B.S. Story. EVERYONE dresses well in Italy (not counting loud American tourists). It is expected that you will spend $200 or more on jeans that you wear to buy your Momma some milk. Italy (especially the north) is a wealthy country where people spend a fortune on clothing.
Italy??? Armani Suits?? Try something like Baci & Abbracci or MERC. Much more stylish than an Armani suit.
http://bacieabbraccicollezioni.it/index2.html If you love Armani (which Sparky does) I would recommend the Armani store off of Via Manzoni in Milan. Go to the very top floor. There you will find
Armani Jeans. Nice people there. They do speak English (your Italian is pathetic). They will take care of you. Armani suits are nice if you are 65 years old and want to take a 20 year old Italian student out to dinner. You don't need them. You also don't need the Italian student. Keep on reading and you will understand why Italian girls are not needed.
Visit Milan and stop by the
JDC store (not far from the Duomo). They know Sparky there.
http://www.jdc-milano.it/ Obviously your Italian sucks. So don't get on the Metro and try to head out towards some of the cooler shops. Just stay around the Duomo and Via Montenapoleone. You should be able to find someone (with luck) in that area who knows some English. Now when you are at JDC I want you to go downstairs past the shoe section. Make a right. You should find some decent deals on Baci & Abbracci clothing. Got it so far?
Now, take the Malpensa Express shuttle to the airport. I, unlike many, love Malpensa. So nice and spacious. Hop on a plane to Kiev. In Kiev take a bus to Odessa. Get out speaking loud English. You will be happy. In Odessa it should take you all of 15 minutes to find her (learn some Russian...if not you will be sorry). She will love and worship the ground that you walk on. She will also look like the type of girl that you see on the fashion billboards in Stazione Centrale in Milan. Now you can go back to Italy with your prize.
SPARKY's Guide to Italy. Firenze sucks. Nothing but a bunch of Western tourists. All of Tuscany sucks. The best part of Italy is Milan and Rimini. Rome is about as bad as Tuscany. Only good thing to come out of Rome is Paolo Di Canio. Remember, you don't visit Italy for girls. Hell, Croatia and Slovenia are better bets and they are right next door. In saying this, I have so much respect for Italian girls. Very classy. Plus they are not sluts. Kinda the prudes (along with Slovakians) of the West. BUT, not the greatest gene pool and too hard to make a girl your own.
Italy is best when you take a nieve girl from a place like Odessa and transform her into a westerner for the weekend. Take her shopping, relax with some espresso (I can give you a list of places she will adore), go for an evening of Opera, maybe a disco, etc. I am feeling particularly nice at the moment. I will give you a name of a place that you might want to check out in Milan. Tourists are not YET aware of it. The name....LIGHT. Yes, Light. A very nice place in the Corso Como district of Milan.
Whatever you do...Stay in a nice designer hotel in Milan. Milan is a place to splurge for the weekend.