An insider’s guide to the best shops in Amsterdam

Fabienne Chapot, the 9-streets

Dutch designer Fabienne Chapot is known for the kind of kitsch outfits – butterfly dresses, leopard-print shorts, cream tops with gold pineapples – spotted around Amsterdam’s trendier quarters.

Atelier des Femmes, the 9-streets

Just across the Herengracht canal, Floor Bos’s equally pretty Atelier des Femmes, a tiny store that’s only open on Saturdays, has all kinds of super-stylish headwear with a French twist, from Alice bands and bucket hats to scrunchies inspired by stars such as Audrey Hepburn and Brigitte Bardot.

Atelier Sukha, Haarlemmerbuurt

A pair of rope swings with chunky knitted seat covers hangs by the entrance to all-white Atelier Sukha, where practically everything, from the textile totems on the wall to the woven palm-fibre bags by the indigenous Xavante people of Brazil, is produced in small quantities or crafted from natural materials. Womenswear by Dutch labels – Monique van Heist denim work jackets, khaki linen dresses by FANT, vintage embroidered salmon-pink silk kimonos from Dream Tribe – is arranged in understated colour groups on wonky wooden rails alongside hand-drawn postcards, linen floor cushions, clusters of paper lanterns and a table piled high with grey bowls and plates handmade in Nepal.