If you are a shoe lover then put on your ruby red slippers (you know you have a pair or something like it) click them twice and say 'there's no place like Calypso', because this vintage shoe store down town Mitte, is your Kansas. Shoes cover every square inch of the room, hanging from the walls like art works, lovingly scrubbed up by the shops owner, Rosemarie, whose rocking shoe fetish is all too apparent. Shoes from every decade spanning 60 years can be found inside and just about every style you can think of including comfortable shoes, high heels, army boots and fetish shoes.
The designer range isn't that extensive although you can find the odd gem, but what's special here is the range of designs on offer from platforms to court shoes, knee high, PVC boots to steel toe caps. This shop is a lesson in shoe design over the centuries and Rosemarie knows them all. Her knowledge of her shoes is thorough and she's very quick to help should you require some assistance, snapping off in an instant when the desired size and style is communicated. It's no surprise then, that film and theatre companies often call upon her to help dress the cast according to their remit when in town.
The prices range from around 50 Euro for a really nice pair up to about 250 or more if the shoe is really unique as Rosemarie explained to BANGBANGBERLIN when we interviewed her below. If you never really know someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes, then at Calypso you can walk thousands of stories from hundreds of lives; with your feet looking fabulous and interesting throughout.
