What shops to walk in Amsterdam
Before you - a new rubric Wonderzine "Pereves" For her, people close to us in spirit tell about stores in their favorite cities of the world, which cannot be missed on a trip and from where it is impossible to leave without shopping. For the first release, Wonderzine creative director Sonya Batovrina walked around the city, where she spent most of her life and told where the locals go shopping.
"Amsterdam is a convenient city for shopping, because everything is close here. Arriving in the city for one day, you will definitely get around the center where all the most important shops are concentrated: vintage shops, local designers' studios and boutiques with niche perfumery. special things, but also a unique atmosphere created by people who are in love with their business. Here the purchase ceases to be an end in itself, you come to have a great time and communicate with people close to you in spirit. "
This is a union of three vintage stores that are located one after another in the Nieuwmarkt area. The first focuses on women's and men's clothing, the second on women's and men's accessories. Here you can find things from the 1920s and from the 1960s, which is rare in other similar places where clothes from later periods are usually sold. The third store is the so-called military surplus, which sells items from military and working equipment from Belgium, Holland, France, Russia, Switzerland. Bis is loved by fashion workers and designers who draw inspiration from vintage archives.
Patta opened its doors in 2004 and instantly became the place to go behind the coolest street street in Amsterdam. Here you can find collections of brands like Adidas, Asics, Converse, Reebok, KangaROOS, New Balance, Norse Projects and Rockwell. The store also launched its brand and started doing collaborations with Nike, Stussy, Kangol, KangaROOS, Grenfell and others. Patta is more than a store and a brand; it is a place of power, a platform where young talents from the arts and music fields show themselves. The creators of Patta managed to form a community around themselves, gathering representatives of various street movements
Ultra de la rue is located on Red Light Street, so that when entering it, tourists do not expect to find such a friendly and small project. They have a very cool interior - completely black and white and graphic, creating an optical illusion. It was developed by the founders of Afayn de Jong, who studied architecture and urban planning, and Egbert Thomas, a designer and street-photographer. Here you can see the aesthetics of the creative and more friendly society of Amsterdam, which integrates life and culture in its collection of things. Here you can look at a cup of coffee or just go chat with the creators who tell about urban architecture.
Skins is a cosmetic and perfume boutique specializing in niche brands. Here, excellent service, you will help you choose products for any skin type. The store has a Parisian atmosphere, it looks expensive and elegant, and Diptyque, Dr. are sold here. Brandt, Creed, Laura Mercier en Ren Skincare.
Originally the store was called 90 Square Meters. Its creator, Ido de Fouce, wanted to open up space for creative and congenial people. He found a room that inspired him, it was possible to hold art shows, shows, even poetic readings. The store then moved to Waterloosquare in a large space and was renamed 290 Square Meters. Now there you can find not only brands like A.P.C., Arc'teryx Veilance, Levis Vintage Clothing, Our Legacy, Porter, Surface to Air, but also cosmetics.
Department Options is located in the heart of the city. Here you can find a lot of beautiful objects for the interior and just beautiful objects. The store team finds things for sale in creative guys, for example, friends or students of Dutch universities. Here you can find stationery, ceramics, furniture, gifts, clothes in a single copy.
One of the few independent bookstores. He has the best selection of magazines on all topics, from fashion to science and travel. His team is always looking for new indie publications around the world.
In one of the oldest skate shops in the city, Toms, you will find everything you need for skateboarding itself. From cool designer decks to the best clothes and shoes for this sport. The atmosphere of the store is relaxed, and experienced staff will help you choose a dream skate.
Here you can buy ready-made t-shirts and sweatshirts with cool prints, but also create your own pattern. The creators are proud to produce clothes of great quality honestly, without exploiting people.
Studio design textiles Farida Sedok. Here you can buy dresses, T-shirts, skirts, on which she manually applies prints. I could not resist the shirt with the logo of the brand, in Suriname slang denoting the same as the "Hustler" (35 euros). Her works are inspired by her hip-hop background and ethnicity.
This is the handmade jewelry brand Christel Simons. Using different materials from glass to crystals, metals and epoxides, she creates romantic things with character. All jewelry Kristel blows out of the glass at home.
This is a new brand of iconic rapper Freddy Tratlehner and Pierre van der Brink, who say: "We are creating elegantly vulgar clothes." Things are sewn by hand in Amsterdam from fabrics of excellent quality. The first collection is inspired by Klas Oldenburg’s pop art, Hype Williams videos from the late 1990s and sports cars.
Pontifex is a vintage store that sells candles of all colors and sizes. But the secret of this place is that there are still engaged in the craft, which is almost not practiced. Here works the so-called puppet doctor, a restorer of modern and old dolls. Of course, now few people need to repair the dolls, so this is not the main business of Pontifix. But to see a doctor in action is worth a lot.
This is an Asian department store in the heart of Chinatown. He is full of explosive colors and textures. There are several shops of Asian food and kitchen equipment, as well as other oriental products. It is worth to go here to delight the eyes and taste buds.
Luxury multibrand on 9th street. It has a very pleasant atmosphere, here is calm. Things are chosen by the two owners of Marais and Elsa themselves: they choose things suitable for everyday life, like Suno and Vanessa Bruno. The store has a home interior, things lie on wooden shelves and in wardrobes.
The fair is open every Monday from 8 am to 12 pm, the market takes up the whole street. Real Amsterdam citizens come here to buy vintage items at ridiculous prices and just chat with each other. Here you can also find tents with antiques and eat a deadly good apple pie.
