There are lots of delightful things to buy besides wooden shoes and toy windmills. Bicycle horns shaped like alligators are fun. Small Delftware tiles and tiny ceramic canal houses are a good buy. If you are a soccer fan, the Amsterdam team, Ajax , has a store in the Kalverstraat with shirts and other soccer paraphernalia.
At Cora Kemperman's you will find long wide skirts combined with a short oriental jacket and dresses with details; Kemperman uses heavy fabrics like brocade, damask and deeply shiny velvet, which she combines with light, transparent fabrics or with sporty polyester shirts. Big or small, everyone will find something suitable. Laura Dolls specialises in second hand clothes from the 1940s and 1950s. In the back of the shop you will find de Verkleed Komeet : lots of costume clothing for children aged 1 to 16 years old, such as cowboy outfits, fairy tale clothes, bear, princess and knight costumes, shoes and hats. |
