Rome is better than Manhattan for shopping for far away. Even a small shop has clothes with design, good fabrics and taste. Everythings fits better, this people really know what they do. And every single shop has taylors for custumize the clothes. So, service is a lot better.
You make a simple question to a sales man in the US and they are clueless. You ask for your size in Rome and they correct you and when you try it they were right.