This season may be all femininity and womanliness, but sometimes we London girls just want to look hard as nails. For an antidote to all that sweetness, turn to the latest from jewellery designer Sylvie Markovina.

Attach any piece from her Lost Highway collection to your person and you’ll immediately look more rebel than damsel in distress. Brassy burnished metal is molded into chunky cuffs and graphic knuckle-dusters, and shards of quartz crystal dangle like bullets from long, snakelike chains. Wear her antique brass coin and black quartz rings (pictured) two to a hand to make a real Americana salute, or drape her Mexican border necklace over a polo for a bolshy retort to this season’s pearls.

Hailing from down under, Markovina’s become quite a hit since winning the Mercedes-Benz startup prize. Ten collections and legions of celebrity fans later, she’s finally made her way to our shores.

Available at Kabiri, 37 Marylebone High Street, W1U 4QE (020 7317 2150); 18 The Market, The Piazza, WC2E 8RB (020 7240 1055); online at kabiri.co.uk, £80-£300.

Photo: Courtesy of Sylvie Markovina Jewellery Collection