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Raf Simons red leather high top at South Willard ($675)

White leather oxfords at Firmament (129 EURO)

YMC checked plimsole sneaker at Tres Bien ($134.60)

You guys have been on a roll with the international store suggestions lately. After several superb suggestions in Norway and Iceland, the latest is Azita in Frankfurt. The quintessentially urban store is rife with energetic, young talent.

F-Troupe

Reality Studio

S.N.S. Herning

Siv Stoldal

Surface To Air

Surface To Air

Wood Wood

Azita's own T-shirt line has an '80s exercise clothing color pallete, and geometries reminiscent of early video games. We're fans.

We liked them a few months ago, and now as Bblessing has several pairs of Chausser shoes in stock, we like them even more. Even in low resolution, crudely lit photos, the shoes appear to be of superior stock.

Lucien Pellat-Finet canvas sneakers at Aloha Rag ($125)

We had a feeling Reykjavik would be a cool place to shop. Say hello to Kronkron, a Reykjavik shop stocking some of the more interesting Scandinavian and European labels. And if you're not planning a visit anytime soon, we'd try out their online shopping. If only because it'd be super cool to get a package from Iceland.

Bernhard Willhelm

Opening Ceremony

Stine Goya

B Store

Eric Lebon

S.N.S. Herning

Siv Støldal

B Store has a great lineup for spring.

Ute Ploier

Ute Ploier

Peter Jensen

Hartmann Nordenholz

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Peter Jensen

b-Store

Peter Jensen for B-Store at Doshaburi (EURO 70)

Many an American would love to pay extra taxes for socialized medicine, but we're pretty sure no American is excited about paying extra taxes for other people's socialized medicine. With that in mind, Très Bien now removes the 25% VAT tax from non-EU orders. Also, the shop now ships international orders via UPS for faster delivery.

While we're here, let's look at some new arrivals.

Hot on the heels of our mention of Norway's Pepper, someone suggested Freudian Kicks, a fine indie shop in Oslo. The shop mixes hip Scandinavian labels with some intriguing European names.

We loved Freudian Kicks' excellent selection of Gaspard Yurkievich, including men's stuff that we hadn't seen anywhere else before.

Then there's the sneakers by Swedish label Sneaky Steve. While we're now pretty sure we've seen over 43,200 pairs of leather men's hightops, we still couldn't resist the label's simple, relatively affordable version.

And finally if you have been following along long enough you know we love us a nice print T-shirt, so we were delighted to find Norway's own Daonefootedgoose, a tiny T-shirt operation doing interesting and artful prints.

By the way, in case you're having trouble converting Norwegian Kroner to dollars or haven't figured out that "Vis Alle" mean "View All", our suggester tells us that a English version of their site will debut later this year (yeah, yeah, we'll let you know when it's up).

The humble brogue (in versions for both men and women) has been making an appearance this spring.

Poste (£90)

Rachel Comey ($270)

Grenson ($288)

Rachel Comey ($265)

Looking for Martin Margiela shoes? Look no further. Harputs Market has brought in quite the extensive collection, ranging from high heels to high tops.

More here.

Common Projects' Spring 2008 lineup is now up on their site. Take a gander.

N.D.C. looks great this season.