Since November 2001, the same two people have run the corner shop opposite the Tweede van der Helststraat tram stop on Sarphatipark: Miguel Angel Garcia Agudo, originally from Seville, and Gerard van de Goor. What began as a hair salon slowly grew a rail of menswear alongside the chairs, and today Angel Agudo packs both into just 60 square metres, with barely a centimetre left unused. The owners call it a bit of a hidden gem, tucked one street off Ceintuurbaan, easy to miss and easy to love once you have found it. Word of mouth still does most of the work, and they would love the shop to be easier to find for people who do not already know it is there.
The clothing side is menswear only, curated over the past decade toward labels that hold up under actual wear as well as on paper. Drykorn and Elvine bring tailored, cold-weather-ready pieces from Germany and Sweden. Filippa K adds a cleaner, Scandinavian cut. Denim leans on Kuyichi, Nudie Jeans and Kings of Indigo, three labels built around organic cotton and, in Nudie’s case, a long-standing repair programme. Knowledge Cotton Apparel supplies some of the softest t‑shirts and knitwear, also made from certified organic cotton. Rains covers rainwear, RVLT brings workwear-inspired pieces, Blackstone and Clae handle footwear, and Secrid, ADAM and TWOTHIRDS round out the wallets and accessories. Roughly 80% of the brands on the floor work with certified organic materials or independently audited production, and the remaining labels are under review for the same standard. None of it is styled to look overtly “eco”: the team’s rule has always been that a piece earns its spot by looking and fitting right first, function and style before anything else.
The hair salon serves both women and men and works with Kevin Murphy, Paul Mitchell and Fudge. Bookings run by phone or online only, since email requests tend to get missed in the daily rush, and cancellations inside 24 hours are charged at 50%. The shop is open Tuesday to Saturday, with Sunday reserved for browsing the clothing rail only, no hair appointments that day. Sarphatipark sits a five-minute walk from the Albert Cuyp market, in a corner of De Pijp that has swapped its old reputation as an artists’ quarter for a younger, more international crowd, without losing much of its neighbourhood feel. Anyone who wants the same mix of fashion under one roof, but with more sun and a juice bar attached, can find the same two owners running a second concept store in Sóller, Mallorca.
