How To Dress For Milan In 11 Easy Looks

In a city where beauty lurks behind every corner, you’ll want to dress with style. Culture Trip has partnered with our friends at YOOX to provide the ultimate Milan edit.

Milanese fashion is known for quality textiles and fabrics, so splurge on staples you’ll have in your wardrobe forever. If you want to dress like a local, go ahead, mix leather and lace, playful prints, and statement accessories. Pay homage to the city’s renowned designers and shop these deals at YOOX before they sell out. You might be mistaken for a local, but there’s no way you’ll be lost in the crowd.

Shop the looks below to be decadent, to be daring, to be you—the Milan edit.

1. Sugar Plum Fairy

Take your black from basic to anything but with accessories in the season’s hottest hue, a deep burgundy. The look is sleek yet festive.

2. Jingle Belle

Be the bellissima of the ball with a sophisticated cocktail dress that’s polished off with statement jewelry and festive heels that add a pop of color.

3. Sporty Spice

Spend the day exploring the city by foot in chic jeans, a pastel puffer, and sporty sneakers for stylish comfort.

4. Ice Queen

For a look that’s white hot, mix gold and cream and take in the city’s stunning skyline from your hotel bar.

5. Naughty or Nice?

Pairing leather and lace will keep locals guessing whether you’re naughty or nice. Complete the look with a hardware bracelet and festive scarf and see where the night takes you.

6. It’s a Wrap

The bow-blouse was one of the year’s hottest trends. Pair yours with tailored trousers and holiday flats, and call it a wrap.

7. Santa Baby

Shimmy the night away in a cocktail dress that’s red hot. Fierce and festive accessories complete the look.

8. All I Want for Christmas Is You

’Tis the season for indulging in your favorite things. So eat, drink, shop, and be merry.

9. Ginger, Snap

Ginger isn’t just for cookies. The hue is on-trend this season, so go ahead and rock it as an alternative to Christmas red.

10. Sequin Greetings

With this look, all that glitters is you. Make an entrance and keep them looking all night long.

11. Baby, It’s Cold Outside

Cathedrals, museums, restaurants, oh my. Dress up that wanderlust spirit in pieces that look fabulous and keep you toasty.

About the author

Jill Di Donato

Fashion Editor

Jill is a New York native who holds a BA in Literature from Barnard College, and an MFA in writing from Columbia University. She is the author of the novel Beautiful Garbage (She Writes Press, 2013) about the downtown Manhattan art and fashion scene in the 1980s. A former staff writer for The Huffington Post and Bustle, Jill comes to Culture Trip after working with Refinery 29, Vice, Salon, Paste Style, Los Angeles Times, Nylon, Shopify, Autre, and producing content for emerging fashion labels. She teaches classes about fashion and culture at Barnard College and The Fashion Institute of Technology. Her prized possessions are her Gucci fanny pack, vintage rocker t-shirts, and her grandmother's collection of costume jewelry. She's always on the lookout for a gem-encrusted turban.