Bargain-hunting Romans spend months looking forward to the slashing of prices that happens each January and July. Thanks to the global economic crisis, this year the January sales started earlier than ever, but store owners are still complaining that their aisles are empty and that consumers have cut their spending drastically.
So where is everyone shopping? On this Photo Friday, Susan Sanders shows us that the Romans are taking it the streets. Sidewalk markets abound in the Eternal City and sometimes one finds the most extraordinary things on sale. Like lingerie, which, often, for inexplicable reasons, is sold at the same market stall that sells hair extensions. Go figure. Or cashmere sweaters. Or, on the very best of shopping days, fur coats, as seen in Susan’s photos above and below.
We don’t know how many lucky ladies plucked a fur coat from that rack on Viale Trastevere, but there were certainly plenty from which to choose.
For more photos by Susan, visit her blog: Rome With A View.
