Slim Companions, Ten Clean Silhouettes Against the Gables

Samanta, 27, wears sleek noir glamour and turns from composure to fire the moment music comes up. Karolina, 27, prefers one striking black line and a good seat at the opera. Violetta, 30, pairs desert-gold glamour with the best comic timing on the roster, and Margo, 31, brings vintage lounge elegance and a mysterious calm. These four suit concerts, gallery openings and hotel bars with low lights and a pianist in the corner.

Liana, 28, who lives in Centrum, combines a gardener's patience with a lifelong love of French novels, and moves with quiet, intuitive grace. Patricia, 28, from the Jordaan, paints watercolours and adores film noir, and Lucy, 24, another Jordaan resident, is a dreamy stargazer who dresses in silver lace and loose satin. Book one of the three for an evening that should feel unhurried from the first glass to the last.

Cindy, 26, is a sailor and photographer with a sunny poolside style. Vanessa, 25, is sweet, curious and endlessly kind to first-time visitors. Stacy, 22, is the wild card, bold and spontaneous, with an eye for neon and a weakness for late comedy. Any of the three will happily turn a plain evening into a small adventure, and none of them minds if the plan changes halfway through.

A clean silhouette pays off in design hotels, where Samanta will happily critique the lighting plan, and in theatre foyers, where Karolina and Violetta draw glances without trying. Liana and Margo come into their own in a calm suite with a view over the water, while Cindy prefers a room where the curtains stay open so she can watch the canal.

For a straightforward visit, hotel outcall across the canals starts from €180 per hour. Longer evenings, including dinners and concerts, are on request, confirmed on WhatsApp.

The lamplit canals of De Wallen flatter a clean silhouette, and several of the ten know the quarter by heart. Stacy knows the bridge where the reflections are sharpest, Lucy the one quiet corner with a clear view of the sky, and Patricia the alleys off the Warmoesstraat that look like a detective film after rain. Ask any of them for a short stroll before the hotel, and the district will show you a side the crowds never see.

Ask any of the ten about style and you will hear a principle rather than a shopping list. For Karolina it is one line with nothing competing against it, for Patricia a wrap dress that moves, for Stacy a flash of metal that catches the lamps, for Vanessa soft colour and simple shapes. It is a discipline that suits the old city, where the most beautiful buildings are often the plainest.

Six of the ten also stand among our tall companions. Cindy also appears on the blonde page, Karolina and Violetta appear under black hair, and Patricia under auburn. Most of the others are brunettes, so the brunette page is a good place to continue. Margo and Violetta are also two of the four companions in the thirty and over band.