If you've got to splurge, this is as good a spot as any. Saucy picks from Anna Sui, Blue Blood, Chloé and Stella McCartney attract the usual mediacrities.
Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat 138Mixes new designers with established names such as Martine Sitbon, Clements Ribeiro and Earl Jean, and often featured in the papers next to an A-lister's...
Cornelis Schuytstraat 22The new concept home of local denim label Blue Blood Jeans has all the lovely aspirational gear any upwardly mobile trendster could ever want, all under one...
Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat 142A beautiful range of maternity and baby clothes (including premature sizes) in cotton, wool and linen. You'll also find cotton nappies, plus various...
Bosboom Toussaintstraat 22-24One of the largest suppliers of alternative medicines in the country, chemist Marjan Terpstra wanted her shop to reflect her speciality. Designed by...
Lairessestraat 40Amsterdam's globally-acclaimed lingerie designer has her own store on the posh shopping strip of Cornelis Schuytstraat. She also has a boutique in the Nine...
Cornelis Schuytstraat 13This sleek health supermarket stocks local and organic products. The whole set-up, including the minimalist milk packaging, comes across as a fine piece of...
Overtoom 21Mateloos cares for curves. Clothes from sizes 44 to 60: evening wear, sportswear, lingerie - the works.
Kwakarsplein 1-7Top-end organic supermarket with daily staples like sugar and flour and more exotic fare like 30-year-old balsamic vinegar, caviar and wild salmon for those...
Cornelis Schuytstraat 26-28Heaven for creative types. The shelves at Peter van Ginkel groan with paints and pigments, canvases and many types of paper for artists in residence.
Bilderdijkstraat 99
Travel books, international guides and a huge range of maps for active holidays. Adventurous walkers should talk to the helpful staff before embarking on a...
Overtoom 135-137At this two-storey concept store, cool interiors collide with stylish lifestyle products - right up to the latest design books, fragrances and candies....
Van Baerlestraat 2-4Mineral water, water everywhere, and every drop to drink. The variety of native and imported versions may induce emergencies in the weaker of bladder.
Roelof Hartstraat 10