Frommer's Review
This women's clothing boutique originated in 1980 within a cubbyhole-size nicca, a word that translates from the Portuguese as "very small space." Since then, its entrepreneurial owner, Bertillia Bergaña, has attracted an upscale clientele that has included Queen Sophia of Spain and María José Ritta, wife of the former Portuguese president. Part of its very chic allure derives from a potent combination of ready-to-wear and couture, an art form that's dying even in its original home, France, but which is still relatively affordable within Portugal, thanks to cheap, well-trained seamstresses and an ongoing passion for the art form. Bertillia showed us a rigorously tailored three-piece women's suit fashioned from raw silk that managed to be both sexy and businesslike at the same time, available in 15 colors, and made to order, that would have been a prize at a couture house in Paris. In Lisbon, it was available at a relative bargain of 1,000€ ($1,300). Check out the evening wear and the sexy cocktail dresses. You'll find the place near the landmark Praça Luís de Camões, just uphill from the shop-lined Rua Garrett, in the Chiado district.
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