Clothing shopping in Madrid
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Mercado de Fuencarral
Madrid’s home of alternative club-cool is still going strong, revelling in its reverse snobbery. With shops like Fuck, Ugly Shop and Black Kiss, it’s funky, grungy and filled to the rafters with torn T-shirts and more black leather and silver studs than you’ll ever need. This is a Madrid icon and when it was threatened with closure in 2008, there was nearly an uprising.
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Agatha Ruiz de la Prada
This boutique has to be seen to be believed, with pinks, yellows and oranges everywhere you turn. It’s fun and exuberant, but it’s not just for kids: it’s also serious and highly original fashion. Agatha Ruiz de la Prada is one of the enduring icons of Madrid’s 1980s outpouring of creativity known as la movida madrileña.
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Snapo
You wouldn’t find Snapo anywhere but in Malasaña, with edgy street wear that typifies the barrio’s rebellious spirit. Imagine a T-shirt of Pope John Paul II with fist raised and ‘Vatican 666’ emblazoned across the front and you get the idea.
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Custo Barcelona
The chic shop of Barcelona designer Custo Dalmau wears its Calle de Fuencarral address well, because the now-iconic T-shirts are at once edgy, awash in attitude and artfully displayed. It’s not to everyone’s taste, but always worth a look.
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Maty
Unlike the not-so-cheap imitations sold in souvenir stores across the capital, Maty sells genuine flamenco dresses, shoes and accessories with sizes for children and adults. These are the real deal, with prices to match, but they make brilliant gifts.
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Loewe
One of the classiest (and most expensive) Spanish labels, Loewe is the place to go for fine leather handbags and shoes and elegant fashions that are classical in inspiration and almost as pricey (and prestigious) as Louis Vuitton.
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Armand Basi
Armand Basi is the purveyor of hip urban designs for the carefully casual (men and women). Just about anything you find here is well suited to a night out in Madrid, but especially the nightspots of Chueca and Salamanca.
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Amaya Arzuaga
Sexy, bold and tastefully colourful, Amaya Arzuaga is one of Spain’s most creative designers. The fusion of black with bright colours (think orange, red, fuchsia or turquoise) is very Spanish and oh-so-stylish.
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Flip
Too cool for its own good, Flip is funky and edgy with its designer T-shirts and G-Star jeans, a groovy and often offbeat collection of belts, caps and bags and staff that will let you know how it all looks and fits.
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Ekseption & Eks
The catwalklike entrance is the perfect introduction to brand names dedicated to urban chic with Balenciaga, Kokosalaki and Dries Van Noten in art-gallery-like displays; younger, more casual lines are next door.
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Purificación García
Fashions may come and go but Puri consistently manages to keep ahead of the pack. Her signature style for men and women is elegant and mature designs that are just as at home in the workplace as at a wedding.
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Sybilla
One of the more original Spanish designers, who combines local and international styles with strong, Spanish colours and deceptively simple pieces with stylish cuts that stand out in the crowd.
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Piamonte
One of the favourite shoe shops of Madrileñas looking for that special something for an important occasion. This is one of the major standard-bearers for Chueca’s sense of style.
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Divina Providencia
Divina Providencia has moved seamlessly from fresh new face on the Madrid fashion scene to almost mainstream stylish, with fun clothes for women and strong retro and Asian influences.
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Manolo Blahnik
Nothing to wear to the Oscars? Do what many Hollywood celebrities do and head for Manolo Blahnik. The showroom is exclusive and each shoe is displayed like a work of art.
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Jesús del Pozo
For glamorous evening wear for ladies ( not ‘women’, we were informed by the shop assistant), it’s difficult to go past this Spanish designer.
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Adolfo Dominguez
The stylish shop of this inventive Spanish designer is where you’ll find utterly casual and colourful designs for the consciously cool among us.
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Alma Aguilar
Alma Aguilar is a classy Madrid designer known for her stylish formal wear for women.
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Roberto Torretta
Specialises in romantic, yet practical design, combining casual and formal wardrobes.
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Roberto Verino
Roberto Verino is the purveyor of simple, classy designs for men and women.
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