What a great fabric shop!! For the past couple of years I've been buying fabric at every city I visit and of course I was very excited when I came to Europe to be able to buy fabric made in a Italy and France!! I had found another fabric shop here in Florence but it was so expensive that I wasn't able to justify such a purchase. I found Bassi on the very last day we spent in Florence, as I was walking through a street market I just happened to see fabric bolts stacked against a window and I had to go in. This store is long and narrow, it has thousands of bolts of fabric which are arranged by category and fabric type for the most part. You find all the wool, the sequins and beaded fabric, stretch, and cottons together, etc.. I literally looked at every section. I did buy a couple selections, I bought a beautiful gray sheer with satin appliqué fabric that I will use to make a cocktail dress. It was €29 per meter which is expensive for me (not expensive at all in the grand scheme of things as far as fabric in Italy goes) and I bought some very pretty printed polyester satin fabric that I can make dresses and jumpsuits with that can be easily thrown in the washing machine for about 9€ per meter, double width, which is an amazing price. Service was also great. They don't really hound you much in shops in Italy, they let you look around. They may ask you once if you need help, but that is it. I really like that. OnceI got to the counter, the owner of the store started talking to me and I found out that he travels to Miami and NYC quite a bit, which was pretty neat. Overall this was a win all around for me!! read more