Space, Mendrisio, Florence - I travelled there by train to Mendrisio, then cab. It was easy to get a cab and prices are fixed at 12 euros each way. The cab driver left his card, which we got Prada to call for us when we were leaving.
Space is huge - it had a big square area for Prada bags, a similar sized one for Miu miu and accessories. On the left end are men's clothes/ shoes, right are women's clothes/ shoes, then Prada sports.
I spent about 2 hours at Space.
It had the best collection of wallets compared to Foxtown's Prada. There was a good range of colors, design and new stock. I bought a saffiano leather wallet for 120 euros and a long saffiano wallet for 150 euros. They are about double in the normal stores in Italy.
The bag collection was good as well. I'm not good with many model names, but they had leather, lace, nylon and the brown sack looking one. I bought a small leather sling and a arm carry leather bag (330 euros each, before tax return). Foxtown's bag collection was different and in some ways, better then Space's. More on that later.
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Foxtown Mendrisio, the wallets selection was pathetic but the bags were good! They had the bow series which I was eyeing forever. I thought long and hard about the gauffre bag, but decided to give it a miss. It was less than CHF1200. Tax return in Switzerland is 5%. There was also the lace bowler and a huge selection of leather bags. Comparable to the bag selection at Space.