Milan's Galleria

Milan is Italy's finance and fashion capital, with hundreds of billions of euros invested on the Italian Stock Exchange and tens of billions more spent yearly in the city's luxury boutiques. While Florence attracts art-lovers, Venice the romantic and Rome the faithful, most travelers to Milan come to broker deals and indulge in the latest Italian fashion trends.

Anyone can drop plastic in a department store. With these NYC shopping secrets, you'll find deals and fashion that few know about.

1. Personal stylists - Founder of personal shopping company Chic Inspiration Ella Goldin is known for helping people create fabulous looks.

2. Discounts at designer showrooms - Fancy an exclusive look at a designer showroom and a chance to buy the latest fashions right off the racks at hugely discounted prices?

3. Curated vintage shopping - Natalie Joos is a fashion consultant and casting agent who’s fast gaining a reputation as New York’s Vintage Queen -- that’s all she wears -- through her vintage-focused blog, www.talesofendearment.com.

4. Self-guided shopping tours - She prides herself on her ability to guide New York shoppers to the city’s unique boutiques, but Natasha Malinsky, founder of Shop NYC Tours, also knows that some shoppers would prefer not to have her around.

5. Fashion history tours and sample sales - Founder of Seek New York Tours, Rebecca Frey has worked as a costume designer and stylist for TV shows, plays and fashion magazines, and specializes in “bringing a little bit of history” to her New York garment district shopping tours.

6. Discount department store - Discount mega-department store Century 21 is often touted as New York’s best kept shopping secret.

via CNN (with a full details)