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Segalin Footwear
'Now this is class,' a group of admiring French tourists sighed as they peered in the shop window. Run by the legendary Segalin family of cobblers, this is a top spot for having footwear (for men and women) made to measure.
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Shary
In one window dangles a row of generous, wide ties in demanding primal and pastel colours, while in the other you'll find slinky scarves in the same kaleidoscopic array of colours.
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Store
In this one, tight shop you'll find an eclectic range of class brands imported from Barcelona, Paris, London and beyond. You might encounter anything from golfing trousers through Barbour coats to Argentine polo players' clobber. Pick up a pair of braces or choose from the array of accessories.
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Studio In Venice
Alon Baker runs this Venice branch of the original store in Old Jaffa, Israel. It produces all sorts of bright handmade artwork, from parts of the Torah to imaginative paintings, all taking their inspiration from Jewish tradition.
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Tolin
A master repairman of all things in leather, Signor Tolin also makes shoes and boots to measure of all descriptions, including orthopaedic ones. Shoes are piled up any old how in the shop window. Two-toned numbers, girl's boots, classic shoes for stepping out - you name it, Signor Tolin can probably do it!
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Tragicomica
This is one of the city's bigger mask and costume merchants, and is quite overwhelming at first sight. Enter what to all intents is an enchanted forest of mesmerising masks. Faces loom out at you from all directions as you pick your way through the shop.
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Valeria Bellinaso
With her experience in the Milan fashion circuits, Bellinaso has brought an inimitable touch of class to her pert little Venice boutique. Velours and silks, many of them in subtle denominations of carmine, burgundy and vermilion, are used to produce anything from scarfs to hats and gloves.
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Valese
Since 1918, the Valese family has cast figures in bronze, copper and other metals here. Its reputation is unequalled in the city. Some items, such as the ornamental horses that adorn the flanks of the city's gondolas, suggest themselves more readily as souvenirs than others.
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Vergombello
This is a dark den of all that glistens, including rings, pendants and pins, some with minuscule moving parts. But you'd never know it was a high-end purveyor of jewellery, because it's also a workshop, with Bunsen burners, all sorts of microscopic jewellery tools and an inspired confusion.
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Vivaldi Store
Can't get the sounds of Vivaldi out of your mind? If you need a CD of music related to Venice, pop by here. Cristiano Nalesso specialises in all things Venetian, ranging from the Renaissance through to baroque and including recordings by some of the better baroque groups that perform in Venice, notably Rondó Veneziano.
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Viziovirtù
If death by chocolate is your idea of Death in Venice, you may have found paradise. 'Vice-Virtue' offers a palate-boggling array of hand-crafted chocolates, each a minor pleasure bomb.
