(Photo: Donald Bowers)

Perfect for this season’s Victorian trends, Michal Negrin (971 Madison Ave., nr. 76th St.; 212-439-8414) has whimsical clothing, antique home décor, and the kind of grandma jewelry you’d love to have passed down to you.

Chinese house Blanc de Chine’s first U.S. store (673 Fifth Ave., at 53rd St.; 212-308-8688) offers a luxurious take on traditional Mandarin-collar jackets, Qi Pao dresses, and pants (from $400). Think Shanghai Tang with a monochrome palette. And Alcone Uptown (322 W. 49th St., nr. Eighth Ave.; 212-757-3734) mixes mass-appeal beauty products with the same professional items stocked by the store’s downtown location.

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