RF organises customised Personal Shopping Trips in two of the world’s most important fashion centres, Milan and London, as well as in other cities such as Rome and Florence.
Having operated extensively in Milan, London, Rome and Florence, RF have all the local, first-hand knowledge of the finest locations, the top luxury stores, and smaller specialist boutiques away from the tourist areas.
With RF shopping becomes a pleasurable transformation journey, with all sources of potential stress removed. That means no more stress wandering aimlessly around the shops, no more arriving at a place only to find they have the garment you have been looking for, but your size is out of stock:RF know exactly where the clothes you need can be found so you will be able to relax and be truly pampered, as RF will look after all the work, all the thinking and running around.
During your Personal Shopping Trip, RF will help you steer clear of unsuitable items, discouraging unfavourable purchasing habits.
Getting Ready
Although not compulsory, RF always recommend a Personal Colour and Style Analysis and a Personal Wardrobe Styling Session before the Personal Shopping Trip.
With the information collected from these initial sessions followed by intensive research, RF will know how best to advise your purchases to ensure maximum value for money and the most efficient use of the time spent together.
If you wish to arrange a Personal Shopping Trip without the preliminary consultations, RF suggest that, careful preparation for the trip is essential in order to determine what you would like to accomplish from it.
To this end, RF will arrange a meeting with you before the Personal Shopping Trip day, or alternatively the programme for the day can be discussed by telephone. On this occasion, you can inform RF of any special requests that you may have: in fact, RF can book flights, chauffeur-driven cars, make bookings in exclusive restaurants, and organize hotel accommodation.
The Shopping Experience
RF will dedicate time to pre-empt the shopping trip with a personal recce and to research your brief fully, then planning a detailed itinerary for you.
Alternatively, you may prefer a tour of fashion hot spots in order to discover a new range of stores, or boutiques that you may not be acquainted with.
On the day itself, you will be picked up either at a pre-arranged location, usually at the hotel or accommodation you are staying at, or you will meet directly at a convenient point in the shopping area which RF will target for you.
RF have arrangements with selected shops in order to reserve fitting rooms, working in cooperation with sales assistants who will set the shop up according to RF's instructions. Once you arrive for your appointment, a preselection of items will be already streamlined and assembled for you, so that time will be used more on trying clothes on, than going from one shop to another.
You simply enter the fitting room where all the outfits are already waiting to be tried on.
RF will encourage you to try on items of clothing as it can be an enriching, eye opening experience and helps you to expand your range of possibilities in terms of the styles, shades and fabrics that suit you.
RF will change the garments that do not satisfy you, and run around to gather and bring you different sizes and alternatives so that you never have to leave the fitting room. Clothes that do not suit you will be excluded from the final selection, which in any case requires your approval.
Many ways to shop. Choose yours
"Hidden Jewels"
If you prefer the more discreet, hidden jewels, and unfamiliar addresses, RF will guide you to finding truly unique clothes and accessories from unknown designers that you'd never find
in the city where you live. Enjoy an exclusive tour to the secret boutiques in all sorts of districts of Milan, Rome, Florence and the London boroughs. In many cases, these places are outside the usual shopping areas and so you will see some “alternative” areas of town!
"Alta Moda" shopping.
Fashion houses use the label "Alta Moda" to describe the process of making a bespoke article to fit your body shape perfectly. There is no better way to purchase an exclusive garment, and there are only very few Alta Moda designers working today. If this type of shopping appeals to you, RF can identify the best Alta Moda House for the task in hand.
Private previews.
Most fashion houses have a showroom where the next season’s products are presented, and in which, after the major sales campaign, private sample collection sales are organized, for buyers and privileged clients. Personal invitations are essential, and for some showrooms, RF can enable you to participate in these exclusive events.
Shopping when stores are closed.
If you prefer to shop outside normal opening hours, there are a few stores that will still do business – behind closed doors – at unconventional times, but only for the most important customers… RF’s clients, of course!
Post - Personal Shopping Trip Session
After the Personal Shopping Trip, you can arrange for a Post Personal Shopping Trip Session. This final consultation with RF enables you to see how the new garments work together and complement the rest of your new wardrobe.
RF will create an album containing photographs of the items and accessories purchased, and the ways in which they can be mixed and coordinated.
PERSONAL SHOPPING TRIP:
ANY PERSONAL SHOPPING TRIP INCLUDES: PRELIMINARY RESEARCH PRIOR TO MEETING
- ONE DAY (MIN 7/8 HOURS)
- HALF DAY(MORNING OR AFTERNOON - MIN 4/5 HOURS)
- MULTIPLE DAYS OR WEEKS ARE SPECIALLY PRICED
EXTRA SERVICES CAN BE ARRANGED BY RF. COSTS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE FEE:
- TRAVEL EXPENSES
- HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
- CHAUFFEUR - DRIVEN CAR
- TAXIS
- BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER
- TAILORING FOR ALTERATIONS
- DELIVERY OF PURCHASES TO YOUR HOTEL OR TO ANOTHER ADDRESS.
Choose from RF's range of services in the Menu to make the perfect bespoke package.
