The shopper has plenty of choice and is not swamped by US or British merchandise.
Shops are well stocked.
Local Sea Island cotton wear and cane and basketwork are attractive and reasonable. The Stonewall Boutique on Princes Street sells quality local crafts and imports. The Plantation Picture House , at Rawlins Plantation is Kate Spencer s studio and gallery of portraits, still life and landscapes in oils and watercolours, her designs are also on silk, open 1100-1700. She also has a shop in Basseterre, on Bank Street, just off the Circus, called Kate, with paintings, prints, silk sarongs, hats by Dale Isaac, and another shop in Main Street, Charlestown. There are several local craft shops in Charlestown.