Girly gear designed to get you noticed, including pretty dresses, designer jeans, brightly printed handbags, A-line skirts and must-have shoes.

Beautiful pieces of fine jewellery by Ted Muehling and his protégés; names to look out for include Gabriella Kiss, Nicole Landaw and Lola Brooks. Arp also stocks Muehling's...

This is the first dedicated store on the west coast for Belle, the more affordable sister line of Sigerson Morrison (8307 W 3rd Street, 1-323 655 6133). Expect lots of...

More than 110 years old, this shop sells all major brands of luggage and also offers repairs.

It's not exactly cheap, but Brown's, run by the same family since 1939, is a classic of its kind, and the service is excellent. As well as dry-cleaning, there's a tailor...

This Silver Lake favourite is packed with a lovely selection of goodies: clothes and bags, lotions and candles, green teas and household trinkets. There's a little something...

Nevena Borissova's spacious boutique stocks a well-chosen mix of classic and funky fashion and accessories by Burberry, Missoni, Valentino and others of a similar ilk.

The hats offered by this longstanding San Francisco firm range from the subtly stylish to the overwhelmingly garish. But with everything from pork-pie titfers to fur-lined...

Not far away the likewise coloured Kelly Green offers an interesting array of homewares, bags and blankets made from recycled products and organic materials, plus an...

Clothing by lesser-known designers - the likes of Porridge, Hoss Intropia - is displayed in a schoolroom setting, along with jewellery by Sparkling Sage and leather bags.

Classic ballet flats in all colours and designs are sold at this cutesy boutique. There are solid shades, glittery and leopard print pairs, and they're all comfy.

Low prices on brand-name luggage.

Beloved by the city's style mavens, this store is a treasure trove of designer wear, shoes and bags, featuring obscure names in among the well-known likes of Chloé, Marc Jacobs...

Me&Ro began when dancer Robin Renzi and model Michele Quan threw in their day jobs and began engraving messages in beautiful Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan scripts on platinum,...