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Anthias
You know that tropical wood and silver choker you loved at MoMa's gift shop, and those bronze sea anemone earrings you adored in Shibuya? Made right here at the Milan atelier of Monica Castiglioni (daughter of design maestro Achille Castiglione) and Natsuko Toyofuku. Snap up the latest styles before Tokyo and New York fashionistas - and at better prices too.
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Brusaferri
Shapes so harmoniously organic, you'll almost believe deep sea-green tourmalines naturally burst from silver pods. Matteo makes each piece by hand, including black diamond earring cascades that spill onto shoulders, and holey silver rings that stack into moon-rock formations. Custom-made baubles you won't find at Bulgari, at a teensy fraction of the price.
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Furla
Sleek, durable leather and sleek, durable designs make Furla handbag fetishes easy to rationalise - especially with prices starting under €100 . Recent objects of desire include large ultracontemporary chocolate or vanilla totes with round buckle closures for around €190 , and a timeless silver clutch with embossed Islamic star pattern for €85 .
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Gallo
Even in seen-it-all Milan, a glimpse of ankle can still cause a sensation. Gallo's hot pink and orange striped knee-socks add an electric shock of colour to otherwise drab business attire, and the interlocking brown, green, and orange cube ones make your ankles look like they escaped from an Escher drawing. You'll never risk losing these limited-edition beauties in the dryer - especially at €12 - €35 a pop.
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Mandarina Duck
Nice try, Tumi and Samsonite: Mandarina Duck still does the streamlined look best, in space-age fabrics, offbeat colours, and striking shapes with rounded edges. Instead of perching atop pedestals, these bags are displayed slung across furniture, just like back home - only there's probably no scrounging for change in these designer sofas.
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MH Way
Art and design acolytes worldwide adore this Japanese Italian bag designer for ingeniously compact shapes, sensational colours, technology-enhanced durability and prices that love you back. The two-storey showroom at Via Durini 2 also functions as a factory outlet, so you can snap up sample sale items for a song.
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Piumelli Guanti
These gloves come in the softest Nappa leather imaginable and every conceivable colour, and some inconceivable ones besides. The silk-lined chocolate gloves with contrasting lavender piping and tiny buttons will make you want to stand up and applaud, if only to admire your Piumelli-clad hands.
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Telerie Roberto
The striped Jaipur silk scarves are a stylish steal at under €20 , but the ruched, pleated, quilted local Como silk stoles ( €50 plus) tempt with irresistible sheen and extreme thread count - Roberto will proudly whip out a magnifying glass to show you. This is the stuff of couture dreams, and Milan's finest curtains too.
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