Bric’s
Mario Briccola founded luggage company Bric’s on the shores of Lake Como in 1952. His children and grandchildren continue to run the family business today.
Although Bric’s opened in the Galleria relatively recently, in 2022, its idea of leisure remains much the same: travel should be comfortable without surrendering style. The company’s luggage takes visual cues from traditional travel trunks, updated through contemporary materials and technical features.
One trolley from the Bellagio collection can be spotted beside Andy Sachs, played by Anne Hathaway, in The Devil Wears Prada 2.
Chanel
Rather than replicate its historic Parisian boutique, Chanel has devoted its Galleria space to footwear. Under Matthieu Blazy, the house’s rounded two-tone shoes have grown higher and softer, with a more covered silhouette and a wider colour palette. Black and powder pink—the more precise description of the classic “black and white”—now sit alongside magenta and red.
An adjoining Chanel Beauty area carries the house’s make-up collection.
Church’s
The master shoemaker who began producing handcrafted shoes in Northampton, England, could scarcely have imagined that his work would find a home in one of Milan’s great architectural landmarks. Church’s opened its Galleria boutique in 2001, in a space designed by architect Roberto Baciocchi, and has presented its particular vocabulary of British elegance there for 25 years.
Church’s is also credited with an important development in the history of footwear: it was the first company to produce distinct shoes for the left and right feet. Until then, both shoes in a pair were made identically. Known as the Adaptable, the innovation established the basis of modern shoe construction.
Dior
Under Jonathan Anderson, Dior is developing a lighter, more impressionistic vocabulary. Its boutique in the Galleria’s central Octagon, however, remains as it was when it opened in April 2021.
The ethereal interiors meet Milan’s Neo-Renaissance architecture in a space devoted to fashion, fairy tales and savoir-faire.
Fendi
The second floor of Fendi’s boutique is dedicated to design. Rust-coloured velvet armchairs by Gio Ponti sit alongside a fur-and-metal bench, an amber fused-glass table and works in silver and glass by Kiko Lopez.
Elsewhere, the Roman house draws from the interiors of early 20th-century Milanese palazzi. Polychrome marble, hand-textured ivory walls, pastel-coloured lifts and geometric ceilings create the setting, while artisanal stucco walls bear one of the logos designed by Karl Lagerfeld.
Fratelli Rossetti
Fratelli Rossetti began in postwar Parabiago, near Milan, with athletic footwear. Its founder, Renzo Rossetti, applied that experience to a company that would become one of the most recognisable names in Italian shoemaking.
The 1960s brought several signatures. Bows were added to loafers—a daring proposition at the time—followed by the Yacht, a moccasin designed to be worn without socks. The shoe anticipated a freer, less formal approach to dressing.
Across more than 70 years, Fratelli Rossetti has worked with names including Valentino, Pierre Cardin, Yves Saint Laurent, Mila Schön, Gucci, Ferragamo, Karl Lagerfeld and Dumas Hermès. The Galleria is now one of the principal addresses for a company steeped in Italian manufacturing history.