopping together.
Apart from that, we also offer a gift shopping / shopping on-demand service where we both shop together and provide our experience on the sourcing of rare / sold out items.
Italy in general is popular for clients focused on shopping and so it is very hard to say which brands they prefer as different clients have different preferences.
We can shop at a major brand like Dolce & Gabbana or at a smaller one like Patrizia Pepe. We can buy a shoe at Aquazzura or work with a single artisan who produces a shoe just for our guest.’
Their Personal Shoppers, who are already educated in the top fashion and design schools around the globe, are also trained by the company’s in-house founded training programme for Image Consultants and Personal Shoppers. Thus, they’d be well-equipped to select the finest of clothing that flatters and enhances your beauty.
Your service is also bespoke and tailor-made just for you.
‘It all starts with a questionnaire where we investigate tastes, style, budget, specific needs, potential allergies to fabrics, etc... Based on the answer we draw the so-called shopping plan which, thankfully, is never something mandatory but serves as an idea for stores to visit and proposals. The Personal Shopper and Image Consultant will be always able to review on the spot and further customize.’
Apart from just shopping, these professionals can also personally bring you on an exclusive tour of brand showrooms as well as to fashion shows. Be it the Milan Fashion Week, showrooms of luxury brands of your choice or renowned bridal showrooms, just say the name and they will take you there. Planning your perfect wedding seems to be much easier now, huh?
They offer such services in not just Milan but also in Tuscany and other regions in Italy. Here is where a private jet can be the smart choice for the more inaccessible locations. For example, since there aren’t direct commercial flights from Singapore to Italy, it’ll save much more time to board a private jet from perhaps, Frankfurt to Florence.
When we asked Alessio about a memorable experience with a client, he shared a pretty amusing anecdote.
‘Our job, as much as people can think it is easy or superficial, consists of great and constant challenges. There are many experiences which are dear to us, though one of the things which made us the proudest was to work on a complete wardrobe renewal in less than 8 hours and having this woman, a bank director from Geneva, telling us "even my husband who is someone who hates shopping is happy”. He was probably happy his wife made a decision in a single day that would usually take a month.’
Essentially, with Exclusive Fashion Tours, you’d be going on a journey of style revamp with them helping you look and feel like the best you’ve ever been. Resuscitate your inner fashion model and walk into your next social event like you own the world, wearing luxurious artisan clothing of the finest craftsmanship.
When you charter your flight with APERTUS to Italy, make sure to request for Exclusive Fashion Tours experience. We’ll make sure they treat you extra well.
