GET ON YOUR HEELS FOR MILAN FASHION WEEK & LEAN ON WorldTop7′s trendy & cool stays

If you are a real fashionista you surely won’t like to miss the Milan fashion week, taking place this year from 21^st to 27^th of September on the catwalks and in all the streets of the city.

The whole city will be a fashion circus, models and designers will pirouette around town and spread their share of beauty and craziness all around.

It’s not worth it to live the most exclusive fashion week low key, you have to be in the eye of the storm and join all the excitement of the pre- and post-shows, together with celebrities coming to Milan to experience the Italian fashion capital way of life.

Follow WorldTop 7 advices for the coolest hotels and you’ll get your first row ticket to the shows as well as for the after – shows parties.

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PRINCIPE DI SAVOIA

WorldTop 7 hot pick

Definitely the top choice if you want to get the most from Milan’s Fashion Week: it’s the celebrities and fashion business people’s favorite.

The hotel is set in a 19^th century building, part of the Dorchester collection and it is one of the most luxurious hotels in Milan, with a stunning SPA on the top floor, offering an attentive and pampering service, despite the huge number of overexcited people it will host during the Fashion Week.

Most of the exclusive parties and after show gatherings will happen here, especially in its Winter Garden, but just pop by the Principe Bar to be overwhelmed by the number of celebrities that will surround you.

For a delicious meal just walk few steps out of the hotel and get to the “DAL BOLOGNESE”, a typical roman restaurant where you’ll enjoy your dinner in its lovely garden.

Spotted-celebrities: Katie Holmes, George Clooney

HOTEL BULGARI

Central sleek hotel & spa heaven

Right in the middle of the “Quadrilatero della Moda” (that means Fashion Quadrilateral), the area between the four streets where the most important fashion houses have their showrooms and offices (Via Montenapoleone, Via della Spiga, Via Sant’Andrea and Via Manzoni), you’ll find this absolute jewel.

As a matter of fact, the Bulgari Hotel belongs to the prestigious namesake Italian fashion jewelry brand and it features a precious atmosphere. The Milanese fashionable and trendy scene gathers here to take advantage of the lavish SPA or to linger on a drink for the “aperitivo hour” (“aperitif” in Italian, a popular Italian tradition you will love to honor before dinner) in the chic garden.

The new hospitality venture of the jewelry brand has quickly escalated the top positions in the places preferred by hip people both in Bali and Milan and is now ready to test the exigent London fashion scene with its venue in Knightsbridge, due to open in 2012, right on time for the Olympic Games.

FOUR SEASONS

15th-century classical

An all time favorite, as all over the world, the Four Seasons won’t let your expectations down.

Set in a 15^th century convent, completely renewed in an elegant chic atmosphere, it features the well known Four Seasons luxurious facilities and attentive service. It is no surprise that this is American Vogue’s editor in chief Anna Wintour’s favorite. Together with her entourage: she demands everything to be more than perfect.

The hotel is located in Via del Gesu’, between Via Montenapoleone and Via della Spiga, in the middle of the Fashion Quadrilateral.

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HOTEL ATENA

Central fashion stay

You won’t spend much time in the hotel during the Fashion Week, so you may want something more practical, easy to move from and possibly cheaper.

Hotel Atena is the perfect alternative where most of the fashion business people head to invest a lower budget while taking advantage of the hotel’s casual chic atmosphere.

WATT TREDICI HOTEL

Affordable chic

The Navigli (waterways) area is the place where the cool people head in the evening to enjoy the lively street life, sip a drink by the canal, have dinner in one of the many peculiar restaurants and then duck in to their favorite night club.

At the Watt Tredici Hotel you’ll have the chance to enjoy the genuine Milanese nightlife together with the Milanese local crowd while staying just 1.5 Km away from the “Via Tortona’s fashion district”.

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MAISON MOSCHINO

Stylish & fashionable neoclassical railway station

When you think about Moschino, you already know what to expect and the eccentric fashion house hotel style completely abides by the brand rules.

Located inside the ruins of a neoclassical style old railway station which used to operate the route Milan – Monza, in the Corso Como and Brera area, one of the most chic Milan neighborhoods, the hotel features an eclectic mixture of design and artistic fashion items from decorative sheep in the lobby to dress shaped lamps.

It offers the best facilities and comforts, including the luxuriant Culti SPA.

For some quick munchies or delicious bread and pizza head to the close PRINCI, the best bakery in Milan which recently opened a branch in London’s Soho.

THE GRAY

Art Deco style city gem

If you are in Milan for the Fashion Week, stick to the latest fashion trends and choose The Gray: a design luxury hotel in the very center of the city.

Located close to the Duomo, La Scala and the all times favorite catwalk of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, it features Art Deco design interiors and the fine dining restaurant “Le Noir” -  a total black fashion restaurant.

All rooms are unique with an individual design, some with king size beds and round Jacuzzis, a couple of them are even provided with a private gym.

HOTEL STRAF

Hip & central industrial-chic fashion folk fave

Hotel Straf is the choice for those who look for the total Milan experience: as the city itself, it is the temple of design, arts and trend.

Located inside an unconventional and classical building, in the very heart of Milan, close to the Duomo, the hotel hosts real artworks – both in the common spaces and in the rooms. Each of them unique for the decorations made of innovative materials like quarry-rough slate, burnished brass, concrete and iron, gauze-effect glass and mirror aged by hand. The superb furniture designed by the talented Vincenzo de Cotiis completes the scene with a fashionable minimal feel.

The extremely high tech functionality adds comfort to a chic stay in this unique venue.

Meals are served in the Bar Straf, where fashion Milan crowd gathers in the evening for the happy hour before diving into the sparkling Milanese night life.

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