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Since 1924 this store has been purveying all manner of headgear. You'll find Kangol mohair
berets, hipsterish short-brimmed hats, fedoras, elegant straw sun hats and a full-colour spec-
trum of
barrets
(berets).
SHOES
LA MANUAL ALPARGATERA
93 301 01 72;
lamanualalpargatera.es
;
Carrer d'Avinyó 7;
9.30am-1.30pm
& 4.30-8pm; Liceu)
Everyone from Salvador Dalí to Jean Paul Gaultier has ordered a pair of
espadrilles
(rope-
soled canvas shoes or sandals) from this famous store, which is the birthplace of the iconic
footware. The shop was founded just after the Spanish Civil War, though the roots of the
simple shoe design date back thousands of years.
