Travel Tips

It’s no secret that Barcelona is the fashion capital of Spain and many would say of Europe with its multitude of stores in all bits of the city. Many come to Barcelona purely for the fashion scene which is just so hard to reject. Here you’ll find many of the tempests which has taken Barcelona by storm Palau de la musica catalana

Barcelona’s ritzy Passeig de Grcia and Avenida Diagonal might not be on a par with New York’s’s 5th Avenue ( more DKNY than Donna Karan ). But the locals’ intrinsically stylish dispositions are evidenced in the leading edge furniture and clothes on view in shops in town.
So_da might consider changing its name to the more appropriate Te_quila. The shop features an in-store bar ( and a DJ booth ), but the cute choice of urban gear can give the maximum amount of abuzz as downing shots en route to the fitting rooms. At least your hangover will be gone when the Visa card bill arrives.
Clothing Label queens combine at Jean-Pierre Bua, a well-edited boutique for males and females that’s’s stocked with the greatest runway hits from the western european brands that Zara ( Spain’s fashion chain of choice ) knocks off so easily. You’ll find Dolce & Gabbana, Stella McCartney, and Jean-Paul Gaultier-as well as big-name sunglasses and accessories.

Following the success of his tourist-jammed El Born boutique, designer Custo Dalmau opened a second shop, Custo Barcelona, in the Barri Gtic. Both carry his flamboyant men’s and girls’s lines and, at almost one hundred euros, the costliest T-shirts in town.Another local favorite, Antonio Mir may be best known for his luxe treatment of such materials as poplin, rayon, and light-weight wool in impeccably tailored men’s suits. This store-which carries his men’s, women’s, and jeans lines-proves that even denim could be a cut above.
To paraphrase U2, Notnom is where the shop has no name ( notnom means’no name’ ) -unlike all of the edgy designer brands represented here, among them Helmut Lang, D2, and Miriam Ocariz, who comes from Bilbao. The no-attitude store deals with men and women, the street-smart and the complex. Yohji Yamamoto Adidas sneakers are on display alongside seductive stilettos manufactured by Barcelona-based shoe designer Juan Antonio Lpez, who has been promoted as’the new Blahnik.’ Barcelona ferries

So why do you get out there and make your way to Barcelona and experience the hype behind the fashion capital of the Mediterranean and return with a wardrobe that’ll be the envy of all your buddies
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