La Moda Italiana: Shopping, Roman Style!
Friday, Sarah, Katherine, and I went shopping since we have all day off until Italian class at 4:00. We were lucky that the rain held off, because Thursday it had rained all day (our first rain here though in two weeks!), and it was supposed to rain Friday as well. But, we got a nice sunny, although a little too hot, day to explore the shopping in Rome. So, we decided to start at Campo de' Fiori, which is a square that’s near the American universities in Italy (our school is north of there). This square has an open air market every morning, so we decided to start our day of shopping there. They had vendors of all kinds, with stands displaying fruits, vegetables, flowers, souvenirs, jewelry, clothes, kitchen gadgets, meats, and more.
After we perused all the market had to offer, we moved on towards Via del Corso, where there are a lot of clothing shops. On our way, we passed a couple of street vendors where we looked at sunglasses, purses, wallets, and souvenirs. A couple of purchases later, we were en route to Via del Corso once again. We walked up Corso, stopping in any shop that looked like it had some cute clothes or shoes. It was fun to see all the Italian styles and fashions; some clothes were very similar to what we might find in the U.S., but some were more uniquely Italian or European. We tried on all sorts of outfits, modeling them for one another, and then ended up buying some reasonably priced items for ourselves. Katherine got a cute pair of dark red pants and a long skirt. Sarah purchased a stylish black dress, a wallet, and a black & silver necklace. I got three pairs of shorts, a fun black dress, and the same necklace as Sarah (we just vowed not to wear the necklaces on the same day, although we both showed up Monday with black shirts and the necklace on oops!). Overall, we were happy with what we’d found and couldn’t wait to do more shopping in other parts of the city in order to continue to build on our Italian wardrobes!
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