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Bijouterie El-Yasmine
Yasmin's simplified takes on traditional motifs look (and cost) like adornments instead of dowry payments. Check out hammered silver teaspoons with striped ebony and enamel handles, lucky turquoise enamel hand of Fatima earrings, and Tuareg-inspired cocktail rings that look like hypnotist's props with concentric circles in dark wood and bright orange enamel.
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Chez Mahfoud
Tucked away behind the florists and butchers at the farmers market is this unexpected silver jewellery boutique. As at any Marrakshi jeweller, about half of Mahfoud's selection is imported, but the other half is worth a look: designs range from auspicious enamelled hands of Fatima to chic silver-inlaid wood earrings. Mahfoud doesn't bargain much, because he knows what you'd pay for that onyx cocktail ring on nearby Rue de la Liberté.
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Cooperative Artisanale Femmes De Marrakech
Fair trade never looked so stylish. When Souad and nine Marrakshi women artisans wound up with overstock and design ideas from a big American order for snappy, linen-cotton blend tunics, they realized they could skip the middleman and sell their own modern designs right in Marrakesh. With a small grant, they've set up this boutique and made connections with other cooperatives whose work they sell at low, fixed prices in a small annex.
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Grand Bijouterie
Get reeled in by small silver charms, and hooked by gold chandelier earrings that tickle shoulders and deplete bank reserves. Pieces are sold by weight, so serious shoppers should know the going market rate for gold and silver and mind the scales. The fancy filigree jewellery hails from India, but you'll still spy some local jewellers diligently plying their trade.
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Kifkif
Mirrors made of Moroccan sardine cans, silver rings with interchangeable felt baubles, and satchels made of striped awning vinyl: KifKif employs Marrakesh's hippest artisans to create original designs that are often copied but never quite equalled elsewhere in the souqs. Great stuff for kids too, especially soft, striped baby djellabas (robes).
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Masroure Abdillah
It usually takes decades to earn the title maâlem (master craftsperson), but young Masroure earns the title the hard way, pounding wool with savon noir (black soap) into felt. He then moulds it into seamless slippers, baubles for necklaces, and sturdy tote bags. Masroure's felt flowers come in snappy shades of natural brown, bright orange and splashy hot pink, and make groovy brooches, hatpins and everlasting bouquets.
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Mysha & Nito
Upstart designers bring dazzle to a quiet corner with this new red and gold boutique. The dresses for women are a tad glitzy for anyone not attending a royal wedding, but the men's deep orange-and-red striped tunics are destined to wow first dates. When the flirtation turns serious, Mysha & Nito's stunning gold hand-in-hand-of Fatima-necklace makes a princely present.
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