Fashion

Amsterdam has a remarkable crop of distinct, urban couturiers. Here you’ll find fresh, groundbreaking, and inspiring styles unlike anywhere else. Admire and acquire museum-quality footwear from Jan Jansen and decadent underpinnings from Marlies Dekkers. EnD offers graphic styles in punk-hued variations and Claes Iversen crafts clothing to make rock-influenced statements. Even the Red Light District is now home to hip, young designers including Bas Kosters, Mada van Gaans and Daryl van Wouw.

Denim options are particularly unique here. Create a custom pair at Denham, explore the styles from niche designers Kuyichi, pick up some premium raw selvedge G-Stars, or opt for a more radical take on the genre with a pair of handmade, glue-seamed Gluejeans by G+N.

HELPFUL TIP: For a more mainstream yet high-end shopping experience, saunter the P.C. Hooftstraat, home to plenty of big, familiar, upscale retail names and a few others you will be happy to discover. The Nieuwedijk-Kalverstraat area also offers a plethora of mainstream shopping emporiums