Kipsu15 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Hi everybody, We are planning to visit Amsterdam this spring. Do anyone know stores which sell good quality high heels? Thank you, Kipsu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yozz Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Depends on your size. If you are above 42 it gets difficult but there are a few shops. Below that size there are streets full of shoe shops. For expensive fashionable ones you could look in the Bijenkorf (at Dam square) at the second floor. (only up to 41/42) Cynthia (Leidsestraat) and Cinderella (Kalverstraat) may have some in size 43. For other sizes they are quite decent as well. Medium cheap shoes can be gotten at van Haren in the Nieuwstraat (to 41/42). The very cheap shops you better look up in the internet. One chain is "Bristol". For big sizes one shop is Stravers, Overtoom 127. They go up to size 48. They have a lot of expertise selling those shoes to men so there is no reason to be shy. Men are actually the majority of customers buying those big sizes. I hope you have a nice time and good weather. Y. Raise your voice. Put on some heels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tal Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 As Yozz said.... Stravers is a 'proper' shoeshop. Bought recently a pair of good quality boots there (approx 300 quid, where on sale for 200). Can find loads of shoeshops on the kalverstraat though. Don't expect large sizes if you need it. My username changes every now and then on here. God knows why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kipsu15 Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 We are going to buy some shoes for my wife (size 39). I'm so sorry that forgot to mention it! We are looking for some classic pumps or boots (thin heel and pointy toe). Thanks for your replies anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yozz Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 A nice trip would be to start at the Bijenkorf (Dam square), then walk through the Kalverstraat, not quite to the end, make a right turn into the Heiligeweg and then follow into the Leidsestraat. We recently counted and the Leidsestraat has 15 shoe shops. In total you may pass more than 25 shoe shops in that walk. Y. Raise your voice. Put on some heels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kipsu15 Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Thank you for your suggestions! We are looking forward to visit Amsterdam and do some high heel shopping. Can you find Christian Louboutin or similar brands there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yozz Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 If you are talking that league, you should visit another street. The really fancy shopping street is the P.C.Hooft straat. There is a shop there that sells Louboutins. It is at the corner where the P.C.Hooft straat intersects the van Baerlestraat. It is not exclusively a shoe shop. They will not have the whole assortment. Y. Raise your voice. Put on some heels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhs Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Is BigShoe at Leliegracht still in business? Greetings Hans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yozz Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Is BigShoe at Leliegracht still in business? Greetings Hans. Last time I walked by they were still there, but that is a good part of a year ago. They are still in the phone book. You could have a look at their web site: www.bigshoe.nl Y. Raise your voice. Put on some heels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borg Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Kipsu15, when are you going to Amsterdam? I may be going in a few weeks for work. I'll use the info from this thread for some shopping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney15c Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 I'm suprised there are not more shops doing larger womens sizes in Amsterdam, as far as i know (and i stand to be corrected) aren't dutch women supposed to be the tallest (on average) in the world so by that reckoning a fair majority would take a larger than average size....just a thought. In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yozz Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 I'm suprised there are not more shops doing larger womens sizes in Amsterdam, as far as i know (and i stand to be corrected) aren't dutch women supposed to be the tallest (on average) in the world so by that reckoning a fair majority would take a larger than average size....just a thought. Maybe there are many more, but I just don't know about them. For myself I don't need that as I wear size 39-40. My wife though needs 42 and we have been looking and there are shops with 42-43 but we did not find too many. Have a look at Cynthia and Cinderella (one in the Kalverstraat and the other in the Leidse straat or the other way around). They have some shoes in 43 and even some in 44. But of course there are also the shops in the red light district, but that is a style that does not attract us very much. They do go to big sizes. We had the impression that in Berlin it is easier to find sizes like 43. Y. Raise your voice. Put on some heels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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