Good weather means you can wear more daring, and therefore shorter, outfits to keep cool in spring. For MANGO’s Spring-Summer 2010 collection, already in stores, mini-dresses are a great choice.

They’re available in many styles and models so you can choose to suit your taste and usual dress style. These five are my favourites. Read more…

As the good weather approaches, sleeves, skirts and dresses are getting shorter. And so are jackets: blazers, cardigans and leather jackets also barely reach your navel.

It was a well-loved famous French designer, sadly now gone, who popularised this design we know so well. Despite the fact that many people find it uncomfortable when jackets don’t reach their waist, cropped jackets are very youthful and are perfect for a time of year when you can really do without excess centimetres on clothes.

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If there’s one thing that will never go out of fashion it’s the trench coat. It was invented by an Englishman for soldiers fighting in wars to protect themselves from the cold, wind and damp, all at once. And in just a few decades this coat has gone from the frontlines to the stores.

Apart from its history, it’s completely timeless and can be used all year round.

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The time has now come for international interviews, so let’s start by interviewing Jessie Madrigal, author of Fashion Limbo (one of the most important blogs around) and a pretty regular shopper at MANGO, every time she comes to Spain. Do you want to know what she told us?

How did you start your blog?
I started it when I had a rather boring job that I found depressing, since it really didn’t suit me. My boyfriend encouraged me to do something to do with my dream, which was to write about fashion, and that’s how fashionlimbo.com started. Read more…

Bartabac is one of the best-known members of the Spanish blogosphere. Her real name is Silvia and she’s one of Spain’s most successful bloggers.

Every so often she brings you several street looks well worth noting, so that you can apply them to your own personal style.

Bartabac is an elegant and modern urbanite, and here she explains her Think Up philosophy. Read more…

When we were small we wore nothing else: in the summer we’d call them cycling shorts and in the winter they’d be leggings. We had them in every colour of the rainbow and I’m sure that your favourites, just like mine, were fluorescent or floral ones. Once everyone grew up they were set aside and forgotten. But a couple of years ago designers and stores rescued them from oblivion, and the cotton and lycra items used only for going to the gym made a huge comeback and became known to everyone as leggings.

It was hard getting used to the idea, but we did eventually. We’ve all gone back to them after some complaining. Wearing something that feels almost like pyjamas on the streets is a guilty pleasure that’s hard to resist.

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As soon as I saw this photo I realised I needed some colours in my wardrobe since as soon as spring starts jackets are one of my staple items. Actually, mine, yours and any celebrity’s …

Here is the new collection of coloured jackets: shorter, longer, thicker, coloured, in basic shades… they’re perfect for keeping warm when wearing a floral look in the first days of spring.

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Scarves, stoles and woollen scarves aren’t just for winter. They’re also part of your spring looks, although the colours are brighter and the fabrics lighter.

Scarves are the perfect accessories for brightening up a style or completely revamping an item that is far too basic. Multi-coloured, striped, printed, fringed, in silk, in cotton… there are endless possibilities… have you seen all the scarves from MANGO’s Spring collection?

It’s important to know how to combine scarves with other accessories or to create a total contrast. You also have to take into account the ways in which they can be worn. Here at THINK UP we have some suggestions for you.

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For spring-summer 2010 MANGO has chosen new and up-and-coming faces – the stars of fashion, music or cinema of tomorrow.

You already saw Sophie Auster, daughter of famous writer and film-maker Paul Auster. Well, now it’s the turn of another new signing: Dree Hemingway, great-granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway. Read more…

Bracelets and cuffs were of the first decorative elements used by women as adornments. You can see some of these ancient pieces at any archaeological museum, with designs you could even wear nowadays.

MANGO’s spring collection brings you some striking jewellery, particularly bracelets and cuffs which in my opinion are basic fashion accessories.

There are several trends. There are attractive and elaborate models featuring large stones incrusted in metal or plastic. This metal bracelet with imitation turquoise stones and the black bracelet with large coloured stones are amazing.

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