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David & Martin silver bangle at Hejfina ($208)

Vintage geometric rings at Anica ($65)

Originally a costume and set designer, Belgian Natalia Brilli started designing fashion accessories in 2003 for Rochas. After 3 year at Rochas she started her eponymous label in 2005. Her pieces often use leather as a sculptural element, sometimes shaping and intertwining it with various metals. Dark and dramatic, Victorian influences and aesthetics in her work are clear.

Her Fall 2008 collection is now available at Gravity Pope Tailored Goods. Thanks to reader Aryen for the tip.

White Capri is a new Berlin based accessories label, whose first collection is inspired by a movie set in London, directed by a Jewish American director. Woody Allen is the director, Match Point is the movie, and White Capri has designed quite a beautiful collection of bags and jewelry that are urban and proper at the same time.

The collection is naturally available online for sale and shipping around the world. Welcome to the global fashion village.

Arielle de Pinto Crocheted Silver Necklace at Anica ($925)

Florian gold pearl necklace at Kronkron ($304.74)

Comme des Garcons' guerilla stores are meant to be temporary experiments in avant-garde retail. But in the case of the very first guerilla store that opened in Berlin in 2004 the experiment didn't stop when CdG left town. The organizers of the store continued the operation, reincarnated as Lil Shop. Lil Shop sells vintage Comme des Garcons and Junya Watanbe in addition to CdG accessories, selections from the current season, and various other accessories. The shop resigned their site late last year, and now offers online shopping.

(These awesome necklaces are exclusive to Lil Shop)

And so we find another cool Scandinavian shop that'll ship to the US. Pepper hails from Bergen, Norway and just opened up their online shop. The selection is mostly a mix of fun, hip Scandinavian and European pieces, with some American names thrown in for good measure.

Marc by Marc Jacobs

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Cheap Monday

Acne

Fafafa

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Nathalie Costes necklace at La Garconne ($280)

Elke Kramer four blob necklace at No-one (£110)

Roze sterling rings at Welcome Hunters ($90, available in 3 sizes)

In some ways, Bona Drag reminds us of Le Train Bleu in its earlier days. After all, it's online only, favors a dark, romantic motif, and carries lines that are completely new to us. But while Le Train Bleu featured upstart European and New York labels, Bona Drag has found its particular brand of stylish femininity in smaller designers from America, some in New York, but most from the relatively untapped pool of independent designers from the West Coast.

Malicious Designs

Mooka Kinney

Pony Attack

With Hearts In My Eyes

Stephanie Simek

Erica Weiner

Cool stuff: Comme des Garçons collaboration pieces with Chrome Hearts.

Available at Dover Street Market.

Shantily Lucite bracelet/headband at Kick Pleat ($93). Made of vintage scarves woven through Lucite rings. Can be worn as a headband or bracelet. Kind of ingenious.

Martin Margiela ring at Harputs Market ($135)