Shopping in Campania is a true delight because of the local handicraft, which offers a variety of interesting op­portunities: original and exclusive products, which are often genuine works of art. Fashion is a great example of this: Italy is understandably famous all over the world because of this and Naples can boast stylists of great prestige. So those looking for clothing, linen, fabrics, shoes, ties and accessories will find famous names both in the beautiful districts of Chiaia (from piazza Vittoria to via dei Mille) and Vomero (from via Scarlatti to via Luca Giordano), and also in Capri (near the celebrated small square). According to ancient tradition, there are streets in Naples that are dedicated exclusively to one single type of craft. And so in the Goldsmiths suburb you can purchase gold and jewels, worked with the same skill and taste that have always distinguished Ital­ian goldsmiths all over the world; whereas in the heart of the city centre, there are two particularly characteristic streets: via San Sebastiano, where the shops make, repair and sell all kinds of musical instruments, from precious wooden ones belonging to the musical tradi­tion of Italy to the more modern synthesisers; and via San Gregorio Armeno, the undisputed land of cork "cribs" made in all sizes and terracotta "shepherds" (lit­tle statues), ranging from 2 to 30 cm. high, the most valuable of which are dressed with precious and antique materials. A typical custom of the Christian Christmas is to reconstruct a miniature corner of Palestine at the time of the birth of Jesus; so all year round, the shops that line the whole street, sell these elegant traditional objects, which can be seen in all of the houses in Campa­nia. Another product belonging to the glorious past are the ceramics and majolicas. One particularly old famous name is Capodimonte (in the upper part of the city), which is surrounded by the work of craftsmen in their workshops around piazza San Domenico Maggiore, who make jugs, vases, plates, enamelled tiles, holy water stoups, azulejos tiles... a fine class of artisans that achieves excellent standards also in Ariano Irpino and Calitri (Avellino), in San Lorenzello and Cerreto Sannita (Benevento) and, even more so, on the shining Amalfi Coast, in Cava de' Tirreni and in Vietri sul Mare. At the foot of Vesuvius, in Torre del Greco, the craft shops dis­play preciously made jewels, earrings, broaches, neck­laces and rings. For some centuries now, this small town has been recognised as the main centre of coral, "the red gold" of the south. It is a delicate and traditional art developed by skilled master craftsmen, who create their elegant sea jewels here: ornaments shaped in blazing coral forms, attractive hard stones, wonderful crystal clear shells, mother of pearl, cameos and tortoiseshell. Moreover: For those who love wood Sorrento offers its deli­cate carvings for which it is understandably famous; and the towns of Irpinia are charac­terised by their simple, typical, every day handicrafts with a slightly retro taste (pil­low lace; every day objects made of wood, stone, copper and wrought iron); those who have a passion for leather clothes can visit Solofra (Avellino), whilst those who have a soft spot for beautiful fabrics must definitely pay a visit to the old royal citadel of San Leucio, a small town, which has handed down the luxurious art of silk from one generation to the next for three hundred years, export­ing its precious materials and bro­cades all over the world with their antique decorations that are made even today, as they were in the past, when craftsmen worked just to sup­ply the outfits of the kings of Naples.