Monsanto is a small Roman clothing chain with a solid selection of classy Italian-made clothes at a very reasonable price.
Their real strength, though, is their service. Immediately after walking in, I was greeted by a beautiful, friendly (and tastefully dressed!) woman who seemed to genuinely enjoy dressing me up and finding clothing combinations to suit me. I ended up walking out with a lot more than I went in intending to buy, but just because so many of the clothes looked great together. I really appreciated the active look-finding approach, because while I have a pretty good sense of my personal style, it can be easy to fall into a trap of only looking at certain things, and sometimes finding that new piece requires someone looking at you and saying "I think you should try this; it looks great with your coloring."
Also I fell ever-so-slightly in love with the aforementioned beautiful sales rep, but I promise that my interest in the clothing was genuine. read more